Tag: Moroni

When Moroni says that we shall see him at the judgement seat and Christ will ask “Did I not declare my words unto you, which were written by this man” I realized that for those who never received the Book of Mormon that question will likely not be asked. If it were asked those people…

The way we react to these words of Moroni if we do not recognize evidence of spiritual gifts depends upon our perspective. We may either see a lack of gifts of the Spirit as proof that there is no faith or how among men or we may see that if we exercise faith and how…

The variety of gifts of the Spirit should remind us that reach person had their own place in the plan and their own contributions to offer and that the Lord is able to equip reach person with the tools needed for the tasks they will have before them.

When Moroni decides to write “as seemeth {him} good” he starts by inviting each reader to learn the truth individually and by reminding the reader the standard by which to judge – that which invites a belief in Christ is good.

It should be confusing for those who live among wickedness to know that even among a very wicked people Moroni was able to live in a way that Mormon felt he could recommend Moroni unto God. Agency allows reach person to choose for themselves how they will apply what they know in their lives.

This statement that the Nephites delighted “in everything save that which is good” is both disturbing and full of perspective. When I feel that things are terrible in our day I have to look around and see if we are in such a state. Notwithstanding how bad I might feel things are I have to…

I never before considered this but the letters from Mormon to Moroni must have been written on something less durable than plates. Whether it was paper or leather or even wood or clay tablets I have to wonder how Moroni was able to copy those letters to plates decades later. My best guess would be…

Why did Moroni include this epistle from his father? Was it because he wanted to include whatever he could from a great prophet of did he have knowledge of the great debate regarding infant baptism and arbitrary damnation that would be raging in the last days? In either case, including this epistle makes certain that…

Having grown up understanding the teaching on infant baptism and the necessity of accountability in judgement it is easy to forget that the early law given to Abraham included the law of circumcision in which those boys who were not circumcised were not children of the covenant. It is not exactly the same as the…