Atonement

Atonement:

“Because of the Lord’s Atonement, resurrection (or immortality) became a reality.13 Because of the Atonement, eternal life became a possibility for all who would qualify.” –Elder Nelson, Thanks Be to God, Conference April 2012

“When we make mistakes, as we transgress and sin, we can repent and become clean through the redeeming power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.”-Elder Bednar, April 2012

“Should choices be wrong, they can be rectified through repentance. When its conditions are fully met, the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our Savior, provides a release from the demands of justice for the errors made. It is wondrously simple and so incomparably beautiful.”-Elder Scott, April 2012

“Ultimately, it is His Atonement and His grace that is our daily bread. We should seek Him daily, to do His will each day, to become one with Him as He is one with the Father.” –Elder Christofferson, January 2012

You have been taught at home and in seminary about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Atonement is like an eraser. It can wipe away guilt and the effect of whatever it is that is causing you to feel guilty.-Elder Packer, How to Survive in Enemy Territory, Conference April  2012

“The restored gospel of Jesus Christ is comprehensive, universal, merciful, and true. Following the necessary experience of mortal life, all sons and daughters of God will be resurrected and go to a kingdom of glory more wonderful than any mortals can comprehend. … All of this will occur because of God’s great love for His children, and it is all made possible because of the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, “who glorifies the Father, and saves all the works of his hands” (D&C 76:43). –Elder Oaks, The Only True and Living Church, Seminar, August 2011

“It is the miracle of forgiveness; it is the miracle of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ. But you cannot do it without an active commitment to the gospel, and you cannot do it without repentance where it is needed.”-Elder Holland, We Are All Enlisted, Conference October 2011

“Some will make critically serious mistakes, transgressing the laws of the gospel. Here it is time to remind you of the Atonement, repentance, and complete forgiveness to the point that you can become pure again.”-Elder Packer, Counsel to Youth,  Conference October 2011

“Our Father in Heaven is a loving father with a plan that blesses each of His children. Jesus Christ is our Savior, and His Atonement is the seminal event in all history.”-Elder Cook, Devotional, March 2012

“The literal meaning of the English word Atonement is self-evident: at-one-ment, the bringing together of things that have been separated or estranged. The Atonement of Jesus Christ was indispensable because of the separating transgression, or Fall, of Adam, which brought two kinds of death into the world when Adam and Eve partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”-Elder Holland, The Atonement of Christ, Liahona, March 2008

Position Statement:

            The Atonement given to us by our Lord Jesus Christ is the greatest gift given by any person that has lived or will live on this earth. Too many people today, in the church, take this gift for granted. I know I am guilty of this at times, but as many others; it is my wish to one day be as perfect as Christ. Because of the atonement I have been given the opportunity to perfect myself and repent of the sins which I commit every single day. I am most grateful for the atonement, if I did not have the knowledge that I could repent and be forgiven of my past so that I may fix my future, I would be a wondering lost soul. Another reason why I will always strive to be worthy of this atonement, is that I get to be with my husband forever, under the Lord, and will never be separated from him again now or ever.