The Ability and Privilege God gives Us
Agency is the ability and privilege God gives us to choose and to act
for ourselves. Agency is essential in the plan of salvation. Without it,
we would not be able to learn or progress or follow the Savior. With
it, we are "free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great
Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to
the captivity and power of the devil"
God's children have power to choose; they had this ability even
before they were born. In the premortal life, Heavenly Father
presented His plan, which included the principle of agency. Lucifer
rebelled and "sought to destroy the agency of man". As a result,
Lucifer and all those who followed him were denied the privilege of
receiving a mortal body. All who have been or will be born on earth
chose to follow Heavenly Father's plan.
In this life, people continue to have agency; even if their personal
freedoms are restricted or taken away, they can choose how to feel
and react. Their use of their agency determines their happiness or
misery in this life and in the life to come. People are free to choose
and act but are not free to choose the consequences of their actions.
The consequences may not be immediate, but they will always
follow. Choices of good and righteousness lead to happiness, peace,
and eternal life, while choices of sin and evil eventually lead to
heartache and misery.
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