PUZZLE #27 - No Other Way

"O remember, remember, my sons, the words which king Benjamin spake unto his people; yea, remember that there is no other way nor means whereby man can be saved, only through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, who shall come, yea, remember that he cometh to redeem the world." (Helaman 5:9 Page 377, Also see Alma 38:9 Page 305)

What does it mean to you when it says that there is no other way nor means whereby a man can be saved, apart from by the atoning blood of Jesus Christ? Does it mean that there are some other options? Does it mean that you
can be saved by doing some other things? Does it mean that there are some other ways to help guarantee your salvation? Does it mean that there is something more
that you must do because the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ was just not enough to cover you?

There is no other way to bring about your salvation other than making the atoning blood of Jesus applicable to your specific case. There is just no other way, and that is because of what is the just reward for sin, death. The Bible teaches this important truth:

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Rom. 6:23)

The one collateral in which the payment for sin may be made is death.

If you want to pay for your own sin, God will let you do so. Many people will select that option. They will be the ones to pay for their own sin, but there is one really bad feature to that option; it is beyond their capacity to return from spiritual death. Unlike Jesus, they will not be able to regain full fellowship with God, and so they remain permanently separated from Him. That is damnation, not salvation.

God wants to have us with Him, and so He paid the penalty for us, and He did that 2,000 years ago. The only thing we need to do is trust Him; trust that He can and will do what He said He would and could do. That's hard for us if you are so arrogant that we think we can do it for ourseves. Just know you can't.

It's also hard to do if you think of Jesus as just another one of us humans, or if you think that he is just one of God's spirit children, like you and me and Lucifer, as is taught in Mormonism. When you realize that Jesus Christ was actually God, not just a God, but the only God, then you can understand how He could pay the price for our sins.

Trying to make the teachings of Mormonism on this subject and the clear statements in the Book of Mormon is a PUZZLE for me.
Jesus Christ is God, the same God that you call God the Father. His atonement covered all your sin, and you can add nothing to what He has already done all by Himself. He's just waiting for you to take Him up on His offer and receive His free gift of eternal life.