

In The Bible Jesus Is Worshipped As God No one else but God is worshipped in the Bible. In Isaiah 42:8 God says, "I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else." (NLT) In Exodus 20:3 God tells us to worship is only for the true God: " Thou shalt have no other gods before me. " (KJV)

Jesus is worshipped as God: John 20:28 (Accepted worship from Thomas) - " And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God ." (KJV) Hebrews 1:6 (All the angels are told to worship Jesus) - " And then, when he presented his honored Son to the world, God said, "Let all the angels of God worship him. " (NLT) Matthew 2:11 - (Wise men worshipped Jesus) - " They entered the house where the child and his mother, Mary, were, and they fell down before him and worshipped him. " (NLT) Matthew 8:2 - (A leper worshipped Jesus) -" And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying 'Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.' " (KJV) Matthew 9:18 (A ruler bowed in worship.) -" As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt down [worshipped] before him and said... " (NLT) John 9:38 (A blind man worshipped Him.) - " And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. " (KJV) Remember, God has commanded that only God is to be worshipped. There are no exceptions. In Exodus 34:14 God says: " For you shall not worship any other God, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. " (NLT) Notice that Exodus 34:14 does not indicate there are different kinds of worship. It plainly, and straight out says that we are not to worship any other gods. No worship, of anyone else, no matter what kind of worship, is allowed. Worship, of any kind, may ONLY be directed toward God. Yet Jesus is worshipped over and over. The Bible (God's word) never condemns the worship of Jesus. Worship of Jesus is always accepted as right, acceptable and correct. Matthew 15:25 (A woman worshipped Him.) - " Then came she and worshipped him, saying, "Lord, help me. " (KJV) Matthew 28:9 (Mary Magdalene worshipped Him.) - " And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. " (KJV) Matthew 28:17 (The disciples worshipped Him.) - " And when they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. " (KJV) In every case above the Greek word "proskuneo" is used and is translated as worshipped. This is the very same word used to talk about worshipping the Father in the New Testament. In every case Jesus accepted worship as perfectly appropriate, admitting that he was worthy of worship and thus admitting He is God. In no other instance in the Bible is anyone but God allowed to receive worship. For example: Throughout the Old Testament Israel is repeatedly punished for worshipping "gods" other than God. A major theme throughout the Old Testament is that of Israel turning to worship other "gods" and as a result God turning away from them. In Acts 14:11 Paul and Barnabas reject the worship of a crowd that was prepared to worship them. In Revelation 22:8-9 we read: " I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. But he said to me, 'Do not do that. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God.' " (NLT) Only God is worshipped. Jesus is worshipped as God many times, and never rejects worship, nor does the Bible in any place condemn worship of Jesus as God. Thus Jesus is God.



WHAT DOES THE LDS CHURCH SAY? , but he must be worshipped in a different way than we worship our Heavenly Father.