Robert L. Millet wrote: To Christ we turn in hour of need; he is the balm of Gilead. Upon Him and His word we may rely with unshaken confidence; he is true and faithful. From him we can receive the realization of our fondest dreams; his name is Eternal, and the life we may enjoy from him is called Eternal Life.
To have faith in the name of Christ is to have an assurance, born of the Spirit, of our Lord’s divine sonship, to know by revelation that no earthly man or woman—no matter how gifted an no matter how noble—could have done what he did. His work was and is the work of God, and the product of his labors—salvation itself—only because of the merciful intercession of one with power over life and death.
To have faith in the name of Christ, is to acknowledge his hand in all things, to confess that there are labors beyond the power of man to perform. Man cannot forgive his own sins any more that he can create himself. Man cannot cleanse and renew and regenerate the human soul any more than he can resurrect himself. These are infinite actions of God, and they require the intervention of godly powers in man’s behalf. To have faith in the name of Christ is to recognize and receive the saving grace of Christ.
The power unto life and salvation is in Jesus Christ, the person. The power is not in programs, even inspired programs. Programs cannot save. They have not the power to forgive or sanctify or to soothe troubled souls. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ that is “the power of God unto salvation” (Romans 1:16), a power that derives from him who is omnipotent. The Saints of all nations come to know by revelation the source of their salvation. Christianity without the living Christ is at best, deficient. Righteousness without the Righteous One cannot redeem. Theology without the gospel lacks the power of salvation. ~Robert L. Millet, The Gift of the Atonement (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 65-66
