Change is possible

Say nothing but repentance unto this generation; keep my commandments, and assist to bring forth my work, according to my commandments, and you shall be blessed. D&C 6:9

When John the Baptist laid his hands upon the heads of Oliver Cowdery and Joseph Smith, he conferred upon them the keys of the Aaronic Priesthood, which has the power to direct “the gospel of repentance” (D&C 13:1). Indeed, the gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of repentance, the glad tidings that we do not have to remain where we are, that change is possible, that we can become new creatures in Christ. The instruction to “say nothing but repentance unto this generation” (D&C 6:9) was a call to teach the doctrines of the gospel, to lay out the principles, practices, covenants, and ordinances that would cleanse human souls and enable them to do a work they could not do by their own strength and capacity. The gospel of Jesus Christ can do more than make bad men good and good men better, as important as that is; it is a system of salvation intended to transform humankind and renovate the whole of society. (Robert L. Millet and Lloyd D. Newell. Draw Near Unto Me: Daily Reflections on the Doctrine and Covenants. 22)