![]() Not only one unscriptural doctrine, but two in the same paragraph. The Lord will never let his mouthpiece lead the people astray.'” (Conference Report, October 1960, P.78.)Īmazing. After the meeting I drove him home…Standing by me, he put his arm over my shoulder and said: ‘My boy, you always keep your eye on the President of the Church and if he ever tells you to do anything, and it is wrong, and you do it, the Lord will bless you for it.’ Then with a twinkle in his eye, he said, ‘But you don’t need to worry. “I remember years ago when I was a bishop I had President Heber J. Kimball administration shared a story that is largely responsible for perpetuating this false idea. Romney, a member of the first presidency during the Spencer W. The other prophet myth in Mormondom is the notion that if the prophet teaches a false doctrine and we follow it (because, of course, he could never lead us astray) that somehow we will be blessed for our blind obedience. He had to assure them that he wasn’t with some very strong language. When you understand the historical context of the time, many saints thought he actually was leading them astray by ending the practice of polygamy. Wilford is telling us that the Lord will intervene to take away a prophet’s free agency (by taking his life) just so we don’t have to exercise our own agency to determine by the Holy Spirit whether he is being led by the Lord or not! Is that not wholly inconsistent with key principles of the Gospel regarding free agency? Is it not wholly inconsistent with the principle of common consent? It is interesting to note that the version of this placed in the LDS scriptures omits the “I say to Israel” qualifier. If I were to attempt that, the Lord would remove me out of my place, and so He will any other man who attempts to lead the children of men astray from the oracles of God and from their duty.” “I say to Israel, the Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as President of this Church to lead you astray. Many leaders have quoted from talks given by Wilford Woodruff following the issuance of the Manifesto ending polygamy wherein he states: There is nowhere in the scriptures that the Lord tells us that a prophet cannot lead us astray. ![]() From the very time you are in Primary you sing and chant:įollow the prophet, follow the prophet, follow the prophet, don’t go astray.Ĭan’t you just see the little primary kiddies singing it with gusto! I’m willing to bet it’s echoing in your head right now if you grew up LDS. Latter-day saints have been indoctrinated into believing that if they just follow the prophet that all will be well in Zion and we can never go astray. One of the specific purposes for the Doctrine and Covenants as specified in the preamble (Section 1) is to teach us that … man should not counsel his fellow man, neither trust in the arm of flesh– D&C 1:19. In other words, we are to primarily look to the revelations, not to man. ![]() Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. In fact, the scriptures teach us that we are cursed when we trust in fallible mankind.Ĭursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost. Instructively, the Lord never tells us in the scriptures that the way to avoid being deceived is to follow a man, any man, even if he is sustained as a prophet. The first is to treasure up the words of life in the scriptures and the second is to take the Holy Spirit as a guide. The scriptures teach us two keys for not being deceived. ![]() This post focuses on WHY this is so important.Īnd whoso treasureth up my word, shall not be deceived… Joseph Smith-Matthew 1:37įor they that are wise and have received the truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide, and have not been deceived - verily I say unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire, but shall abide the day. In the first post of this blog we explored the numerous commands of God to search the scriptures. ![]()
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