A. Worship: Worship includes prayer, fasting, church service, participating in gospel ordinances, and other practices that show devotion and love for God.
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/gs/worship?lang=eng
Since worship includes prayer I was wondering how the Mormons reconcile the following citations concerning prayer/worship of the Lord Jesus Christ.
B. Pray to/worship only the Father
1. We worship the Father and him only and no one else. We do not worship the Son and we do not worship the Holy Ghost. I know perfectly well what the Scriptures say about worshiping Christ and Jehovah, but they are speaking in an entirely different sense - the sense of standing in awe and being reverentially grateful to him who has redeemed us. Worship in the true and saving sense is reserved for God first, the Creator (Bruce McConkie, speech at BYU, March 2, 1982).
2. "...some misguided members of the Church may 'begin to pray directly to Christ because of some special friendship they feel has been developed' with him. This is wrong, said Elder McConkie. We should pray directly to the Father..." (The Ensign, June 1998, page 59).
3. When we pray, we pray to God through Jesus Christ. (Thomas Monson, Current LDS President)
http://thomasmonson.com/716/how-to-prayhttp://www.lds.org/manual/new-testam...n-4-5?lang=enghttp://mit.irr.org/prayer-trinity-and-nature-of-god
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/gs/worship?lang=eng
Since worship includes prayer I was wondering how the Mormons reconcile the following citations concerning prayer/worship of the Lord Jesus Christ.
B. Pray to/worship only the Father
1. We worship the Father and him only and no one else. We do not worship the Son and we do not worship the Holy Ghost. I know perfectly well what the Scriptures say about worshiping Christ and Jehovah, but they are speaking in an entirely different sense - the sense of standing in awe and being reverentially grateful to him who has redeemed us. Worship in the true and saving sense is reserved for God first, the Creator (Bruce McConkie, speech at BYU, March 2, 1982).
2. "...some misguided members of the Church may 'begin to pray directly to Christ because of some special friendship they feel has been developed' with him. This is wrong, said Elder McConkie. We should pray directly to the Father..." (The Ensign, June 1998, page 59).
3. When we pray, we pray to God through Jesus Christ. (Thomas Monson, Current LDS President)
http://thomasmonson.com/716/how-to-prayhttp://www.lds.org/manual/new-testam...n-4-5?lang=enghttp://mit.irr.org/prayer-trinity-and-nature-of-god
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