Monthly For the Strength of Youth Message, December 2021

He Came

The Doctrine and Covenants testifies that Jesus Christ came to earth and teaches us who He is and what He brought to all people.

He Was Born on Earth

Delivered, by Jenedy Paige

“I was in the world and made flesh my tabernacle, and dwelt among the sons of men.”

Doctrine and Covenants 93:4

“I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I came unto mine own, and mine own received me not.”

Doctrine and Covenants 10:57

He Came to Do the Father’s Will

On Earth as It Is in Heaven, by Justin Kunz

“I am Jesus Christ; I came by the will of the Father, and I do his will.”

Doctrine and Covenants 19:24

He Learned and Grew

And the Child Grew and Waxed Strong in Spirit, by Walter Rane

“He received not of the fulness at first, but continued from grace to grace, until he received a fulness;

“And thus he was called the Son of God, because he received not of the fulness at the first.”

Doctrine and Covenants 93:13–14

He Came to Redeem All People

Christ in Gethsemane, by Michael Malm

“I am God, and have sent mine Only Begotten Son into the world for the redemption of the world.”

Doctrine and Covenants 49:5

“Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.”

Doctrine and Covenants 43:34

He Sends Others to Testify of Him

Illustration by Justin Kunz

“Declare glad tidings unto the inhabitants of the earth.”

Doctrine and Covenants 62:5

“Declare the things which ye have heard, and verily believe, and know to be true.”

Doctrine and Covenants 80:4

He Is the Light

Little Lamb, by Jenedy Paige

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the light and the life of the world—a light that shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not.”

Doctrine and Covenants 45:7

“I am the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”

Doctrine and Covenants 93:2