Ultimately, the virtue of the word of God is the Lord Jesus Christ.²¹ As we comprehend this more fully, we can make an eternally significant connection between the role of His prophets and the Redeemer Himself. Our love for Him, our desire to draw closer to Him and to abide in His love,²² will motivate us to try the virtue of the word in our lives—both the virtue that flows from Him as our personal Savior and Redeemer²³ and the virtue that flows from Him through the words of “the chosen vessels of the Lord.”²⁴ We will come to discern that, as helpful as other sources may be in our study of the Savior and the words of His prophets, they must never become a replacement for them. We must drink deeply and often²⁵ directly from the source.²⁶ – Mark D. Eddy, “The Virtue of the Word,” Ensign (CR) October 2022