For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9)
"...you know no more concerning the destinies of this Church and kingdom than a babe upon its mother’s lap. You don’t comprehend it."
-Quoted by Wilford Woodruff, in Conference Report, April 1898, 57, punctuation modernized,
as cited in Boyd K. Packer, worldwide leadership training meeting, January 11, 2003.
"I know that [God] loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things." (1 Nephi 11:17)
One of the great fallacies prevalent in every era is the idea that we know all the answers. Scholars overestimate the value of their own evidence, ignoring the potential of alternative evidence; religious zealots cling to their own interpretation of scripture, eschewing all else; the average individual insists their way of life is the best way, dismissing alternatives without serious consideration.
We have no record of Jesus having success converting individuals who thought they already had all the answers. Rather, all such individuals either ignored or actively attacked Him. Those converted in biblical times first had to be open to the idea that their own understanding may be limited.
What about me?