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“It was required, indeed it was central to the significance of the…

Portrait of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

WORDS TO REMEMBER

Quote by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

“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. For His Atonement to be infinite and eternal, He had to feel what it was like to die not only physically but spiritually, to sense what it was like to have the divine Spirit withdraw, leaving one feeling totally, abjectly, hopelessly alone.”

Source: "None Were With Him," Conference April 2009

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