-We must make the Book of Mormon, a center focus of study
is that it was written for our day.
The Nephites never had the book, neither did
the Lamanites of ancient times.
It was meant for us.
Mormon wrote near the end of the Nephite civilization,
"Under the inspiration of God, who
sees all things from the beginning,
he abridged centuries of records,
choosing the stories, speeches, and events
that would be most helpful to us."
Each of the major writers of the Book of Mormon
testified that they wrote for future generations.
Mormon himself said, "Ye, I speak unto you,
you remnant of the House of Israel."
And Moroni, the last of the inspired writers
actually saw our day and time.
If they saw our day, and chose those things which
would be of greatest worth unto us?
Is it not that how we should study the Book of Mormon?
We should constantly ask ourselves,
why did the Lord inspire Mormon, or Moroni, or Alma
to include that in his record?
What lesson can I learn from that
to help me live in this day and age?
And there is ample example after example
of how that question will be answered.