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Ofcourse, Jesus never asked people to worship him. That would have been blashemy against the Creator, the Lord who sent him in the first place.

Christians think that God is like human. He has fathers/ sons/ mothers.

2007-11-22 08:10:15 · 23 answers · asked by Mohammed G 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

Hang on. Christians are now telling me that Jesus is not God. I am sooooooooooo confused

2007-11-22 08:16:19 · update #1

JESUS DID NOT ACCEPT ANY WORSHIP. FOR HE SAID::: THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I

2007-11-22 08:17:33 · update #2

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Using your exact quotation "worship me" I checked the entire King James Versions of the Bible and came up with 4 times that quote was used, and I am including it below.

But then again, yours was not a question, because you immediately answered it yourself. Appears as if you wanted this forum to make your statement.

Gospel According to St. Mathews:

4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.


15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
15:13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

The Gospel According to Saint Mark


7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

The Gospel According to Saint Luke

4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan:

This is my help from Washington, D.C. United States of America.

2007-11-22 08:27:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

True enough, Jesus did not demand or even request worship from anyone, but He never stopped anyone from worshipping Him. Many examples have already been cited. Have you read the Gospels or the Injil for yourself?

As for your last statement, God has no Father, mother, etc. He has always been, and always will be. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is a Spirit (John 4:24) and has no physical children. We believe that God exists in Three Persons--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--but they are not separate Gods. There is one example clearly stated in the Gospels: when Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan. He is standing in the water, a Voice from Heaven says "This is My beloved Son, etc.," and the Holy Spirit descending in the form of a dove. May God lead you and bless you in your search for the truth.

2007-11-22 21:40:24 · answer #2 · answered by Brother Jonathan 7 · 0 0

If all the christians are say that Jesus said worship me", then Jesus is god, not the son of god,, right????

So theres only 2 now-god and the holy ghost???

i thunk you shd first make up ur minds. imagine arguing abt a major thing like god in the bible!!!

2007-11-23 01:17:15 · answer #3 · answered by qs 3 · 0 0

Jesus received worship.

"Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." (Matthew 14:33)

"Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him." (Matthew 28:9)

"When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted." (Matthew 28:17)

"Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy." (Luke 24:52)

"Then the man said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him." (John 9:38)

Further, Jesus applied the name of God "I AM" (Cf. Exodus 3:14) to Himself in several passages. The problem is that English Bibles do not do a good job (except in one case, which is John 8:58.) of translating this literally. Several other passages (in the Greek) are clear. These include: Matthew 14:27, Mark 6:50, Mark 13:6, Luke 21:8, John 4:26, John 6:20, John 8:24, 28, and John 13:19. Many English Bibles translate "I AM" to "It is I," or "I am He."

2007-11-22 16:19:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4 0

What?
Jesus is fully God and fully man. If you tried to completely understand it you'd lose your mind. If you deny it, you'll lose your soul.

The bible is filled with examples of Him being Man/God. 1. Weeping over the death of his friend and then raising him from the dead. 2. Sleeping in the boat and waking to calm the storm; 3. Dying for our sins and then raising from the dead to more than 500 witnesses.... John 3:16 explains that He is the only way.

He loved you first......... and died for you while you were still a sinner. Oh and Jesus washed his disciples feet, humbly, showing that he was here to serve. We are to serve each other.

I don't think you understand Christ or Christianity and it would take a lot to explain. God is love and serving each other.

2007-11-22 16:21:15 · answer #5 · answered by James D 2 · 4 0

Looks like Thomas worshiped Jesus and Jesus did not complain.

John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, My Lord and my God!

Also we are told every knee will bow to Jesus. Did you know Muhammed has no doubt Jesus is God and has bowed to Jesus and confessed Jesus is Lord.

Philippians 2:9 Therefore God has highly exalted Him, and has given Him a name which is above every name,
Phi 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly ones, and of earthly ones, and of ones under the earth;
Phi 2:11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

2007-11-22 16:15:33 · answer #6 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 6 1

Notice that whenever someone bowed before Jesus he did not reject their worship. If he was not God, he would be sinning by allowing people to bow before him. Whenever someone bowed before an angel, however, the angel was very urgent in telling the person to give that kind of glory to God. Jesus, in many ways, let the world know that he was God.

2007-11-22 16:16:14 · answer #7 · answered by Nikolas M 5 · 5 0

No, he told them to worship the father, God. But then made it plain "I and the father are one." Just to give one of many references:

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1 Timothy 3:16

2007-11-22 16:22:41 · answer #8 · answered by oklatom 7 · 3 1

But Jesus WAS worshiped...

Luke 17:15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!” 16 He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and go. Your faith has healed you.”

... Here, Jesus ACCEPTED the worship of the foreigner who returned to thank him, AND ASKED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 9 JEWS WHO DID NOT RETURN TO THANK AND WORSHIP HIM.

John 20:26 Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!”

28 “My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed.

29 Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.”

... One of the clearest declarations of the divinity of Jesus.

The divine nature of Jesus is the central theme of John, mentioned over 40 times in its 21 chapters. John tells us of the Jews attempting to kill Jesus on multiple occasions because of his claims to divinity. Certainly Jesus was a man, but he was NOT JUST A MAN. The first 18 verses of John, where he introduces Jesus and his Gospel, include several separate allusions to Jesus' divine nature,


John 1:1 In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and everything God was the Word was.
...
John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. But the one and only Son IS HIMSELF GOD and is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.

2007-11-22 16:16:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6 1

You won't find it anywhere in the Bible. Most of the quotes people are giving here that "prove" that Jesus accepted worship are being taken out of context. Jesus Christ rejected worship many times, from his own apostles even, who clearly didn't take a hint.

I'd bet anything that if Jesus Christ came back today and asked Christians to stop worshipping him and start paying attention to what he actually said, they'd call him a fraud and crucify him a second time.

Edit: Not all Christians are as deluded as the ones who believe in a trinity or in worshipping a man as GOD. I believe that Jehovah's witnesses, for one, fully believe that GOD is GOD, and that Jesus was one of his messengers. At least someone was paying attention.

2007-11-22 16:23:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2 4

The bible says much about worshiping God and then Jesus claims to be "I Am" ie God. The Sanhedrin took His claim seriously enough to sentence Him to death for blasphemy.

2007-11-22 16:20:18 · answer #11 · answered by Mike B 5 · 4 0

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