Moses 1 contains the greatest superlative we could be given. When Moses is struggling, the doctrine he learned that helped him overcome Satan was knowing that he is a child of God. When we say we are children of a loving Heavenly Father we mean that it is His greatest goal to be with us again. And that knowledge will carry through our whole study of the Old Testament narrative this year.
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Segment 1
Books:
Inspirations and Insights from the Old Testament by Kerry Muhlestein
Scriptures:
Moses 1:4-6,18 (Divine identity)
Abraham 3:17 (God will do it)
Words of the General Authorities:
If you know, you know. I know that I know. We need more sure witnesses of Jesus Christ and His gospel. Get there! Seek it! It is urgent! This is the final dispensation—the dispensation of the fulness of times. (Kevin Brown, “The Eternal Gift of Testimony”, October 2025 General Conference)
Segment 2
Scriptures:
Moses 1:33-35 (God knows us)
Moses 1:3 (Who is God)
Moses 1:4-7 (Humbling and ennobling)
Words of the General Authorities:
Labels can be fun and indicate your support for any number of positive things. Many labels will change for you with the passage of time. And not all labels are of equal value. But if any label replaces your most important identifiers, the results can be spiritually suffocating.
For example, if I were to rank in order of importance the designations that could be applied to me, I would say: First, I am a child of God—a son of God—then a son of the covenant, then a disciple of Jesus Christ and a devoted member of His restored Church. (Russell M. Nelson, “Choices for Eternity”, Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults with President Nelson, May 15, 2022)
Segment 3
Scriptures:
Moses 1:12-14 (Moses responds to temptation)
Moses 1:16,18,21 (Depart hence, Satan)
Moses 1:20 (Nevertheless calling upon God)
Words of the General Authorities:
Teach them their identity and their purpose. (Russell M. Nelson, as relayed by Tad R. Callister, “Our Identity and Our Destiny”, BYU Speeches delivered on August 14, 2012)
Here is the grand truth: while the world insists that power, possessions, popularity, and pleasures of the flesh bring happiness, they do not! They cannot! … The truth is that it is much more exhausting to seek happiness where you can never find it! (Russell M. Nelson, “Overcome the World and Find Rest”, October 2022 General Conference)
Segment 4
Scriptures:
Moses 1:22 (Satan goes out with a flourish)
Segment 5
Scriptures:
Moses 1:30 (Moses asks why and how)
Moses 1:32 (By the word of God’s power)
John 1:1 (In the beginning was the word)
Moses 1:37-38 (The heavens belong to God)
Moses 1:39 (God’s work and glory is us)
Segment 6
Scriptures:
Abraham 3:1-10 (The cosmology of God)
Abraham 3:19 (God is the ultimate spirit)
Abraham 3:24-25 (The experience of Earth life)
Translations:
Abraham 3:13 (Names of stars in Hebrew and Egyptian)
View transcript here.