In my last post, I talked about our belief in an added book of scripture, the Book of Mormon. A very understandable question some ask is "why do you have another book when you have the Bible?" Before I answer that, let me just say that I love and honor the Bible as being Holy Scripture, and that I read it and try to apply it to my life. It is a record of God's dealings with His children, and teaches of the life of Christ.
Now I want you to imagine something; I want you to imagine that Christianity was on trial - a trial to show whether or not it was true. Well, that isn't so hard to imagine, it is on trial! All throughout the world, in our schools, our political gatherings, and in many an individual's heart, Christianity is being doubted and dissected, made fun of and mocked, debated and declared irrelevant. The Bible holds the stand as a witness in this all too literal trial (in fact, the word Testament can also be used to mean a witness). And yet so many doubt this sacred witness.
Wouldn't it help if another witness took the stand, and supported what the Bible has already said about the divinity of Jesus Christ? How could one have too many witnesses in defense of such a noble truth? It is my belief that God has sent, at this most crucial part of the trial of the faith, another witness for us to hold up in defense of Christ and His teachings. And who would want to tear down such a thing as this?
Now you may cross-examine the witness, in fact such is what you must do if you want to know for yourself if it is true. Search it for yourself, don't just take someone else's word about it, and then ask God if it is a true witness of His Son, and if He sent it. If you really want to know, why wouldn't He answer you? If it isn't true, He wouldn't want you to follow it; but if it is a second witness, meant to back up what the Bible says, He would let you know.
Now in a trial, do two witnesses say the exact same thing, word for word? No, if they are telling the truth they would each tell what happened from their own perspective. So the Bible and the Book of Mormon each tells of Jesus Christ, and testify that He is the Savior and the Son of God, from their own perspective.
I add my witness that these two great witnesses, the Bible and the Book of Mormon, are both true; and that means that Christianity is not a dead religion, that it is also true, that everything that it teaches actually applies today! I have read them both, their testimonies agree, and God has let me know that He sent them both to the witness-stand in the trial that the world is holding of His Gospel. I speak the truth, so help me God!
(To have a free copy of the Book of Mormon delivered to your home, please visit http://www.mormon.org/free-book-of-Mormon)
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