Friday, September 2, 2011

The Bible and The Book of Mormon: Two Testaments of Jesus Christ

   I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the similarities between The Bible and The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. First, let me explain more about the Book of Mormon since the book might be unfamiliar to most people. "The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas.  The book was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation." (Book of Mormon Introduction.) Now I would like to look at a few scriptures from the Bible and the Book of Mormon.  The first is in Hebrews 11:1 it says: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."  In Alma 32:21 of the Book of Mormon we read: "And now as I said concerning faith—faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true." As we see both volumes of scripture teaches us what faith is.  Another interesting fact about both the Bible and The Book of Mormon is that they both talk about the teachings of the Phophet Isaiah. Examples in the Book of Mormon can be found in 1st Nephi 20 and 21.  Also Isaiah can be found in Mosiah 14.  Both the Bible and the Book of Mormon support what each other are saying and they both become stronger with each other's testimony of Jesus Christ. I encourage all to read and learn from these two volumes of scripture.

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