PRESIDENT
EZRA TAFT BENSON
A-1 God has built in His own proof system A-2 of the Book of Mormon as found in Moroni, chapter 10, and in the testimonies of the Three and the Eight Witnesses and in various sections of the Doctrine and Covenants. . . . B-1 We each need to get our own testimony of the Book of Mormon . . . B-2 through the Holy Ghost. . . . . . . C-1 Then our testimony, coupled with the Book of Mormon, should be shared with others . . . . . . C-2 so that they, too, can know through the Holy Ghost of its truthfulness. . . . . . . . . . D-1 Nephi testifies that the Book of Mormon contains the "words of Christ" . . . . . . . . . D-2 and that if people "believe in Christ," they will believe in the Book of Mormon (2 Nephi 33:10). . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1 It is important . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2 that in our teaching we make use of the language of holy writ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1 Alma said, "I...do command you in the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2 of him who hath commanded me" (Alma 5:61). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1' The words and the way they are used in the Book of Mormon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2' by the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1' should become . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2' our source of understanding and should be used by us in teaching gospel principles. . . . . . . . . . D-1' God uses the power of the word of the Book of Mormon . . . . . . . . . D-2' as an instrument to change people's lives: . . . . . . C-1' "As the preaching of the word . . . . . . C-2' had a great tendency to lead the people to do that which was just-- . . . B-1' yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people . . . B-2' than the sword, or anything else, which happened unto them-- A-1' therefore Alma thought it was expedient that they should try the virtue A-2' of the word of God" (Alma 31:5).
Chiastic structuring first identified by Rebecca Crowther |
"Would God that ALL the Lord's People Were PROPHETS" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||