Atonement Quotes

1.) "We will overcome the consequences of individual sin by claiming the blessings and benefits of the Atonement." (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Point of Safe Return, April 2007, http://www.lds.org/)

2.) "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." (M. Russell Ballard, The Atonement and the Value of One Soul, April 2004, http://www.lds.org/)

3.) "Our salvation depends on believing in and accepting the Atonement. Such acceptance requires a continual effort to understand it more fully." (James E. Faust, The Atonement: Our Greatest Hope, October 2001, http://www.lds.org/)

4.) "Understanding what we can of the Atonement and the Resurrection of Christ helps us to obtain a knowledge of Him and of His mission." (James E. Faust, The Atonement: Our Greatest Hope, October 2001, http://www.lds.org/)

5.) "The Atonement advances our mortal course of learning by making it possible for our natures to become perfect. All of us have sinned and need to repent to fully pay our part of the debt. When we sincerely repent, the Savior’s magnificent Atonement pays the rest of that debt." (James E. Faust, The Atonement: Our Greatest Hope, October 2001, http://www.lds.org/)

6.) "Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can understand more fully the breadth and depth of healing provided by His Atonement because we have the fullness of His doctrine. We realize that what He has willingly done with immense suffering and sacrifice will affect us not only in this life but throughout all eternity." (Richard G. Scott, He Lives! All Glory to His Name!, April 2010, http://www.lds.org/)

7.) "Our great personal challenge in mortality is to become “a saint through the atonement of Christ.” (Kent F. Richards, The Atonement Covers All Pain, April 2011, http://www.lds.org/)

8.) "The Atonement was absolutely essential for men to cleanse themselves from sin and overcome the second death, which is the spiritual death, which is separation from our Father in Heaven. For the scriptures tell us, seven times they tell us, that no unclean thing may enter the presence of God." (Boyd K. Packer, Atonement, Agency, Accountability, April 1988, http://www.lds.org/)

9.) "The Atonement of Jesus Christ is available to each of us. His Atonement is infinite. It applies to everyone, even you. It can clean, reclaim, and sanctify even you. That is what infinite means—total, complete, all, forever." (Shayne M. Bowen, The Atonement Can Clean, Reclaim, and Sanctify Our Lives, October 2006, http://www.lds.org/)

10.) "Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God, in order to imply that there is no mercy." (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Point of Safe Return, April 2007, http://www.lds.org/)