Mosiah 20

In this chapter, Gideon says "are not the words of Abinadi fulfilled against us-and all this because we would not hearken unto the words of the Lord, and turn from our iniquities?" What a different world this would be if people not only believed the words of the prophets who are now dead, but the ones who are living. It has always been that the majority of the people will reject living prophets but hold to dead ones. Nearly every prophet in history had been denied by the majority of the people. When they did believe and follow the living prophet, they prospered. When they didn't their society usually suffered in some major way. The same is true of the Savior. When the majority of the people believe and follow him, society prospers. We were a nation founded on Christian values and our nation has prospered like none other in history. The same can hold true for each of us as individuals.