Matthew 8:26 “And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.”
Not only does the Book of Mormon contain anachronistic problems along with its plagiarism issues, we also see contradictions within its own text. Sometimes the Book of Mormon will tell you it’s completely trustworthy and at other times, not so much.
I’d never thought of our Bible verse today in light of the Mormon’s faith, or the lack thereof. That was until I read Oswald Chambers devotional for August 12th. Chambers mentioned we should all rest in the Lord (how true!), and resting in Him includes doing so even during the stormy times in life.
When push comes to shove, we all have a major decision in life to make. Do we instinctively fall back on our heritage and culture, in which we were raised? Or do we brave the storm by resting in Him, even if our decisions will cause the ship to overturn? Many times when we make a major change, expecting an overturned boat, we find our decision caused it to turn upright, not knowing the mess we had been in all along.
Nowhere in the Bible do we see the ambiguity we read about in the Book of Mormon! God’s word encourages study, discernment, and proving it for your life.
However, as our text today says, Jesus also expected us to trust and rest in Him. If you’re LDS, how do you trust the canon Joe Smith said was from God, when it blatantly says it isn’t always true?
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Book of Mormon is True |
Book of Mormon
May or May Not Be True |
| 1 Nephi 14:30 “…the things which
I have written are true. And thus it is. Amen.” |
1 Nephi 19:6 “And now, if I do err,
even did they err of old … because of the weakness which is in me, according to the flesh, I would excuse myself.” |
| 1 Nephi 22:30 “…the things which
have been written upon the plates of brass are true.” |
Alma 10:5 “I said I never had known
much of these things; but behold, I mistake, for I have seen much of his mysteries and his marvelous power.” |
| Mosiah 1:6 “… these sayings are true,
and also that these records are true. And behold, also the plates of Nephi … are true…” |
3 Nephi 8:2 “And now it came to pass,
if there was no mistake made by this man in the reckoning of our time.” |
| 3 Nephi 8:1 “…according to our
record, and we know our record to be true.” |
Mormon 8:17 “If there be faults,
they are the faults of man.” |
| Moroni 10:4 “And when ye shall
receive these things…ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true … he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.” |
Mormon 9:31, 33 “Condemn me not
because of mine imperfection, neither my father, because of his imperfection, neither them who have written before him …33 if we could have written in Hebrew, behold, ye would have had no imperfection in our record.” |
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