The Spirit of Christ is also that which “giveth light to every man that cometh into the world” (D&C 84:46) and is given to everyone that they “may know good from evil” (Moroni 7:15). Also, this spirit is the power which enables God to comprehend all things (see D&C 88:41). It is a spirit that “giveth life to all things” and the “ law by which all things are governed” (D&C 88:13 emphasis added). It is the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars, and the power by which all things were made (see D&C 88:7–10). From modern scriptures, we learn that the Spirit of Christ is the power that “proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space” (D&C 88:12 see also 2 Nephi 16:3). While the Book of Mormon does not provide detailed information concerning the Spirit of Christ, it does describe its purposes and its influence upon the lives of people. The Spirit of Christ is not merely a source of truth it is an integral part of what we are as human beings (see John 14:6, 20 D&C 93:29). As part of his record, the prophet Moroni included his father’s teaching on the most fundamental means by which God sustains man: the Spirit of Christ: “For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God” (Moroni 7:16 emphasis added).
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Not only have prophets provided descriptions of the problems of our day, but they have also given counsel as to how to address them. Isaiah has written, “Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil that put darkness for light, and light for darkness that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20 see also 2 Nephi 15:20). Many things which were once considered evil are now celebrated as “good,” and numerous things which were once reverenced as good are now called inappropriate or evil. We have all been influenced in some way by the moral decay of our culture. While some of the problems of our day do not involve questions of morality, most do.
We live in difficult times, and my heart goes out to all those whose lives embody these statistics in any way. there has been a 560% increase in violent crime a 419% increase in illegitimate births a quadrupling in divorce rates a tripling of the percentage of children living in single-parent homes more than a 200% increase in the teenage suicide rate.” In the Wall Street Journal, we read a sobering description of the problems in today’s society that is consistent with Moroni’s vision: “Since 1960. envying, and strifes, and malice, and persecutions, and all manner of iniquities” (Mormon 8:34–36). But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing, “Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not. “The Lord hath shown unto me great and marvelous things concerning that which must shortly come, at that day when these things shall come forth among you. Moroni, the last of the Book of Mormon prophets, saw our day: Under the inspiration of God, who sees all things from the beginning, he abridged centuries of records, choosing the stories, speeches, and events that would be most helpful to us.” Mormon wrote near the end of the Nephite civilization.
The Nephites never had the book, neither did the Lamanites of ancient times. President Ezra Taft Benson stated: “We must make the Book of Mormon a center focus of study because it was written for our day. Those prophets who wrote, compiled, and abridged the Book of Mormon did so with the inhabitants of our day in mind. Daniel K Judd was chair of the Department of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University when this was published.
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