Comments on: What is your great question of the soul? http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/2010/03/what-is-your-great-question-of-the-soul/ "We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men." -Joseph Smith Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thaddeus http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/2010/03/what-is-your-great-question-of-the-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-919 Thaddeus Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:07:39 +0000 http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/?p=2240#comment-919 I've had a lot of questions answered. Here is one of them: <i>What does a 'good' person look like? How do I know if I'm good?</i> A really great self-examination can be found in <a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/5" rel="nofollow">Alma 5</a>, where Alma asks a series of questions to get you introspecting. If you come up short, there is guidance to help you repent and turn your life around. I’ve had a lot of questions answered. Here is one of them:

What does a ‘good’ person look like? How do I know if I’m good?

A really great self-examination can be found in Alma 5, where Alma asks a series of questions to get you introspecting. If you come up short, there is guidance to help you repent and turn your life around.

]]> By: Steve http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/2010/03/what-is-your-great-question-of-the-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Steve Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:36:29 +0000 http://www.whatdomormonsbelieve.com/?p=2240#comment-918 My greatest question of the soul was answered by the Book of Mormon, thanks to my dad's help. When I was in high school, I realized something: I have always been taught that Joseph Smith revealed the truth about God. Everybody else in the world also believes they have the truth about God, so what made me so sure I was right? And if I was wrong, the thought that I may cease to exist once I died was a thought that filled me with indescribable horror. My dad helped me understand that if the Book of Mormon is true, then what I've been taught about Jesus Christ and the resurrection is also true. If it's not true, then any number of things could be true. He pointed out a scripture that is very familiar to those acquainted with the Book of Mormon: Moroni 10:3-5. This scripture asks us to pray about the truthfulness of the teachings in the Book of Mormon. I had heard this scripture countless times, but for the first time I realized that this scripture wasn't talking about somebody else; it was talking about me. For the first time in my life I was motivated to believe because I decided to believe, and not because it was part of my culture. I did as the scripture recommended and asked God. The first thing I felt was that I needed to be more diligent in finding out what, exactly, the Book of Mormon says by reading it more diligently. I did so, and slowly my doubts evaporated as the spirit of God added one bit of confidence to another. Now I know that the Book of Mormon is true because of my own experience. My great question of the soul was answered. My greatest question of the soul was answered by the Book of Mormon, thanks to my dad’s help.

When I was in high school, I realized something: I have always been taught that Joseph Smith revealed the truth about God. Everybody else in the world also believes they have the truth about God, so what made me so sure I was right? And if I was wrong, the thought that I may cease to exist once I died was a thought that filled me with indescribable horror.

My dad helped me understand that if the Book of Mormon is true, then what I’ve been taught about Jesus Christ and the resurrection is also true. If it’s not true, then any number of things could be true. He pointed out a scripture that is very familiar to those acquainted with the Book of Mormon: Moroni 10:3-5. This scripture asks us to pray about the truthfulness of the teachings in the Book of Mormon. I had heard this scripture countless times, but for the first time I realized that this scripture wasn’t talking about somebody else; it was talking about me.

For the first time in my life I was motivated to believe because I decided to believe, and not because it was part of my culture. I did as the scripture recommended and asked God. The first thing I felt was that I needed to be more diligent in finding out what, exactly, the Book of Mormon says by reading it more diligently. I did so, and slowly my doubts evaporated as the spirit of God added one bit of confidence to another. Now I know that the Book of Mormon is true because of my own experience. My great question of the soul was answered.

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