Day 47- Atonement Insight

Hymns Capture the Sacrifice and Atonement of the Savior

"How incomplete and empty sacrament meetings would be without hymns of worship. Sacred among all hymns are those that capture the sacrifice and the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ and His infinite Atonement.

"My earliest memories of the healing power of the Savior are associated with sacrament hymns. This sentence is real to me: 'I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me, confused at the grace that so fully he proffers me' ("I Stand All Amazed," Hymns, no. 193).

"My understanding of the doctrines of the Atonement is connected to the hymns."

Jay E. Jensen, "The Nourishing Power of Hymns," Ensign, May 2007, 12

The other day, I was thinking of the power of the sacrament hymns and their reference to the atonement. I gain a deeper appreciation each Sunday as I partake of the sacrament and renew my covenants with God. The covenants are only possible through Him, by Him, and of Him.

Day 9-Atonement Insight

As I sang "Upon the Cross of Calvary", I was in awe with the words. The whole song teaches basic principles of the atonement. It teaches the Lord atoned for ours sins and all people will be resurrected. He conquered death and allows us to have eternal life if we can conquer our sinful nature and become one with Christ.

1. Upon the cross of Calvary
They crucified our Lord
And sealed with blood the sacrifice
That sanctified his word.

2. Upon the cross he meekly died
For all mankind to see
That death unlocks the passageway
Into eternity.

3. Upon the cross our Savior died,
But, dying, brought new birth
Through resurrection’s miracle
To all the sons of earth.