President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) declared that the Ten Commandments (see Exodus 20:3–17) are an essential part of the gospel of Jesus Christ in every generation: “[The] Ten Commandments [were] written by the finger of Jehovah on tablets of stone for the salvation and safety, for the security and happiness of the children of Israel and for all of the generations which were to come after them” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1991, 71; or Ensign, Nov. 1991, 51).