O my sons, I would that ye should remember that these sayings are true, and also that these records are true. And behold, also the plates of Nephi, which contain the records and the sayings of our fathers from the time they left Jerusalem until now, and they are true; and we can know of their surety because we have them before our eyes.
King Benjamin's testimony of the scriptures of his day echoes my testimony of the Book of Mormon today. We have it before our eyes. We do not have to take anyone's word for it. We can handle the book, turn its pages, and read its words for ourselves. It is tangible evidence that Joseph Smith was a prophet, that God speaks, and that the fullness of Christ's gospel has been restored. The Book of Mormon is either true or it is not. It is the acid test. If it is true, we are duty bound to learn what God wants us to do about it. If it is false, we don't need to spend another second worrying about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and all the weird things the Mormons say and do. The third option, of course, is to simply ignore it. We can pretend like it doesn't exist and go about our daily business in comfortable ignorance. Willful ignorance is not comforting, however, to the honest in heart when knowledge is within reach. The promise of the Book of Mormon is that we can read it and then ask God to know for ourselves whether it is true. If it is s fraud, he will not let us believe a lie. But if it is true, it is the greatest news since the resurrection of Christ. People who want to know God should want to know about the Book of Mormon.
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