`We have a prophet today'
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"We declare with soberness, and yet with the authority of God in us vested, that we have a prophet today," said Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve in an April 1995 general conference address. "The President of the Church, as a prophet, is God's representative on earth and is appointed to lead His Church. This has been true in the past as recorded in the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Book of Mormon, and in this, the dispensation of the fulness of times, with the restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"He who holds all the priesthood keys authorizing the saving blessings is the living prophet. The Lord has declared, `There is never but one on the earth at a time on whom this power and the keys of this priesthood are conferred.' (D&C 132:7.) I testify that President Gordon B. Hinckley is the one in whom those keys are currently vested."He is our prophet today. He was prepared and foreordained before the foundation of the world. For over a half century he has been taught and tutored by apostles and prophets with whom he has served. He is wise. He is caring. He speaks for the Lord. His is the voice to which we should now respond. Our spiritual safety lies in turning to the clear voice of our living prophet. If we listen to his voice and obey his counsel, we will be able to live as Christ would have us live and endure to the end so that one day we, along with our families, will return back into the presence of our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ."
