Not a Plan of Fairness

Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause before him—Saying: Father behold the sufferings and death of him who did no sin...; wherefore, Father, spare these my brethren that believe on my name, that they may come unto me and have everlasting life. Doctrine & Covenants 45:3-5

Amulek taught that the atonement of Jesus Christ is an infinite atonement: It defies man’s sense of justice, for the blood of an innocent victim atones for an offender (Alma 34:10—12). The plan of salvation is not what we would call a plan of fairness, because, thankfully, none of us will receive hereafter exactly what we deserve. None of us could qualify for exaltation in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom if we had to depend totally upon our own perfect righteousness. The plan of salvation is very much about mercy and goodness and grace, even the grace that makes up the difference, for indeed, it is grace that makes all the difference! In the end, we are saved by “the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah” (2 Nephi 2:8). Our task is to believe on the name of him who offered for us his atoning blood, the name that stands above all other names (Philippians 2:9), the blessed name of Jesus. (Robert L. Millet and Lloyd D. Newell. Draw Near Unto Me: Daily Reflections on the Doctrine and Covenants. 119)