Whom We Worship

And you shall fall down and worship the Father in my name. DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 18:40

We worship God by study, prayer, meditation, sermons, lessons, service, and song. We worship God the Father and look to him as the great Governor of the universe, the Father of our spirits, and the ultimate object of our worship. It is true that we worship Christ, the Son (2 Nephi 25:29), in that we are reverentially grateful for all that he has done for us and we seek to emulate his matchless life, but our ultimate worship is reserved for the Father, “the only living and true God, ... the only being whom [we] should worship” (D&C 20:19). This same order of worship was taught anciently. Jacob, son of Lehi, explained that the ancients “worshiped the Father in [Christ’s] name, and also we worship the Father in his name” (Jacob 4:5; 2 Nephi 25:16). One day every knee will bow and every tongue “confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:11). (Robert L. Millet and Lloyd D. Newell. Draw Near Unto Me: Daily Reflections on the Doctrine and Covenants. 54)