Greg Carlston 28Nov2010

Moroni 7 An invitation to enter into the rest of the Lord—Pray with real intent—The Spirit of Christ enables men to know good from evil—Satan persuades men to
deny Christ and do evil—The prophets manifest the coming of Christ—By faith miracles are wrought and angels minister—Men should hope for eternal life and cleave
unto charity. About A. D. 401–421

A AND now I, Moroni, write a few of the words of

B my father Mormon,
C which he spake concerning faith, hope, and charity; for after this manner
C did he speak unto the people, as
B he taught them in the synagogue which they had built for the place of worship. 2
A And now I, Mormon, speak unto you, my
A beloved brethren; and it is by the grace of God the Father, and
B our Lord Jesus Christ, and his holy will, because of the gift of his calling unto me, that I am permitted to speak unto you at this time. 3
C Wherefore, I would speak unto you that are of the church, that are the peaceable followers of Christ, and that have obtained a sufficient hope by which ye
can enter into the rest of the Lord, from this time henceforth until ye shall rest with him in heaven. 4 And now my brethren, I judge these things of you
D because of your peaceable walk with the children of men. 5 For I remember
E the word of God which saith by their works ye shall know them;
F for if their works be good, then they are good also. 6 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,
G except he shall do it with real intent it profiteth him nothing. 7
H For behold, it is not counted unto him for righteousness. 8 For behold,
I if a man being evil giveth a gift, he doeth it grudgingly; wherefore it is counted unto him the same as
J if he had retained the gift; wherefore he is counted evil before God. 9 And likewise also is it counted evil unto a man,
K if he shall pray and not with real intent of heart; yea, and it profiteth him nothing, for God receiveth none such. 10
L Wherefore, a man being evil cannot do that which is good; neither will he give a good gift. 11
M For behold, a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can a good fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore,
N a man being a servant of the devil cannot follow Christ; and
O if he follow Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil. 12 Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that
which is evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and fighteth against him continually, and inviteth
and enticeth to sin, and to do that which is evil continually. 13 But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to
do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him,
is inspired of God. 14
P Wherefore, take heed, my beloved brethren, that ye do not judge that which is evil to be of God, or that which is
good and of God to be of the devil. 15
Q For behold, my brethren, it is given unto you to judge, that ye may know good from evil; and the way to judge
is as plain, that ye may know with a perfect knowledge, as the daylight is from the dark night. 16 For behold,
R the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the
way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in
S Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of
T Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of
U God. 17 But whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in
V Christ, and deny him, and serve not
W God, then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil; for after this manner doth
the devil work, for he persuadeth no man to do good, no, not one; neither do his angels;
neither do they who subject themselves unto him. 18 And now, my brethren, seeing that ye
know the light by which ye may judge, which light is the
X light of Christ, see that ye do not judge wrongfully; for with that same judgment which ye
judge ye shall also be judged. 19 Wherefore, I beseech of you, brethren, that ye should
search diligently in
Y the light of Christ that ye may know good from evil; and if ye will lay hold upon
Z every good thing, and condemn it not, ye certainly will be a child of Christ. 20 And
now, my brethren, how is it possible that ye can lay hold upon
A every good thing? 21 And now I come to that faith, of which I said I would
speak; and I will tell you the way whereby ye may lay hold on
B every good thing. 22 For behold,
C God knowing all things, being from everlasting to everlasting, behold, he
sent angels to minister unto
D the children of men, to make manifest concerning
E the coming of Christ; and
F in Christ there should come every good thing. 23
G And God also
H declared unto prophets, by his own mouth, that Christ
should come. 24 And behold, there were
I divers ways that
J he did manifest things unto the children of men,
which were good; and all things which are good
cometh of Christ; otherwise
K men were fallen, and there could no good thing
come unto them. 25 Wherefore, by the
ministering of angels,
L and by every word which proceeded forth out
of the mouth of God,
M men began to exercise faith in Christ;
M'' and thus by faith, they did lay hold upon
every good thing; and
L'' thus it was until the coming of Christ. 26
And after that he came
K'' men also were saved by faith in his name; and
by faith, they become the sons of God.
J'' And as surely as Christ liveth he spake these words
unto our fathers, saying:
I'' Whatsoever thing ye shall
H'' ask
G'' the Father in my name, which is good, in faith believing that
ye shall receive, behold, it shall be done unto you. 27
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, have
F'' miracles ceased because
E'' Christ hath ascended into heaven, and hath sat down on the right
hand of God, to claim of the Father his rights of mercy which he
hath upon
D'' the children of men? 28 For he hath answered the ends of the law,
C'' and he claimeth all those who have faith in him; and they who have faith
in him will cleave unto
B'' every good thing; wherefore he advocateth the cause of the children of men;
and he dwelleth eternally in the heavens. 29 And because he hath done this,
my beloved brethren, have
A'' miracles ceased? Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to
minister unto the children of men. 30 For behold, they are subject unto him, to
minister according to the word of his command, showing themselves unto them
of strong faith and a firm mind in
Z' every form of godliness. 31 And the office of their ministry is to call men unto
repentance, and to fulfil and to do the work of
Y' the covenants of the Father, which he hath made unto the children of men, to prepare
the way among the children of men, by declaring
X' the word of Christ unto the
W' chosen vessels of the Lord, that they may bear testimony of him. 32 And by so doing,
V' the Lord God prepareth the way that the residue of men may have
U' faith in Christ, that
T' the Holy Ghost may have place in their hearts, according to the power thereof; and after this manner
bringeth to pass
S' the Father, the covenants which he hath made unto the children of men. 33 And
R' Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me. 34
And he hath said: Repent all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me, and be baptized in my name, and have
faith in me, that ye may be saved. 35
Q' And now, my beloved brethren, if this be the case that these things are true which I have spoken unto you, and
God will show unto you, with power and great glory at the last day, that they are true, and if they are true has the
day of miracles ceased? 36 Or have angels ceased to appear unto the children of men? Or has he withheld the
power of the Holy Ghost from them? Or will he, so long as time shall last, or the earth shall stand, or there shall
be one man upon the face thereof to be saved? 37 Behold I say unto you, Nay; for it is by faith that miracles are
wrought; and it is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men; wherefore, if these things have ceased wo
be unto the children of men, for it is because of unbelief, and all is vain. 38 For no man can be saved, according
to the words of Christ, save they shall have faith in his name; wherefore, if these things have ceased, then has
faith ceased also; and awful is the state of man, for they are as though there had been no redemption made. 39
P' But behold, my beloved brethren, I judge better things of you, for I judge that
O' ye have faith in Christ because of your meekness; for
N' if ye have not faith in him then ye are not fit to be numbered among the people of his church. 40 And again, my beloved
brethren, I would speak unto you concerning hope. How is it that you can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope? 41
And what is it that ye shall hope
M' for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be
raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise. 42
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L' Wherefore, if a man have faith he must needs have hope; for without faith there cannot be any hope. 43 And again, behold I say
unto you that he cannot have faith and hope, save he shall be meek, and lowly of heart. 44
K' If so, his faith and hope is vain, for none is acceptable before God, save the meek and lowly in heart; and
J' if a man be meek and lowly in heart, and confesses by the power of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ, he must needs have charity; for
I' if he have not charity he is nothing; wherefore he must needs have charity. 45 And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and
is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth,
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 46
H' Wherefore, my beloved brethren, ,
G' if ye have not charity ye are nothing,
F' for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail—47 But charity is
E' the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever;
D' and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him. 48
C' Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who
are true followers of his Son,
B' Jesus Christ; that ye may become the
A' sons of God; that when he shall appear
A we shall be like him, for
B we shall see him as he is; that
B we may have this hope; that
A we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen.