Is there anything which God cannot do? (Jeremiah 32:17) As an omnipotent being, God has all power. (Revelation 19:6) For one thing, this means that he can and does do whatever is necessary for our salvation and improvement.

It is not surprising to learn that as an all powerful, and all knowing being, God's way of doing things is different from what we might think is best (Isaiah 55:8). Wisdom would indicate that we let the omniscient person decide how things will work. Since we may not always be able to discern God's plan and his work in our lives, the prophet Amos gives us this comforting promise: "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets" (Amos 3:7 KJV).

One reason this is a striking statement, is that an all powerful and all knowing God has promised us that he will use authorized messengers (prophets) to keep us apprised of necessary elements of his plan, and what we should be doing about it. As God speaks to these prophets, and they write his words, the message becomes scripture (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21). It may seem obvious, but God never has and never will lie to us (Titus 1:2). That being the case, doesn't he still speak to prophets? He does, and his words do not end (Moses 1:38). The Book of Mormon is an ancient compilation of the words of prophets in ancient America who knew and testified of Jesus Christ. Not only is this an indication that the promise God made through Amos is a promise that he intends to keep, but The Book of Mormon was translated by a modern Amos, a prophet named Joseph Smith.

One of the main messages of The Book of Mormon is that Jesus Christ is just as much the savior of modern people as he was of the biblical people. In fact, a passage in The Book of Mormon warns against thinking that The Book of Mormon is meant to replace or diminish the bible. Through a prophet God instructs: "Know ye not that the testimony of two nations [Jewish and ancient American) is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run together also" (2 Nephi 29:8). Just like Ezekiel, The Book of Mormon teaches that the records (scriptures) of the Jews and of Ephraim are meant to work together and be as two parts of a unified word of God (Ezekiel 37:15-17).

Can there be too much praise of God? (Psalm 119:171) Can there be too many records witnessing that Christ is the Savior and Redeemer of all mankind in all ages and locations? Can there be too many prophets witnessing that God spoke to them in their times? Can there be too many records of how God's people have been rescued from evil according to their faith?

Why do Mormons have additional scripture that is a witness of Jesus Christ? Because "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets" and God does not lie.

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