The Book of Mormon
~AD 421

Moroni 10

Moroni addresses future Lamanites, noting that over 420 years have passed since Christ's coming. He exhorts readers to pray to know if these things are true. He teaches about spiritual gifts given by the Holy Ghost and warns that unbelief causes gifts to cease. Moroni bids farewell, expecting to meet readers at the judgment bar.

Moroni’s Final Words

I, Moroni, write some things that seem good to me. I write to my brothers, the Lamanites. I want them to know that more than 420 years have passed since the sign was given about Christ’s coming. I will close up these records after I have said a few things to help you.

How to Know the Truth

When you read these things, if it is God’s will that you read them, remember how kind the Lord has been to people. Remember this from when Adam was created to the time you get these records. Think about it in your hearts. When you get these things, I want you to ask God the Father, in the name of Christ, if they are true. If you ask with a real heart and real purpose, having faith in Christ, he will show you the truth by the power of the Holy Spirit. By the power of the Holy Spirit, you can know the truth of all things.

Whatever thing is good is right and true. So nothing that is good rejects Christ. Instead, it says that he is real. You can know that he is real by the power of the Holy Spirit. So I want you not to reject God’s power. He works by power, based on how much people have faith. He does this today, tomorrow, and forever.

The Gifts of God

Again, I want you, my brothers, not to reject the gifts of God. There are many gifts. They come from the same God. There are different ways these gifts are given. But it is the same God who does all things. The gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to help people. One person is given by the Spirit of God the gift to teach wise words. Another person is given the gift to teach words of knowledge by the same Spirit. Another person is given very strong faith. And another person is given gifts of healing by the same Spirit. Again, another person is given the gift to do great miracles. Again, another person is given the gift to tell what will happen. Again, another person is given the gift of seeing angels and spirits who serve. Again, another person is given the gift of all kinds of languages. Again, another person is given the gift to understand languages and different kinds of languages. All these gifts come by the Spirit of Christ. They come to each person as he chooses to give them.

I want you, my dear brothers, to remember that every good gift comes from Christ. I want you, my dear brothers, to remember that he is the same yesterday, today, and forever. All these gifts I have talked about are spiritual gifts. They will never be done away as long as the world lasts. The only thing that can stop them is if people do not believe.

Faith, Hope, and Love

So there must be faith. If there must be faith, there must also be hope. If there must be hope, there must also be love. If you do not have love, you cannot be saved in God’s kingdom. You also cannot be saved in God’s kingdom if you do not have faith. And you cannot be saved if you do not have hope. If you have no hope, you must be without hope and sad. Being without hope comes because of doing wrong. Christ told our fathers the truth: 'If you have faith, you can do all things that are right for me.'

I speak to everyone in the world. If the day comes when God’s power and gifts are done away among you, it will be because you do not believe. It will be very bad for people if this happens. There will be no one among you who does good. Not even one person. If there is one among you who does good, he will do it by the power and gifts of God. It will be very bad for those who reject these things and die. They die in their sins. They cannot be saved in God’s kingdom. I say this because Christ said it. I do not lie.

I want you to remember these things. The time will come soon when you will know that I do not lie. You will see me standing before God. The Lord God will say to you: 'Did I not tell you my words, which were written by this man? He was like someone calling from the dead. He was like someone speaking from the dust.' I say these things to make the prophecies come true. They will go out from the mouth of God who lives forever. His word will go out from one group of people to the next. God will show you that what I have written is true.

Come to Christ

Again, I want you to come to Christ. Hold on to every good gift. Do not touch the bad gift or the unclean thing. Wake up and get up from the dust, Jerusalem. Put on your beautiful clothes, daughter of Zion. Make your stakes strong. Make your borders bigger forever. Then you will not be confused anymore. The promises that God the Father made to you, house of Israel, will come true.

Come to Christ. Be made perfect in him. Stop doing all ungodly things. If you stop doing all ungodly things and love God with all your strength, mind, and power, then his grace is enough for you. By his grace you can be perfect in Christ. If by God’s grace you are perfect in Christ, you cannot reject God’s power. Again, if by God’s grace you are perfect in Christ and do not reject his power, then you are made holy in Christ by God’s grace. This happens through Christ’s blood, which is part of the Father’s promise. This promise forgives your sins. You become holy without any bad spot.

Moroni’s Farewell

Now I say goodbye to everyone. I will soon rest in God’s paradise. My spirit and body will join together again. I will be brought up through the air in victory. I will meet you before the bar of the great Jehovah. He is the Judge of both the living and the dead. Amen.

Influences

  • 10:3 — Romans 1:20 (KJV)
    For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
  • 10:4 — 1 Peter 4:14 (KJV)
    If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
  • 10:4 — Acts 24:24 (KJV)
    And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
  • 10:4 — Romans 15:13 (KJV)
    Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
  • 10:6 — Revelation 15:3 (KJV)
    And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
  • 10:6 — Matthew 16:16 (KJV)
    And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • 10:7 — Matthew 22:29 (KJV)
    Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
  • 10:7 — Titus 1:1 (KJV)
    Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
  • 10:8 — 1 Corinthians 12:4 (KJV)
    Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
  • 10:8 — 1 Corinthians 12:5-7 (KJV)
    And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
  • 10:8 — 1 Corinthians 12:6 (KJV)
    And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
  • 10:9 — 1 Corinthians 12:8 (KJV)
    For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
  • 10:10 — 1 Corinthians 12:8 (KJV)
    For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
  • 10:11 — 1 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)
    To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
  • 10:12 — 1 Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)
    To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
  • 10:13 — 1 Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)
    To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
  • 10:14 — 1 Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)
    To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
  • 10:15 — 1 Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)
    To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
  • 10:16 — 1 Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)
    To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
  • 10:17 — 1 Corinthians 12:11 (KJV)
    But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
  • 10:18 — James 1:17 (KJV)
    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  • 10:19 — Hebrews 13:8 (KJV)
    Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
  • 10:19 — Galatians 6:1 (KJV)
    Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
  • 10:20 — 1 Corinthians 13:13 (KJV)
    And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
  • 10:21 — Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
    But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • 10:21 — 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (KJV)
    But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
  • 10:22 — Romans 13:5 (KJV)
    Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
  • 10:23 — Matthew 17:20 (KJV)
    And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
  • 10:24 — 1 Corinthians 13:10 (KJV)
    But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
  • 10:24 — Romans 11:20 (KJV)
    Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
  • 10:25 — Romans 3:12 (KJV)
    They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
  • 10:25 — John 1:26 (KJV)
    John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
  • 10:26 — John 8:24 (KJV)
    I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
  • 10:26 — John 8:21 (KJV)
    Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
  • 10:26 — Acts 15:1 (KJV)
    And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
  • 10:26 — Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
    But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • 10:27 — Acts 27:22 (KJV)
    And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
  • 10:27 — Romans 9:1 (KJV)
    I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
  • 10:27 — Matthew 14:2 (KJV)
    And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
  • 10:30 — 2 Corinthians 6:17 (KJV)
    Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
  • 10:31 — Isaiah 52:1 (KJV)
    Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
  • 10:31 — Exodus 34:24 (KJV)
    For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
  • 10:31 — Luke 21:22 (KJV)
    For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
  • 10:32 — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)
    And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
  • 10:32 — Colossians 1:28 (KJV)
    Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
  • 10:32 — 1 Corinthians 15:10 (KJV)
    But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 10:33 — 1 Corinthians 15:10 (KJV)
    But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 10:33 — Colossians 1:28 (KJV)
    Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
  • 10:33 — 1 Corinthians 1:2 (KJV)
    Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:
  • 10:34 — Revelation 2:7 (KJV)
    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
  • 10:34 — Acts 10:42 (KJV)
    And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
Moroni 9