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I shall be on hand to answer when I am called upon, for all the counsel and for all the instruction that I have given to this people. The Journal of Discourses was even endorsed by the LDS first presidency.īrigham Young also said he had never given any counsel that was wrong: 22journal+of+ discourses%22& lang=eng&collection=general- conference 06/fourteen-fundamentals-in- following-the-prophet?lang=engĮven though the LDS try to distance them selves from the Journal of Discourses, another way you can tell it’s still trusted todays is because 122 different modern LDS General Conference talks that quote directly from Journal of Discourses, here is a link that shows this on the LDS.org website, the official church website:

Said Brigham Young, “I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men, that they may not call scripture.” ( Journal of Discourses, 13:95.)“Īs you can see, President Benson even quotes the Journal of Discourses, showing that all the sermons Brigham sent could be considered scripture. “Verily thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Lyman: Your sins are forgiven you, because you have obeyed my voice in coming up hither this morning to receive counsel of him whom I have appointed.” But the Lord says of the Prophet, “Thou shalt give heed unto all his words and commandments which he shall give unto you.” ( D&C 21:4.)Īnd speaking of taking counsel from the prophet, in D&C 108:1, the Lord states:

They might say the prophet gave us counsel but that we are not obliged to follow it unless he says it is a commandment. Sometimes there are those who argue about words. “ Sixth: The prophet does not have to say “Thus saith the Lord” to give us scripture. Here is an excerpt from the original article, which was a talk, and was also reprinted in the from the June 1981 church magazine as the First Presidency Message: In that general conference talk he is quoting another article, which is from Ezra Taft Benson, and in that talk he even quotes from Journal of Discourses to support his statements on what scripture is, implying again that Journal of Discourses is scripture.

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You can read the full talk here if you like: conference/2010/10/obedience- to-the-prophets?lang=eng& query=prophet+ scripture “ The prophet and the presidency-the living prophet and the first presidency-follow them and be blessed reject them and suffer.” (Ezra Taft Benson) “ The prophet does not have to say ‘Thus saith the Lord’ to give us scripture.” (Ezra Taft Benson) “The prophet will never lead the Church astray” (Ezra Taft Benson) “give heed unto all his words and commandments” ( D&C 21:4 emphasis added)

“ The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything” (Ezra Taft Benson) To clear things up, here are some excerpts from an LDS General Conference talk, which is quoting President Ezra Taft Benson: There are multiple General Conference talks that tell us this is not true. Some mormons are under the impression that an LDS prophets words are only considered binding or scripture if the prophet says “thus saith the lord”.

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