The Lord’s Word Is a Lamp unto Our Feet
Psalm 119:105
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
President Harold B. Lee said:
“I say that we need to teach our people to find their answers in the scriptures. If only each of us would be wise enough to say that we aren’t able to answer any question unless we can find a doctrinal answer in the scriptures! And if we hear someone teaching something that is contrary to what is in the scriptures, each of us may know whether the things spoken are false—it is as simple as that. But the unfortunate thing is that so many of us are not reading the scriptures. We do not know what is in them, and therefore we speculate about the things that we ought to have found in the scriptures themselves. I think that therein is one of our biggest dangers of today.
“When I meet with our missionaries and they ask questions about things pertaining to the temple, I say to them, as I close the discussion, ‘I don’t dare answer any of your questions unless I can find an answer in the standard works or in the authentic declarations of presidents of the Church.’
“The Lord has given us in the standard works the means by which we should measure truth and untruth. May we all heed his word: ‘Thou shalt take the things which thou hast received, which have been given unto thee in my scriptures for a law, to be my law to govern my church’ (D&C 42:59).”
(“Find the Answers in the Scriptures,” Ensign, Dec. 1972, 3.)
