Jesus Christ, Our Chosen Leader and Savior Chapter 3 A Savior and Leader Was Needed •WhydidweneedtoleaveHeavenlyFather’spresence?WhydoweneedaSavior?When the plan or our salvation was presented to us in the premortal spirit world, we were so happy that we shouted or joy (see Job 38:7)W e understood that we would have to leave our heavenly home or a timeW e would not live in the presence oour Heavenly FatherWhile we were away rom Him, all ous would sin and some ous would lose our way Our Heavenly Father knew and loved each one ousHe knew we would need help, so He planned a way to help usWe needed a Savior to pay or our sins and teach us how to return toourHeavenlyFather.OurFathersaid,“WhomshallIsend?”(Abraham 3:27)Jesus Christ, who was called Jehovah, said, “Here am I, send me” (Abraham 3:27; see also Moses 4:1–4)Jesus was willing to come to the earth, give His lie or us, and take upon Himselour sinsHe, like our Heavenly Father, wanted us to choose whether we would obey Heavenly Father’s commandmentsHe knew we must be ree to choose in order to prove ourselves worthy oexaltationJesus said, “Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine oreve r” (Moses 4:2)Satan, who was called Lucier, also came, saying, “Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; whereore give me thine honor” (Moses 4:1)Satan wanted to orce us all to do his
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8/8/2019 Gospel Principles Ch 3 Jesus Christ Our Savior
When the plan or our salvation was presented to us in the premortalspirit world, we were so happy that we shouted or joy (see Job 38:7)
We understood that we would have to leave our heavenly home ora time We would not live in the presence o our Heavenly Father
While we were away rom Him, all o us would sin and some o us would lose our way Our Heavenly Father knew and loved eachone o us He knew we would need help, so He planned a way tohelp us
We needed a Savior to pay or our sins and teach us how to returntoourHeavenlyFather.OurFathersaid,“WhomshallIsend?”(Abraham 3:27) Jesus Christ, who was called Jehovah, said, “Heream I, send me” (Abraham 3:27; see also Moses 4:1–4)
Jesus was willing to come to the earth, give His lie or us, and takeupon Himsel our sins He, like our Heavenly Father, wanted us tochoose whether we would obey Heavenly Father’s commandmentsHe knew we must be ree to choose in order to prove ourselves
worthy o exaltation Jesus said, “Father, thy will be done, and theglory be thine orever” (Moses 4:2)
Satan, who was called Lucier, also came, saying, “Behold, here am
I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, thatone soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; whereore giveme thine honor” (Moses 4:1) Satan wanted to orce us all to do his
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Ater hearing both sons speak, Heavenly Father said, “I will send
the frst” (Abraham 3:27)
Jesus Christ was chosen and oreordained to be our Savior Manyscriptures tell about this (see, or example, 1 Peter 1:19–20; Moses4:1–2) One scripture tells us that long beore Jesus was born, Heappeared to a Book o Mormon prophet known as the brothero Jared and said: “Behold, I am he who was prepared rom theoundation o the world to redeem my people Behold, I am Jesus
Christ In me shall all mankind have lie, and that eternally, eventhey who shall believe on my name” (Ether 3:14)
When Jesus lived on earth, He taught: “I came down rom heaven,not to do mine own will, but the will o him that sent me Andthis is the will o him that sent me, that every one which seeth theSon, and believeth on him, may have everlasting lie: and I will raisehim up at the last day” ( John 6:38, 40)
The War in Heaven
Because our Heavenly Father chose Jesus Christ to be our Savior,Satan became angry and rebelled There was war in heaven Satanand his ollowers ought against Jesus Christ and His ollowers TheSavior’s ollowers “overcame [Satan] by the blood o the Lamb, andby the word o their testimony” (Revelation 12:11)
In this great rebellion, Satan and all the spirits who ollowed him were sent away rom the presence o God and cast down romheaven A third part o the hosts o heaven were punished or
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ollowing Satan (see D&C 29:36) They were denied the right toreceive mortal bodies
Because we are here on earth and have mortal bodies, we knowthat we chose to ollow Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father Satanand his ollowers are also on the earth, but as spirits They have notorgotten who we are, and they are around us daily, tempting usand enticing us to do things that are not pleasing to our HeavenlyFather In our premortal lie, we chose to ollow Jesus Christ andaccept God’s plan We must continue to ollow Jesus Christ here onearth Only by ollowing Him can we return to our heavenly home
From the beginning, Jesus Christ has revealed the gospel, whichtells us what we must do to return to our Heavenly Father At theappointed time He came to earth Himsel He taught the plan o
salvation and exaltation by His word and by the way He lived Heestablished His Church and His priesthood on the earth He tookour sins upon Himsel
By ollowing His teachings, we can inherit a place in the celestialkingdom He did His part to help us return to our heavenly homeIt is now up to each o us to do our part and become worthy o exaltation