Our agency (the ability to choose) is a gift from our loving
Heavenly Father and the reason why we are here. “And we will prove them
herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall
command them;” (Abraham 3:25). We came
here to receive a body, and to learn how to use our agency.
Often people misuse their agency to harm and disappoint us,
and we usually wonder why God didn’t prevent them from making those choices.
The answer to that is to quote Alma, “Therefore, according to justice, the plan
of redemption could not be brought about, only on conditions of repentance of
men in this probationary state, yea, this preparatory state; for except it were
for these conditions, mercy could not take effect except it should destroy the work
of justice. Now the work of justice could not be destroyed; if so, God would cease
to be God.” (Alma 42:13). It simply goes against the nature of our Heavenly
Father to take away the very gift that he gave us to use on this earth to learn
from.
Let us each resolve in our hearts to use our agency for
good, and to seek our Heavenly Father in prayer, so that we will know His will
for us in the choices we make.
Elder D. Todd
Christofferson, Moral Discipline, General Conference October 2009
Elder Robert D. Hales, To Act for Ourselves: The Gift and Blessings of Agency, General Conference April 2006
Elder Robert D. Hales, To Act for Ourselves:
The Gift and Blessings of Agency, General Conference April 2006
Elder Quentin L. Cook, Personal Peace: The
Reward of Righteousness, General Conference April 2013
Elder Neal A. Maxwell,
The Seventh Commandment: A Shield, General Conference October 2001
Elder M. Russell Ballard, O that Cunning Plan of the Evil One, General Conference October 2010
Elder Richard G. Scott, Finding Joy in Life, General Conference April 1996
President David O. McKay, Chapter 22: Agency and Responsibility, Teachings
of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, (2011), 204–13
Elder Henry B. Eyring, Spiritual Preparedness: Start Early and Be Steady, General Conference October 2005
Elder Henry B. Eyring, Spiritual Preparedness: Start Early and Be Steady, General Conference October 2005
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