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Show l LDS Church issues I Easter message Hi The First Presidency of The (V. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-t Latter-t day Saints has issued the following tin Easter message to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ: A, "The sacred words, eloquent in 1 their simplicity, 'He is risen; He is not here,' (Mark 16:6) announced the most significant event of PJ recorded history, the resurrection f of the Lord Jesus Christ. 5 "We so testify anew this Easter ' season, that Jesus Christ, our Savior and our Redeemer, not only r k conquered death for Himself as He 'e'!i arose from the tomb, but in so doing He also brought about a universal '3 resurrection. "We attest that 'now is Christ risen from the dead, and become CJli the first fruits of them that slept.. -For as in Adam all die, even ?! so in Christ shall all be made alive.' ; (I Corinthians 20, 22.) "In Gethsemane, the scene of His E great agony, and on the cross where ' He gave His life, the sinless Jesus suffered for the sins of all mankind. Through acts of infinite love and mercy He not only satisfied the demands of justice, but made effective ef-fective mercy, by which men and women may be redeemed from spiritual and physical death. "Abundant testimony, ancient and modern, affirms that Jesus of Nazareth is the resurrected Savior. His invitation is to all men and women, who, by accepting Him in His appointed way, may become not just believers but true disciples, laying aside 'the sin which doth so easily beset us. ..Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.' (Hebrews 12:1-2)" The message was issued by Church First President Ezra Taft Benson and his two counselors, Gordon B. Hinkley and Thomas S. Monson. |