Additional Scripture Not Now Known

I need to blog really quickly, but I don't have any good ideas. Once again, I turn to Facebook for a quick inspirational quote or thought. Once again, I find one that was posted by my Mom. "On September 22, 1827, Joseph Smith obtained the plates which were buried in what is known as the Hill Cumorah." The plates that he obtained were thin metal sheets, bound similarly to a book, which contained the writings of prophets that many Christians have never heard of. The book is called the Book of Mormon.

There are some who say that the Book of Mormon isn't really God's word because "All of God's words to us are in the Bible." But those who study the Bible religiously may notice something strange. I've heard that there are a few prophets named in the New Testament whose writings do not appear in the Old. Also, Jesus quoted some prophets whose names we don't know because their writings aren't in the Bible either (except what Jesus quoted), or so I'm told. If this is true, then by the Bible's own testimony, there's more to God's word than what's written in that book.

At the end of his gospel, John wrote, "And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written."

Clearly, there's more to the story. There's more that could have been written. And as evidenced by the Book of Mormon, some of it has been.

I believe that there are many prophets that even we Mormons don't know of. There's much more of God's word that we don't have. There are teachings that we haven't received yet, but that we will receive later on, if we're willing to listen. We may even get some new revelation and new teachings within the next two weeks.

The Latter-Day Saints are blessed with more scripture than any other church, especially if you include the teachings of our modern Prophets and Apostles, and there's still more of God's word to look forward to. But all the scripture in the world would do a man no good at all if he does not follow it. Unless we live the teachings in the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and in modern revelation, we might as well not even have it. We have been given incredible blessings of scripture. May we all try to live up to their teachings so that we may prove worthy of receiving more.