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What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same. - D&C 1:38
"I do not believe members of this Church can be in full harmony with the Savior without sustaining His living prophet on the earth, the president of the Church," said Elder James E. Faust, then of the Quorum of the Twelve, at the October 1989 general conference. "If we do not sustain the living prophet, whoever he may be, we die spiritually.
"Ironically, some have died spiritually by exclusively following prophets who have long been dead. Others equivocate in their support of living prophets, trying to lift themselves up by putting down the living prophets, however subtly. In our lifetime we have been favored with ongoing communication from the heavens, which have been open to the prophets of our time. Major divine pronouncements have included what we now know as section 138 of the Doctrine and Covenants, given in 1918. Surely one of the greatest divine disclosures came in 1978 when the blessings of the priesthood and temple became available to all worthy male members.
"Line upon line and precept upon precept, new knowledge and direction have been given to the Church."
