“The Promise of the Book of Mormon,” Liahona, Apr. 1998, 5
The Promise of the Book of Mormon
![Moroni’s promise](https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/gospel-library/magazine/liahonlp.nfo:o:165f.jpg)
Before Moroni buried the plates for the last time, he wrote a promise to the Lamanites and all others who would read these records. Moro. 10:1–2
![Ask God about the record](https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/gospel-library/magazine/liahonlp.nfo:o:1661.jpg)
He said to read the records, really think about them, and then ask Heavenly Father if they are true. Moro. 10:3–4
![Ask in faith to know](https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/gospel-library/magazine/liahonlp.nfo:o:1663.jpg)
Moroni promised that if we do so sincerely, with faith in Christ, the Holy Ghost will help us know that they are true. Moro. 10:4–5
![We can be perfect](https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/gospel-library/magazine/liahonlp.nfo:o:1665.jpg)
Moroni wrote that if we repent and follow Jesus Christ and love Heavenly Father with all our “might, mind and strength,” we may become perfect. Moro. 10:32
![Moroni hid the plates](https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/gospel-library/magazine/liahonlp.nfo:o:1667.jpg)
When he hid the plates in the Hill Cumorah, Moroni’s mortal work was finished. He would “soon go to rest in the paradise of God.” Moro. 10:34
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