“For it is by faith that miracles are wrought; …
“… Wherefore, if these things have ceased, then has faith ceased also.”
Referring to faith in Christ, Mormon said, “If ye have not faith in him then ye are not fit to be numbered among the people of his church” (v. 39). But how much faith is needed to qualify one for membership in the Church? Would, as Alma said, “a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe” (Alma 32:27) be enough? Mormon did not say our faith must be perfect, but spoke of a “faith in Christ because of your meekness” (Moroni 7:39). This suggests a humble trust in the Lord.
Elder M. Russell Ballard taught:
“What a priceless collection of faith-promoting experiences can be found in the scriptures! I marvel at the powerful accounts they contain:
“The aged patriarch Abraham ascending Mount Moriah with his only son Isaac.
“A young shepherd boy challenging the giant of the Philistine armies.
“Alma and Amulek imprisoned at Ammonihah.
“You and I are constantly nourished by these great examples of faith and miracles from the past.
“But what of today? As the prophet Mormon asked: ‘Has the day of miracles ceased? Or have angels ceased to appear unto the children of men? Or has he withheld the power of the Holy Ghost from them? Or will he, so long as time shall last, or the earth shall stand, or there shall be one man upon the face thereof to be saved? Behold I say unto you, Nay; for it is by faith that miracles are wrought.’ (Moroni 7:35–37.)
“Yes, faith is the key. And as I travel over the Church, I find such miracle-spawning faith to be in abundant supply. I agree with President Heber J. Grant, who said:
‘I bear my witness to you that if a record had been made of all those who have been afflicted, those who have been given up to die, and who have been healed by the power of God, since the establishment of the Church of Christ in our day, it would make a book much larger than the New Testament. More miracles have been performed in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints than we have any account of in the days of the Savior and His Apostles.
Today, sickness is cured by spiritual power… . The dead have been raised. My own brother was announced to be dead, but by the prayer of faith he lives and presides over one of the stakes of Zion. I know, as I know I live, that the healing power of Almighty God … is in the Church of Christ of which you and I are members.’
(Conference Report, October 6, 1910, p. 119.)”
(“Faith in the Lives of the Saints,” in Faith, pp. 67–68).