THE DIVINE MISSION OF JESUS CHRIST: THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
Our Savior, Jesus Christ, is called the Only Begotten Son because He is the only person on earth to be born of a mortal mother and an immortal Father. He inherited divine powers from God, His Father. From His mother, Mary, He inherited mortality and was subject to hunger, thrist, fatigue, pain, and death.
Because Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten of the Father, He was able to lay down His life and take it up again. The scriptures teach that "Through the atonement of Christ, " we "obtain a resurrection" (Jacob 4:11). We also learn that all "might be raised in immortality unto eternal life" if we "would believe" (D&C 29:43).
As we come to understand more fully what it means for Jesus to be the Only Begotten Son of the Father, our faith in Christ will increase. Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said, "Faith in Jesus Christ is the conviction and assurance of (1) His status as the Only Begotten Son of God, (2) His infinite Atonement, and (3) His literal Resurrection." Modern prophets have testified: "Jesus Christ was...the Only Begotten Son in the flesh, the Redeemer of the world."
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