Who do Christians worship? an honest question!?

Question

I was told by a Christian:

We must worship God
But since we are impure, we cannot worship God directly so we should worship Jesus instead
But then later on he says Jesus is God.

Wow! Rewind please
Let’s review, he said we must worship God, but we cannot worship him directly so we should worship Jesus but later on he said Jesus is God.

So what does it mean?
We cannot worship Jesus as well because he is God and God cannot be worshiped directly.
But since we see that people do worship Jesus, concluding (according to Christian views) that Jesus must not be God as he is worshipped directly.

Answer 1

Jesus is not God the christian that said that is lying to you, which is no suprise to me. Christians want to dethrone God for Jesus so they put Jesus in the place of God. no mystery there.

Answer 2

It's a really difficult concept, but the oldest Christian church, the Roman Catholics, believe in what they call the Holy Trinity- Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. You may know something of the first Two. The Third is the One who keeps things from falling on your head from tall buildings and people driving with cell-phones from killing themselves and everybody else.

So Jesus is Jesus, a part of God, but surely not His own Father.

Christians worship Christ and christians worship money while going on and on about the Jews supposedly worshiping money. Christians worship Jesus and His Great Love for everyone while christians go on inciting wars so they can sell more bombs and jets and take over other people's property.

I understand the God, Jesus, and Holy Ghost Trinity a lot better than I understand the Christian/christian duality. I don't think the latter two are any relation, certainly not family.

I'm half Shawnee at heart, raised in part by my full-blooded grandmother. Her daughter, my mother, is Roman Catholic from her French father's side. My dad was Church of Christ Protestant.

Talk about a really bizarre personal religion... I take the best of all three on that triple-decker with everything, but hold the dogma.

Answer 3

FIRST THING STAY AWAY FROM TOM'S WEBSITE. He will only confuse you more. We worship a God the Father and his son Jesus Christ who was sent in human form to minister and teach about the love of God. You can worship God directly, you will come across many Christians who speak of things about which they are unsure. When we worship God we worship Christ also. I would suggest that you find a could protestant pastor (would not recommend Southern Baptist) and ask this question, he will be able to straighten things out for you. AGAIN, DO NOT GO TO TOM'S WEBSITE.
God bless you and I hope that you will seek answers somewhere other than on this website.
Remember " justsaynototom"

Answer 4

You're correctly reading into your worshipper friend's views. He sees Jesus as a demigod, which was one of the first heresies in the history of Christianity, way before Christianity became a State religion.
Christians directly worship God for the same reason human beings worship. It's a recognition of human limitation and a source of nourishment. In Christianity, worshipping doesn't aim at pleasing God and appeasing God's wrath but rather at building intimacy and strengthening the inner self of an individual and/or community of worshippers. This devotional life is expected to bear fruits of tolerance, advocacy for justice, peacemaking, hard work, celebration, and joy out on the public sphere, and brings a healthy sense of balance and worth in the private sphere.

Answer 5

Christians worship Jesus who is the son of God. some of them want to worship God directly so they put Jesus in the place of Jehovah.

Answer 6

I'll try to explain this to you. Jesus, God and The Holy Spitrit are three people, but yet they are together as one. For example (a really rude example), when a team wins a match, they are one, but yet they are different people (just for you to have an idea). Jesus is the only way we have to come to God, because His sacrifice cleaned us all (of course, all who recognise it and really want it to their lives). He is The Son of God, so He is God too. That's not easy to understand, I know, even I don't understand it completely (and I think no one does), I just have that assurance that comes together with peace in my heart. We must worship God, we must ask Him to forgive us for all we have done and have mercy on us, the only thing that can save us from death (maybe you know what death I'm referring to, it's not the one that takes away from us our material bodies). Then comes a peace to your heart that I cannot explain here, something that you need to experience to know what it's like. So, we are supposed to worship God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, yet, in The Name of Jesus, we are worshipping all of them. I'm really glad you asked that question, it shows you care about such things, the things that really matter. I hope I have helped you, if not you can tell me and I'll try to find a way to explain better. God bless you!

Answer 7

this person is confusing two different parts of the dogma.

catholics can't worship god directly because they are sinners and just can't do it. they need an intermediate, a human intermediate. this is where the priest comes in. he lives a life devoted to god, so he is really more "pure" than a normal person and serves as the missing link between god and man.

jesus died for our sins and is therefore seen as the part of the trinity that defends mankind. he is still god, only a different "face" of god. the part of god that loves us so much he would die for us.

this at least is what catholics believe, for other christians it's probably different, but in terms of protestants, they believe you can converse directly with god. this is one of the reasons they split from the catholic church in the 16th century. they thought a person could read the bible and interpret it themselves, and then talk to god themselves as well without needing a priest. this is why only catholics go to confession.

hope this helps.

Answer 8

Mainstream Christendom religions worship Jesus.
The true christian religion worships Jehovah, the same God Jesus worships.

Answer 9

That is too confusing! I worship God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit--all three in One God. God knows that we are impure--that is why He offers His divine mercy to anyone who asks forgiveness!

Answer 10

Well, that person sounds a little confused. We can worship God right to His face. The Bible says that we are supposed to come BOLDLY to His throne. This is the spirituality of Christianity. What that person was saying was dumb religion.
Thanks for asking and not just taking that person's word.