Why does the Spirit call me to repentance?
It give us an opportunity to change or repent and be warned of consequences. Repentance represents God's desires of happiness for His children, which comes through making righteous choices.
Article of Faith 4 "We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism...fourth...the gift of the Holy Ghost."Repentance prepares us for the gift of the Holy Ghost, which guides, instructs, reveals, leads, protects, purifies us, and prepares us to live with God again (not exhaustive list). If the wicked do not repent, they are destroyed.
What brings a person or a nation to that point?
The Book of Mormon begins and ends with descriptions of people who were "past feeling." 1 Nephi 17:45 and Moroni 9:20. The Book of Mormon Student Manual shares
"Elder Bruce R. McConkie (1915–85) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles explained that men and women will lose the companionship of the Holy Ghost if they reject the light and knowledge of the gospel: “Many choose to walk in carnal paths and go contrary to the enticings of the Spirit. It is possible to sear one’s conscience to the point that the Spirit will withdraw its influence and men will no longer know or care about anything that is decent and edifying. ‘For my Spirit shall not always strive with man, saith the Lord of Hosts.’ (D&C 1:33.)” (A New Witness for the Articles of Faith [1985], 260)."
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