The Book of Mormon Testifies of Christ
The focus of the Book of Mormon is Jesus
Christ, His atoning sacrifice and His gospel.
“We believe that having faith in Jesus Christ is the first step
in understanding the gospel and receiving the eternal happiness that God our
Heavenly Father wants for us. But where does that faith come from? How can we
come to believe that Jesus Christ is our Savior if we don't know who He is or
what He did? We can develop faith in Jesus Christ by reading about Him in the
scriptures and praying to know if what we've read is true.
“The title page states that the Book of Mormon’s purpose is to
convince all of us "that JESUS is the CHRIST, the ETERNAL GOD, manifesting
himself unto all nations." It was written to help us develop a true
knowledge of Jesus Christ and His mission on earth. The Book of Mormon
reaffirms what we learn from the Bible, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who
came to earth to help us overcome our sins. The people in the Book of Mormon,
the Nephites and the Lamanites, recorded their testimonies of Jesus Christ.
Many of the prophets who wrote the records that make up the Book of Mormon saw
Christ personally, just as happened with the Apostle Paul, which he recorded in
the Bible (see Acts 9:3-6). The climax of the book is when Jesus appeared to
all the Nephites soon after He was resurrected. He blessed them, taught them
his gospel and said,
‘Arise and come forth
unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel
the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that I am
the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the
sins of the world’” (3 Nephi 11:14)
Text from Mormon.org, art work lds.org
