Memorizing Faith: Nephi’s Testimony of the Redemption of Christ

Commit to memory this ancient American prophet’s witness of the redeeming power of Jesus Christ, given in or about 545 B.C.

“For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do…. And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins….

“And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in Christ, and deny Him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before Him, and worship Him with all your might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.”

2 Nephi 25:23, 26, 29: Nephi’s written testimony to his posterity of the fledgling Nephite nation, probably recorded in what is now modern-day Tennessee, circa 545 B.C. (Full account found in The Second Book of Nephi. Art credit: Tom Lovell)