1/11/16 - AGENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY Flashcards
Lehi taught his son, Jacob, that men and women are free to choose—to act for themselves and not to be acted upon. But, then he added the clarifying statement that the freedom to choose is really a choice between what two things?
Liberty and eternal life
Captivity and death
2 Ne 2:27
True or False: God knows all the thoughts and intents of each one of us.
True
True or False: We had agency in premortality.
True
Alma taught that many of God’s children were foreordained to particular purposes or missions on this earth because they demonstrated what two things in premortality?
Exceeding faith and goodworks
Name the three pillars of eternity.
Creation, Fall, Atonement
Give the three-fold definition of agency.
Right to choose (existence and knowledge of eternal laws)
Responsibility to choose (opposition; no middle ground)
Results of our choices (justice and accountability)
True or False: The more we choose to do what God wants us to do, the more freedom we have. The more we choose to do what we want to do, the less freedom we have.
True
True or False: The more we choose to do what God wants us to do, the more God can do for us and with us. The more we choose to do what we want to do, the less God can do for us and with us.
True
What did Elder Scott say is the difference between making decisions based upon circumstance or making decisions based upon eternal truth?
Circumstance - we focus on the desire we have rather than what is right or wrong, usually leads to sin
Eternal truth - Decisions centered in doing what is right, not in first deciding what we want
What did Elder Oaks say is an essential difference between the institutions of the world and the teachings of Jesus Christ?
The world teaches us to know something. Jesus Christ teaches us to become something
What is President Monson’s formula for making good choices?
Fill your minds with truth (know).
Fill your hearts with love (feel).
Fill your lives with service (do).
