Chapter 10 of Moroni opens and closes with an invitation. It begins with an invitation to the latter-day investigator of the Book of Mormon and closes with an invitation to the latter-day saints themselves—the sons and daughters of Zion. Like bookmarks which enclose the richness of his last sermon, Moroni has advice for the spiritual child and the spiritual giant. True discipleship begins with obtaining a testimony of the Book of Mormon and fills the measure of its creation by the perfecting power of the grace of God. Prophetically concerned with the perfection of the saints, he invites us all to come unto Christ and be perfected in him, telling us those things we need to do to become recipients of the saving grace of God.
Hopefully someday, the invitation in the end of Moroni 10 will be as famous and oft quoted among the members of the church as is the invitation of verses 3-5, for Moroni exhorts us to reach our full spiritual potential.
Henry B. Eyring
"President David O. McKay once said: ’Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the Infinite… . There is something within him which urges him to rise above himself, to control his environment, to master the body and all things physical and live in a higher and more beautiful world. (True to the Faith, p. 244.)
"That pull upward is far beyond what you would call a desire for self-improvement. When I felt it, I knew I was being urged to live so far above myself that I could never do it on my own. President McKay had it right. You feel an urging to rise above your natural self. What you have felt is an urging from your Heavenly Father to accept this invitation: (quotes Moroni 10:32-33.)
“That urge to rise above yourself is a recognition of your need for the Atonement to work in your life, and your need to be sure that it is working. After all you can do, after all your effort, you need confidence that the Atonement is working for you and on you.” (To Draw Closer to God, p. 45 – 46)