The Atonement of Jesus Christ

1)      “Be of good cheer, the future is as bright as your faith.” 

~President Monson (Be of Good Cheer APR 2009)

2)      "[Jesus Christ] concluded His mortal ministry with the single most compassionate and significant service in the history of the world: the Atonement." 

~M Russell Ballard (Restored Truth OCT 1994)

3)      "If we truly understood the Atonement and the eternal value of each soul, we would seek out the wayward boy and girl and every other wayward child of God. We would help them to know of the love Christ has for them. We would do all that we can to help prepare them to receive the saving ordinances of the gospel."

 ~M Russell Ballard (The Atonement and the Value of One Soul APR 2004)

4)      "Man unquestionably has impressive powers... But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ... Man cannot earn his own salvation." 

~Dallin H Oaks (What Think Ye of Christ OCT 1988)

5)      "When the challenges of mortality come, and they come for all of us, it may seem hard to have faith and hard to believe. At these times only faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His Atonement can bring us peace, hope, and understanding. Only faith that He suffered for our sakes will give us the strength to endure to the end. When we gain this faith, we experience a mighty change of heart, and like Enos, we become stronger and begin to feel a desire for the welfare of our brothers and sisters. We pray for them, that they too will be lifted and strengthened through faith on the Atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ." 

~Thomas S. Monson (Believe, Obey, and Endure APR 2012)

6)      "Closely related to our own obligation to repent is the generosity of letting others do the same...In this we participate in the very essence of the Atonement of Jesus Christ...We don't want God to remember our sins, so there is something fundamentally wrong in our relentlessly trying to remember others' sins...It is one of those ironies of godhood that in order to find peace, the offended as well as the offender must engage the principle of forgiveness." ~Jeffrey R Holland (The Peaceable Things of the Kingdom OCT 1996)

7)      "There are some who believe that because they have made mistakes, they can no longer fully partake of the blessings of the gospel. How little they understand the purposes of the Lord. One of the great blessings of living the gospel is that it refines us and helps us learn from our mistakes. We "all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God," yet the Atonement of Jesus Christ has the power to make us whole when we repent.”

 ~Dieter F Uchtdorf (The Way of the Disciple APR 2009)

8)      "The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ. Faith that They exist; faith in the Father's plan for our immortality and eternal life; faith in the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, which animates this plan of happiness; faith to make the gospel of Jesus Christ our way of life; and faith to come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent."  

~D Todd Christofferson (The Blessing of Scripture APR 2010)

9)      "Our understanding of and faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ will provide strength and capacity needed for a successful life."

~Richard G Scott (He Lives, All Glory to His Name! APR 2010)

10)   "If you have felt the influence of the Holy Ghost today, you may take it as evidence that the Atonement is working in your life. For that reason and many others, you would do well to put yourself in places and in tasks that invite the promptings of the Holy Ghost. Feeling the influence of the Holy Ghost works both ways: the Holy Ghost only dwells in a clean temple, and the reception of the Holy Ghost cleanses us through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. You can pray with faith to know what to do to be cleansed and thus qualified for the companionship of the Holy Ghost and the service of the Lord. And with that companionship you will be strengthened against temptation and empowered to detect deception."

 ~Henry B Eyring (Act in All Diligence APR 2010)