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Follow the Prophet

Do we follow the prophet no matter what? How about apostles? How about Area Authorities, Seventies, Stake Presidents and Bishops? What are the teachings of the church on obedience and infallibility?  Be Not Deceived Elder Ezra Taft Benson Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles Ezra Taft Benson,  Conference Report , October 1963, p. 15-19 Humbly and gratefully I approach you today. Humble in the awesome task of speaking to you—grateful for the gospel and a prophet at our head. I concur in this great address on man and free agency given by the Lord's mouthpiece. President McKay will go down in eternity as one of the great champions of free men. Years ago my great-grandfather, while an investigator, attended a Mormon meeting during which a member had a quarrel over the Sacrament table with the branch president. When the service was over, Mrs. Benson turned to Ezra T. and asked him what he thought of the Mormons now. I'll always be grateful for his answer. He said he thought the ac...

Modern Day Gadiatons?

What do the scriptures teach us about Secret Combinations? What have modern prophets taught about Secret Combinations? Are we accountable for this knowledge? Does Moroni warn us that we will "awaken to our awful situation" because we have not believed the scriptures or modern prophecy? Is our current prophet silent on this subject because the Lord has said since we are silent on the subject that He is silent as well? Is the "punishment affixed to the law?" Have we broken the law? Are we experiencing the affixed punishment?  SCRIPTURES: Genesis 5: 37  For, from the days of Cain, there was a secret combination; and their works were in the dark, and they knew every man his brother. 2 Nephi 9: 9  And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like unto himself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth himse...