"Stand Forever" Ep. 38 | The Life—Atonement Part II | Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge

People inadvertently replace Christ with what He did. They speak about the Atonement and “the power of the Atonement” as though it were an independent resource.The One who is Christ will intervene, not the Atonement; He will stand between us and justice; He will offset our mistakes because of His Atonement, but He will hold us guiltless. He does that. There is no “power of the Atonement” separate and apart from God. Christ can forgive our sins because He satisfied the demands of justice, having suffered for our sins. He will qualify us to receive God’s Spirit, and ultimately God’s life. Those are the great gifts of God: the gift of His Son and the gift of His Spirit, and by those two gifts we may qualify for the gift of His life. Jesus Christ is “the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by (Him).” He is the Way, the ideal to which every human heart and mind should aspire. He is the Truth, how to achieve it. He is the Life, the power to do it and the reward when you do. He is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end and the course in between. He is the destination, the route, and the outcome. Transcript/Notes: https://storage.googleapis.com/scripturecentral-prod-strapi-uploads/Episode_38_Final_PDF_d2374acf77/Episode_38_Final_PDF_d2374acf77.pdf