Jesus' Atonement Was Possible Because…….

This infinite Atonement of Christ was possible because:

(1) He was the only sinless man ever to live on this earth and therefore was not subject to the spiritual death resulting from sin.

(2) He was the Only Begotten of the Father and therefore possessed the attributes of godhood that gave Him power over physical death.

 (3) He was apparently the only one sufficiently humble and willing in the premortal council to be foreordained to that service.

Read the entire document "The Atonement of Jesus Christ" by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Christ's Atonement: at-one-ment

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. Physical death brought the separation of the spirit from the body, and spiritual death brought the estrangement of both the spirit and the body from God. As a result of the Fall, all persons born into mortality would suffer these two kinds of death. But we must remember the Fall was an essential part of Heavenly Father’s divine plan. Without it no mortal children would have been born to Adam and Eve, and there would have been no human family to experience opposition and growth, moral agency, and the joy of resurrection, redemption, and eternal life.

Read the entire document "The Atonement of Jesus Christ" by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

JESUS CHRIST: REDEEMER OF ALL MANKIND

The Resurrection of Christ

Yea, behold, this death bringeth to pass the resurrection, and redeemeth all mankind from the first death—that spiritual death; for all mankind, by the fall of Adam being cut off from the presence of the Lord, are considered as dead, both as to things temporal and to things spiritual.

But behold, the resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind, yea, even all mankind, and bringeth them back into the presence of the Lord.

--Book of Mormon Helaman 14:16-17

The resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ redeems all mankind, and brings them back into the presence of the Lord. Our sins separate us from Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost due to our unworthiness, but their love is still there for us and they are desirous for us to repent and come unto them. As we do so, then we draw nearer to them and they to us through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, through the shedding of His atoning blood.

Jesus Christ: Shall All Be Made Alive

Hebrews 2:17

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

Jesus was faithful to God and He was a merciful being. He exemplified perfection in every way wherein He never sinned. He was a God while in the flesh. He couldn’t be taught anyone save God the Father only (See JST Matthew 3:24-26).

He suffered in Gethsemane and on the cross to atone for the sins of the world and to reconcile us to God the Father. “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (see 1 Cor. 15:21-22). Resulting from the fall of Adam all will experience death; however, due to the atonement of Christ, all will be made alive, overcome spiritual and physical death, and be resurrected in preparation for life in the hereafter.