How did the Nephites define the gospel?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Three Book of Mormon passages in particular—2 Nephi 31:2–32:6; 3 Nephi 11:23–39; 3 Nephi 27:13–21—define the gospel of Jesus Christ, each in a distinctive six-point formula. This formula states that if people will (1) believe in Christ, (2) repent of their sins, and (3) submit to baptism in water … , he will (4) pour out his Spirit upon them and cleanse them of their sins. All who receive this baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost and (5) endure to the end … will be found guiltless at the last day and (6) enter God’s kingdom” (Reynolds, “Gospel As Taught by Nephite Prophets,” 257).

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