In a 2012 Worldwide Training Broadcast, Dieter Uchtdorf asked:
How often has the Holy Spirit tried to tell us something we needed to know but couldn't get past the massive iron gate of what we thought we already knew?
Now those men, or those women, who know no more about the power of God and the influences of the Holy Spirit than to be led entirely by another person, suspending their own understanding, and pinning their faith upon another's sleeve, will never be capable of entering into the celestial glory to be crowned as they anticipate; they will never be capable of becoming Gods. They cannot rule themselves, to say nothing of ruling others, but they must be dictated to in every trifle, like a child. They cannot control themselves in the least, but James, Peter, or somebody else must control them. They never can become Gods nor be crowned as rulers with glory, immortality, and eternal lives. They never can hold sceptres of glory, majesty, and power in the celestial kingdom.
Remember, in all things of importance, seek the Spirit's guidance and confirmation of truth and then act on that confirming revelation. And it's probably a good idea to never accept something out of hand, no matter the source--a Nobel laureate, a government official, a Church leader, a blog (heaven forbid)--and falling in line while ignoring your own conscience, morality, ethics, etc.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)
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