Christ Explains All Things

Jesus explained everything to the multitude—great things and small things. He said, “The Father commanded me to repeat these scriptures to you so that you would have them to give to future generations.” Christ explained all things, from the beginning until the time when He will come in His glory—when the elements will melt with fervent heat—when the earth will be wrapped together like a scroll—when the heavens and the earth will pass away. Christ also explained everything that would happen before that great and last day, when all people will stand before God to be judged by their good or evil works. Those who do good will receive a resurrection of everlasting life, and those who do evil will receive a resurrection of damnation. This will be done according to the mercy, justice, and holiness of Christ, who was prepared before the world was created.

This book that I, Mormon, am writing cannot contain even one percent of what Jesus taught the people, but Nephi’s plates contain most of what He taught (the greater things).

I have written these words (the lesser things) with the hope that they will again be brought to this people (the Lamanites) through the Gentiles, according to the words of Jesus.

If the Lamanites and Gentiles prove their faith by believing these lesser things (in The Book of Mormon), then the greater things will be shown to them (all of Christ’s words). But if they will not believe these things, the greater things will be withheld from them, to their condemnation.

I was about to write the greater things, all of which are engraved on Nephi’s plates, but the Lord commanded me not to, saying, “I will try the faith of my people.” On my plates, I have written only what the Lord has commanded me to write. And now I, Mormon, end my comments and write more of what I have been commanded to write.

The Lord taught the people for three days. (After this, He showed Himself to them often, breaking and blessing bread, and giving it to them.) And He taught and ministered to their children, enabling them to say great and marvelous things to their fathers, even greater things than He had revealed to the people. For on the second day, Christ came again and healed all their sick, lame, blind, and deaf, and raised a man from the dead. Then He ascended to the Father again. And it was on the next day, the third day, that the multitude saw and heard those children. Even babes opened their mouths and spoke things too marvelous to be written.

The disciples whom Jesus had chosen began to baptize and teach all who came to them, and all who were baptized in the name of Jesus were filled with the Holy Ghost. Many of them saw and heard unspeakable things—things not lawful to be written.

They taught and ministered to one another. They had all things in common, and everyone dealt fairly with one another, doing everything that Jesus had commanded them to do.

Those who were baptized in the name of Jesus formed the church of Christ.