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Jesus began His personal ministry among the Nephites by establishing His
Gospel among them; and this He did by appearing among them as a resurrected Being,
“soon after ... [His] ascension ... into heaven.” The Gospel is the Good News of Jesus
Christ––the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Son of God, who made an infinite
atonement for all mankind, by which He broke the bands of spiritual and physical death
and became master of them; and who extends His mercy to all people 1) in the gift of
life, 2) in forgiveness of sins, through their faith in Him, repentance, and baptism for the
remission of sins (administered by proper authority), and 3) in the gift of the Holy Ghost
(given by the laying on of authorized hands), by which believers may then be baptized
with fire and the Holy Ghost.