Greater Things
I realized today that Mormon and Moroni had a similar experience as they wrote in the Book of Mormon and were commanded to hold back a part of it from us. Mormon was abridging the record of the Savior’s words to the Nephites when he said this: “And now there cannot be written in this book even a hundredth part of the things which Jesus did truly teach unto the people; But behold the plates of Nephi do contain the more part of the things which he taught the people.” He then explained why he was not going to include all of the words of the Savior: “And these things have I written, which are a lesser part of the things which he taught the people; and I have written them to the intent that they may be brought again unto this people, from the Gentiles, according to the words which Jesus hath spoken…. Behold, I was about to write them, all which were engraven upon the plates of Nephi, but the Lord forbade it, saying: I will try the faith of my people” (3 Nephi 26:6-11). He suggested that the...