Agency

Weightier Matters

‘‘Diversity and choice are not the weightier matters of the law. The weightier matters are love of God, obedience to His commandments, and unity in accomplishing the work of His Church.’’

( Elder Dallin H. Oaks , http://lds.org/ensign/2001/01/weightier-matters )

To Act for Ourselves: The Gift and Blessing of Agency

 But if we ignore those promptings, the light of the Spirit will fade. Our agency will be limited or lost, and we will lose the confidence and ability to act. We will be “walking in [spiritual] darkness at noon-day.”

Robert D. Hales, http://lds.org/general-conference/2006/04/to-act-for-ourselves-the-gift-and-blessings-of-agency?lang=eng&query=Agency

Moral Discipline

 ‘‘Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard.’’

D. Todd Christofferson

http://lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/moral-discipline?lang=eng&query=Agency

The Standard of Truth Has Been Erected

 You have agency—“moral agency.”  You are free to choose your standards.

‘‘However out of step we may seem, however much the standards are belittled, however much others yield, we will not yield, we cannot yield.’’

Boyd K. Packer, http://lds.org/general-conference/2003/10/the-standard-of-truth-has-been-erected?lang=eng&query=Agency

 

Love and Law

 ‘Agency—our power to choose—is fundamental to the gospel plan that brings us to earth. God does not intervene to forestall the consequences of some persons’ choices in order to protect the well-being of other persons—even when they kill, injure, or oppress one another—for this would destroy His plan for our eternal progress.  He will bless us to endure the consequences of others’ choices, but He will not prevent those choices.’’

‘‘The love of God does not supersede His laws and His commandments, and the effect of God’s laws and commandments does not diminish the purpose and effect of His love.’’

Dahlin H. Oaks, http://lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/love-and-law?lang=eng&query=Agency