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How has The Book of Mormon helped you understand the purpose of life?
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Dallin answered...
The Book of Mormon has been a blessing in my life. My day is so much better when I read each day. I know that the things in the Book of Mormon are true. It has helped me understand my purpose of life by preaching what we should do and our purpose here on Earth. Once we know our purpose we should know what to do with our life. It is a huge blessing. I hope that others can learn more about the Book of Mormon because I know that it will bless their lives. Show more Show less
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Tadd answered...
If there's a question- the Book of Mormon has an answer. Anytime I'm not happy my first go to is prayer followed by opening up the Book of Mormon. I can always find peace when I read it. Heavenly Father gives us answers through the Holy Ghost as we read and ponder His word. Sometimes what I read has nothing to do with the answer I'm looking for but somehow I almost always come away from my studies and know what it is that I need to do. Show more Show less
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Kim answered...
God has always revealed His word through his spokesman the prophets, since the world began. It was ancients prophets living in the ancient Americas who were commanded by God to write of their dealings with Him and of their people. It was also through a modern prophet called of God that translated the Book of Mormon. That prophet was Joseph Smith. The Book of Mormon was written so that we could learn more about God and how we can find solutions to life's problems and live the kind of lives God would want us to live, just as he taught His people anciently. Show more Show less
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Stephanie answered...
The Book of Mormon preserved many of the Gospel Principles that were lost from the Bible due to time and the influence of men. It is through the truths saved in it's pages that we learn the fullness of the plan of salvation. That we existed as Spirit children of our Heavenly parents before we came to Earth to receive our mortal bodies. In this pre-existance, we learned the Gospel and progressed as much as we could there without a body. Then we came to this earth to be tested in mortality. To learn and to grow and be tempted and overcome. To feel pain and sorrow, and also great joy and happiness. To prepare ourselves and to help others. Then finally, to move on and in the end we, as members of the Church, hope to obtain the highest Glory in the kingdom of Heaven. His hand moved the recording, preservation, and subsequent translation of the Book of Mormon as a way to give his children the knowledge they'd need to go through this life and make it back to him. He did this knowing that if we, in these days, only had the Bible to rely on, we would be missing many of the things we needed to know. The Book of Mormon also reinforces all the truths preserved in the Bible, providing multiple witness of Christ and his teachings. There has never been a 'what is the meaning of life' question in my head. What parent would send their child out unprepared and not knowing what to do to come home? Our Heavenly Father loves us so much, and wants us to know why we are here and what we need to do so that we can succeed and come back. He wants EVERYONE to come home! Salvation is open to all, and the knowledge contained in the Book of Mormon helps to give us that chance. Show more Show less
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Garry Collins answered...
The Book of Mormon has been the most wonderful help in my daily life. I consider it to be an instruction manual on how to obtain a successful and rewarding life. As I read and study the experiences, writings, and dealings of God with this group of his children in the Book of Mormon, I am able to put myself in their shoes and think about what would I do if I was in their place at that time. I find that many of their experiences are relevant to me some two thousand years later. The teachings contained within the Book of Mormon go straight to the heart of who am I, why am I here on earth, and what will happen to me after I die. Many of the prophets and writers in the book asked, answered, and preached to the people on these very important questions. What I love about this "book of books" is the many examples of people and civilizations that both lived by these teachings and also those that rejected them. Their experience and history and their witnesses for Jesus Christ and his reality enable me to make good choices now without having to learn by mistake. I love the Book of Mormon, because of it I know that I will continue to live after this life, that if I do the best that I can in following God and doing good to everyone that I meet, I will be ressurected and live with God one day. Show more Show less
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Jackie answered...
As an investigator I was a little reticent to read the Book of Mormon, at first feeling that I was being somehow disloyal to the Bible, though I'd scarcely read it either. All the unfamiliar names and places unsettled me and I felt no real desire to study it. When I decided that I'd developed so strong a testimony about the truth of the Church from the missionary discussions and other reading I'd done that I wanted to be baptized, I realized that it was time for me to begin a serious study of the Book of Mormon. The missionaries gave me a list of questions answered by the Book of Mormon and as I scanned the questions, I realized that not only did I desperately want to know the answers to them, but that any book which held such answers would be of great value to me - and to everyone! I began by researching those questions, using the Book of Mormon references they provided me and my study continues to this day. The question that started my journey was about developing faith. As I read the words in Alma 32 it became clear to me that I could trust the feelings of faith that were beginning to grow in my heart and that through study and prayer I could deepen that new faith. I felt inspired that as I developed my own faith, I could better help my family and others around me who were searching as I was for the truth that could fill the vague emptiness in an otherwise successful and satisfying life. Show more Show less
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Barbara answered...
I have often taught classes in the Book of Mormon at difficult times in my life, such as the year we were unemployed, the year both of my parents died, etc. I found that a lot of comfort, and answers to my questions were contained in the lessons I was teaching-sometimes at the exact time I was teaching the class. For instance, when my father died, I was teaching teenagers from Alma 11in the Book of Mormon about what happens to the souls of the righteous when they die. It was so comforting to me to read those scriptures, that I put the scriptures I was reading on the program for his funeral so that I could share them with the rest of the family and others who were mourning his loss. It was just what I needed at that time. Show more Show less
