An act of love, a gift of God for which to be grateful
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The immortality and eternal life of man is brought to pass by the atonement of Jesus Christ, the Savior and Redeemer of the world, said Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve in his address at the November 1993 general conference.
Elder Wirthlin said: "It is 'the most transcendent act that ever has occurred or ever will occur among the children of the Father.' (Bruce R. McConkie, The Millennial Messiah, p. 15.) It is an act of love for which we should be more grateful than for any other blessing or gift of God. The Atonement provides immortality to every person; immortality is infinite and universal. It provides the opportunity for eternal life, the kind of life that God lives, to those who have faith in Christ, repent of their sins, and obey the laws of the gospel. In a miraculous way, the Atonement saves and redeems us from the effects of the fall of Adam, both temporal death at the end of mortality and spiritual death, the separation from our Father.
"Only Jesus, because He is the Only Begotten Son, could make the infinite and eternal atonement so we can be at one with our Heavenly Father."
