Free Will & Agency

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I think free will, is a verily limited power intelligent beings possess that makes it possible for them to rebel against God (against order and truth). Free will is a condition of reality that explains how Satan rebels against God in the presence of God. It explains the existence of evil, not created by God, but as a reaction to him; in opposition to him. Free will simply exists as God exists.

However, I believe the principle of #agency is a gift from God, and it differs in its nature from free will in this sense: Agency is the use of free will to enter an enabling relationship with God that provides for us the ability to act for ourselves in accordance with his law to bring about our progression through his plan for the immortality and eternal life of all created souls.

“Wherefore, men are free… they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.” — 2 Nephi 2:27

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