Power and Testimony of the Book of Mormon!

Weekly Letter from President Rogers:

Preach My Gospel chapter 5 teaches us the role of the Book of Mormon in missionary 

work. We learn and are able to testify to those we teach that the Book of Mormon is the 

Keystone of our religion. It testifies of Christ and is indeed “Another Testament of Jesus 

Christ”. The book answers questions of the soul and it draws people nearer to God. We learn

how the Book of Mormon and the bible support each other and how to use the book to 

respond to objections to the Church. The Book of Mormon, combined with the Spirit, is our 

most powerful resource in the conversion process. We must use it as the main source of our 

teaching of the restored truths of the gospel.

Reading, pondering, and praying about the Book of Mormon are critical for an enduring 

conversion. I have so much enjoyed placing a Book of Mormon in the hands of those I have 

taught, explaining that they held in their hands the “evidence” that what we are teaching is 

true. Those that read, ponder and pray will receive an answer that Joseph Smith is a prophet 

of God and that the true Church has been restored. 

In our ZTM we passed out an article by Pres Benson entitled, “Flooding the Earth with 

the Book of Mormon”. This talk was presented in General Conference (long before any of you 

were born) and its principles ring as true today as when it was given. I hope to be able to 

flood our mission with the Book of Mormon. We need to learn to use it better. We need to 

learn how to “place it” with people such that they will have a strong desire to read it and ask 

the right questions. We need to use it in all our teaching. We need to quote from it. We need 

to answer “questions of the soul” from it. In short we need to make the Book of Mormon the 

basis and backbone of all our teaching. We certainly need to help those we teach read it 

better and read more of it. I would hope that all those that come into the waters of baptism 

have read “much” of the Book of Mormon, and certainly all must have a testimony of this 

great volume of scripture before they can be baptized. 

The Lord promised Nephi and all of us at that day when He shall proceed to do a 

marvelous work among the children of men that “my words shall “hiss” forth unto the ends of 

the earth, for a Standard unto my people” (2 Nephi 29:1-2). What are these words.....the 

Book of Mormon! Let us go forth and HISS which means to proclaim and testify of the Book 

of Mormon. We should be hissers and testifiers of this great volume of scripture. Let us flood 

the NYUM with this great evidence of the restoration, the Book of Mormon. Have a great 

week.

Love, President Rogers

Hi Everyone,

This is the weekly message that we got this week from President Rogers. I think it is appropriate to share this with you all! As being a missionary you have to understand the power and the Testimony of the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is the truth to all things about the gospel. I would like to invite you all to read it, ponder it, pray about it, and most of all use it in your life. I just started over reading the Book of Mormon and I have been marking all things that show Christ-like attributes. You can look up some of Christ's attributes in D&C Chapter 4. When you read, also look for the word (seed) = the word of God and it is crazy how many times you will see this word. 

Love you ALL, 

Sincerely, ELDER HUTCHINGS

​Me and Moses

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