"If there had been no fall of Adam, by which cometh death, there could have been no atonement of Christ, by which cometh life.
And
now, as pertaining to this perfect atonement, wrought by the shedding
of the blood of God—I testify that it took place in Gethsemane and at
Golgotha, and as pertaining to Jesus Christ, I testify that he is the
Son of the Living God and was crucified for the sins of the world. He is
our Lord, our God, and our King. This I know of myself independent of
any other person.
I
am one of his witnesses, and in a coming day I shall feel the nail
marks in his hands and in his feet and shall wet his feet with my tears.
But
I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is God’s
Almighty Son, that he is our Savior and Redeemer, and that salvation
comes in and through his atoning blood and in no other way.
God
grant that all of us may walk in the light as God our Father is in the
light so that, according to the promises, the blood of Jesus Christ his
Son will cleanse us from all sin."
~ Elder Bruce R McConkie, April 19985
