"And now when ye talk, ye say: If our days had been in the days of our fathers of old, we would not have slain the prophets; we would not have stoned them, and cast them out.
"Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth of your sins and iniquities, ye are angry with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy him; yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he testifieth that your deeds are evil.
"But behold, if a man shall come among you and shall say: Do this, and there is no iniquity; do that and ye shall not suffer; yea, he will say: Walk after the pride of your own hearts; yea, walk after the pride of your eyes, and do whatsoever your heart desireth — and if a man shall come among you and say this, ye will receive him, and say that he is a prophet. Yea, ye will lift him up, and ye will give unto him of your substance; ye will give unto him of your gold, and of your silver, and ye will clothe him with costly apparel; and because he speaketh flattering words unto you, and he saith that all is well, then ye will not find fault with him. (Helaman 13:25-28)
A few years ago, I came across an old acquaintance of mine. Without going into any detail, he was involved in some acts that were obviously questionable, yet I said nothing to him about those. He was quick, however, to become defensive about his actions, and our whole conversation had a strange air about it, and overall left a very bad impression on me. I heard more news about him a few weeks ago, and it is evident that he has continued in his questionable ways to an even worse degree than he had at the point of our reunion.
We have a conscience that tells us what is right and what is wrong. The natural man in all of us would love to have someone there to tell us that we are OK to do whatever we like, but the truth of the matter is that unless we are willing to listen to the Lord and His servants, the prophets, we ultimately fight not only against them, but against our own conscience as well. If we discover that we do not like the things that we hear from President Monson and the other leaders of the Church, perhaps it is time that we listen to our conscience and make sure we are on the right path.
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