So, God will reveal to you, the internet poster calling herself A Random Phrase, what His truths are so that you can decide who is and is not a prophet, as opposed to trusting that Jesus Christ has a prophet on the earth through whom He leads His Church, the Church that He restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith?A Random Phrase wrote:One needs to run everything past God. There are many false prophets and a very, very few true ones. And even the true prophets don't always speak the words of God. They may simply give their understanding or opinions.Bee Prepared wrote:Trusting God IS trusting a true and living Prophet. The voice of the Lord comes through His appointed servants. Of course we can draw close to God individually, we can receive personal revelation, but when you do not trust a living Prophet of God, does that mean you don't trust God?
Religion is between us and God, not us and any man. We have to discern. When we stand before God at the time of judgment, we will be without defense. We cannot say that so-and-so deceived us or that we were obediently following a prophet sent from God, as a defense for turning away from Christ or for not recognizing His words when He spoke through a messenger we did not expect.
Jesus Christ employs no servant AT THE GATE. He employs lots of servants to lead His people under His direction so that they can receive eternal life when they meet Him at the gate.
