Faith is the primary subject of most of Moroni 7. Faith is defined elsewhere in the scriptures, but this chapter has excellent examples of faith as well as the purpose of faith. Faith in Christ is the paramount requirement for receiving the blessings of God. We must ask in faith, act in faith, wait in faith and in gratitude, acknowledge the hand of God in our lives. In doing so we become the sons and daughters of Christ. That is our ultimate goal. In other areas of the scriptures we find that the disciples of a prophet become the sons of that prophet. In the same manner, true disciples of Christ become the family of Christ.

The book, Believing Christ, by Stephen E. Robinson points out that to receive the blessings of God we must not just believe in Christ, but that we must believe Christ. We don't just believe that Christ can heal a wicked heart, but that our own wicked heart is healed. We don't just believe that He has provided a living prophet, but we believe that following the counsel of the prophet is not only possible but necessary if we expect to receive all that God has.

First, he points out the obvious – we must use the light of Christ that is in all people to distinguish right from wrong and lay hold on every good thing. In Christ comes every good thing (V. 18-22). There is no virtue in hanging on to any evil thing, no matter what excuse we may come up with and no matter how small we think that thing is. The light of Christ will help us identify those things and then it is up to us to be rid of them.

Next, he points out that faith is power. In the Lectures on Faith, Joseph Smith points out that this principle is how the worlds were created and everything that is in them. It is this principle that all the writers of Holy Scripture are trying to teach us the readers. Faith is power to do whatsoever thing is the will of God (Lecture One). No General Conference goes by without some illustration of someone who exercised faith despite the logic of man and had miracles come to pass. Most recently, President Monson illustrated the principle with the example of the dedication of the Bern Switzerland temple. Knowing that Brother Peter Mourik was not in the building, he nonetheless called on him to speak because the Spirit so prompted him. Brother Mourik, likewise interrupted a meeting to drive to the temple even though he intended to attend a different session and arrived just as it was announced that he would be the next speaker. There are countless examples of people who paid tithing when they had nothing to eat or feed their children, or who bore children not knowing how they would pay for them, or who chose to honor the Sabbath giving up potential fame or fortune. When the Lord knows that we will follow Him in faith, power is given us to accomplish His will.

Moroni points out that the exercise of faith is the reason that miracles have not ceased in the world. Miracles cease only when there is unbelief. Where there is unbelief, it is as if no redemption of Christ had been made. Finally, it is by faith that the greatest miracle of all becomes available to us - the atonement of Christ and our personal redemption.