Family Home Evening

Today for family home evening we began the book of Jacob. Throughout our reading we also would have discussions and the following popped out as a distinct verse in the first chapter.

Jacob 1:19
And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day.

This stuck out as my Mom posed the question who would judge at time of judgement. I knew that we would be judged by our current leaders such as Joseph Smith, Gordon B. Hinckley, etc. What I did not know is that it would extend all the way to Nephi and Book Of Mormon prophets. This is due to the fact that we are judged by these words as we are the dispensation for which this book was prepared.

The Book of Mormon prophets were given this task to keep a record of the history and a record of the commandments and revelations of the Lord to teach us, but they are judged by how they strived to keep these records, just like how we are judged to follow them.