I want to worship the father, the same way Jesus worshiped the father?

Question

How then, do I worship Jesus, if he worshiped only his father?

Jehovah's Witness?
Why? Are they the only religion that does not worship Jesus, but worships the father?
Please? I am serious. I am reading the Bible and am adamant about bringing my actions into line with what it says. So why would you not be helpful, instead of insulting?

Answer 1

To be a Christian, is to do what Jesus set as the example!
So, if Jesus always subjected himself to his father, then so should anyone desirous of being a Christian.

Answer 2

I did not realize that is what the Jehovah's Witness taught not to worship Jesus.

The salvation message is simple in that Jesus Christ is the savior of all the world. As far as God changing his name for his salvation plan to unfold that is prophesied in Isaiah 62:1-3 "

1 For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet,
till her righteousness shines out like the dawn,
her salvation like a blazing torch.
2 The nations will see your righteousness,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name
that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
3 You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD's hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

Both Mary (Luke 1:31) and Joseph (Matthew 1:21) were told by God that the name of their baby that was to be the savior of the world would be Jesus.

All followers of Jesus Christ in Acts 11:26 shows we are called Christians. And in Colosians 2:9 For in him (Jesus Christ) dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. This is why Jesus Christ is worshiped as God.


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Answer 3

The bible tells us Jesus worship the Father and you to can worship the Father like Jesus. But Jesus is God Almighty the bible tells us. Thats why Jesus talked and showed us these things so we to would be like Him in mind and spirit. The bible tells us 1 tim 3- 16 God who is Christ was manifested seen by Angels. John 1-1 In the beginning was the word and the word was God. The bible tells us the three agree the blood the water and the spirit and the father son and holy spirit. You to can be as our savior and worship the true God Jesus christ . For the Father has made Him known He holds all the anwsers. read your bible and worship.

Answer 4

One reason is that the father gets glory from the Son. as quickly as we pray to any member of the Trinity, each and each individual gets glory. it somewhat is complicated to describe in basic terms yet relax assured, once you pray to the God of the Bible, whether to the father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit, they understand what you're attempting to assert. Paul referred to this in Romans 8.

Answer 5

Dear One,
You might have great benefit reading and meditating on Psalm 91
you must needs come to the Father through Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit as they operate together as one

Answer 6

I think you may want to go and see about becoming a Jehovah's Witness.

Edit- If you believe in the Holy Trinity, then you can go to any other Christian church. However, if seems you don't believe Jesus and God were one just like Jehovah's Witnesses don't believe in the Trinity. Every other Christians worship Jesus because he is the son of God and he is God made in the flesh.

Answer 7

I don't want to tell you what religion is right or wrong.
How ever i want to congragulate you on seeing through the lie of trinity.
I myself see a lot of truth in the JW religion but i am confused myself.
Lone Ranger make a lot of sense also.

Answer 8

If you worship the One God, you worship the Holy Trinity.
Get your head wrapped around it.

Answer 9

Are you saying that you want to convert to Judaism? If so, a Rabbi can help you convert.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Answer 10

Note: Since your Q&A's are private, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume this is a sincere questions and not a JW trick question.

This is a big, and very important, question with a relatively simple answer. It really has two parts: One, should Yeshua be worshiped and Two, how did Yeshua worship God.

I think Uncle Remus got a good start on why Yeshua should be worshiped. I would add several things to what he wrote. First, in the prophecy concerning the coming of the Messiah:

Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

This is plainly showing that the child to come would be God. The next scriptures show that Messiah Yeshua was the great I AM of the Tanakh, or Hebrew Scriptures, the God of the OT:

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,***** and the Word was God.***2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 ¶ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 ****And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us*****, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 ****And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.****

Exodus 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

John 8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Christ made many other "I AM" statements, which John has recorded, to show Who He actually was. Those "I AM"'s in the NT should be capitalized just like the ones in the OT. From these verses, and some others, we understand that the God of the "Old" Testament is the One who came and shed His blood for our sins. Having established who and what Yeshua was and why we should worship Him, and you will need to study it further on your own, we can then move on to the question of how Yeshua worshiped the Father.

The confusion over how to worship God comes from the false concept that Yeshua came to "do away" or abolish the Torah instructions that He Himself gave Moses at Mt Sinai. (Remember we have established that Yeshua was the God of the OT!). That is a closely related but different subject wrothy of a long post all by itself. Just a quick proof you can read that Yeshua did not intend to do that is found in Matthew 5:17-20.

So, how did Yeshua worship the Father?

John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

Remember that we established above exactly who gave the commandments at Sinai. This is not talking about just the 10 Commandmenets, but about the entire body of Torah instructions which Yeshua had to have kept perfectly in order to be our Savior.

Further, Yeshua shows just what the purpose of the Law (Torah) is, what the ultimate objective of all those 613+ do's and don'ts:

Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Matthew 22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:


This means that the Law or Torah is instructing us how to love and worship God and how to live with and show love towards our fellow man. This is how Yeshua worshiped the Father, and how we should worship them BOTH.

We should keep the 7th Day Sabbath (Saturday) Holy, becasue it is a command from God and we show our love for Him by doing it. The same for the Biblical Holy Days, the food we should or should not eat, everything in our lives is to be ordered by learning and understanding the Torah insturctions on how to love.

1John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

And, a word of warning:

1John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Edit: DC, I usually avoid discussions with JW's. There are some common grounds, just like with all the other "Christian" groups, but they do not know who Messiah Yeshua is.