Chapter 2: The Living Prophet: The President of the Church
Teachings of the Living Prophets Teacher Manual, (2010), 8–12
The keys the President of the Church exercises in his role as
prophet, seer, and revelator set him apart from everyone else on
earth. The prophet’s inspired counsel will always be in harmony
with eternal truths and will be focused on the needs and
conditions of his day. Heeding his counsel has eternal
implications. Help your students know that as they place
confidence and trust in the counsel of the living prophet, they
will be led to paths of safety. While serving as a member of the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, President Gordon B. Hinckley
(1910–2008) declared:  Presidents Gordon B. Hinkley, Ezra Taft
Benson and Thomas S. Monson.  I am satisfied that the peace and
the progress and the prosperity of this people lie in doing the
will of the Lord as that will is articulated by [the President
of the Church]. If we fail to observe his counsel, we repudiate
his sacred calling. If we abide h