The Price

   The price of salvation is not cheap. We do not and will never fully understand the price that was paid. Only one was worthy enough to be chosen to pay such a steep price. His preparation goes beyond what we can fully understand. Even before His mortal life He had been preparing for the biggest moment in the history of mankind and the whole universe itself. The task at hand was not an easy one. From the beginning of his life to the end of it He was a man like no other. He, the great creator of all the earth came down and was brought below the all other creatures. The ultimate price for each and everyone of us was paid by Him. The Alpha and the Omega, the great I am, even Jesus Christ
  Christ's life is an example to each and every one of us. Moreover His perfect life lead up to one great moment. The moment when that great debt which had been accumulating, and would could continue to grow, had to be paid. Justice demanded that the price of mans' sins be paid. His whole life lead up to the most crucial moment for Him and for all of us and it took place in the Garden of Gethsemane and the Cross on Calvary. He had volunteered for this unfathomable task long before the Earth and its inhabitant had been created. The salvation of all of mankind rested upon Christ at this very moment. The full wrath of justice would have been unleashed on mankind if he failed. Mankind had no plan B, we would have been in a bitter and hopeless state. Christ truly was our only hope Jesus Christ knew what had to be done but even so the pain he experienced caused "even God the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit" (D&C 19: 18). And in His moment of bitter agony he requested that God "take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt" (Mark 14: 36).  He submitted to the will of the Father and fulfilled He had come to do. He experienced everything that each and every one of us faces in this life: sin, temptation, infirmities (both spiritual and physical), shame, guilt, pain, remorse, hunger, fatigue, the list goes on. Despite the heavy weight that was being placed upon Him, he came out victorious!
   Christ suffered ALL infirmities for us. Thanks to Him the demands of justice have been met by the mercy and grace of Christ. All we have to do to qualify for the grace of God is to follow His gospel. His gospel is simple: have faith, repent, be baptized and confirmed, and enduring to the end by staying true and faithful. As we do this we will continue to feel His love, learn of His marvelous plan, and ultimately be able to return to Gods presence.