Book of Mormon Gems provides a careful selection of the vast majority of outstanding principles, prophets and events throughout the great journeys contained in The Book of Mormon. Above each entry is a bolded and enlarged heading in italics which, as a Gem, gives the clear essence of the entry. This format gives the reader the option of reading just the Gem, or also the full underlying text of each entry. Each entry is meticulously documented, and includes in parenthesis who is speaking.
The selection of well over two thousand entries in Book of Mormon Gems, is a modest attempt to gather completely from The Book of Mormon, the plain and precious truths and events revealed centuries ago to chosen prophets who were led to a promised land by the Power of God.
What makes Book of Mormon Gems so valuable is that it presents the most important and sacred scriptural truths found in The Book of Mormon, without having to read as well the volumes of extra writing throughout the book.
ABOUT THE BOOK
In The Book of Mormon are sacred writings translated from engravings of prophets in Ancient America on metallic plates, and in modern times delivered to and translated by the young prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. through divine means. Book of Mormon Gems provides a careful chronological and edited arrangement of the vast majority of outstanding Principles, Prophets and Events throughout the great journeys contained in The Book of Mormon. Above each entry is a bolded and enlarged heading in italics which, as a Gem, gives the clear essence of the entry. This format gives the reader the option of reading just the heading, or also the unedited underlying text of each entry. Each entry is meticulously documented, and includes in parenthesis who is speaking.
The selection of well over two thousand chronological entries in Book of Mormon Gems, is a modest attempt to gather comprehensively from The Book of Mormon, the plain and precious truths and events revealed centuries ago to chosen prophets led to a Promised Land by the Power of God.
Book of Mormon Gems has been carefully compiled and edited to help a reader readily find the ennobling truths taught by the ancient Book of Mormon prophets. Book of Mormon Gems in no way proposes to replace the value of a person’s reading and enjoying the unedited Book of Mormon in its full text. Therein are innumerable stories which in themselves present live and gripping images which touch people’s hearts, and are foundational ingredients in building the testimonies and divine witnesses to millions regarding the reality and divinity of Jesus Christ and the truth of the book itself. Apology is rendered for any errors or valued scriptural oversights.
What makes Book of Mormon Gems indispensable in a gospel scholar’s library is the clarity it offers in presenting the pertinent and sacred scriptural truths found in The Book of Mormon, without having to read as well the voluminous extraneous writing throughout the book.
What’s inside
Selected Sample Quotes
I Must Tell You the Truth According to the Plainness of the Word of God
But, notwithstanding the greatness of the task, I must do according to the strict commands of God, and tell you concerning your wickedness and abomi-nations, in the presence of the pure in heart, and the broken heart, and under the glance of the piercing eye of the Almighty God. Wherefore, I must tell you the truth according to the plainness of the word of God. For behold, as I enquired of the Lord, thus came the word unto me, saying: Jacob, get thou up into the temple on the morrow, and declare the word which I shall give thee unto this people. (Jacob) Jacob 2:10-11
Ye Are Eternally Indebted to Your Heavenly Father
I say unto you, that…ye are eternally indebted to your heavenly Father, to render to him all that you have and are; (king Benjamin) Mosiah 2:34
But Wo, Wo Unto Him Who Knoweth That He Rebelleth Against God! For Salvation Cometh to None Such Except It Be Through Repentance and Faith on the Lord Jesus Christ
For behold, and also (Christ’s) blood atoneth for the sins of those who have fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the will of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned. But wo, wo unto him who knoweth that he rebelleth against God! For salvation cometh to none such except it be through repentance and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ. (king Benjamin) Mosiah 3:11-12
God Cannot Walk in Crooked Paths;
Neither Doth He Vary From That Which He Hath Said
I perceive…that (God) cannot walk in crooked paths; neither doth he vary from that which he hath said; neither hath he a shadow of turning from the right to the left, or from that which is right to that which is wrong; therefore, his course is one eternal round. (Alma) Alma 7:20
The Lord Surely Should Come to Redeem His People, But Not to Redeem Them in Their Sins, But to Redeem Them from Their Sins With The Power Given Unto Him from The Father
And remember also the words which Amulek spake unto Zeezrom…that the Lord surely should come to redeem his people, but that he should not come to redeem them in their sins, but to redeem them from their sins. And he hath power given unto him from the Father to redeem them from their sins because of repentance; therefore he hath sent his angels to declare the tidings of the conditions of repentance, which bringeth… the power of the Redeemer, unto the salvation of their souls. (Helaman to his sons Nephi and Lehi) Helaman 5:10-11
When God Prospers His People, Yea, in All Ways, Then in Their Ease Do They Harden Their Hearts, Forget the Lord Their God, and Trample Under Their Feet the Holy One
Yea, and we may see at the very time when (God) doth prosper his people, yea, in the increase of their fields, their flocks and their herds, and in gold, and in silver, and in all manner of precious things of every kind and art; sparing their lives, and delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; softening the hearts of their enemies that they should not declare wars against them; yea, and in fine, doing all things for the welfare and happiness of his people; yea, then is the time that they do harden their hearts, and do forget the Lord their God, and do trample under their feet the Holy One yea, and this because of their ease, and their exceedingly great prosperity. (Mormon) Helaman 12:2
Christ Hath Brought to Pass the Redemption of the World, Whereby He That Is Found Guiltless Before Him at the Judgment Day Hath It Given Unto Him To Dwell in the Presence of God
And he hath brought to pass the redemption of the world, whereby he that is found guiltless before him at the judgment day hath it given unto him to dwell in the presence of God in his kingdom, to sing ceaseless praises with the choirs above…in a state of happiness which hath no end. (Mormon) Mormon 7:7
And Never Have I Showed Myself Unto Man Whom I Have Created, For Never Has Man Believed in Me As Thou Hast. Seest Thou That Ye Are Created After Mine Own Image? Yea, Even All Men Were Created in the Beginning After Mine Own Image. Behold, This Body, Which Ye Now Behold, Is the Body of My Spirit; and Man Have I Created After the Body of My Spirit; and Even as I Appear Unto Thee to Be in the Spirit Will I Appear Unto My People in the Flesh
And never have I showed myself unto man whom I have created, for never has man believed in me as thou hast. Seest thou that ye are created after mine own image? Yea, even all men were created in the beginning after mine own image. Behold, this body, which ye now behold, is the body of my spirit; and man have I created after the body of my spirit; and even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit will I appear unto my people in the flesh. (the Lord to the brother of Jared) Ether 3:15-16
I Give Unto Men Weakness That They May Be Humble; for If They Humble Themselves Before Me, and Have Faith In Me, I Will Make Weak Things Become Strong Unto Them
And …the Lord Spake unto me, saying: Fools mock, but they shall mourn; and my grace is sufficient for the meek, that (the Gentiles) shall take no advantage of your weakness; And if men come unto me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them. (Moroni) Ether 12:26-27
Behold, the Spirit of Christ Is Given to Every Man, That He May Know Good from Evil
For behold, my brethren, it is given unto you to judge, that ye may know good from evil; and the way to judge is as plain, that ye may know with a perfect knowledge, as the daylight is from the dark night. For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God. (Mormon) Moroni 7:15-16
The Necessary Qualifications for Receiving a Testimony or Sure Knowledge of the Truth of the Book of Mormon
And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things. (Moroni) Moroni 10:4-5
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Sterling H. Redd Sr.
Sterling has had an identified interest in writing since one of his grandmothers recognized his writing skill during his teens. Having been orphaned at 12 years of age, he began living with his mother’s parents. He later studied Sociology and English at Brigham Young University. Sterling served as a missionary in New Zealand. Then came a year of active military service during the Berlin Crisis. Later, upon receiving a BS degree at Brigham Young University, he taught high school English in the Salt Lake area. After receiving an MSW degree at the University of Utah, he served for over thirty years as a clinical social worker and writer/editor for the Utah State Department of Health.
He was called as a member of the Bonneville Stake mission presidency. He served in subsequent years in several stake missions among diverse cultures. Among his service experience, he has been a Gospel Doctrine teacher, a High Priest Group instructor, and a High Priest Group leader. Since his retirement, he has completed a mission call at an LDS Employment Resource Center assisting a widely diverse patronage in personal resume writing. He then served a local service mission in the LDS Family Services Addiction Recovery Program. He is currently enjoying serving in nearby temples.
He has had a life-long drive in recording beautiful and meaningful quotes, poems and scriptures which have helped mold his writing interests and have subsequently found their way into a few books in his retirement years. He has a love of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but in his concern over the national decline in scripture reading, and the fact that the general reading skill is below the junior high school level, he has had increased focus on and has spent decades in making scripture reading much more clear and easy for youth as well as mature readers, while maintaining the integrity of the original texts.
Sterling’s rather palpable love of people, nature, adventure, music and literature is reflected in his writing. He is the father of five grown children, and is currently residing in Salt Lake City with his wife and their aged cat.
Sterling H. Redd Sr.
