What is the Awful Situation We Are Told To Awake To?

Ether 8:24 24 Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up. So what is the awful situation we are told to awake to? To awake to our awful situation is not to awake only to the fact that a secret... ...more

The Devil's Throat- Elder James E. Faust

James E. Faust, “The Devil’s Throat,” Liahona, May 2003, 51–53 Please help us push back the world. We must stand against the wind. Sometimes we must be unpopular and simply say, “This is not right.” My dear brethren of the priesthood, tonight I address my remarks to all of you, but in particular to the young men. My purpose is to instruct and warn you of dangers that lie ahead, but I also want to express my love for you and the great confidence I have in you as the... ...more