Call Upon His Holy Name
One of the most important passages about the atonement of the Savior in the Book of Mormon is found in Alma 34:5-16 in which Amulek testified that “the great and last sacrifice” would be the Son of God, “infinite and eternal.” One of his points was that man cannot sacrifice for or atone for the sins of another, and so it had to be something infinite, not mortal, that would offer this last sacrifice to be able to satisfy for the sins of the world. He taught, “And thus he shall bring salvation to all those who shall believe on his name; this being the intent of this last sacrifice, to bring about the bowels of mercy, which overpowereth justice, and bringeth about means unto men that they may have faith unto repentance. And thus mercy can satisfy the demands of justice, and encircles them in the arms of safety.” I don’t claim to fully understand this, but for me the important message is that if we want mercy in our lives, if we want help and compassion and support, we need Him. As much as...