Ever since I watched the video I shared over here, I’ve been wanting to read this book. So I requested it through my public library’s interlibrary loan program a while ago. The ILL system delivered this time. I don’t always get the books I request, but this time, I did! I finished it this past week. It’s so good!

When Jason, the subject of the story, was 14, he heard about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ from his friends in junior high who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). He lived in Scottsdale AZ. Since he was raised Jewish, he started talking about Zion and the Messiah with some of his friends in jr. high. His LDS jr. high friends shared with him what they believe about those topics. He was impressed that he saw them living their beliefs, especially when one of them refused to look at pornography when some guys in jr. high tried to get him to look at some. Then these LDS friends gave Jason a Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ. 

He didn’t want to read it at first. He wanted to get rid of it because he didn’t want his family to see it since his mom is Jewish and his dad is Lutheran. He decided he would burn it to get rid it. Just as he was about to put the flame to the book from a cigarette lighter, he heard a voice in his head say “Don’t burn my book.”

So then he read it. He was immediately captivated by it, especially when he saw that on the title page it saws that its purpose is to testify to Jews and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God.

Thus began his conversion. He finished reading the Book of Mormon when he was 14 or 15. He took Moroni’s invitation to heart in Moroni 10:4-5 and prayed to know if the book is true. After he prayed, he said that he felt a beautiful comforting witness from the Holy Spirit, from the top of his head to his toes. After waiting until 18 to get baptized, he served a mission to Morristown NJ. He felt blessed to be able to do that because that mission has the highest concentration of Jews in the US. That was confirmation for him that the mission call came for the Lord who knows him personally. He then went on to study at BYU, live in Israel for an extended period of time, and get his PhD from Brandeis University.

I just love that reminder from reading his story that the Book of Mormon was indeed written for the “convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations—And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God, that ye may be found spotless at the judgment-seat of Christ.” (from the title page, here.)

You can read a sample of Jason’s book, Chapter 2, where he attempts to burn the Book of Mormon, over here.

The Book of Mormon is full of so many truths. I testify that reading it brings a person closer to God more than any other book, as Joseph Smith said. (From the introduction to the Book of Mormon over here.)

I just noticed today that it also says, in Mosiah 27:30-31, my new favorite scripture, the following beautiful truth…

This is Alma the Younger telling us that Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, “remembereth every creature of his creating, he will make himself manifest unto all. Yea, every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess before him. Yea, even at the last day, when all men shall stand to be judged of him, then shall they confess that he is God; then shall they confess, who live without God in the world, that the judgment of an everlasting punishment is just upon them; and they shall quake, and tremble, and shrink beneath the glance of his all-searching eye.”

I just love that! I invite you to ponder how Jesus the Redeemer is manifesting Himself in your life. Then share your stories with family or a friend. Write them down and keep it for posterity’s sake. Add to your writings every day in your journal.

You can see more truths from the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ over here. These truths are priceless, more precious than jewels!

Want to learn even more about the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ? Go here. I’ve even got a Book of Mormon-themed Wits and Wagers version here.

Then here’s a story of how a copy of the Book of Mormon did not burn in a house fire, even though everything around it did. Amazing!

You can also listen to more interviews of Jason here and here.

Want to hear another story of a Jew converting to Jesus Christ? Go here for the story of my husband’s aunt through marriage. She also wrote a book of her story with “burning” in the title, called The Burning Bush.