“Then those who
were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
Matthew 14:33
In today’s world
and culture it may not be politically correct to say:
“I worship God”.
However, it is, it
seems, more politically correct to say:
“I worship God”
than it is to say “I worship Jesus.”
Just the mention
of the name of Jesus is offensive to so many today.
As a matter of
fact military chaplains (protestant or catholic) praying before a large public
group are expressly forbidden from praying in Jesus’ name.
I am not
speaking of when they are in a hostile country or some remote foreign base but it
applies all over the globe including right here in the US.
The name of
Jesus, which the Bible tells us is above all other names,
seems to anger
so many just by its mention.
You know it
easier to describe Him as
“the big guy in
the sky” or the “great spirit” or even the “father of us all”
but don’t you
dare be so exclusive as to say you worship the Lord Jesus Christ.
After all,
that’s not very inclusive.
You know what,
you’re right, it’s not.
But we should
make no apologies for the exclusiveness.
So in the next
day or two let’s get a better understanding of the “Who” of our worship and for
you to be able to defend that position scripturally. More important than
defending that position, it is vital that we know what we believe and why we
believe it.
You need to be
convinced before you can convince someone else.
Sometimes it is
too easy to say we believe something simply because we think that is what we
are supposed to hold to and yet we possess no real
understanding of
the supporting structure of that belief.
That is not
good.
Ignorance is
not bliss!
So…We worship Jesus
and I would like to show you why.
We will begin by
looking at Jesus receiving worship in the Old Testament.
We will move on
to Jesus being worshipped in the New Testament.
Finally we will
see in scripture of Jesus worshipped in heaven.
You might say:
We will look at worship of Jesus past, present and future!
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