Another Testament of Jesus Christ

I have been on my mission for close to two years now, during which time I go around talking with people about Jesus Christ. Something that I have noticed on my mission is many people hear many things about what we believe, some of which is true, and some is not. Something that many people don't fully understand is the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Because of the confusion around this book many people are hesitant to read it. I am sure many people wonder why members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints use more scripture than just the Bible, so why do we have it?

The Restoration

While on my mission, a strange thing happened; Twinkies, along with all other Hostess products, went off the market. When the news came that Hostess was going out of Business because of a strike, many people flocked to the stores, Twinkies were being sold for high prices online as people prepared for a life without Twinkies. The time came, and Twinkies vanished from the stores, and soon many other companies started making their own version of the Twinkie. I never was a fan of Twinkies, but it was unexpected news, the snack that could survive a nuclear war could not survive the life span of a business. As I was shopping one day, something caught my eye, and I rushed over, and in joy, I bought a box of Twinkies. The snack that was once lost was restored.

Atoning Blood of Jesus Christ

I hate needles; When I was younger, and it was time for me to get a shot, I would breakdown.Why I have such a fear of being stabbed by a needle? I don't know, but it has stuck with me. While at college, many of my friends were participating in a blood drive, something I had never done before because I never got the courage to allow a complete stranger to stick a needle in me and take something vital to my body. I decided though, that it was going to be different this time; I was going to give blood. Still apprehensive about it, I convinced one of my roommates to do it with me. We got down to the center and of course some of my friends were there also for the blood drive. My roommate backed down from giving blood, but for me, I could not, my friends wouldn't let me. As I sat there filling out the donor sheet, fear grew within me as I got ever so closer to actually giving blood. A finger prick and later, and I was in the chair; The needle now drawing blood from me. Moments later, I was released and given free range on all the juice and snacks I could eat.

If men build

A building needs a strong foundation, if it is to withstand natural disasters, storms or whatever comes it way. So important is the foundation to a building that during the Sermon on the Mount, Christ compares those who do as he teaches unto "a wise man, which built his house upon a rock" and those who hear his teachings, but do not follow them unto "a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand". When the storms came the first house did not fall because "it was founded upon a rock" whereas the house of the foolish man crumbled (Matthew 7:24-27). Helaman 5:12  teaches that if we want the storms of life to have "no power over [us] to drag [us] down to the gulf of misery and endless wo" then we must have the "rock of our redeemer, who is Christ" as our foundation because it "is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall." (emphasis add) Christ is a sure foundation, but for this promise to be true, we need to build. To put it simply, a foundation without a building is a big rock in the ground.