My blog post on Come Follow Me: Moroni 7-9
Excerpt: What we get first are more of the words of Mormon, who sent letters, teaching and giving advice to his son in the last few years before the final destruction. Moroni is quoting his father decades after the final destruction. Perhaps these are Mormon’s final words to his son, and Moroni wishes to share them with us.At some point in Mormon’s life, there were synagogues and true believers in Christ for him to address. It may be that these few believers were among the few true believers that would later be hunted down by the Lamanites for not denying the Christ.
“…by their works ye shall know them; for if their works be good, then they are good also. For behold, God hath said a man being evil cannot do that which is good; for if he offereth a gift, or prayeth unto God, except he shall do it with real intent it profiteth him nothing” (vv 5-6)).
There are two key points to being a good person…
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