The Peace of God that Passeth All Understanding

Philippians 4:77   And the peace of God, which passeth all  understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  "For some reason, we think the Atonement of Christ applies only at the end of mortal life to redemption from the Fall, from spiritual death. It is much more than that. It is an ever-present power to call upon in everyday life. When we are racked or harrowed up or tormented by guilt or burdened with grief, He can heal us. While we do not fully understand how the Atonement of Christ was made, we can experience “the peace of God, which passeth all understanding.”*

Alma 36:13, 17–20   “My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. My soul was racked with eternal torment; but … my soul is pained no more.”I did remember all my sins and iniquities, for which I was tormented with the pains of hell. …

“And … as I was thus racked with torment, while I was harrowed up by the memory of my many sins, behold, I remembered also to have heard my father prophesy unto the people concerning the coming of one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.

“Now, as my mind caught hold upon this thought, I cried within my heart: O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall of bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death.

“And now, behold, when I thought this, I could remember my pains no more; yea, I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more.

“And oh, what joy, and what marvelous light I did behold;  yea, my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!”¹⁷

"The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer. You will not thereafter be free from trouble and mistakes but can erase the guilt through repentance and be at peace."

The Lord promised, “A new heart … will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.”*

Ezekiel 36:2626 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: ".....men and women and children can know the redeeming influence of the Atonement of Christ in their everyday lives and be at peace."*

Philippians 4:77 And the peace of God, which passeth all  understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

John 14:27 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

It is Well With my Soul: Horatio G. Spafford, 1873

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, 

When sorrows like sea billows roll;

Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,

1. It is well, it is well with my soul.
   • It is well with my soul,
     It is well, it is well with my soul.
2. Refrain:
3. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
4. Let this blest assurance control,
5. That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
6. And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
7. My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!—
   My sin, not in part but the whole,
   Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
   Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
8. For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
   If Jordan above me shall roll,
   No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
   Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
9. But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
   The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
   Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
   Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!
10. And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
    The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
    The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
    Even so, it is well with my soul.
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*Excerpts taken from a talk written and given by :

By President Boyd K. Packer

Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

“The Touch of the Master’s Hand”