It is contrary to the order of heaven for any soul to be locked into compulsive, immoral behavior with no way out!
It is consistent with the workings of the adversary to deceive you into believing that you are. (Boyd K. Packer, 1986 General Conference address)
Along
our way we are aided in our choices through the sustaining influence of
the Spirit. Now, if we choose to act contrary to the light and
understanding that we have, we will experience a bad conscience, which
of course does not feel good. But a bad conscience is a blessing in that
we immediately are reminded that it is time to repent. When we are
humble and desire to do what is right, we will be anxious to act
promptly to change our ways, while those who are proud and who may seek
“to become a law unto [themselves]” (D&C 88:35) will allow Satan to lead “them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever” (2 Nephi 26:22)
unless the spirit of repentance enters their hearts. To follow evil
influences can never result in a feeling of peace simply because peace
is a gift from God and it only comes through the Spirit of God.
“Wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10). (Per G. Malm, 2010 General Conference address)
We are people of peace. We are followers of the Christ who was and is
the Prince of Peace. But there are times when we must stand up for right
and decency, for freedom and civilization, just as Moroni rallied his
people in his day to the defense of their wives, their children, and the
cause of liberty (see Alma 48:10). (Gordon B. Hinckley, 2001 General Conference address)
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15)
O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and woe. (2 Nephi 1:13)
If ye love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15)
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15)
O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and woe. (2 Nephi 1:13)
Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away from us, because of the curse of the land.
O
that we had repented in the day that the word of the Lord came unto us;
for behold the land is cursed, and all things are become slippery, and
we cannot hold them.
Behold, we are surrounded by demons,
yea, we are encircled about by the angels of him who hath sought to
destroy our souls. Behold, our iniquities are great. O Lord, canst thou
not turn away thine anger from us? And this shall be your language in
those days.
But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated
the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and your
destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your
lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head. (Helaman 13:32-38)
If ye love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15)
