Sacred Things
not to be Shared Francis M. Gibbons
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Whitmer reported that the Prophet Joseph Smith taught that "some
revelations are of God; some revelations are of man: and some revelations
are of the devil." (In B.H. Roberts, CHC, 1:163)
But while Satan can convey thoughts, he does not know whether these
thoughts have taken root unless they are reflected either in word or
in actions. All this suggests that we should be wise in what we say and do. We should also be wise in the way we guard precious things that are revealed to us through the Spirit. For example, when President Heber J. Grant was a young man, presiding in the Tooele Stake, Patriarch John Rowberry gave him a special blessing. Afterward, the patriarch said to President Grant, "I saw something that I dared not mention." President Grant later recorded it was made known to him at that moment that he would one day be the President of the Church. He never discussed this revelation with anyone, never recorded it, and revealed it only after it was an accomplished fact. How wise he was, for had he revealed it to others, his enemy, Satan, would have known and, with that knowledge, could have created unimaginable difficulties for him. Often, we talk too much. We say things that need not be said or should not be said; for in saying them, we may open a crevice which enables Lucifer to wedge his way into our lives. (Francis M. Gibbons, CR, Oct. 1991, p. 109) |
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