“Redeem His People”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet

Jesus Christ becomes the Covenant Father of all who receive and abide by the terms and conditions of the new and everlasting covenant, the fulness of his gospel (see D&C 66:2; D&C 133:57). As it was with the physical formation of the heavens and the earth, so it is in regard to the human character and personality: Christ is the Father of creation, and through applying his atoning blood men and women become “new creations,” new creatures of Christ through the medium of the Holy Ghost (see Mosiah 5:1-7; Mosiah 15:11-12; Mosiah 27:25-26).

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 2

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