Christ, the Only Name Whereby Salvation Can Come Unto the Children of Men

George Reynolds, Janne M. Sjodahl

Through Christ, and Him alone, is man redeemed from the effects of Adam's transgression. To a people who were taught to observe all the requirements of the Law of Moses, and were strict to conform their lives to its rules, Benjamin proclaimed that no matter how careful they were in its observance, it "availeth nothing" for their Salvation except "it were through the atonement of his blood."

There shall be no other name given by which salvation is brought about, and notwithstanding the many ordinances and signs which the Lord, in His loving-kindness gave to the Children of Israel, they were all a foreshadowing of Christ and pointed to His coming.

Through Adam's Fall, sin came into the world. Sin is the enemy of all righteousness; he who commits sin is also an enemy. We reverently speak of God as the Alrighteous Father; in Him there is no sin. "Man is carnal, sensual, and devilish." (Alma 42:10) Because of iniquity man was cast out from God's presence. Sin cannot abide with Him. The Father is separated from His children.

The way must be found, a plan prepared, whereby the Father and His children may be re-united, else His purposes will fail, and all His promises to them go unfulfilled.

That Way has been found, a Plan for all His children to regain what once was theirs-an abode with God in the Celestial Home-has been made. Christ is the Way, and there is no other.

The Prophet Nephi, the son of Lehi, in a discourse to his brothers delivered to them after his glorious vision, said, "And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end." (2 Ne. 31:21)

Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 2

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