Why is the Constitution of special interest to the Latter-day Saints?
The Gospel emphasizes that wise and inspired use of free choice in the overcoming of opposition is the ladder we must climb to progress. Free agency was the core of our Father’s plan for mortality, and one third of our brothers and sisters lost the opportunity to come to earth by succumbing to the guiles of coercion over liberty. But constructive use of free agency is not facile, for as Lehi told Jacob, there must needs be “an opposition in all things.” Without opposition, “righteousness could not be brought to pass” and there could “be no happiness.” The greater the opposition, the greater the self-pity and complaint of many people. This overlooks the fact that the greater the opposition, the greater the opportunity for development of God-like spirituality and qualities as well as achievement of righteousness and happiness. Thus it is easy to understand that the Constitution of the United States was not a happenstance, but a divinely planned phenomenon. As God revealed, “I established
