Summary: As confirmation of the last audio post from Prophet Ezra Taft Benson; M. Russell Ballard also confirms that the leadership of the LDS Church, which includes Prophets, Apostles and probably Seventies, "cannot lead you astray." M. Russell Ballard said: "God bless you to keep your eyes riveted on the leadership of the Church. We will not lead you astray. We cannot." So, we now have 3 witnesses saying the same thing, that LDS leadership cannot lead us astray. To recap, we have Wilford Woodruff in Declaration #1, President Benson's 14 fundamentals talk and now M. Russell Ballard, all saying the same basic. What a great feeling to know that these incredible men of God, cannot, under any circumstance, lead us astray because God won't allow it and will physically remove them if they even try. In review, Wilford Woodruff taught, in Declaration #1, in the Doctrine and Covenants: "The Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as President of this Church to lead you astray. It is not in the programme. It is not in the mind of God. If I were to attempt that, the Lord would remove me out of my place, and so He will any other man who attempts to lead the children of men astray from the oracles of God and from their duty." Also, once again, current Apostle M. Russell Ballard taught: "We will not lead you astray. We cannot." Then President Benson taught: "The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet, The prophet will never lead the church astray and The prophet and the presidency—the living prophet and the First Presidency—follow them and be blessed—reject them and suffer. I think that about sums it up perfectly and we know that we never. ever have to worry about what we are taught by the Prophets and Apostles, as it can only be from God, from 1830 until the present day and beyond into the future. So, we can obey them and be blessed or reject them and suffer greatly. What choice will you make? I do not want to suffer. They will never, ever change their minds on any doctrines or change their views, because that would be leading us astray and it can never be allowed and has never happened. God is the same yesterday, today and forever and so are his Prophets and Apostles. This talk was given at BYU-Provo on November 6, 1994
