Both works and grace are central concepts in Mormon theology. Works is mentioned more than grace in Mormon literature because it addresses our own responsibility to strive to merit the blessings promised by the Lord to the faithful and obedient Saints.
Man’s free agency was activated by the conflicting commandments to not partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and to multiply and replenish the earth.
God is in control of his creations. The earth belongs to him. Those who preside over the Mormon Church receive instruction from God with respect to family size and all other religious and moral matters.
A strain of mortals will propagate during the millennium to perform the proxy work in the Mormon Temples for those who received the gospel in the spirit world after mortality.
The “east wind” is a euphamism, expressing a destructive force sent forth from God upon the wicked.
There are three categories of disobedience to God–actions, words and thouights. If we can acquire thought control we can avoid all three forms of disobedience.
