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If you were offered diamonds or rubies\u00a0or\u00a0the Book of Mormon, which would you choose? Honestly, which\u00a0is\u00a0of greater worth to you?<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Immersing ourselves” _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/practice.alysssablack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/temple.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n Regularly in the truths of the Book of Mormon can be a life-changing experience.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_fullwidth_slider][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|25px|4px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”President Oaks” image_url=”https:\/\/practice.alysssablack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/President-Oaks.jpg” name_last_edited=”off|desktop” _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}” name__hover_enabled=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n That is the key: to use the Book of Mormon to become \u201cbuilt on the rock of Christ\u201d! This book is a testament of Jesus Christ. It explains the significance of his atonement and the content of our covenant relationship with him.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”President Nelson” image_url=”https:\/\/practice.alysssablack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/President-Nelson.jpg” _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Something powerful happens when a child of God seeks to know more about Him and His Beloved Son. Nowhere are those truths taught more clearly and powerfully than in the Book of Mormon.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”President Eyring” image_url=”https:\/\/practice.alysssablack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Elder-Eyring.jpg” _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n There are thousands of references to the Savior in the Book of Mormon. The testimony of Jesus permeates every page. So, whoever reads it is reading words which testify of the Savior.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”25,66,65,64″ show_title_and_caption=”off” _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||1px|||”][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”8px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_testimonial _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I testify that Joseph Smith was and is\u00a0the\u00a0prophet of this last dispensation. It was he who, through the gift and power of God, translated this holy book. This is\u00a0the\u00a0book that will help to prepare the world for the Second Coming of the Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I testify that Jesus Christ is the literal and living Son of our living God. He is our Savior, our Redeemer, our great Exemplar, and our Advocate with the Father. He was the promised Messiah, the mortal Messiah, and will be the millennial Messiah. I testify with my whole soul that in a most miraculous and singular way, the Book of Mormon teaches us of Jesus Christ and His gospel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n President Russell M. 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