Dallin H. Oaks
"The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that on the way to perfection we must lose ’every desire for sin.’
"The nearer man approaches perfection, the clearer are his views, and the greater his enjoyments, till he has overcome the evils of his life and lost every desire for sin; and like the ancients, arrives at that point of faith where he is wrapped in the power and glory of his Maker, and is caught up to dwell with Him (History of the Church 2:8).
"We will be judged on the basis of our desires. In modern revelation the Lord explained, ’For I, the Lord, will judge all men according to their works, according to the desire of their hearts’ (D&C 137:9).
“The prophet Alma taught that when we are ’brought before the bar of God, to be judged,‘ our ’works’ will condemn us, ‘and our thoughts will also condemn us’ (Alma 12:12,14). When Alma explained this principle to his wayward son, Corianton, he called it ’the plan of restoration [which] is requisite with the justice of God’ (Alma 41:2)” (Pure in Heart, pp. 52-3)