President Boyd K. Packer
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"I have heard people say, 'I would have willingly endured persecution and trials if I might have lived in the early years of the church when there was such a flow of revelation published as scripture. Why is that not happening now?' "
"The early revelations, published as scripture for the permanent guidance of the church, define the ordinances and covenants and are still in force.
"One of those scriptures promises, 'If ye are prepared ye shall not fear' (D&C 38:30).
"Let me tell you what has been done to prepare us."
Through several examples, "you will see continuing revelation, open to the church and to each individual member. . . . Work was done centuries ago to prepare for our day."
That work includes the cross-referencing of more than 70,000 verses of scripture. "To cross-reference more than 70,000 verses of scripture and provide footnotes and helps was known to be enormously difficult, perhaps even impossible. But it was begun. It took 12 years and the help of over 600 people to complete."
The work to cross-reference, and other examples, including changes in church curriculum " . . . all witness of continuing revelation. There are other things, too numerous to describe in detail."
"There is in the church a central core of power deeper than programs or meetings or associations. It does not change. It cannot erode. It is constant and certain. It never recedes or fades."
