See Spencer W. Kimball, Peter, My Brother, Brigham Young University Speeches of the Year (July 13, 1971), 5. Such ecclesiastical and political rejection became more personal when the citizenry in the street turned against Jesus as well. See Revelation 13:8; Moses 4:1–2; Abraham 3:22–27. “For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent; “But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I.”9, Furthermore, although the Resurrection of the body is a free and universal gift from Christ, a result of His victory over death, the nature of the resurrected body (or “degree of glory” given it), as well as the time of one’s Resurrection, is affected directly by one’s faithfulness in this life. Other aspects of Christ’s atoning gift are conditional. Liahona. Jeffrey R. Holland Explains the Gospel of Jesus Christ at Harvard It was required, indeed it was central to the significance of the Atonement, that this perfect Son who had never spoken ill nor done wrong nor touched an unclean thing had to know how the rest of humankind—us, all of us—would feel when we did commit such sins. See Bible Dictionary, “Barabbas,” 619. As President Uchtdorf so beautifully noted earlier, we know from scripture that Jesus’s messianic arrival in Jerusalem on the Sunday preceding Passover, a day directly analogous to this very morning, was a great public moment. Its importance in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cannot be overstated. Obviously the unconditional blessings of the Atonement are unearned, but the conditional ones are not fully merited either. Trumpeted from the summit of Calvary is the truth that we will never be left alone nor unaided, even if sometimes we may feel that we are. President Jeffrey R. Holland This article is adapted from an address given by BYU President Jeffrey R. Holland at the annual University Conference August 22, 1988. Indeed the Atonement of the Only Begotten Son of God in the flesh is the crucial foundation upon which all Christian doctrine rests and the greatest expression of divine love this world has ever been given. Thank you, Sister Thompson, and thanks to the remarkable women of this Church. With that He was brought before the gentile rulers in the land. Late last winter I was feeling pretty blue about something or other that didn't seem quite right at the university and found myself wondering if all the effort was really worth it. He was born Oct. 2, 1911, in Pawtucket, R.I., and moved to Barefoot Bay in 1987 from North Providence, R.I. Mr. Higginbotham was a retired, self-employed contractor in the Rhode Island area. It is His gospel. Soon enough He was arraigned before the Israelite leaders of the day—first Annas, the former high priest, then Caiaphas, the current high priest. He was of noble stature and of majestic mien … the very God that He was and is, yet as meek and lowly as a little child. “The Divinity of Jesus Christ,” Improvement Era, Jan. 1926, 224–25; see also Liahona, Dec. 2003, 16; Ensign, Dec. 2003, 10; punctuation, capitalization, and spelling standardized. In 1974, Holland was appointed the Dean of Religious Education at BYU and was appointed as the eleventh commissioner of the Church Educational System two … We know the divine plan required Jesus to be crucified, but it is wrenching to think that one of His special witnesses who sat at His feet, heard Him pray, watched Him heal, and felt His touch could betray Him and all that He was for 30 pieces of silver. In their rush to judgment these men and their councils declared their verdict quickly and angrily. He “began to be sore amazed and to be very heavy,” saying to Peter, James, and John, “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, unto death.”15 Why? Thus, of divine necessity, the supporting circle around Jesus gets smaller and smaller and smaller, giving significance to Matthew’s words: “All the disciples [left] him, and fled.”15 Peter stayed near enough to be recognized and confronted. of Jesus Christ” by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the March 2008 . “There was a darkness over all the earth. Feed My Sheep – MTC Talk – Elder Jeffrey R. Holland This talk was given by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland in the Missionary Training Center (MTC) on January 11, 2011. The Witness of Latter-day Prophets, The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “The Atonement of Jesus Christ,” Ensign, Mar. Nevertheless, that the supreme sacrifice of His Son might be as complete as it was voluntary and solitary, the Father briefly withdrew from Jesus the comfort of His Spirit, the support of His personal presence. In the process, He would return to the Father all glory for such redemptive love.5, This infinite Atonement of Christ was possible because (1) He was the only sinless man ever to live on this earth and therefore was not subject to the spiritual death resulting from sin, (2) He was the Only Begotten of the Father and therefore possessed the attributes of godhood that gave Him power over physical death,6 and (3) He was apparently the only one sufficiently humble and willing in the premortal council to be foreordained to that service.7. ... it is a thrill for Sister Holland and for me to be with you tonight for this worldwide satellite broadcast. Some gifts coming from the Atonement are universal, infinite, and unconditional. Learn more about our Savior by reading watching and listening to testimonies of Him by modern day Apostles and Prophets. –Jeffrey R. Holland, Broken Things to Mend, April 2006 “My dear brothers and sisters, there will be days and nights when you feel overwhelmed, when your hearts are heavy and your heads hang down. LESTER R. GLENN, 76, 39538 Gilbert Lane, Umatilla, died Saturday, Jan. 8. Holland received a second master's degrees and later a Ph.D in American Studies at Yale University. Modern revelation clarifies the different orders of resurrected bodies,11 promising the highest degree of glory only to those who adhere to the principles and ordinances of the gospel of Jesus Christ.12, Of course neither the unconditional nor the conditional blessings of the Atonement are available except through the grace of Christ. Elder Holland has authored many books including, Broken Things to Mend and To Mothers: Carrying the Torch of Faith and Family. “Returning to His place, He prayed again and then went back and found them again sleeping. My other plea at Easter time is that these scenes of Christ’s lonely sacrifice, laced with moments of denial and abandonment and, at least once, outright betrayal, must never be reenacted by us. This group can find within its broad circumference a soldier far from home, a missionary in those first weeks of homesickness, or a father out of work, afraid the fear in his eyes will be visible to his family. Returning from such anguished prayer, He found His three chief disciples asleep, prompting Him to ask, “Could ye not watch with me one hour?”10 So it happens two more times until on His third return He says compassionately, “Sleep on now, and take your rest,”11 though there would be no rest for Him. Mr. Glenn was a roofing contractor. … And the sun was darkened.”21 “And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent,”22 causing many to exclaim, “The God of nature suffers.”23 Finally, even the seemingly unbearable had been borne, and Jesus said, “It is finished.”24 “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.”25 Someday, somewhere, every human tongue will be called upon to confess as did a Roman centurion who witnessed all of this, “Truly this was the Son of God.”26. This was also a telling time among those who knew Jesus more personally. Jeffrey R. Holland, Christ and the New Covenant, Illustrated hardbound edition [2006], 262. See D&C 76:50–113; compare 1 Corinthians 15:40–42. It was in this premortal setting that Christ volunteered to honor the moral agency of all humankind even as He atoned for their sins. As a young missionary, Elder Orson F. Whitney (1855–1931), who later served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, had a dream so powerful that it changed his life forever. Special Witnesses of Christ In this series, the testimonies of prophets and apostles called as special witnesses of the Savior are presented, beginning with the First Presidency and continuing through the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Speaking twice to local congregations in the LDS chapel in Lodi, Holland delivered a message of hope when facing the challenges of life. This Easter week and always, may we stand by Jesus Christ “at all times and in all things, and in all places that [we] may be in, even until death,”21 for surely that is how He stood by us when it was unto death and when He had to stand entirely and utterly alone. To the thoughtful woman and man, it is “a matter of surpassing wonder”27 that the voluntary and merciful sacrifice of a single being could satisfy the infinite and eternal demands of justice, atone for every human transgression and misdeed, and thereby sweep all humankind into the encompassing arms of His merciful embrace. In 2009, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland articulated his feelings about this significant aspect of Christ’s Crucifixion: It is my personal belief that in all of Christ’s mortal ministry the Father may never have been closer to His Son than in these agonizing final moments of suffering. Galt members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had a rare visit from one of the 12 apostles of the church, Jeffrey R. Holland. He performed miracles and He still performs miracles today. What a privilege to be here. The most difficult to understand in this group is Judas Iscariot. I know that my Savior Jesus Christ lives. 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