JESUS
THE SAVIOR.
And we have this to console us: that
the Lord Jesus, the Lamb without blemish, who was our Savior in the other
world, has come into this life again to prove Himself our friend and our
Savior, and we know that by His power and grace, through the means of the
gospel, we may be restored to that divine presence from which we came.
Therefore, in this life, it is our duty and our greatest privilege to be true
to the Son of Man, who came in the meridian of time as the Savior of the race
and made plain to us the principles of the gospel by which we alone can be
saved. Now, the Latter-day Saints believe that the gospel, as established in
the meridian of time, is as much in force today as it was in the days of the
apostles. We believe that there is no other name under heaven by which mankind
can be saved except that of Jesus Christ; that it is impossible to please God
except we believe in Him, and if we believe in Him we will strive with the
utmost power of our souls to serve Him. This is what is means by saying of the
New Testament that we will stive with fear and trembling to work out our
salvation before the Lord. The gospel is the means of salvation of which the
Apostle Paul said he was not ashamed, "for it is the power of God unto
salvation unto all them that believe." Belief in God, then, is essential
to salvation in the life that is to come. To enjoy eternal exaltation and glory
one must believe in God, for He is the means and power of man's salvation, and
the only hope of his exaltation. (Nephi L. Morris, "Infinite Possibilities
of Man," A Discourse Delivered in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, August
9, 1908, repr. Deseret
Evening News [August 15, 1908]: 25)
