These are probably not the most readable material, but I did decide earlier this year to post these, so I will stick to it. These are quick musings and thoughts from my study of the Book of Mormon for my religion class at BYU this semester.
1 Nephi 12-15
In chapter 13 verse 40, Nephi prophesies that the Book of Mormon will be a companion scripture to the Bible, and that it will "establish the truth of the (Bible)." The plain and precious truths found in the Book of Mormon were once easy to be understood in the Bible, but due to compound translations and unintentional (and intentional) changes from the original text, the Bible now lacks much of the simplicity and truth it originally contained.
So I was having a hard week, and I turned to the scriptures many times for help. I kept finding my answers in the Bible. I was troubled because I felt I should be able to find my answers in the Book of Mormon. Furthermore, much of what I read was so similar to the Book of Mormon; I wondered for a moment about the necessity of the Book of Mormon. But those thoughts were quickly dispelled as I remembered a few things:
