The Lord’s work is not done
I served as a missionary for my church in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regions of Chile. I had only been in the country for about four and a half months and was in the city of Arica, which is located at the northern most point where Peru is clearly in view, I had been assigned to work with an Elder from Sandy, Utah. We dubbed ourselves Batman and Robin, I can’t quite remember why we gave ourselves such titles, I guess we believed that were were superheros, maybe … I don’t know, but we did become pretty good friends, so much so that we asked our mission president to stay together for three “combios” (changes/transfers) which is one more that the customary two.
Anyways … It was a very warm summer day, winter at home, and in fact very close to Christmas time when we were knocking on some doors and while we did,
I was reading a little bit in 2 Nephi 29, I saw the word “Biblia” … Bible, and remember thinking why was the word Bible in the Book of Mormon. I later learned that Bible meant books, but still thought it odd that the word was there, I still kind of do. But in this same chapter there is a passage that was quoted verbatim by a nearly sober Chilean guy, my companion can attest to this, we walked up to this guy and he asked what the Book of Mormon was and we told him and he said, “So the book is like the bible right?” we said absolutely and that it testifies of Christ, he then quoted this scripture:
…A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more bible.
2 Nephi 29:3
We really could not believe what we had heard, it was like we were living in scripture… and we were. Nephi saw the fate his people the Nephites, he saw our day, he saw the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and how the world would receive it.
Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations 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.
And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished;
2 Nephi 29:8-9
Yea, wo be unto him that saith: We have received, and we need no more!
Wo be unto him that shall say: We have received the word of God, and we need no more of the word of God, for we have enough!
2 Nephi 28:27,29
…I will bring them forth in mine own due time; for I will show unto the children of men that I am able to do mine own work…
2 Nephi 27:21
Why not have more bible? Why not have more revelation from heaven, more connection to the Father and the Son. Is this the best that the Lord has? Is this it? The Lord had covenanted with Nephi that the words that he and other wrote and keep secure would come to bless his people when the Lord would begin his marvelous work. The Jews and the descendants of Joseph are not his only people, the Lord loves and intends to save all God’s children.
The prophet today, President Russel M. Nelson, has admonished us all to increase out spiritual capacity, that in coming days “it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost.” We need a constant flow of revelation from heaven, President Nelson said ” If we are to have any hope of sifting through the myriad of voices and the philosophies of men that attack truth, we must learn to receive revelation.”
The Lord’s work is not done! There is much more to come. The church is continuing to be restored, the earth has a lot of restoring to do, and most importantly we are not restored, He is NOT done with us.!
He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw call men unto him..
…he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.
2 Nephi 26:24,33