#lds scripture study

[metanoiiia]

During scripture study with fam

Dad: so Noah was Zeniths son

Younger bro(whispers): I'm my own son...

[ldssundayschool]

Agency is fundamental to the Lord’s plan of salvation. Acquiring a knowledge and understanding of choices and their consequences is one of the primary purposes of existence. The children of God have the potential to become like Him, but the process of development and progression toward ultimate perfection comes only as a result of experiencing the consequences of making choices in an atmosphere of freedom and learning therefrom.

The doctrinal principle termed agency is often referred to in the Church as moral agency or free agency. This last term possibly results from a combining of the scriptural word agency with the idea of free will, the two meaning essentially the same thing; namely, that an individual has the inherent right and ability to choose between differing choices. While the concepts of agency and freedom are closely related, they are intrinsically different. For the purpose of this article, agency will be used to refer to the exercise of the will. Freedom will refer to the external circumstance enabling an individual to carry out the choices made through his or her agency. This paper will define and discuss the doctrine of agency. It will also explore agency’s relationship to freedom, what freedom means, how it can be lost, and why it is so important.