Follow the links in the credits to read the entire talk. From these, you’ll learn how the Mormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) view their Lord and Savior, who is the foundation of their faith.

The Savior of the World

“He who taught us to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, and with all our souls, and with all our strength, and with all our minds, and our neighbors as ourselves, is a teacher of truth-but He is more than a teacher. He is the Exemplar of the perfect life-but He is more than an exemplar. He is the Great Physician-but He is more than a physician. He is the literal Savior of the world, the Son of God, the Prince of Peace, the Holy One of Israel, even the risen Lord, who declared: “Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world. … I am the light and the life of the world.”  “I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain; I am your advocate with the Father.”

“As His witness, I testify to you that He lives and that through Him, we too shall live.”

Thomas S. Monson, “The Way of the Master,” Ensign, Jan 2003, 2-7

Choose You This Day

Positioned on the wall of my office, directly opposite my desk, is a lovely print of the Savior, painted by Heinrich Hofmann. I love the painting, which I have had since I was a 22-year-old bishop and which I have taken with me wherever I have been assigned to labor. I have tried to pattern my life after the Master. Whenever I have a difficult decision to make, I have looked at that picture and asked myself, “What would He do?” Then I try to do it. We can never go wrong when we choose to follow the Savior.

Thomas S. Monson, “Choose You This Day,” Ensign, Nov 2004, 67

I Stand All Amazed

“I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me and the love Jesus offers you. I think of the love he provided in Gethsemane. I think of the love he provided in the wilderness. I think of the love he provided at the tomb of Lazarus; of the love he demonstrated on Golgotha’s hill, at the open tomb, and, yes, when he appeared in that sacred grove with his Father and spoke those memorable words to Joseph Smith. I thank God for his love in sharing his Only Begotten Son in the flesh, even Jesus Christ, for you and me. I thank the Lord for the love he demonstrated by providing his life, that we might have life eternal.”

Thomas S. Monson, “Formula for Success,” Ensign, Mar 1996, 2

Listen to the Savior

“On occasion I will be asked, “Brother Monson, if the Savior appeared to you, what questions would you ask of Him?”

My reply is always the same: “I would ask no question of Him. Rather, I would listen!””

Thomas S. Monson, “For I Was Blind, but Now I See,” Ensign, May 1999, 54

Testimony

With all my heart and the fervency of my soul, I testify as a special witness that God does live. Jesus is his Son, the Only Begotten of the Father in the flesh. He is our Redeemer; he is our mediator with the Father. He it was who died on the cross to atone for our sins. He became the firstfruits of the resurrection. Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives, “I know that my Redeemer lives!”

Thomas S. Monson, “‘I Know That My Redeemer Lives’,” Ensign, Apr 1982, 6