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Quick Quotes on Atonement
 "[God] has infinite attention to spare for each
one of us. He does not have to deal with us in the mass. You are as much alone
with Him as if
you were the only being He had ever created. When Christ died, He
died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only
man [or
woman] in the world."
-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, [1943], 131
"Salvation and all things incident
thereto center in, revolve around,
and are founded upon the atoning sacrifice of Christ."
-Bruce R. McConkie, Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, Volume 2
"Nothing done before or since has so affected
mankind as the atonement wrought by Jesus of Nazareth, who died on Calvary’s
cross,
was buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, and on the third day arose
from the grave as the Living Son of the Living God—the Savior and Redeemer of
the world."
-Gordon B. Hinckley
"Surely, if the Atonement of Christ was foremost in the
minds of ward and branch leaders, no new or reactivated member would ever be
neglected. Because every soul is so precious, leaders will counsel
together to see that each one is taught the doctrines of the gospel of Jesus
Christ." -M. Russell Ballard, "The Atonement and the Value of One Soul," Ensign,
May 2004, 86
"Is it possible to reclaim a life that through reckless abandon has
become so strewn with garbage that it appears that the person is
unforgivable? Or what about the one who is making an honest effort
but has fallen back into sin so many times that he feels that there
is no possible way to break the seemingly endless pattern? Or what
about the person who has changed his life but just can't forgive
himself? . . . 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. President Boyd K. Packer has
taught: 'There is no habit, no addiction, no rebellion, no
transgression, no apostasy, no crime exempted from the promise of
complete forgiveness. That is the promise of the atonement of
Christ' ("The Brilliant Morning of Forgiveness," Ensign, Nov. 1995,
20)." -Shayne M. Bowen, "The Atonement Can Clean, Reclaim, and
Sanctify Our Lives," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 33
"When we ponder 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" - CR October
1996
"All of us benefit from the transcendent
blessings of the Atonement and the Resurrection, through which the divine
healing process can work in our lives. The hurt can be replaced by the joy
the Savior promised. To the doubting Thomas, Jesus said, "Be not faithless,
but believing." Through faith and righteousness all of the inequities,
injuries, and pains of this life can be fully compensated for and made right.
Blessings denied in this life will be fully recompensed in the eternities."
-President James E. Faust, "Woman, Why Weepest Thou" - CR October 1996
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