My younger Brother questions about the Church

[Avrham]

my younger brother was investigating the church a few weeks back and asked the missionaries/Bishop some pretty straight up questions like

1 does the teachings by the missionaries(church) want him to believe in Jesus Christ

2 or do They want to teach about or believe in the book(BOM)and get baptised

well being my brother i delt with his questions long ago this was just a quick sample question he said he asked in investigator lessons which he had been having lately could'nt quite fathom what they wanted of him ie baptism or BOM belief or both the Bishop saw me at missionarie meeting and spoke about him alot and mentioned some of the questions he asked he said"they where thought provoking" I thought what did he ask exactly?

gee i thought to myself was those questions he asked above "thought provoking"well the bishop/ward mission leader want to meet again with him ASAP but unfortunately he has gone overseas to Afghanistan just left 2 days ago prayefully be back in one piece 12mnths time

I suppose i have to find out what he meant :):)

[HiJolly]

my younger brother was investigating the church a few weeks back and asked the missionaries/Bishop some pretty straight up questions like

1 does the teachings by the missionaries(church) want him to believe in Jesus Christ

2 or do They want to teach about or believe in the book(BOM)and get baptised

well being my brother i delt with his questions long ago this was just a quick sample question he said he asked in investigator lessons which he had been having lately could'nt quite fathom what they wanted of him ie baptism or BOM belief or both the Bishop saw me at missionarie meeting and spoke about him alot and mentioned some of the questions he asked he said"they where thought provoking" I thought what did he ask exactly?

gee i thought to myself was those questions he asked above "thought provoking"well the bishop/ward mission leader want to meet again with him ASAP but unfortunately he has gone overseas to Afghanistan just left 2 days ago prayefully be back in one piece 12mnths time

I suppose i have to find out what he meant :):)

Sounds VERY good.

Having served a mission in the US, I know that our discussions in areas where Christianity is assumed are much less Christ-centered than in areas that are mainly non-christian, such as Japan or Korea. I think the Church could improve in this, but at the same time it makes sense that we would not cover what is already understood.

HiJolly

[mnn727]

The answer is both.

[tubaloth]

1 does the teachings by the missionaries(church) want him to believe in Jesus Christ

Yes, the point of sharing the “good news” of the gospel is to share in the knowledge of what Christ has done for us! How we can return to our Father in Heaven. Jesus Christ is the center (or corner stone) of our religion. I don’t know how the discussions are now, but when I did it (10 years ago) the full second discussion was about Jesus Christ.

2 or do They want to teach about or believe in the book(BOM)and get baptized

The book of mormon is really a tool we use to:

1. Bring us closer to Jesus Christ

2. Help us realize that Revelation (about the gospel and about Jesus Christ) is not gone away, that there are more scriptures.

3. That Prophets were called as they were in the bible! Really as the Book of mormon says, its another testament (with the New and Old Testatment) of Jesus Christ.

Just as the bible isn’t there JUST to get people to be baptized, the same is true with the book of mormon! Its to lead us to Christ! As we are lead to Christ, we are lead to the waters of Baptism!

Did he take a book of mormon with him? You probably should send him one!

[mikey9a]

Let him Know that the Book of Mormon is a witness of Christ. Do a Topical Guide scripture search with him and then have him cross reference with the Bible. (with JST of course) so he can see that we live our lives in the service of Christ. It is such a wonderful message I am sure he will receive a witness.