The following are excerpts from a talk Neal A. Maxwell gave at BYU in October of 1978, and was printed in the February 1979 Ensign. It was entitled, "A More Determined Discipleship." Elder Maxwell certainly was speaking prophetically.
"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.'
"This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.
"Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened.... Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a
slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat."
--- Elder Neal A. Maxwell
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
I Believe in a Prophet Today...
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Billy,
I really like this post. Thanks for putting it here. I love to hear and read things that remind me to be strong and that I'm doing the right things, and that I need to continue on that path because it only gets harder from here.
And, yes, you'll always be Billy to me -- don't forget that!
GREAT Quote!!! I love Maxwell's talks, so profound and inspiring. Scary to think that there are harder things to come.
Yes on Prop 8!!! :)
I loved this!!!! I hope you don't mind but I placed it on my blog as well. It sums up perfectly my feelings and thoughts these last few weeks.
I love this! I've been given extra strength the last 2 weeks as I've gone to our Father above about the world's views! Thanks for sharing this! I know he spoke these words for us TODAY!
What a great article. Thanks for sharing.
It's scary that we live in a time when even seemingly good members of the church are choosing not to follow the counsel of the prophet. I have hope that all will be well and say to myself everyday
"righteousness will prevail."
Thank you i appreciated reading that.
Whoa, right on the button. Exciting times. Thank goodness we have a prophet to follow.
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