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Moroni 10:1–7: Receiving Your Own Witness of the Book of Mormon

“Moroni 10:1–7: Receiving Your Own Witness of the Book of Mormon,” Book of Mormon Student Manual (2024)

“Moroni 10:1–7,” Book of Mormon Student Manual

Moroni 10:1–7

Receiving Your Own Witness of the Book of Mormon

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Have you felt impressions or feelings from the Spirit that the Book of Mormon is true? If so, what experiences and actions helped you obtain this? In some of his last writings, Moroni emphasized that God is the source of all truth. Through God, we can receive a personal witness of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon, the reality of Jesus Christ, and “the truth of all things” “by the power of the Holy Ghost” (Moroni 10:5). This lesson can help you know for yourself that the Book of Mormon is true.

A testimony of the Book of Mormon

Think about which of the following statements you related to most when you first started studying the Book of Mormon:

  • I am not sure if I know the Book of Mormon is true.

  • I trust others who have told me the Book of Mormon is true.

  • I have felt impressions from the Holy Ghost that the Book of Mormon is true.

Contemplate your testimony of the Book of Mormon now. As you study, think about the next steps the Lord would have you take to obtain, deepen, or remain firm in your witness.

Moroni’s exhortation

After recording some of the teachings of his father, Moroni taught how anyone can know for themselves that the Book of Mormon is true.

Read Moroni 10:3–5 and consider marking what Moroni said about how we can know the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. You may consider also watching the video “Moroni Invites All to Come unto Christ” from time code 4:39 to 5:32, available at ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

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Moroni 10:4–5 is a doctrinal mastery passage. Consider marking doctrinal mastery passages in a distinctive way so you can locate them easily. You will have an opportunity in the next lesson to practice applying the doctrine taught in this passage to a question or situation.

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  1. Answer the questions under two of the following three headings.

Read the Book of Mormon

President Russell M. Nelson described some of the blessings we can receive by studying the Book of Mormon. Think about how you may have experienced these blessings as you have studied it.

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President Russell M. Nelson

I promise that as you prayerfully study the Book of Mormon every day, you will make better decisions—every day. I promise that as you ponder what you study, the windows of heaven will open, and you will receive answers to your own questions and direction for your own life. (Russell M. Nelson, “The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2017, 62–63)

  • Have you experienced any of the blessings that President Nelson has promised to those who study the Book of Mormon?

Recognizing blessings that come from reading the Book of Mormon can confirm that it is true and that it comes from God.

Ponder the Lord’s mercy

  • What are some scriptural examples of people receiving the Lord’s mercy? You might look up a few, such as Nephi (2 Nephi 4:20–25), Alma the Younger (Alma 36:17–21), or the Nephites healed by the Savior during His visit (3 Nephi 17:6–9).

  • What are some examples of the Lord’s mercy in your life or the life of someone you know?

  • Why do you think pondering the Lord’s mercy can help you receive a testimony of the Book of Mormon through the Holy Ghost?

Ask God with a sincere heart, real intent, and faith in Christ

  • What do you think it means to ask God with a sincere heart? With real intent? With faith in Jesus Christ (Moroni 10:4)? If you need help answering this, read Joseph Smith—History 1:10–17, looking for how young Joseph Smith approached his prayer with a sincere heart, real intent, and faith in Christ. (Note: The phrase real intent means that once you received an answer to your prayers, you sincerely will act on the revelation you have received.)

  • How can doing this help us receive a testimony of the Book of Mormon through the Holy Ghost?

My personal testimony of the Book of Mormon

President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency shared his experience applying Moroni’s promise. Read the following statement or watch the video “A Living Testimony” from time code 13:51 to 14:31, available at ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

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President Henry B. Eyring

I hope that you all have proved that promise for yourself or that you will do it soon. The answer may not come in a single and powerful spiritual experience. For me it came quietly at first. But it comes ever more forcefully each time I have read and prayed over the Book of Mormon.

I do not depend on what has happened in the past. To keep my living testimony of the Book of Mormon secure, I receive the promise of Moroni often. I don’t take that blessing of a testimony for granted as a perpetual entitlement. (Henry B. Eyring, “A Living Testimony,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2011, 127)

  1. Answer at least two of the following questions:

    • How can President Eyring’s words apply to us no matter how many times we read the Book of Mormon?

    • In what ways might the Holy Ghost testify to us of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon?

    • How could a testimony of the Book of Mormon strengthen your relationship with and testimony of Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ?

Write down in your study journal what you can do to apply the principles taught in Moroni 10:3–5. Think about how you can continue to study the Book of Mormon, ponder the Lord’s mercy, and ask God for a witness through the Holy Ghost. Where and when will you do these things? How might the Lord answer your prayers?