Stone Tables...

Prior to deciding to delve into the Pearl of Great Price, I had read a book from my local library called "Stone Tables" written by Orson Scott Card.

I was able to gain a bit more perspective as to who Moses was before he became a prophet of God. Granted, the author fabricated many things and I do not take every word as truth. It would only make sense that Moses was raised without knowing or realizing that there was only one God as opposed to the Egyptian concept of several Gods over different things. Moses was a convert to the gospel in it's purest form.

With that being said I will get right into this weeks discussion.

As an overview, the Pearl of Great Price was given to Joseph Smith to restore what was lost throughout time in the Bible.

Moses 1:6
“There Is No God beside Me”

The phrase “there is no God beside me” should not be interpreted to mean that mankind does not have the eternal potential to become like God.

In a 1912 discourse on Moses 1:6, the First Presidency gave the historical context to help us understand this phrase:

“Moses was reared in an atmosphere of idolatry. There were numerous deitie [gods] among the Egyptians. In commencing the work which the Lord said he had for Moses to do, it was necessary to center his mind and faith upon God the Eternal Father as the only Being to worship. . . .
“. . . The sole object of worship, God the Eternal Father, stands supreme and alone, and it is in the name of the Only Begotten that we thus approach Him, as Christ taught always” (“Only One God to Worship,” Improvement Era, Apr. 1912, 484–85).

Elder Boyd K. Packer, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, explained: “The Father is the one true God. This thing is certain: no one will ever ascend above Him; no one will ever replace Him. Nor will anything ever change the relationship that we, His literal offspring, have with Him. He is Elohim, the Father. He is God. Of Him there is only one. We revere our Father and our God; we worship Him” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1984, 85; or Ensign, Nov. 1984, 69).