Isaiah Pronounces Woes upon Those Who Reject God’s Wisdom and Trust Solely in Their Own Wisdom
Isaiah 5:21
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
President N. Eldon Tanner said:
“Many, as they become learned in the worldly things such as science and philosophy, become self-sufficient and are prepared to lean unto their own understanding, even to the point where they think they are independent of God; and because of their worldly learning they feel that if they cannot prove physically, mathematically, or scientifically that God lives, they can and should feel free to question and even to deny God and Jesus Christ. Then many of our professors begin to teach perverse things, to lead away disciples after them; and our youth whom we send to them for learning accept them as authority, and many are caused to lose their faith in God. . . .
“How much wiser and better it is for man to accept the simple truths of the gospel and to accept as authority God, the Creator of the world, and His Son Jesus Christ, and to accept by faith those things which he cannot disprove and for which he cannot give a better explanation. He must be prepared to acknowledge that there are certain things—many, many things—that he cannot understand.”
(In Conference Report, Oct. 1968, 48–49.)
