What is the fruit?D&C 84
54 And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received—
55 Which vanity and unbelief have brought the whole church under condemnation.
56 And this condemnation resteth upon the children of Zion, even all.
57 And they shall remain under this condemnation until they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments which I have given them, not only to say, but to do according to that which I have written—
58 That they may bring forth fruit meet for their Father’s kingdom; otherwise there remaineth a scourge and judgment to be poured out upon the children of Zion.
What lenses do you use to view the Book of Mormon?From President Nelson:
Since President Monson’s challenge six months ago, I have tried to follow his counsel. Among other things,
I’ve made lists of what the Book of Mormon is,
what it affirms,
what it refutes,
what it fulfills,
what it clarifies, and
what it reveals.
Looking at the Book of Mormon through these lenses has been an insightful and inspiring exercise! I recommend it to each of you.
During these six months, I have invited various groups—including my Brethren in the Quorum of the Twelve, missionaries in Chile, and mission presidents and their wives gathered in Argentina—to consider three related questions that I urge you to think about today:
First, what would your life be like without the Book of Mormon? Second, what would you not know? And third, what would you not have?
What has the Book of Mormon done for you?