Essential Scriptures Teaching Salvation

Important Lessons Taught Within the Book of Mormon

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The Infinite Atonement

The Only Way Mercy Could Overcome Justice was to Pay a Price Equal to the Infinite Cost of Sin.

Mercy doesn't just happen. Eternal Laws require for Mercy to happen a Payment of Infinite Value must be made.

That Payment would require Blood to be Shed (death).

There Was Only One Being Whose Life was of Infinite Valuve: The Eternal Father, the Creator of All Things.

The Eternal Father Took on Flesh and Became The Infinite Sacrifice

Alma 16:210
For it is expedient that there should be a great and last sacrifice,
Yea, not a sacrifice of man, neither of beast, neither of any manner of fowl,
For it shall not be a human sacrifice, But it must be an infinite and an eternal sacrifice.


Alma 16:213
But the law requireth the life of him who hath murdered;
Therefore, there is nothing which is short of an infinite atonement which will suffice for the sins of the world,
Therefore, it is expedient that there should be a great and last sacrifice.


Alma 16:215 And behold, this is the whole meaning of the law, every whit a pointing to that great and last sacrifice,
And that great and last sacrifice will be the Son of God, yea, infinite and eternal.
And thus He shall bring salvation to all those who shall believe on His name,


2 Nephi 6:15 Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement -


2 Nephi 6:16 save it should be an infinite atonement, this corruption could not put on incorruption;


Mosiah 8:5 "And moreover, I say unto you that salvation doth not come by the law alone;
And were it not for the atonement which God Himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of His people, that they must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses.


God Came Down Allowing Mercy To Overcome Justice

The Book of Mormon Teaches that God Came Down and Took on Flesh as Jesus.

This is what scripture means saying 'God Condescended to Earth.'

He was the Infinite One, the Only One who could Make the Infinite Payment.

The Eternal God Died as a Mortal in the hands of Sinful Men, so Sinful Mortal Men could Return to God in Eternity without Sin.

Mormon 1:88 And also that the Jews, the covenant people of the Lord, shall have other witness besides that which they saw and heard, that Jesus whom they slew was the very Christ and the very God;


Title Page 1:7 and also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations.


1 Nephi 3:56-58 And he saith unto me: Knowest thou the Condescension of God? And I said unto him: I know that He loveth His children, Nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things. And he said unto me: Behold, the virgin which thou seest is the mother of Godafter the manner of the flesh.


1 Nephi 3:70 And the angel said unto me again: Look and behold the Condescension of God….86 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again, saying: Look.

And I looked and beheld the Lamb of God, that He was taken by the people

Yea, the Everlasting God was judged of the world; And I saw and bear record;


1 Nephi 7:46 And now I, Nephi, declare unto you, that this prophet of whom Moses spake, was the Holy One of Israel


1 Nephi 3:62  Behold the Lamb of Godyea, even the Eternal Father


1 Nephi 3:193  make known to all kindreds, tongues and people that the Lamb of God is the Eternal Father and the Savior of the world


1 Nephi 5:251 And as for those who are at Jerusalem, saith the prophet, they shall be scourged by all people, because they crucify the God of Israel, and turn their hearts aside, rejecting signs and wonders, and power and glory of the God of Israel;


1 Nephi 5:240 Yea, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth himself according to words of the angel, as a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up according to the words of Zenock,


1 Nephi 3:62 And the angel said unto me, Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Eternal Father! (Original Text of of the Book of Mormon as found in the RCE version)


1 Nephi 5:233 Yea, even the very God of Israel, do men trample under their feet;


1 Nephi 5:251 And as for those who are at Jerusalem, saith the prophet, they shall be scourged by all people, because they crucify the God of Israel, and turn their hearts aside, rejecting signs and wonders, and power and glory of the God of Israel;


1 Nephi 5:252-253 And because they turn their hearts aside, saith the prophet, and have despised the Holy One of Israel, they shall wander in the flesh, and perish, and become a hiss and a byword, and be hated among all nations;  Nevertheless, when that day cometh, saith the prophet, that they no more turn aside their hearts against


2 Nephi 1:23 Behold, I say, If the day shall come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the true Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of him that is just, shall rest upon them;


2 Nephi 5:40 And they shall know that the Lord is God, the Holy One of Israel:

2 Nephi 5:24 And He also hath shown unto me that the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, should manifest Himself unto them in the flesh;


2 Nephi 6:10 For it behooveth the great Creator that he suffereth himself to become subject unto man in the flesh, and die for all men, that all men might become subject unto him


2 Nephi 7:7 And there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God.


2 Nephi 11:21But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of wars; and when the day cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father, yea, even the Father of heaven and of earth, shall manifest himself unto them in the flesh, behold, they will reject him, because of their iniquities, and the hardness of their hearts, and the stiffness of their necks.


2 Nephi 11:55 the right way is to believe in Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel:


Mosiah 1:102 'And He shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; And His mother shall be called Mary;


Mosiah 8:31 And they are one God, yea, the very eternal Father of heaven and of earth;


Mosiah 8:32 And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one God, suffereth temptation and yieldeth not to the temptation, But suffereth Himself to be mocked and scourged and cast out and disowned by His people.


Mosiah 9:49 And they were called the church of God, or the church of Christ, from that time forward.


Matthew 11:28 All things are delivered unto me of my Father; and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and they to whom the Son will reveal himself; they shall see the Father also.


Mosiah 1:102 And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things, from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.


Mosiah 5:44 And because he said unto them, that Christ was the God, the Father of all things, and said that he should take upon him the image of man, and it should be the image after which man was created in the beginning;


Helaman 5:130 If so, and he be the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, as it has been spoken, why will he not shew himself unto us, as well as unto them who shall be at Jerusalem?


Mormon 2:46 They were once a delightsome people, and they had Christ for their Shepherd; yea, they were led even by God, the Father.


Ether 1:77 Behold, I am he who was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem my people. Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the Son.


Ether 1:101 And in that day that they shall exercise faith in me, saith the Lord, even as the Brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified in me, then will I manifest unto them the things which the Brother of Jared saw, even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations, saith Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the earth, and all things that in them are.


Ether 1:108 For behold, I am the Father, I am the light, and the life, and the truth of the world.


Mormon 4:70 But behold, I will shew unto you a God of miracles, even the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and it is that same God who created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are.


Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.


Mosiah 1:97 For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven, among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay,


Mosiah 1:116-118 And moreover, I say unto you, that there shall be no other name given, nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent But men drink damnation to their own souls, except they humble themselves, and become as little children, and believe that salvation was, and is, and is to come, in and through the atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent:


Mosiah 3:21 Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord God Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be brought to heaven, that ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom, and power, and justice, and mercy of him, who created all things, in heaven and in earth, who is God above all. Amen.


Omni 1:43 exhorting all men to come unto God, the Holy One of Israel,


Omni 1:46 I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption.


Alma 8:81-82 Now Zeezrom saith: Is there more than one God?  And he answered: No.


Alma 8:93 Now Zeezrom saith again unto him, Is the Son of God the very eternal Father? And Amulek said unto him, Yea, he is the very eternal Father of heaven and of earth, and all things which in them is;


Alma 8:104 And shall be brought and be arraigned before the bar of Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one eternal God, to be judged according to their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil.


3 Nephi 4:48 I am the light and the life of the world. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.


3 Nephi 5:14 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto them, saying, Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands, and in my feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world.


3 Nephi 9:19 And behold they began to pray; and they did pray unto Jesus, calling him their Lord and their God.


3 Nephi 10:13 For thy maker, thy husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.


John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.


3 Nephi 4:48 I am the light and the life of the world. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. (Jesus speaking to the Nephites)


Ether 1:108 For behold, I am the Father, I am the light, and the life, and the truth of the world.


Helaman 5:66 And also that ye might know of the coming of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning;


3 Nephi 2:103 I have reason to bless my God and my Savior Jesus Christ - That He brought our fathers out of the Land of Jerusalem


Mormon 4:71 Behold, He created Adam, And by Adam, came the fall of man.

And because of the fall of man, came Jesus Christ, even the Father and the Son,

And because of Jesus Christ, came the redemption of man,


Ether 1:77 Behold, I Am He which was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem My people;

Behold, I Am Jesus Christ, I Am the Father and the Son;


Why Jesus Is Called The Son

The Book of Mormon Explains Why Jesus is Called 'The Son.' It means 'To Be In the Flesh' or 'To Be Mortal.'

God Being Holy showed us the way, becoming Human like Us. Although He Was God, He demonstrated with His Own Life (as Jesus) that We must Humble Ourselves Before God and be Obedient To Him.

Mosiah 8:28-31

And now Abinadi saith unto them: I would that ye should understand that God Himself shall come down among the children of men and shall redeem His people;

And because He dwelleth in flesh, He shall be called the Son of God;

And having subjected the flesh to the will of the Father, being the Father and the Son.

The Father, because He was conceived by the power of God,

and the Son, because of the flesh,

thus becoming the Father and Son,

And They are one God.

Yea, the Very Eternal Father of heaven and of earth


2 Nephi 13:9 But notwithstanding He being holy, He showeth unto the children of men that according to the flesh He humbleth Himself before the Father, And witnesseth unto the Father that He would be obedient unto Him in keeping His commandments;


Mosiah 5:45 Or in other words, he (Abinadi) said that man was created after the image of God,
And that God should come down among the children of men and take upon Him flesh and blood 
and go forth upon the face of the earth;


Ether 1:69 And the veil was taken from off the eyes of the brother of Jared and he saw the finger of the Lord, And it was as the finger of a man - like unto flesh and blood;
And the brother of Jared fell down before the Lord, for he was struck with fear.


Ether 1:71 And he saith unto the Lord: "I saw the finger of the Lord and I feared lest He should smite me, For I knew not that the Lord had flesh and blood."


Ether 1:72 And the Lord said unto him: "Because of thy faith thou hast seen that I shall take upon Me flesh and blood;...


Ether 1:77 "Behold, I Am He which was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem My people;
Behold, I Am Jesus Christ, I Am the Father and the Son;


Ether 1:82-83  And now as I, Moroni, said I could not make a full account of these things which are written,
Therefore, it sufficeth me to say that Jesus showed Himself unto this man in the Spirit,
even after the manner and in the likeness of the same body, even as He showed Himself unto the Nephites
and He (Jesus) ministered unto him (Ether), even as He (Jesus) ministered unto the Nephites;
And all this that this man knew that He was God,
because of the many great works which the Lord had showed unto him;

Ether 1:108 For behold, I Am the Father
I Am the light and the life and the truth of the world.

God Took on Flesh

Moroni summarizes that the very God who revealed himself to Jared's brother would be the same to appear to the Nephites in the flesh. This God is Jesus Christ.

Ether 1:80

And now as I, Moroni, said I could not make a full account of these things which are written

Therefore, it sufficeth me to say that
Jesus showed Himself unto this man in the Spirit,
even after the manner and in the likeness of the same body, even as He showed Himself unto the Nephites;
And He ministered unto him, even as He ministered unto the Nephites;

And all this that this man knew that He was God, because of the many great works which the Lord had showed unto him

Jesus is God

This is the testimony of all Book of Mormon writers: Jesus is God.

Helaman 3:58 
But behold, this is not all - Our father Lehi was driven out of Jerusalem because he testified of these things;
Nephi also testified of these things.
And also almost all of our fathers, even down to this time, Yea, they have testified of the coming of Christ
and have looked forward and have rejoiced in His day which is to come.
And behold, He is God and He is with them;
And He did manifest Himself unto them,
that they were redeemed by Him;
And they gave unto Him glory because of that which is to come.


2 Nephi 11:78 
And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that Jesus is the very Christ,
it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also, that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;
and that he manifesteth himself unto all those who believe in him, by the power of the Holy Ghost;