Put Off the Natural Man, and Come Off Conqueror
Neal A. Maxwell October 1990 Saturday Morning Session
So many times prophets warn about the dangers of selfishness—the inordinate and excessive concern with self. The distance between constant self-pleasing and self-worship is shorter than we think. Stubborn selfishness is actually rebellion against God, because, warned Samuel, “stubbornness is as … idolatry” (1 Sam. 15:23).