Birth is a change from immortal to mortal. At death we lay our mortality down and enter the world of spirits preparatory to the resurrection where immortality is again ours, thus the saying from eternity to eternity.
The change that brings on eternal life must come by INVITATION and not MANDATE.
As missionaries we invite others to investigate by offering them features of the gospel. As members we invite our friends to share the gospel’s blessing by how we live and as parents we invite our children’s obedience by how we teach.
Jesus invited the Jews to become Christians. It was the government and the church in the 4th Century that mandated obedience. Lucifer is the author of the mandate.
With change people deserve and need both CHOICE and CONTROL. Our Heavenly Father exerts no persuasion, coercion, or manipulation on our choices. He doesn’t attempt to control us either.
Just as in the Garden of Eden, His words with respect to exaltation remain constant:
Nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself!
Do you choose to change from the natural man to an exalted being, or not? It’s your choice and you control your future.
