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Behold, I gave unto him that he should be an agent unto himself; and I gave unto him commandment, but no temporal commandment gave I unto him, for my commandments are spiritual; they are not natural nor temporal, neither carnal nor sensual. - D&C 29:35
"Let us never forget that we are the architects of our own fates. God is not responsible for the consequences of our acts. He gives us the word - the truth - and the rules to follow and the opportunity to learn and to act and to progress," President N. Eldon Tanner, first counselor in the First Presidency, said in an April 1978 general conference address."I like what the late President David O. McKay said: `I believe that God is love. . . . He is our Father and desires the happiness and eternal life of His children. . . . He has placed man upon earth and . . . gave to him `that he should be an agent unto himself.' Men may choose the right or they may choose the wrong: they may walk in darkness or they may walk in the light; and, mind you, God has not left His children without the light. . . .
"For those who do not make the right choices, who may turn away from the truth, God, in His infinite love and mercy, has made provision for their salvation through the precious principle of repentance. Repentance embodies a recognition of the transgression, remorse, and a resolve to overcome.'
"The Lord said: `By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins - behold, he will confess them and forsake them.' (D&C 58:43.)
"From the beginning of time God's concern and love for His children has prompted Him to warn them against the temptations of the enemy of truth and light, even Satan, who has committed himself, with his followers, to destroy mankind and thwart the plan of God to save His children."
