The first two definitions for keystone at Dictionary.com are:
  1. the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
  2. something on which associated things depend: the keystone of one's philosophy.1
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ is known as the keystone of our religion. In the Introduction of The Book of Mormon the Prophet Joseph Smith is quoted as saying:
"I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book."
President Ezra Taft Benson, 13th prophet of the Church said:
"A keystone is the central stone in an arch. It holds all the other stones in place, and if removed, the arch crumbles.

"There are three ways in which the Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion. It is the keystone in our witness of Christ. It is the keystone of our doctrine. It is the keystone of testimony" ("The Book of Mormon--Keystone of Our Religion," Ensign, Nov 1986, 4).
President James E. Faust said:
"The Book of Mormon is a keystone because it establishes and ties together eternal principles and precepts, rounding out basic doctrines of salvation. It is the crowning gem in the diadem of our holy scriptures.

"It is a keystone for other reasons also...namely, that God will manifest the truth of the Book of Mormon to every sincere inquirer having faith in Christ--we have a key link in a self-locking chain.

"A confirming testimony of the Book of Mormon convinces 'that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God' and also spiritually verifies the divine calling of Joseph Smith and that he did see the Father and the Son. With that firmly in place, it logically follows that one can also receive a verification that the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price are true companion scriptures to the Bible and the Book of Mormon.

"All of this confirms the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the divine mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, led by a living prophet enjoying continuous revelation. From these basic verities, an understanding can flow of other saving principles of the fulness of the gospel" ("The Keystone of Our Religion," Ensign, Jan 2004, 2-6).
Many people who learn of The Book of Mormon think that it takes away from the Bible or violates the book of Revelations by adding to it, but it doesn't. The Book of Mormon confirms the truthfulness of the Bible (see 1 Nephi 13:40) and is another testament of Jesus Christ. (Also see A Bible! A Bible!)

I know The Book of Mormon is the word of God. I have read it. I have studied it. I have pondered and prayed about it. It is true.

Learn how you can receive a free copy of The Book of Mormon or a free copy of the Bible and discover for yourself that these books of scripture are true.

Notes:
1. keystone. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/keystone...

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