Friday, April 25, 2014

The very first thing I want to say on this blog is how much I love my Savior Jesus Christ! We all have a different backgrounds and levels of understanding when it comes to the role Christ plays in our lives but everything He did, does or will do is for our benefit. I want to add my testimony to the millions of Christians around the world that I know my Redeemer lives and that He is an active part in our lives. I was so grateful for the opportunity we had this last Sunday to remember the sacrifice He made for us and to rejoice in His glorious resurrection.

This last April General Conference Elder D. Todd Christofferson stated, "Because He was resurrected, Jesus cannot have been only a carpenter, a teacher, a rabbi or a prophet. Because He was resurrected, Jesus had to have been a God, even the Only Begotten Son of the Father.
Therefore, what He taught was true; God cannot lie.
Therefore, He was the Creator of the earth, as He said.
Therefore, heaven and hell are real, as He taught.
Therefore, there is a world of spirits, which He visited after His death.
Therefore, He will come again, as the angels said, and 'reign personally upon the earth."
Therefore, there is a resurrection and a final judgement for all.

Given the reality of the Resurrection of Christ, doubts about the omnipotence, omniscience, and benevolence of God the Father-who gave His Only Begotten Son for the redemption of the world-are groundless. Doubts about the meaning and purpose of life are unfounded. Jesus Christ is in fact the only name or way by which salvation can come to mankind."

No matter who we are or what our background is, we can come unto Christ. Jesus Christ offers what no man can, and that is eternal life.