Agency was around since the beginning when we were in the pre-existance. A plan was introduced to all of God’s children where we made a decision. Satan didn’t want to follow the plan laid out, he wanted to save all of God’s children without giving them a choice. We had a decision to make. We could either follow Satan or our Savior Jesus Christ. We couldn’t choose both sides. We had to use the agency we had been given to make a choice. The plan that the Savior presented allowed us to have agency. Satan didn’t want us to have agency. And I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying: That Satan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the beginning, and he came before me, saying— Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give me thine honor. But, behold, my Beloved Son, which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said unto me—...
Dreaming The Impossible