More is More

When Jesus Christ came to Earth, fulfilled the Law of Moses, and gave us the teachings, parables, and sermons that later became The New Testament, He wasn't erasing The Old Testament. The New Testament didn't replace The Old Testament. Rather, The New Testament was just an addition of new scripture. It didn't take anything away from the scripture we had. It just gave us more.

The same thing happened with The Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon didn't replace The Bible any more than The New Testament replaced The Old Testament. It's just more scripture. It doesn't take anything away; it just gives us more. More perspective, more answers, more teachings, all to be added to what we can learn from The Bible.

Furthermore (pun intended), there are scriptures out there that we don't have yet, and even some that haven't been written yet. When we get those scriptures, they won't replace The Bible or The Book of Mormon. The new scriptures won't render the old scriptures obsolete. They'll just teach us new things, clarify some points we still have questions about, and give us a stronger grasp of the truths that have been true since the dawn of time. Our current collection of scriptures won't become obsolete; it'll grow.

I'm glad we have as many scriptures as we have, and I look forward to getting more of them. Scriptures are good, and it'll be even more good to get more of them.