A Study of the Book of Mormon

Alma 32:21 ...therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true. In other words: Faith is a hope of things which are true, which are not seen. ( At first I had written "cannot be seen," but that's not correct. ) Why do we need to hope for things that are true? If it's true, then isn't that just a fact of reality. How can faith make of absolute truth (that which is unchangeable), how can it change truth into a variable which requires action? Actually, it's not the truth that is the variable, it is the faith that becomes the variable. The phrase "according to your faith" seems to echo this sentiment. (see Matthew 9:28-29 , D & C 8:10-11 ). Faith is the variable, and Truth is the constant against which we are given to act. God is the most invariable truth in the universe. Jesus Christ and the reality of His atonement -- these are truths that are unchangeable. In fact, they will not change. The love of God is con...

2 Nephi 9:40-43 I have been reprimanded and reminded this morning about seasons past that I had been closer to my God. The footnote for " come unto the Lord" in verse 41 lists a long line of scriptures found in the Book of Mormon alone, a powerful reminder of this testament's witness of Christ. These verses in this chapter also remind me that there is a standard in the Lord God that we are to be measured against. "Remember the words of your Maker," ( vs. 40 ). "Remember that his paths are righteousness," ( vs. 41 ). "Behold, the way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him," ( vs. 41 ). "He cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name," ( vs. 41 ). What has impressed me about these verses is that Christ has come as an one knowing, who fulfilled his potential; which divine potential is also an inherent part of our immortal makeup. The standard that I am given the potential to rise up to is the example of...