ATONEMENT QUOTES

That brings us to the Atonement. Paul said, “As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”  The Atonement of Jesus Christ became the immortal creation. He volunteered to answer the ends of a law previously transgressed.  And by the shedding of His blood, His 16 and our physical bodies could become perfected. They could again function without blood, just as Adam’s and Eve’s did in their paradisiacal form. Paul taught that “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; … this mortal must put on immortality. Elder Russell M. Nelson, The Atonement, October 1996 General Conference.  http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/the-atonement?lang=eng

The Savior’s gift of immortality comes to all who have ever lived. But His gift of eternal life requires repentance and obedience to specific ordinances and covenants. Essential ordinances of the gospel symbolize the Atonement. Baptism by immersion is symbolic of the death, burial, and Resurrection of the Redeemer. Partaking of the sacrament renews baptismal covenants and also renews our memory of the Savior’s broken flesh and of the blood He shed for us. Ordinances of the temple symbolize our reconciliation with the Lord and seal families together forever. Obedience to the sacred covenants made in temples qualifies us for eternal life—the greatest gift of God to man 40 —the “object and end of our existence.”  Elder Russell M. Nelson, The Atonement, October 1996 General Conference.  http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/the-atonement?lang=eng

That is why we respond to our own calls from the Lord. When we comprehend His voluntary Atonement, any sense of sacrifice on our part becomes completely overshadowed by a profound sense of gratitude for the privilege of serving Him.  Elder Russell M. Nelson, The Atonement, October 1996 General Conference.  http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/the-atonement?lang=eng

Our testimonies, like yours, have been written in our hearts as we have faced assorted soul-stretching challenges and adversities. Without an understanding of Heavenly Father’s perfect plan of happiness and the Savior’s Atonement as the central feature of that plan, these challenges could seem unfair. We all share in the trials of life together. But in faithful hearts is written, “All that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.”  Sis. Linda K. Burton, Is Faith In The Atonement of Jesus Christ Written in Our Hearts?, October 2012 General Conference. http://www.lds.org/broadcasts/article/general-relief-society-meeting/2012/09/is-faith-in-the-atonement-of-jesus-christ-written-in-our-hearts?lang=eng

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.  Elder M. Russell Ballard, The Atonement and the Value of One Soul, April 2004 General Conference.  http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2004/04/the-atonement-and-the-value-of-one-soul?lang=eng

Before the Crucifixion and afterward, many men have willingly given their lives in selfless acts of heroism. But none faced what the Christ endured. Upon Him was the burden of all human transgression, all human guilt.

And hanging in the balance was the Atonement. Through His willing act, mercy and justice could be reconciled, eternal law sustained, and that mediation achieved without which mortal man could not be redeemed.  Elder Boyd K. Packer, Atonement, Agency, Accountability. April 1988 General Conference.  http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1988/04/atonement-agency-accountability?lang=eng

Even with the trials of life, because of the Savior’s Atonement and His grace, righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace. Elder Quentin L. Cook, Personal Peace:  The Reward of Righteousness, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/personal-peace-the-reward-of-righteousness?lang=eng

The Savior’s Redemption has two parts. First, it atones for Adam’s transgression and the consequent Fall of man by overcoming what could be called the direct effects of the Fall—physical death and spiritual death. Physical death is well understood; spiritual death is the separation of man from God. In the words of Paul, “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22). This redemption from physical and spiritual death is both universal and without condition.  The second aspect of the Savior’s Atonement is redemption from what might be termed the indirect consequences of the Fall—our own sins as opposed to Adam’s transgression. By virtue of the Fall, we are born into a mortal world where sin—that is, disobedience to divinely instituted law—is pervasive. Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Redemption, April 2013 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/redemption?lang=eng

There is no greater expression of love than the heroic Atonement performed by the Son of God. Were it not for the plan of our Heavenly Father, established before the world began, in a very real sense, all mankind—past, present, and future—would have been left without the hope of eternal progression. As a result of Adam’s transgression, mortals were separated from God (see Rom. 6:23) and would be forever unless a way was found to break the bands of death. This would not be easy, for it required the vicarious sacrifice of one who was sinless and who could therefore take upon Himself the sins of all mankind.  M. Russell Ballard, The Atonement and the Value of One Soul, April 2004 General Conference,  http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2004/04/the-atonement-and-the-value-of-one-soul?lang=eng

Concerning the importance of the Atonement, in Alma we learn, “For it is expedient that an atonement should be made; … or else all mankind must unavoidably perish.”  If you have made no mistakes, then you do not need the Atonement. If you have made mistakes, and all of us have, whether minor or serious, then you have an enormous need to find out how they can be erased so that you are no longer in darkness.   Boyd K. Packer, The Atonement, October 2012 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/10/the-atonement?lang=eng