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What Makes the Scriptures “of Great Worth”?
January 2024


“What Makes the Scriptures ‘of Great Worth’?,” Liahona, Jan. 2024.

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1 Nephi 3–5

What Makes the Scriptures “of Great Worth”?

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brass plates and modern books of scripture

The scriptures were “of great worth” (1 Nephi 5:21) to Lehi’s family. They were so important that the Lord commanded Lehi’s sons to travel back to Jerusalem to get the brass plates (see 1 Nephi 3:2–5), a task for which they risked their lives. The scriptures (especially the Book of Mormon) are just as important for us today. Have you recently thought about why?

What did the brass plates give Lehi’s family?

What does the Book of Mormon give us today?

Words of prophets (1 Nephi 3:20)

A foundation for a testimony of Joseph Smith, the Restoration, and living prophets (introduction to the Book of Mormon)

An account of the Creation and Adam and Eve (1 Nephi 5:11)

Clarifying doctrine about the plan of salvation (2 Nephi 2; Alma 12; 34)

The law of Moses (1 Nephi 4:15–16) and other commandments (1 Nephi 5:21)

The doctrine of Christ and other commandments (2 Nephi 31; 3 Nephi 11; 27)

A record of the Jews and their witness of Christ (1 Nephi 5:12)

Additional witnesses of Christ from His “other sheep” (3 Nephi 15:21–24)

A record that preserved the language of their fathers (1 Nephi 3:19) and their lineage (1 Nephi 5:14)

A record that can help us gather scattered Israel (3 Nephi 21:6–7)

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