“To Manifest Unto the World”
The Lord commanded Mormon to witness to the world all the things he had seen and heard and also all the prophecies and revelations that came by the power of the Holy Ghost. Not only was he a witness to his own people but his words and warnings, as contained in the Book of Mormon, serve also as witness and warning to us today. His account of the decline and ultimate destruction of Nephite civilization stands as a witness to people and institutions of the latter days. How we respond to this voice from the dust will determine not only whether Mormon will be an “idle”-an unused, unheeded-witness to us, but whether we can come unto Christ and, as Mormon experienced, taste and know of the goodness of Jesus.
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