Hugh Nibley notes that we shouldn't get the idea that because we have a prophet we don't have to pay much attention to the scriptures. There's this idea that we have a living prophet to answer all our questions and solve all our problems for us--nothing could be more absurd than that. Here king Benjamin, speaking to his sons concerning the records says, "Were it not for these plates . . we must have suffered in ignorance, even at this present time, not knowing the mysteries of God" (Mosiah 1:3). Well, don't prophets reveal mysteries of God? The Lord told Joseph Smith, if I've told you a thing once I won't tell you again; if it's in the scriptures, don't ask me about it. You look it up yourself; I'm not going to repeat these things. If we don't take advantage of the revelations we have, we are not going to have more. If the heavens have been silent, there is a good reason for it. [Hugh W. Nibley, Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 1, p. 438]