S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries

Worship means "reverence paid to a divine being." If Jesus was offered and accepted worship, then by doing so He was confirming His divinity. This is important because there are those who deny the ...

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July 01 2013 • 1 response • Vote Up • Share • Report

Jeremiah Kaaya Supporter Pastor at Springs of Power Church, Teacher by professional

Yes, the Bible does indeed describe Jesus worshiped. I believe this question is asked in light of how people go on to doubt the deity of Jesus. Jesus is God Himself. John 1:1-4 tells that Jesus is the word of God. The word of God is God Himself. As God, Jesus deserves worship.

However though, there are a few issues to consider before we should or should not believe the deity of Jesus:

1. How is someone to come to believe the Deity of Jesus?
2. Did Jesus directly reveal His Deity? If yes, why? And if no, why?

How is someone to come to believe the Deity of Jesus?

There is no amount of explanation or any sort of magical words which can be used to make someone come to believe the Deity of Jesus. The questions which were asked by those of Jesus' days are still the same questions being asked today. How can this poor man, who has grown while we watch Him be God? Aren't these His brothers? How can God eat and drink? How can God go to toilet? To them, Jesus was as common as anybody else but only puffing up Himself to a very high level. Many doubted, Thomas one of His disciples being one of the doubters. Others were torn in between believing Him as a Deity and not doing so. Many only believed Him after the resurrection. Thomas could only confess in John 20:28 that; "....you are my Lord and my God". Only Jesus' works and character would represent Him. So, whatever doubt there is to date, is never in isolation, it has been there ever since, and it will always be.

How is Jesus to be believed as a deity?

As earlier said, there is no any magic in making someone come to believe the deity of Jesus. The mystery though is in revelation. Even to understand God is God almighty is by revelation. Jesus healed the sick, raised the dead, dispossessed many of the devils, many people watched Him do that, and yet many couldn't believe Him! In Matthew 12:24, they said He was only casting out demons in the name of Beelzebub. However, whatever others said, would never deter the rest who had had the revelation of the Deity of Jesus and they continuously worship Him.

Why wouldn't Jesus directly reveal His deity.

In Luke 19:10, Jesus says "...For the Son of Man came to save and seek that which was lost" Jesus was describing His first hand primary mission; to save and seek that which was lost. Jesus had not come for the show of how a deity He is. However though, because that is what He is, upon those whom the revelation fell, so be it, for He is indeed God. Jesus never denied being God, He equally never denied being worshiped. There are very few cases when Jesus intends to reveal His deity, like in John 8:58. He only did when it was necessary, never for simply a show off. But most of the time, He kept Himself to the mission just as it is laid out in Luke 4:18.

Scriptures which tell the worship of Jesus 

Matthew 2:11 at His birth, Jesus is worshiped by the wise men and the angels of Heaven

Matthew 8:2 - A leper came and worshiped Jesus. 
Matthew 9:18, 15:25, Mark 5:6

Matthew 14:33 - After Jesus had calmed the storm, the disciples worshiped Him saying He was the Son of God.

John 9:35-38 - After Jesus had healed the blind man, He revealed Himself to be the Son of God The man said he believed, and he worshiped Jesus.

Note that such worship would have been blasphemy and should have been forbidden as it was in the case of Peter, the angel, etc., if Jesus had been just a man on earth.

Matthew 28:9,17, John 20:28-29 - After His resurrection, His disciples worshiped Him.

Luke 24:52 - Even after He had ascended back to heaven, they worshiped Him.
Luke 2:11 Angels call Him Christ the Lord. 

Hebrews 1:6 - Angels are instructed by God to worship Jesus.

Note that men were rebuked for worshiping men, angels, or created beings, but they were never rebuked for worshiping Jesus. Angels are even instructed by the Father to worship Jesus. The context of the above passages cannot fit the idea of obeisance to an earthly king or ruler. They refer to honoring Jesus.

August 12 2014 • 0 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report

Bryan Naidoo Supporter Post graduate and pastor

Unless we understand what worship is, the answer would differ in the minds of many. Worship in the Bible has to do with obedience. Obedience is the highest form of worship. When the magi’s came, they came to worship him because he is the "way,truth and the life." We know they brought gifts. This was done according to their beliefs. They had a vision of the birth of a king being born, they simply came and gave gifts fitting for a king.

Bringing offerings or sacrifices is not the sign of worship. Scriptures warn us that God demands obedience over sacrifice. When we worship Jesus, our worship has to do with obeying the word, because Jesus is the Word who has become flesh.

We must be very careful not to make our worship a religious act like Buddhism or Hinduism or even Islam.

August 08 2018 • 0 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report

Jack Gutknecht Supporter ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

Does the Bible describe Jesus being worshipped?

1. Jesus was worshiped as God by the angels (Hebrews 1:6), thus proving His divinity.
2. He was worshiped as God by the shepherds (Luke 2:15)
3. He was worshiped as God by the wise men (Matt. 2:2, 11)
4. He was worshiped as God by a leper (Matt. 8:2)
5. He was worshiped as God by a ruler (Matt. 9:18)
6. He was worshiped as God by a Canaanite woman (Matt. 15:25)
7. He was worshiped as God by a mother (Matt. 20:20)
8. He was worshiped as God by a maniac (Mark 5:6)
9. He was worshiped as God by a man born blind (John 9:38)
10. He was worshiped as God by Thomas (John 20:28)
11. He was worshiped as God by some Greeks (John 12:20-21)
12. He was worshiped as God by His apostles (Matt. 14:33; 28:9)

Is He worshiped as God by you and me?

December 25 2019 • 0 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report