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Thank you. One thing I don't get is why it's said that we will go where we will be the happiest. If being with God and being exalted with one's mate is the fulness of joy, why can't Telestial persons change their mind and progress on into the Celestial Kingdom in the eternities?

Hi CK, so if I chose not to repent, I would have to pay for all of my sins myself, correct? But I have heard several GAs say that the wayward sinners will have to pay the "utmost farthing" for their sins before being forgiven, even when they repent. So even if a Telestial person tries to repent, he must first pay the full debt before being forgiven? (I've been inactive for about 20 years, and don't really want to go back to church; however, I do want to turn my life around and get things in order. I just don't like social situations like being at Sacrament Meeting.)

Hello, I'm a total newbie here and want to get some valuable info concerning the different degrees of glory. I'm an inactive LDS and know the basics (i.e., D&C 76, etc.), but some things just don't make sense to me. What I don't understand is, if the wicked go to the Telestial Kingdom, do they have to repent of all their sins and become perfect eventually, or are they allowed to continue sinning once they find themselves therein? I've heard it said that (paraphrase) "The wicked who repent will be redeemed." But if they completely repent and are washed clean of all their sins and become perfect, why can't they then progress (eventually, over eons of time) into the Celestial Kingdom? And if the Telestial people are not required to live a Celestial Law (become perfect, stop sinning forever), do they then continue to sin, even in the Telestial Kingdom? "The kingdom of God is not filthy," says the Book of Mormon, so I just do not understand completely what the differences between being Telestial, Terrestrial, and Celestial are. Why would God condemn a repentant (Telestial) sinner if he truly repents and gets washed clean?