President Franklin D. Richards of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles testified: “The Lord our God is a God that forgives sin. When Israel went far astray He pleaded with them to turn unto Him. ‘Why will ye die? ’ What the Lord wants is repentance; that is, to turn away from unrighteousness. Not to say you are sorry because you got caught at it. The thing is for you to catch yourself at it. It is more important to you than to anybody else that you should do this, and repent, and work out your salvation. … He does not wish that any should perish, but that all should turn unto Him and live” (in Collected Discourses, 5:5).