Elder Robert D. Hales
"To Act For Ourselves"
April 2006 General Conference
"To all who desire to enjoy the supernal blessings of agency, I testify that agency is strengthened by our faith and obedience. Agency leads us to act: to seek that we may find, to ask that we may receive guidance from the Spirit, to knock on that door that leads to spiritual light and ultimately salvation."
Elder Robert D. Hales
"To Act For Ourselves"
April 2006 General Conference
"1. Before the world was created, we existed in the presence of God.
2. Free agency is a gift of God.
3. We had free agency in the premortal existence.
4. There Satan presented a plan that would have taken away our free agency.
5. When God rejected Satan's plan, Satan and those who followed him rebelled and were cast out of heaven.
6. Pursuant to God's plan, Adam and Eve made the choice that caused the Fall, making mankind subject to mortality and sin in the world.
7. We are here to be tested, and this cannot occur without opposition in all things.
8. To provide that opposition, Satan is permitted to try to persuade us to use our free agency to choose evil.
9. If we choose evil and do not repent, we can ultimately become captives of Satan."
Elder Dallin H. Oaks
"Free Agency and Freedom"
October 11, 1987 BYU Devotional
"We know that we are spirit children of heavenly parents, here on earth to receive our mortal bodies and to be tested. We who have mortal bodies have the power over the beings who do not.4 We are free to choose what we will and to pick and choose our acts, but we are not free to choose the consequences. They come as they will come."
Elder Boyd K. Packer
"These Things I Know"
April 2013 General Conference
Elder L. Tom Perry
"Obedience to Law is Liberty"
April 2013 General Conference
"We have our agency, and we can choose any characteristic to define us. But we need to know that when we choose to define ourselves or to present ourselves by some characteristic that is temporary or trivial ineternal terms, we de-emphasize what is most important about us and we overemphasize what is relatively unimportant. This can lead us down the wrong path and hinder our eternal progress."
Elder Dallin H. Oaks
"How to Define Yourself"
June 2013 New Era
"When you encourage students to raise their hand to respond to a question, while they may not realize it, they signify to the Holy Ghost their willingness to learn. That use of moral agency will allow that Spirit to motivate them and give them more powerful guidance during your time together. "
Elder Richard G. Scott
"To Learn and to Teach More Effectively"
August 1, 2007 Education Week Devotional
"With His gift of moral agency, our Heavenly Father has graciously provided us help to exercise that agency in a way that will yield precious, positive fruit in our life here and hereafter."
Elder D. Todd Christofferson
"Moral Agency"
June 2009 Ensign
"The beauty of the gospel of Jesus Christ is that it pours knowledge into our souls and shows things in their true light. With that enhanced perspective, we can discern more clearly the choices before us and their consequences. We can, therefore, make more intelligent use of our agency."
Elder D. Todd Christofferson
"Moral Agency"
June 2009 Ensign
"The cost of the Atonement was borne by the Lord without compulsion, for agency is a sovereign principle. According to the plan, agency must be honored. It was so from the beginning, from Eden."
Elder Boyd K. Packer
"Atonement, Agency, Accountability"
May 1998 Ensign
"Heavenly Father wants you to succeed. Where there is purity of heart and real intent, it is known by Him. Your obedience to truth and proper use of agency open the door to His divine help. If you have chosen the wrong path, the only way out is through repentance."
Elder Richard G. Scott
"Agency and Choosing the Right"
January 1997 Ensign
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