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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1 Nephi 13:25
"So when the Bible first came from the Jew to the gentile it was in its purity and contained the truth and the fulness of the gospel." (Dad)
1 Nephi 13:26
Q: What happened after the Bible fell into the hands of the gentiles? (Dad)
A: "They took away from the gospel." (Shaylee) "The took away many plain and precious things of the gospel and many covenants of the Lord." (Brandon) "Yes, this is why we say we believe the Bible to be the word of God so far as it is translated correctly. We believe it was the word of God as it was spoken and written by the original prophets and apostles. But there are parts that man has changed since, which have caused some of the plain and precious truths that were in the Bible to be lost or misunderstood. This is another reason why the Lord had the prophet in America keep their record of His dealings so that those truths could be restored in the Book of Mormon, which helps to confirm the truths of the Bible." (Dad)
1 Nephi 13:27
Q: So why did those who intentionally change the Bible do it? (Dad)A: "That they might pervert the right ways of the Lord." (Shaylee) "They might blind the eyes and harden hearts of the children of men." (Brandon) "Yes, people change the truth in order to gain power over others, to persuade them to do what they want. We see this all around us today, especially in politics where people will tell half-truths, take things out of context or tell flat out lies in order to get people to believe them and get their way." (Dad)
1 Nephi 13:28
Q: Who perverted the Bible? (Dad)A: "Through the great and abominable church or the people of the world." (Brandon) "The Bible for many, many centuries was controlled and kept by the Catholic church, which is why some people thought that the Catholic church was the great and abominable church. Yes, there were those in the Catholic church who were part of that great and abominable church because they were trying to change the word of God to gain power but there were also many other people in the church who were trying to follow God. So the great and abominable church is made up of people from all different religions, including our own, and from no religion of all. They are those who are trying to lead people away from the true gospel of Christ and to enter the large and spacious building." (Brandon)
1 Nephi 13:29
Q: What was the result of the changes that were made to the Bible? (Dad)A: "People are lost and confused and stumble, and Satan uses that weakness to take over." (Brandon) "People no longer understood the fulness of the gospel. They still had many pieces of the true gospel, but they also lost other truths and introduced untruths, which caused the people to stumble and be led astray." (Dad)
1 Nephi 13:30-31
Q: What did God covenant regarding the Lamanites and Nephites who mixed in with them when the gentiles from Europe inherited the land of promise or the Americas? (Dad)A: "God will not allow the gentiles to destroy the mixture of their seed." (Kenyon) "Yes, as we read before God would allow the gentiles to scatter and kill many of them because of their wickedness and breaking their covenant with God, but God also promised that He would not allow the gentiles to wipe them all out." (Dad)
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