Visiting Teaching Message
The Divine Mission of Jesus Christ: Messiah
Prayerfully study this material and seek to know what
to share. How will understanding the life
and Mission of
the Savior to increase your faith in
Him and bless those you watch over through visiting
teaching? For more information, go to
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Faith, Family, Relief
This is part of a series of
Visiting Teaching Messages featuring aspects of the mission of the Savior.
Detail from The Second Coming, by Grant Romney
Clawson, Based on an original by Harry Anderson
The scriptures teach that we
can dwell in the presence of God “through the merits, and mercy, and grace of
the Holy Messiah” (2 Nephi 2:8). Messiah is “an Aramaic and Hebrew word
meaning “the anointed Prophet, Priest, King, and Deliverer.”¹
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of
the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles testified: “I know [Jesus Christ] is the Holy
One of Israel, the Messiah who will one day come again in final glory, to reign
on earth as Lord of lords and King of kings.
I know that there is no other name given under heaven whereby a man [or
woman] can be saved”²
“[Jesus Christ] is the Savior
and Redeemer of the world,” said President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor
in the First Presidency. “He is the
promised Messiah. He lived a perfect
life and atoned for our sins. He will
ever be at our side. He will fight our
battles. He is our hope; He is our
salvation; He is the way.”³
Additional Scriptures
John 1:38-41; 4:25-26, 40-42;
2 Nephi 6:13; 25:16-17
From the Scriptures
Female disciples of Christ
have been witnesses of His role as the Messiah.
Mary Magdalene was a disciple of Jesus Christ. She was the first to see “the stone taken
away from the sepulcher” on the morning of Christ’s Resurrection. She “stood without at the sepulcher weeping”
after discovering that His body was no longer in the tomb.
Then “she turned herself
back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
“Jesus saith unto her, Woman,
why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener,
saith unto him Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou has laid
him, and I will take him away.
“Jesus saith unto her, Mary,
She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.” Mary recognized that He was not the gardener
but Jesus Christ, the Messiah. (see John
20:1-17.)
Consider This
Why is it important to
understand the Savior’s role as the Messiah?
Notes
1.
Guide to the Scriptures, “Messiah,” scriptures.lds.org.
2.
Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath
Sent: Ensign, Nov. 2007, 42.
3.
Dieter F. Uchtdort, “The Way of the Disciple,” Ensign, may 2009, 78