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PRESIDENT EZRA TAFT BENSON
General Conference talk, April 1987 Chiasm

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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
Elaborated by Sterling D. Allan; Provo, UT; June 25, 1992

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