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Author: Kathleen Hughes, Source: Kathleen H. Hughes, “In Covenant with Him,” Ensign, Nov. 2003, 108
Saved by mandm in compassion reliefsociety service relief ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1429
“When he concluded, Brother Joseph turned to Brother Brigham Young and said, ‘Brother Brigham I want you to go to the podium and tell us your views with regard to the living oracles and the written word of God.’ Brother Brigham took the stand, and he took the Bible, and laid it down; he took the Book of Mormon, and laid it down; and he took the Book of Doctrine and Covenants, and laid it down before him, and he said: ‘There is the written word of God to us, concerning the work of God from the beginning of the world, almost, to our day. And now,’ said he, ‘when compared with the living oracles those books are nothing to me; those books do not convey the word of God direct to us now, as do the words of a Prophet or a man bearing the Holy Priesthood in our day and generation. I would rather have the living oracles than all the writing in the books.’ That was the course he pursued. When he was through, Brother Joseph said to the congregation; ‘Brother Brigham has told you the word of the Lord, and he has told you the truth.’
Author: Wilford Woodruff, Source: Conference Report, October 1897, pp. 18–19
Saved by mandm in revelation prophets oracles livingprophets ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1419Author: John Taylor, Source: The Gospel Kingdom, [Deseret Book Co., 1944], p. 34.
Saved by mandm in revelation prophets livingprophets ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1418
Author: A. Theodore Tuttle, Source:
Saved by mandm in revelation prophets livingprophets ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1417
As the policies and procedures of the Church are refined by continuing revelation and inspiration, there are those who become disturbed by any changes. Some literally hunt for situations where earlier Church leaders or members made statements which are not in complete harmony with our understanding and practices today. The mind-set of some is that anything coming from an earlier time must be more correct.


Author: Merrill C. Oaks, Source: The Living Prophet: Our Source of Pure Doctrine,” [i]Ensign[/i], Nov. 1998, 82
Saved by mandm in history prophets continuingrevelation ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1416“And thus ye lead away this people after the foolish traditions of your fathers, and according to your own desires; and ye keep them down, even as it were in bondage, that ye may glut yourselves with the labors of their hands, that they durst not look up with boldness, and that they durst not enjoy their rights and privileges” (Alma 30:27).
"Korihor was arguing, as men and women have falsely argued from the beginning of time, that to take counsel from the servants of God is to surrender God-given rights of independence. But the argument is false because it misrepresents reality. When we reject the counsel which comes from God, we do not choose to be independent of outside influence. We choose another influence. We reject the protection of a perfectly loving, all-powerful, all-knowing Father in Heaven, whose whole purpose, as that of His Beloved Son, is to give us eternal life, to give us all that He has, and to bring us home again in families to the arms of His love. In rejecting His counsel, we choose the influence of another power, whose purpose is to make us miserable and whose motive is hatred. We have moral agency as a gift of God. Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is the inalienable right to submit ourselves to whichever of those powers we choose.

Author: Elder Henry B. Eyring, Source: Henry B. Eyring, “Finding Safety in Counsel,” Ensign, May 1997, 24
Saved by mandm in revelation obedience faith counsel prophets korihor ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1415Author: Elder Henry B. Eyring, Source: Henry B. Eyring, “Finding Safety in Counsel,” Ensign, May 1997, 24
Saved by mandm in safety counsel prophets witnesses ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1414
Following the prophet is a great strength, but it needs to be consistent and current, lest it lead to the spiritual downfall that comes from rejecting continuous revelation. Under that principle, the most important difference between dead prophets and living ones is that those who are dead are not here to receive and declare the Lord’s latest words to his people. If they were, there would be no differences among the messages of the prophets.

A related distortion is seen in the practice of those who select a few sentences from the teachings of a prophet and use them to support their political agenda or other personal purposes. In doing so, they typically ignore the contrary implications of other prophetic words, or even the clear example of the prophet’s own actions.
Author: Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Source: Our Strengths Can Become Our Downfall,” Ensign, Oct. 1994, 11
Saved by mandm in revelation obedience prophets ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1413“… We have been governed by counsel instead of commandment in many things, which has been a blessing to the saints.
Author: Wilford Woodruff, Source: JD, vol. 14, pp. 33, 36
Saved by mandm in obedience counsel prophets ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1412Author: Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Source: Dallin H. Oaks, “Our Strengths Can Become Our Downfall,” Ensign, Oct. 1994, 11
Saved by mandm in church missionofchurch ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1411Author: Stephen L Richards, Source: BYU Speeches, February 26, 1957
Saved by mandm in counsel prophets ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1410Author: Boyd K. Packer, Source: Boyd K. Packer, "To Be Learned Is Good If … ," Ensign, Nov. 1992, 71
Saved by mandm in church education ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1409The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet. "God’s revelation to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the Ark. Noah needed his own revelation. Therefore the most important prophet so far as you and I are concerned is the one living in our day and age to whom the Lord is currently revealing His will for us. Therefore the most important reading we can do is any of the words of the prophet contained each month in our Church Magazines. Our instructions about what we should do for each six months are found in the General Conference addresses which are printed in the Church magazine. Beware of those who would set up the dead prophets against the living prophets, for the living prophets always take precedence.
Author: Pres. Ezra Taft Bensons, Source: Ezra Taft Benson, “Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet,” Tambuli, June 1981, 1
Saved by mandm in prophets ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1408Author: Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Source: (Dallin H. Oaks, "Our Strengths Can Become Our Downfall," Ensign, Oct. 1994, 11)
Saved by mandm in prophets examples ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1407This is very pointed, plain, and definite language, that no man can misunderstand.
Upon what principle are we to be one? It is by hearkening in all things to that eternal and everlasting Priesthood which has been conferred upon mortal man upon the earth. When I say that Priesthood, I mean the individual who holds the keys thereof. He is the standard—the living oracle to the Church.
"But," says one, "suppose that we hearken to the word of God in the Old and New Testament—suppose that we hearken to the word of God in the Book of Doctrine and Covenants—suppose we hearken to the word of God in the Book of Mormon, and at the same time we feel disposed in our hearts to lay aside the living oracles, what then? I would answer, in the first place, that the premises are false. Why? The very moment that we set aside the living oracles we set aside the revelations of God. Why? Because the revelations of God command us plainly that we shall hearken to the living oracles. Hence, if we undertake to follow the written word, and at the same time do not give heed to the living oracles of God, the written word will condemn us: it shows that we do not follow it according to our profession. This is what I wish to bring home to myself as an individual; and if the same thing will suit any other person in the congregation, I hope that he will take it home to himself.
Author: Brigham Young?, Source: James R. Clark, Messages of the First Presidency, Vol.2, p.217
Saved by mandm in unity prophets oracles ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1406