Sunday, June 1, 2008

Chapter 3: God the Eternal Father, C: God is the Supreme Being in the Universe

God is the supreme being, who is above all and ruler of all, who gives order and who is our God. There is sometimes talk in the scriptures about other Gods, but it is God the Father who we worship and who is our ultimate ruler.
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:6

My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
John 10:29

By definition, God (generally meaning the Father) is the one supreme and absolute Being; the ultimate source of the universe; the all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good Creator, Ruler, and Preserver of all things.
Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 317
It is God the Father who we worship. The Savior defers and directs us toward God the Father. It is God who we pray to, in the name of the Savior.
And you shall fall down and worship the Father in my name.
D&C 18:40

And we know that all men must repent and believe on the name of Jesus Christ, and worship the Father in his name, and endure in faith on his name to the end, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.
D&C 20:29

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Luke 4:8

Our relationship with the Father is supreme, paramount, and preeminent over all others. He is the God we worship. It is his gospel that saves and exalts. He ordained and established the plan of salvation. He is the one who was once as we are now. The life he lives is eternal life, and if we are to gain this greatest of all the gifts of God, it will be because we become like him.
Bruce R. McConkie, "Our Relationship with the Lord," in Brigham Youn University 1981-82 Fireside and Devotional Speeches, 101
God created all thing through his Son. The Son created the world and everything from direction from the Father.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by his prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son who he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.
Hebrews 1:1-2

And by the word of my power, have I created them, which is mine Only Begotten Son, who is full of grace and truth. And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten.
Moses 1:32-33

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