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Did We All Blow It In The Pre Existence? - Page 4

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Existence Pre The It Blow We Did

"Our personal mission began long before we arrived on the earth. In the premortal life, we were 'called and prepared' to live on the earth at the time when temptations and challenges would be the greatest. This was 'on account of [our] exceeding faith and good works' and because of our 'having chosen good' (see Alma 13:3). We understood our Father's plan and knew that it was good. We not only chose it, but we defended it. We knew that our earthly missions would be fraught with temptation, challenges, and hardship, but we also knew that we would be blessed by the fulness of the gospel, living prophets, and the guidance of the Holy Ghost. We knew and understood that our success on this earth would be determined by our worthiness and purity."
-- (Elaine S. Dalton, "Look toward Eternity!" Ensign, Nov. 2006, 31)

Did We All Blow It In The Pre Existence? Studies Doctrine Mormon

"What a perilous time [the war in heaven] must have been. The Almighty Himself was pitted against the son of the morning. We were there while that was going on. That must have been a desperately difficult struggle, with a grand, triumphal victory. . . .

"Why were we then happy? I think it was because good had triumphed over evil and the whole human family was on the Lord's side. We turned our backs on the adversary and aligned ourselves with the forces of God, and those forces were victorious."

(President Gordon B. Hinckley, "The Dawning of a Brighter Day," Ensign, May 2004, 81)

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President Hinkley in Living in the Fulness of Times

We are all blessed with different opportunities and sometimes we have been placed in difficult situations not because of what we did or didn't do in the premortal life.
Difficult situations may be given to us because that is what we need most in this life to learn that which the Lord wants us to learn.

We should never judge someone's worthiness in the premortal world based on what they are now. And we should never judge someone now to what they will receive in the hereafter

Existence Pre The It Blow We Did

"In the premortal realm we learned that the body was part of God's great plan of happiness for us. . . .

". . . We understood eternal truths about our bodies. We knew that our bodies would be in the image of God. We knew that our bodies would house our spirits. We also understood that our bodies would be subject to pain, illness, disabilities, and temptation. But we were willing, even eager, to accept these challenges because we knew that only with spirit and element inseparably connected could we progress to become like our Heavenly Father (see D&C 130:22) and 'receive a fulness of joy' (D&C 93:33)."
Ref. (Susan W. Tanner, "The Sanctity of the Body," Ensign, Nov. 2005, 13)

Did We All Blow It In The Pre Existence?

"The Fall was not a disaster. It wasn't a mistake or an accident. It was a deliberate part of the plan of salvation. We are God's spirit 'offspring,' sent to earth 'innocent' of Adam's transgression. Yet our Father's plan subjects us to temptation and misery in this fallen world as the price to comprehend authentic joy. Without tasting the bitter, we actually cannot understand the sweet. We require mortality's discipline and refinement as the 'next step in [our] development' toward becoming like our Father. But growth means growing pains. It also means learning from our mistakes in a continual process made possible by the Savior's grace, which He extends both during and 'after all we can do' (2 Nephi 25:23)."
Ref. (Bruce C. Hafen, "The Atonement: All for All," Ensign, May 2004, 97)

Did We Blow It The Pre Existence - Page 4

I don't really agree with what you just said, I have heard that those that were born in this gerneration were the strongest and righteous people in the pre-mortal existence. In this day today, we have more temptations than ever. I do not think that we blew it. Some of us were put into different families that are not members is because heavenly father knew that we would return to him because we would hearken unto his servants words.