Within the first in a sequence of 15 movies set to be launched by members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elder Patrick Kearon shares his testimony of the Savior and His “redeeming would possibly.”
The video, titled “Jesus Christ | The Final Healer and Restorer of Life,” relies on Elder Kearon’s April 2022 basic convention message. It exhibits people going through completely different challenges of their lives and appears again on the Savior’s agonizing sacrifice within the Backyard of Gethsemane and on the cross at Calvary.
“You possibly can heal, and you may belief that with the ability and style of Jesus Christ, you’ll overcome and conquer. Jesus specializes within the seemingly inconceivable,” Elder Kearon says within the video.
Greater than only a good individual, Christ got here to earth so that every one of God’s kids could also be saved via Him, Elder Kearon stated.
“He got here right here to make the inconceivable doable, the irredeemable redeemable, to heal the unhealable, to put in writing the unrightable and to vow the unpromisable.”
This video is the start of a sequence of day by day releases that may lead as much as Easter Sunday and can share testimonies of the various methods Jesus Christ is the Savior and Redeemer of the world. The movies shall be printed on the social media platforms of every respective Apostle and can culminate with movies from President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors within the Church’s First Presidency.
Elder Kearon on the Savior
Elder Kearon was referred to as to be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in December 2023. He has spoken basically convention 3 times — in 2010, 2016 and 2022. In every, he spoke of the Savior and the security and peace that following Him brings.
In 2010, he in contrast following the Savior’s teachings to strolling via a minefield that has had a path cleared of landmines. He stated straying from that path brings a necessity for repentance, which may present peace and pleasure.
“Our Savior is the Prince of Peace, the Nice Healer, the one One who can actually cleanse us from the sting of sin and the poison of delight and alter our rebellious hearts into transformed, covenant hearts. His Atonement is infinite and embraces us all,” Elder Kearon stated.
In 2016, he spoke of the necessity to take care of the greater than 60 million refugees on the earth (based on the UNHCR, that quantity has risen to greater than 110 million people who had been forcibly displaced worldwide as of 2023).
“As members of the Church, as a folks, we don’t should look again far in our historical past to mirror on occasions after we had been refugees, violently pushed from houses and farms over and over,” he stated.
He shared a few of the methods the Church has labored to take care of refugees in each broad and particular methods — working with different international organizations in addition to on the ward and private stage.
“This second doesn’t outline them, however our response will assist outline us,” Elder Kearon stated.
He additionally reminded convention listeners that the Savior has a singular perspective and empathy for refugees.
“The Savior is aware of the way it feels to be a refugee — He was one,” Elder Kearon stated, including, “Maybe, then, it’s all the extra exceptional to us that He repeatedly taught us to like each other, to like as He loves, to like our neighbor as ourselves.”
In April 2022, Elder Kearon’s message basically convention — the one highlighted in in the present day’s video — addressed the therapeutic that may come to those that settle for the Savior and let Him assist them conquer their conditions.
He spoke of explorer Ernest Shackleton turning into stranded in Antartica and the crew of Apollo 13 overcoming close to catastrophe in area. And he once more spoke of these “victimized by warfare, imprisoned in camps and people who change into refugees.” He stated the identical message of hope applies to all who’ve been bullied, abused or uncared for not directly.
“Will you ever be rescued; will you make it via your personal survival story?” Elder Kearon requested.
“The reply is sure. You possibly can survive. You will have the truth is already been rescued; you could have already been saved — by the One who has suffered the very torment you’re struggling and endured the very agony you’re enduring. Jesus has overcome the abuses of this world to offer you energy to not solely survive however in the future, via Him, to beat and even conquer — to utterly rise above the ache, the distress, the anguish and see them changed by peace.”
