Jesus Christ was the subject of social media posts on the first three days of 2025 by the three senior leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
President Russell M. Nelson led off on New Year’s Day with a post about “The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles,” a 710-word declaration about Christ’s “matchless life” and divinity by the church’s First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
“My dear friends, may this new year be filled with the light, love, joy and power of our Savior and Redeemer, who is the Living Christ,” the 100-year-old leader wrote in his post.
New Year’s Day was the 25th anniversary of the “Living Christ” document.
President Nelson’s two counselors in the church’s First Presidency — President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring — followed with posts on Jan. 2 and Jan. 3. (All three posts are included below.)
The three leaders use social media sparingly and for emphasis.
President Nelson, for example, posted messages on Instagram 14 times in 2024. He posted Wednesday’s message on Instagram, X and Facebook.
Brief summary of the 3 messages
President Nelson’s message focused on an invitation to Latter-day Saints to honor Christ by resolving to visit the temple in 2025 as often as circumstances allow.
President Oaks, the first counselor in the First Presidency, centered his message on looking ahead from the recent Christmas celebrations of Christ’s birth to Easter and resurrection.
President Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, emphasized the surety of Christ’s promises of hope, comfort, love, resurrection and eternal life.
President Russell M. Nelson’s New Year’s Day post
For church members, temples differ from Sunday worship in meetinghouses. Temples are a place where members make and remember covenants — or promises — that they have made with God and find additional peace and seek personal revelation.
President Dallin H. Oaks’ Jan. 2 post
President Oaks invited people to spend the next three months looking forward to Easter, which is on April 20 this year. (The latest possible date for Easter is April 25, according to the Farmer’s Almanac.
“The understanding of ‘birth’ is universal,” President Oaks wrote. “In contrast, the significance of ‘resurrection,’ which Easter marks, is not universally understood.
“The prophets and teachings of the restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints affirm that Jesus Christ came forth out of the grave and lives today as a resurrected being. Similarly, because of Christ’s Atonement, all who have ever lived on this earth will also be resurrected, in order to live forever as resurrected beings.
“As we look to this new year, let us start looking forward to Easter and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ — the most glorious of all messages to mankind.”
President Henry B. Eyring’s Jan. 2 post
President Eyring said that the “test a loving God has set before us is not to see if we can endure difficulty. It is to see if we can endure it well.”
He shared what for him are the most cherished and encouraging words in scripture about enduring, words that assure him that Christ’s promises are true.
“I bear testimony,” he wrote, “that the assurance the Savior gave his disciples is sure for us, ‘I will not leave you comfortless.’”