Salvation Through Jesus Christ

John 3:14-17

14 ¶And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16 ¶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Jesus was lifted up so that He could lift us up, to raise us from carnal and devilish to saintly and Christlike. Eternal life is waiting for those who believe in Jesus Christ and His gospel and accept and abide by His commandments to the end of their mortal lives. God the Father loved the world so much that He gave, he gave His only Begotten Son in the flesh to suffer, bleed, and die for us, to work out the infinite atonement (payment) so that we would all have the opportunity to inherit Celestial glory in the highest heaven of the Celestial world, which is exaltation, eternal life.

Jesus, our Savior, was foreordained in pre-mortal life to be our Savior and Redeemer. He came to earth and fulfilled His mission perfectly by doing 100% the Father’s will.

GIVE

1. God the Father gave: His only Begotten Son to bless and enrich others.
2. Jesus gave: His life to bless and enrich others.
3. WE must follow their example of giving and give: our lives to bless and enrich others.

Jesus said:

“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again” (See Luke 6:38)

When we freely and unselfishly give, we exemplify our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, which is one of our purposes for living in mortality, to strive to become like them.

Jesus said, “What manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say, Even as I am.” (See 3 Nephi 27:27)