My stand point:
Prophet: Obedience every time
Bishop and Local leaders: I will pray about it and take my own life into consideration. The main point being why would I need the bishop's advice anyway. The church through the GA's give the most specific guidence necessary for normal members to live. I am not going to bring myself into some situation of terrible sin, so I will not need to go to him because of that. If I have life experiences (that are not gospel orientated), then I will consult myself first and husband first, and then bring it to God in prayer, he may alter the plan, or may say go for it, or may leave us to our own devices to allow us to step into the darkness with faith (this has happened many times in our life).
I must agree, there are many bishops who are not honorable men (lots in my own life). Thank goodness I didn not need their help, else I would have prayed alot before going to see them, and would have prayed alot after seeing them.
On a side note... I will never take the Sunday School teacher's word for gospel, neither the RS teacher's word for gospel, nor the crazy lady sitting down the back of the room. Those lessons are usually entertainment for me.
But I will re-iterate.... when the prophet speaks, I obey. Simple as that.
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