“There is No Other Way Man Can Be Saved Only in and Through Christ”

Alan C. Miner

Why was Jesus uniquely qualified to be the Savior? Why is there “no other way … man can be saved, only in and through Christ” (Alma 38:9)?

According to Jeffrey Marsh:

First, he alone was uniquely obedient to the way of our Father in Heaven (Hebrews 4:15; 9:14; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 1:19; Mosiah 15:5; D&C 20:22)

Second, he was foreordained, chosen from the beginning (1 Peter 1:20; Revelation 13:8; Ether 3:14; Moses 4:2; Abraham 3:27)

Third, as the Only Begotten Son of God, he inherited God’s power over death (John 10;17-18; 2 Nephi 2:8; Mormon 7:5) He could lay down his life and take it up again. No one else has had power to do that.

Fourth, his atonement is universal. It affects all mankind (2 Nephi 9:7) and all of the Father’s creations (D&C 76:40-43).

[W. Jeffrey Marsh, His Final Hours, p. 13] [See 2 Nephi 31:21; Mosiah 3:17; Helaman 5:9; Moroni 7:32]

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