Knowing by revelation that there is a living prophet on the earth changes everything.² It causes one to be uninterested in the debate about when is a prophet speaking as a prophet or whether one is ever justified in selective rejection of prophetic counsel.³ Such revealed knowledge invites one to trust the counsel of a living prophet, even if we do not fully understand it.⁴ After all, a perfect and loving Father in Heaven has chosen the pattern of revealing truth to His children through a prophet, someone who never sought such a sacred calling and who has no need of our help to be aware of his own imperfections.⁵ A prophet is someone God has personally prepared, called, corrected, inspired, rebuked, sanctified, and sustained.⁶ That is why we are never spiritually at risk in following prophetic counsel. – Allen D. Haynie, “A Living Prophet for the Latter Days,” Ensign (CR) May 2023