“Condemning the Righteous Because of Their Righteousness”
Wickedness and righteousness have no tolerance for each other. Like light and darkness, they cannot share the same space at the same time. if light is to shine, darkness must flee; if darkness is to reign, the light must give way. Each seeks the victory over the other. Thus it is that the truly pure, honest, and righteous cannot avoid the bile, spleen, and gall of the wicked. To be above reproach is to assure that you will be reproached. Nephi, son of Lehi warned that in the last days men would “revile against that which is good,” saying that it was of “no worth.” The adversary, he warned, would “rage in the hearts of the children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is good.” (2 Nephi 28:16, 20.)
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