The atonement was an intimate, personal experience in which Jesus came to know how to help each of us. Merrill J. Bateman More Quotes by Merrill J. Bateman More Quotes From Merrill J. Bateman The Savior's atonement...is intimate as well as infinite. Merrill J. Bateman atonementintimateinfinite Just as the lame man at the pool of Bethesda needed someone stronger than himself to be healed (see John5:1-9), so we are dependent on the miracles of Christ's atonement if our souls are to be made whole from grief, sorrow, and sin Merrill J. Bateman miraclegriefmen Through service to others, we develop a Christlike love and we experience joy. Service teaches patience and long-suffering as well as gentleness, goodness, and faith. Merrill J. Bateman sufferingjoylong The Saviors atonement in the garden and on the cross is intimate as well as infinite. Infinite in that it spans the eternities. Intimate in that the Savior felt each persons pains, sufferings, and sicknesses. Consequently, he knows how to carry our sorrows and relieve our burdens that we might be healed from within, made whole persons, and receive everlasting joy in his kingdom. May our faith in the Father and the Son help each of us to become whole. Merrill J. Bateman painfatherson In becoming a whole person, the grateful leper was healed inside as well as on the outside. That day nine lepers were healed skin deep, but only one had the faith to be made whole. The tenth leper [was] changed eternally by [his] faith in the Savior and the healing power of his atonement. Merrill J. Bateman gratefulskinshealing
