Tuesday, April 21, 2009

1st Corinthians

There is no such thing as free agency.

1st Corinthians 6:
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Heavenly Father paid a very high price so that you and I might be able to return to Him someday. In the pre-mortal life he sacrificed one third of His children. In this life he delivered His only sinless child to be mocked, tortured, and killed so that He might bring us back to Him. So, our actions do not affect us alone. We do not have free agency, we have moral agency. We can choose to be happy and follow the Lord or to be miserable and follow the devil.

Said President Uchtdorf, “God has granted us agency. I believe that moral agency is one of the greatest gifts of God unto His children, next to life itself.” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Developing Christlike Attributes,” Ensign, Oct 2008, 4–9)

Q: What is your attitude towards your own agency?

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