In the Book of Mormon, Alma taught Zeezrom that “if thou believest in the redemption of Christ thou canst be healed” (Alma 15:8). We likewise can be healed of tragedy, wounded hearts, misunderstanding, hatred, sins, frailties, prejudices—whatever afflicts us—if we believe and look to our Savior and His Atonement.
It is “the pleasing word of God . . . which healeth the wounded soul” (Jacob 2:8), and it is “with his stripes [that] we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5; Mosiah 14:5). This miraculous heavenly healing, Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi of the Seventy explains, is magnificent, profound, and beautiful.
Read “The Healer’s Art,” by Elder Kikuchi, in the March 2011 Ensign or Liahona.
As I read this article, I thought of the importance of faith in relation to the atonement. We can be healed through the atonement if we have faith. The healing only occurs through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. To have faith is to have confidence in something or someone or to hope for things which are not seen. Faith is a principle of action. It is interesting that both faith and the atonement require work. "Faith is dead without works"(James 2:20) and you can also state the atonement without works is dead. The doctrines of faith and atonement work hand in hand and one is not without the other.
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