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Originally Posted by applepansy
I've been criticized for using Nephi and Abraham as examples of obedience. I used these examples because I don't have permission from those involved to use recent examples of current obedience to our Prophet's counsel and the resulting blessings. Nephi was obedeint. Abraham was obedient. Both pleaded with Heavenly Father to not have to kill, but they were willing to follow Heavenly Father. Both received amazing blessings for their obedience. We have been commanded to be obedient too. We have been promised blessings if we are. I choose the blessings.
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While I hope that you won't stay away, I think you misunderstood the post to which you are referring. You were criticized for being inaccurate, not for your belief. The examples of Nephi and Abraham that you cited were not examples of obedience to the prophet, but examples of obedience to the Lord. Abraham was the prophet at the time he was commanded to sacrifice Isaac, and no mortal commanded him to do so. Nephi was "constrained by the Spirit" and again, not by any mortal person. It was a matter of clarification and accuracy for which you were criticized, and not your belief or testimony.