Prophets

In the Old Testament the prophet Joel teaches that God will do nothing save He reveal it through the mouths of His prophets. God is active in our world today, and He continues to speak through His prophet on the earth today--God is the same yesterday, today and always. This is a wonderful gift to us. We can choose not to listen to God's prophet, to put our opinions above his, but in doing so we deny that he speaks for God on the earth today. And today we really, really need all the help we can get! So listen and follow the word,
After Christ's death and resurrection, and after the martyrdoms of the Apostles there began to be a falling away, and a perversion of the teachings of Jesus Christ. Paul and the other Apostles warned their followers of this apostasy, of the wolves in sheep's clothing who would enter the flock. A restoration of the gospel and the priesthood authority which allows men to act in the name of Christ needed to be made. The gospel was restored as prophesied in these the latter days and we once again have the keys of the kingdom, the priesthood and a prophet on the earth.
How did this happen? God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ appeared in answer to prayer to Joseph Smith as he inquired as to which church he should join. Over a number of years he was taught and prepared to reestablish the Church of Jesus Christ again on the earth as it was in the primitive Church. These keys and authority have been passed down to succeeding prophets since the time of Joseph Smith up to and including our day. It is for this reason that we can trust in the Prophet of God, who speaks for our time.