"Cannot" scriptures....

For some time now I have been intrigued by scriptures that use the word "cannot" in the text. "Cannot" is not "will not." "Cannot" implies a foundation of eternal laws upon which "all things are predicated." God is not a capricious being who deals with us according to His whims. Rather, He is One who loves us perfectly. He blesses us according to our own desires, will and agency based upon truth and eternal laws by which He is also bound.

Here are a few examples of "cannot" scriptures.

38 But if ye neglect the tree, and take no thought for its nourishment, behold it will not get any root; and when the heat of the sun cometh and scorcheth it, because it hath no root it withers away, and ye pluck it up and cast it out.
39 Now, this is not because the seed was not good, neither is it because the fruit thereof would not be desirable; but it is because your ground is barren, and ye will not nourish the tree, therefore ye cannot have the fruit thereof.

(Book of Mormon | Alma 32:38 - 39)

And my favorite is:

12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.

(Book of Mormon | Helaman 5:12)

God is sure. There are eternal laws. Men have agency. We can choose.

(Painting - Tree of Life by Oliver Grey)