JESUS CHRIST: OUR TOP PRIORITY

Jesus Christ

The Great Atoner

Colossians 1:12-14

12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

We need to thank the Father for all things, and acknowledge His hand in all things. He has delivered us from darkness and doubt and made His Only Begotten Son the Great Atoner. His Son, even Jesus the Christ, is forever our Savior and Redeemer. “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” is the commandment. Christ is first and foremost our top priority.

Redemption comes through Christ’s atoning blood that was shed for all.  He suffered, bled and died so that we might receive forgiving or pardoning of our sins and then granting us the blessing of life, even the abundant life.  He overcame death when He resurrected himself and won the victory over death and the grave. He alone is our Redeemer and Atoner to make reconciliation possible  to the Father.

“Jesus Christ possessed merits that no other child of Heavenly Father could possibly have. He was a God, Jehovah, before His birth in Bethlehem. His Father not only gave Him His spirit body, but Jesus was His Only Begotten Son in the flesh” (Richard G. Scott, April 1997 General Conference)

Richard G. Scott

Apostle of Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ: Brings to Pass the Resurrection

Victory over Death-Man is Free

Mormon 9:13 (Book of Mormon, p. 485)

And because of the redemption of man, which came by Jesus Christ, they are brought back into the presence of the Lord; yea, this is wherein all men are redeemed, because the death of Christ bringeth to pass the resurrection, which bringeth to pass a redemption from an endless sleep, from which sleep all men shall be awakened by the power of God when the trump shall sound; and they shall come forth, both small and great, and all shall stand before his bar, being redeemed and loosed from this eternal band of death, which death is a temporal death.

Redemption comes by Jesus Christ, and His redeeming power brings us back into the presence of God. On our own, we sin and fall short of being able to enter His presence, but by the power of Christ’s atonement and His redeeming capacity, we are blessed with a knowledge of repentance and then feeling God’s presence once again. Following our death,  this endless sleep of the body, we will be resurrected by the gift and power of the atonement of Christ. Were it not for His atonement, our bodies would remain in the grave and our spirits in the world of spirits, and eventually evolve into a satanic spirit. Christ removed the bands of death and made resurrection possible. Victory over the grave is now possible. “Death is conquered, man if free; Christ has won the victory” (See LDS hymn “He is Risen”). Death is no more a sting, but a stepping stone in our eternal progression, thanks to our Lord and Redeemer.

May we praise, honor, and obey Him now and forever, for in Him is joy, peace, and eternal rewards, even never-ending happiness and exaltation.

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