Mormon Chapter 7

7:3-4 - "...Know ye that ye must come unto repentance, or ye cannot be saved..."
It's very important to repent.  If we do not repent, we cannot be saved.  So if we want to be saved, we must repent.  This is what we should do on a daily/continual basis.


7:5 - "...Know ye that ye must come to the knowledge of your fathers, and repent of all your sins and iniquities, and believe in Jesus Christ..."
Our 'fathers' believed and taught very important principles and doctrines.  What they believed and were taught is what we need to hear, too.  The Gospel of Jesus Christ doesn't change.  We do, though, so we need to keep learning and applying what we learn.

7:7 - "...And he hath brought to pass the redemption of the world, whereby he that is found guiltless before him at the judgment day hath it given unto him to dwell in the presence of God in his kingdom, to sing ceaseless praises with the choirs above, unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the Holy Ghost, which are one God, in a state of happiness which hath no end..."
Here is a great motivation to have faith.  If we want to be eternally happy, we must keep the commandments in faith and repent.

7:8-9 - "...For behold, [the Book of Mormon] is written for the intent that ye may believe [the Bible]; and if ye believe [the Bible] ye will believe [the Book of Mormon] also; and if ye believe [the Book of Mormon] ye will know concerning your fathers, and also the marvelous works which were wrought by the power of God among them..."
If we believe, we will come to a knowledge of our fathers - we cannot be saved without them, and they cannot be saved without us.  We need to continue to diligently study the Book of Mormon and scriptures.
Elder Russell M. Nelson talked about this in the November 2007 Ensign, Pg. 43-45 - "Love for the Book of Mormon expands one's love for the Bible and vice versa.  Scriptures of the Restoration do not compete with the Bible; they complement the Bible."
We should not shortchange the Bible, but get all we can out of it.  Truth comes from all over and we should learn from as many sources as we can - in good judgment, obviously.