lesson 5 overview of book of mormon

The Gift

An Overview of the Book of Mormon

The Book Of Mormon

The Book

of Mormon

ANOTHER TESTAMENT OF JESUS CHRIST

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An Introduction to the Book of Mormon

What is the most important gift you have ever received?

Why is this gift valuable?

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A Visit from Angel Moroni

Read: Joseph Smith History 1:30, 32-35, 42

Read: Joseph Smith History 1:51-54, 59-60

Joseph Smith was tutored 4 years by Moroni

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Introduction

A record of God’s dealing with ancient inhabitants of the Americas

and contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel.

Written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and

revelation.

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The Record-written on Gold Plates

An account of two great civilizations. One from Jerusalem in 600 B.C.—Nephites

and Lamanites

Another account of when the Lord confounded the tongues at the Tower of

Babel. Jaradites

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After thousands of Years

All were destroyed except the Lamanites

They are among the ancestors of the American Indians

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Delivering

Mormon completes his writing and delivered his account to his son Moroni

Moroni hid the plates in the Hill Cumorah.

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Most Correct

“I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion,

and a man would get nearer to God by aiding by its precepts, than by any other book.”

--Joseph Smith

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Witnesses of the Truth

11 others see the gold plates for themselves and are witnesses of the truth and divinity of

the Book of Mormon.

The Testimony of Three Witnesses

The Testimony of Eight Witnesses

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An Invitation To Read the Book of Mormon

Read: Moroni 10:3-5

Scripture Mastery

The Lord’s Kingdom

“Those who gain this divine witness from the Holy Spirit will also come to know by the

same power that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the World, that Joseph Smith is His revelator and prophet in these last days, and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is

the Lord’s kingdom once again established on the earth, preparatory to the Second Coming

of the Messiah.” --Introduction to the Book of Mormon

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Preserving the A Record

What Principles are included in a record? Examples: 1 Nephi 1:20 1 Nephi 6:4-6 2 Nephi 4:15 2 Nephi 25:23,26 2 Nephi 29:11-13 Words of Mormon 1:4-8 3 Nephi 16:4 Moroni 1:4

Scripture Mastery

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The Importance of the Book of Mormon Book of Mormon Studies

Testimony of Book of Mormon

“If they saw our day, and chose those things which would be of greatest worth to us, is not that how we should study the Book of Mormon? We should constantly ask ourselves, ‘Why did the Lord inspire Mormon (or Moroni or Alma) to include that in his record? What lesson can I learn from that to help me live in this day and age?’” --Ezra T. Benson (“The Book of Mormon—Keystone of Our Religion,” Ensign, Nov. 1986, 6).

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