"Trust no one to be your teacher... except he be a man of God" - Mosiah 23:14

I read this verse (Mosiah 23:14) today:


"And also trust no one to be your teacher nor your minister, except he be a man of God, walking in his ways and keeping his commandments."


As I thought about how to apply this, I realized that while I don't typically sign up for Sunday School with anti-Christs, I often allow the world and its opinions influence what I do. We might not think of Google or ChatGPT as people (yet), but everything we find there to some extent originates from men or women around the world, not all of whom are men and women of God, walking in his ways and keeping his commandments. After pondering this verse, I decided I want to examine my life and see if there is any place I am letting someone or something be my teacher that  probably shouldn't be.

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