The Church's unique three-part Christ-focused message to the world was the emphasis of Elder Robert E. Wells' Sunday morning address.

First, said Elder Wells of the Seventy, the divine Sonship of Christ is central to understanding the entire plan of salvation. "When we refer to the divine Sonship of Jesus Christ, we are also referring to His role as a God in the premortal sphere."Elder Wells said the "Divine Sonship" also refers to the designation "Only Begotten Son in the flesh." The atonement, a supreme act, could not have been accomplished by an ordinary man, he explained.

"Christ had the power to lay down His life and power to take it again because He had inherited immortality from His Heavenly Father. From Mary, His mother, Christ inherited mortality or the power to die," he said.

The second part of the gospel message is the divine mission of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon to bring people unto Christ, Elder Wells continued.

"One of the hallmarks of the calling of the Prophet Joseph Smith was his divine education in the writings and prophecies of the ancient apostles and prophets," he noted.

"Joseph Smith was much more than an uneducated plowboy of the American frontier. Rather, he received the greatest heavenly tutorials ever given to man in the process of his divine education.

"When one studies the doctrinal teachings revealed to Joseph Smith, that person, if he or she is sincere in the search for truth, will be led to Jesus Christ and His role as our Savior, Redeemer and advocate with the Father."

Elder Wells called the Book of Mormon a "divine instrument to draw the reader closer to Christ," adding that "it has withstood every conceivable test by both skeptical and sincere minds."

The third declaration is the divine nature of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to prepare the way for the Second Coming of Christ.

"This Church has received from on high the restoration of the divine authority to have and to exercise the priesthood of Christ and to use this priesthood in performing the requisite saving ordinances so that they are recorded in heaven as well as on earth," Elder Wells explained.

To prepare the way for the Second Coming, he added, the restoration took place - through Joseph Smith - of every necessary doctrine and sacred ordinance given by God to the prophets of past dispensations, including the Christ-focused temple ordinances.

He noted, "We have, in their original form, everything that has ever been brought to earth that is part of the great Plan of Salvation - nothing altered, nothing modified."