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- Every day we all have choices that need to be made. Many of those choices do not have any lasting significance, but there are plenty that do. These choices-the decisions between right and wrong-have more serious consequences than, say, what color shirt we wear. Agency, sometimes referred to as moral agency or personal agency, is the ability each person has to choose right or wrong-or, put another way, the ability to either follow God or not.
Agency was given to every person as a gift from God. The ability to direct our own lives and make our own choices is one of the greatest gifts God has given us. Just as physical choices have physical consequences, such as getting burned if you get too close to a fire, spiritual choices have spiritual consequences. It is not possible to make a choice without facing its inevitable consequence.
Our purpose in this life is to learn, grow, improve, and progress, with the ultimate goal of returning to God’s presence. Personal agency allows us to participate in the learning and growing process that is essential to becoming better and more like our perfect example, the Savior Jesus Christ.
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I love the humor our church has 😂 the way she says "further back" is so lighthearted it makes me laugh
Me too i like that part of the video 💯
The greatest power that we hold is the power to choose.
"The Lord said unto Enoch: Behold these thy brethren; they are the workmanship of mine own hands, and I gave unto them their knowledge, in the day I created them; and in the Garden of Eden, gave I unto man his agency;"
- Moses 7:32, Pearl of Great Price
This is the modern words..
But what do you tell Christians that only use the Bible.. ?
@@janaprocella8268 I tell people that I love the Bible and all of God's word. Biblical passages encourage us to study all books of scripture. For example, the final words of John in his gospel book were, "And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen." (John 21:25) The apostle Paul said that "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness". We embrace all scripture and we invite people to explore scripture that God has revealed in the modern era. Like anyone, you can know for yourself of their truth by asking God sincerely in prayer. He has promised to answer you by the power of the Holy Ghost.
With agency opposition is required. We have always had agency, even in the pre mortal life. However we needed to experience opposition with our physical bodies to progress and become like our Heavenly Father. Opposition can come in different forms. It can come from natural physical occurances, thru our choices and others choices. We can experience the bitterness of sorrow to appreciate the sweetness of joy. The greatest people I have met and known in my life are those who have experienced such great hardships and still chosen to follow Jesus Christ. Just as Christ Himself did for us.
Jacob Jensen wow this is worded so well, thank you for sharing Jacob! :)
Yes thank you Jacob. I've been a member all my life and you probably worded agency the best
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So opposition exist before the fall 🤔
Agency is why we can be ourselves
Cool profile picture, I like it.
I really really like how you said this!
"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. - Isaiah 43:10
Another great, informative video. Thank you so very much, what a blessing!
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Thank you, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for informing about moral choices!
So blessed to have this knowledge in my life.
This is true, This is truth, I go so far as to say that it is the 1st and greatest gift from our heavenly father, besides our very existence of course. It is real but unfortunately until we try to come out from under the influences that are swirling about us we don't realize generally that this is possible, to choose other than what we have already known.
Agency is such a beautiful thing! It can be devastating when people we love choose to make evil choices, but there is a way back to God. When we choose to repent, we choose to change, and to love God more. It makes our Father in Heaven very happy, when we choose to follow him!
Amen.
That's why I love my country too
The choice is yours wether you want to succeed or not
What if you were born in an abusive family, that abuses drugs and alcohol? And then you get caught up in it because you know no other way to cope with things?
I don't think you have much of a choice then.
@@karak4728 Sometimes our opportunities are limited by either natural circumstance or others' actions in our lives, but we always have the ability to exercise moral agency. We all make bad decisions sometimes, and we're all subject to the pressures of the world around us. Sometimes life is just really, really hard. God loves us and understands how hard it is sometimes. Fortunately, Jesus Christ has power that will someday heal all of us; in the meanwhile, as we learn to rely on His grace now, we will grow and be blessed by it.
Our salvation depends how we exercise agency ❤
Enjoyed this short clip and feel it does a good job of explaining a foundational principle of life. It explains a lot of the whys of so many aspects of life. Grateful for the knowledge. Very helpful.
I like this,...
Thank you
This teaching is the closest to my believe.
Just curious about what you all think about this question:
Can we believe "everything happens for a reason" without this taking away from our belief in agency?
Kay A. There is a reason whether we like it or not. For example: if a brick falls out of the sky, it fell for a reason. We don’t know what the reason is but we know the brick fell out of the sky.
"everything happens for a reason" isn't doctrine, but rather the real question is, is God's plan sufficient to provide salvation for all of us in spite of our endless choices and actions, right and wrong? Yes it is, and inherent in that is the ability of these things happening do not prevent our growth and development, but are a critical component for it.
People say "everything happens for a reason" to suggest that everything is good even if it's bad, and there's some truth to that, but I don't think that phrase is ever used in scripture or has ever been taught by prophets. It's not quite hitting the center of the target of truth. What is doctrinal is that we are free to choose righteousness even in during trials, and going through challenges always provides opportunity for us to increase our faith.
Paul said to the Romans, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” I think we can take the perspective that everything that happens is for our good. We decide how we react to those things that happen to us. “Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.” Victor Frankl
I would say that you have the 'agency', to act and react to any situation life gives you in a positive light, following the Lord. It CAN all be for a good reason :)
I'm an ex-Jehovah's Witness (in secret). Thanks a lot for this video.
Wow. That was a really well explained summary of Agency, or the power to choose!
wonderful
It's true.
God gives us free will to choose
Your choice determines your destiny heaven or hell .choose whom this day who you will serve God or the devil
We chose to be away from the father. That why we here on this dimension. Some of us have learned our lessons. We be back to him.
The choice is yours. In the gospel, and at Chuck o Rama.
Yes we have agency to eat what we want at Chuck o rama
It’s not “what” happens to us it’s how we react to it “AGENCY “
Amen!! 🙏👼💖
"There is no free will only moral agency"
Elder Bednard
agency IS free will
Awesome, ❤💜💛💙💚🧡
What's the difference between moral agency and free agency? Or is it the same?
I think they are the same. We are free to make moral choices in our life.
I think we are better off referring to agency as "moral agency," and "the ability to choose and act," because when we call it "free" this can sometimes make agency sound like it doesn't have consequences. But it's not free in that sense of the word; it comes at the price of consequences.
My understanding is that they are different names for the same thing. "Free agency" emphasizes that we are free to choose, while "moral agency" emphasizes that we choose between "right and wrong behavior" or good and bad choices (see dictionary definition of moral).
The term free agency is commonly used, and has traditionally been interpreted as meaning that individuals have the ability to choose their actions freely.many church leaders have pointed out that the term "free agency" should not be interpreted to mean that agency does not have consequences, but rather that agency is fraught with risk and choices (the result of the exercise of agency) determine eternal destination.some church manuals avoid the term "free agency" and instead refer simply "agency" some church leaders favor the term "moral agency".
"Free agency" is another term for the same thing but potentially gives inaccurate ideas, so it's discouraged. "Freedom of choice" is another synonym. "Moral agency" puts a good emphasis on the important aspect of the choices we make.
Very good
Interesting Good info...men let us choose good👍
Yeah choose to continue to pay your tithing. 100 billion dollars is not enough. We have to double it.
@Young We choose to pay our tithing out of being faithful to God and obeying his commandments.
Agency was given to us by both Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. I hope Heavenly Mother will be included in more of these really awesome videos!
Half of the population are women! We will become more like Heavenly Mother, and men will become more like Heavenly Father.
Choice is not agency. The power to act is agency. An agent is one who has the power to act in behalf of another, themselves, or an organization. If I choose but don’t act or if I am act upon, I didn’t exercise agency. We exercise our agency when we choose to act by making and keeping covenants. That’s why it is “moral agency” and not “free” agency. We are not free to do what we want. We are obligated by covenant to act in moral ways. Adam and Eve didn’t simply make a choice. They had to act.
Well done.
The problem is when people use their free agency, others, especially the religious will make judgements and assumptions. One non-LDS pastor once said that atheists are deliberately self decieving themselves and do not actually have a different method of drawing their own conclusions. Many LDS judge that apostates have chosen evil and never consider that perhaps "good" has let them down.
People can be harsh judges at times, and it isn't helpful. That's why we were counseled to not judge people unjustly like that. I tend to think that as we get older, and make more bad choices ourselves and learn from them (which isn't necessarily a given), we become more understanding and less prone to condemning others.
Is it part of your "God's plan" when something horrific happens to someone? For example. Is it part of your God's plan when someone who is kind, loving and caring gets mauled to death by a mountain lion? Or if someone where to torture this hypothetical person to death?
It is part of God's plan that we experience natural difficulties, including pain, sickness, hardship, and death. There are very good reasons why he allows us to experience these things. It is also part of God's plan that we have agency, as described in this video. Sometimes people use that agency to harm others. There are very good reasons why God allows this, also. Despite all of the difficulties--sometimes excruciating pains--and injustices we face in life, our mortal lives are only a small part of our eternal existence. As we learn to use our agency well, we find greater peace and happiness in this life and we prepare ourselves for a much longer-lasting joy. God does everything that can be done to provide us with that eternal joy and peace.
There's a predetermined plan that knows what I'll choose with my freedom? So how can anyone choose right or wrong if God knew what you would do anyway? Example: God planned on Adam eating the apple, told him not to, knew he would, but punished him for what was already planned???
There is no plan to make us choose anything; that wouldn't be giving us a choice at all. However, God does know us very well. Even here on Earth, there are many times when one person comes to know another so well that they can predict many of their choices; just because someone else knows what we will choose on occasion doesn't mean we don't have the choice. God knows us far, far better, and again, we still have every choice even when He knows what we'll choose.
The Fall of Adam was an important step in God's plan, and it enabled Adam to learn and grow. There is much to learn about that topic if you desire.
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We have our own choices. We have our own agency. Whether we follow Christ or follow Satan, I expect you to follow Christ even if Satan is tempting you to do the wrong thing.
Agency doesn't exist. Only mental health.
Saying "agency doesn't exist" suggests that you've misunderstood what agency is. Moral agency is our ability to make choices for ourselves about right and wrong. For example, if someone hurts us, we can try to hurt them or we can refrain from doing so. Mental health is important, and is certainly impacted by our moral choices.
I think there should be at least one subject in school teaching us about god meanings....faith etc
Separation of church and state
@@ronangray1878 There are many college courses that teach about religions, as opposed to promoting the doctrines of any. Perhaps that's what this commenter was talking about, for children at a younger age.
In 2006 D.Todd Christofferson gave wonderful BYU Devotional about Moral Agency. speeches.byu.edu/talks/d-todd-christofferson_moral-agency/
Moral agency is challenging and hope it’s too dictating for everyone. It’s tough to choose to become like god. We might be weakened to become like Satan but we keep trying to make correct choices even it’s too hard and challenging
Thank you for this amazing video! I’ve been researching & learning slowly about the LDS faith & I love this channel. ❤
We would love for you to join us! You can learn more about the gospel of Jesus Christ, request a visit from missionaries or find a meetinghouse near you (visitors are always welcome) at comeuntochrist.org?cid=42001274
We need to know about more of pre--mortal world 🤗 if anyone knows
Hi Sharon, this video teaches about our life before we were born on this earth, or what members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints refer to as premortality. This concept is scriptural, and is taught in the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and in other holy scriptures. To learn more, see the short topic page below: www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/premortality?lang=eng You can also learn more about premortality by watching "What Is The Purpose and Meaning of Life?" at the link below: th-cam.com/video/t9iYqKk00Bc/w-d-xo.html We hope that helps
The freedom of choice is a very powerful freedom. This is why evil exists, and why God isn't an overbearing butthole. Every human has the gift of discernment through an internal compass. They have the freedom to choose whether they want to listen to this compass or not. Many ignore this internal divine compass and do what they "want" to do regardless of how it will affect others. However, your choices will determine how well your life and afterlife goes. There will be trials and tribulations in every life. They are but tests of sorts. Methods to learn and grow. What do you choose?
At 4:55 should say "Farther" not "Further." Otherwise well explained.
it is not written in the bible........
Are you sure? Also, is the Bible the only scripture you know of?
@@00Fisher00 There is no need to look outside of the Bible. everything is in there already
@@voidremoved May I ask you about your beliefs? You said, "There is no need to look outside of the Bible. everything is in there already"; why do you believe that? Do you know where the Bible came from, and how we came to have it in its various forms today?
This is so untrue and a deception from the devil. Find the real Jesus.
Why would you say such things?
whats wrong about this?
Don't be so quick with a knee jerk reaction. I am skeptical about some of the LDS teachings, but it is worth hearing them out. Even if they were from the devil, even Jesus sat, ate and made conversation with the enemy, with tax collectors... With anyone. The only thing about this particular video is when they suggest that we were all with God, before creation of the earth. Yet if we really pay attention to the Word of Jesus and in the Old Testament there may be hints that point to this. After all, Jesus came to gather his sheep. Think about that. He came here to gather his lost sheep. That would imply that the sheep were first NOT lost. Then they became lost. Then he was sent by his Father to gather the lost sheep.
Peace be with you.
Seriously you teach reincarnation? So a dead man can seek God or the things of God?
@Leslie Greenlee, we do not believe in reincarnation. If you want to learn more about what we believe happens after this life, see the link below: www.comeuntochrist.org/resources/plan-of-salvation
God could reincarnate if he wanted, he is God after all... Couldn't he? You would place a limit on the power of God? You will dictate the boundary to Him? Maybe he could make reincarnate as a snake? God could raise people from the dead. Its kind of creepy though, to raise the dead when you know we are meant to be born again of the Spirit... Sadly people confuse being born again with repenting... So, they say they are "born again" but they really mean that they repented of their old ways. Its not the same thing.
We chose to be away from the father. That why we here on this dimension. Some of us have learned our lessons. We be back to him.