Choices

"Now, because the Redeemer, Jehovah, won the great war in heaven, you have been given your choice. Christ would never force the children of men to be righteous. He would call, persuade, and direct aright, but has left us to make our own decisions. You, my boy, may do as you please. . . . but my beloved young brother, believe this absolute and unchangeable truth: You cannot avoid the responsibi...lity of your acts! . . . You will receive the rewards of right thinking, righteous doing, conforming attitudes; and wholly beyond your own controls, you will pay penalties---not that God will punish you but that you, yourself, will bring down upon yourself the judgments" (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 160).