Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet - Liahona June 1981 - liahona: "President Marion G. Romney tells of this incident which happened to him:
“I remember years ago when I was a bishop I had President Heber J. Grant talk to our ward. 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. The Lord will never let his mouthpiece lead the people astray.’” (Conference Report, October 1960, p. 78.)"
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Do you think the principle of "if he ever tells you to do anything, and it is wrong, and you do it, the Lord will bless you for it" applies to lower leaders (e.g. stake presidents, bishops, senior companions)?
Hmmm. I don't know. What if you are given instruction that clearly contradicts other church doctrine? Do you think you will be blessed for obedience?
I was looking for these because we were discussing the revelation allowing blacks to have the priesthood in Sunday school, and the question arose, why blacks weren't allowed to have the priesthood earlier. Then the teacher moved off the topic pretty fast.
After church I was briefly talking to the Sunday school teacher. He said something about how he thought the doctrine as given by Joseph Smith was correct and blacks were to be treated equally, but that it was changed by other early church leaders (Or something like that. Dallas, please explain your theory if you are reading this).
I was wondering if that theory was possible given this quote.
I would say, it definitely doesn't apply to senior companions. It might apply to people who have priesthood keys and are entitled to receive revelation for you. But I'm suspicious of extending it that far.
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