“Whosoever Will Hearken Unto My Words the Same Shall Be Saved”

"Jesus further declared that those who would hearken to his words (which included the commandment to search Isaiah) -- and would repent and be baptized--would be saved (see 3 Nephi 23:5a). Is our salvation dependent upon our diligence in heeding the commandment to search Isaiah? This possibility has been suggested by Elder Bruce R. McConkie:

"'If our eternal salvation depends upon our ability to under stand the writings of Isaiah as fully and truly as Nephi understood them--and who shall say such is not the case!-- how shall we fare in that great day when with Nephi we shall stand before the pleasing bar of Him who said: Great are the words of Isaiah?' (Ensign, Oct. 1973, p. 78.)" (Monte S. Nyman, Great Are The Words of Isaiah, p. 1)