How Do I Put on the Armor of God?

[Garee]

Worshipping Jesus


Matthew 28:9 ESV / 35 helpful votes
And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.

Matthew 14:33 ESV / 34 helpful votes
And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

Hebrews 1:6 ESV / 33 helpful votes
And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.”

John 4:24 ESV / 28 helpful votes
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Hebrews 1:8 ESV / 26 helpful votes
But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

Matthew 2:11 ESV / 25 helpful votes
And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

John 10:30 ESV / 24 helpful votes
I and the Father are one.”

John 1:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 9:38 ESV / 23 helpful votes
He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

Luke 24:52 ESV / 22 helpful votes
And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

Psalm 95:6 ESV / 22 helpful votes
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

Matthew 4:10 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”

Colossians 1:15 ESV / 20 helpful votes
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

John 4:23 ESV / 20 helpful votes
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

Matthew 28:17 ESV / 20 helpful votes
And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.

Matthew 8:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes
And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 20 helpful votes
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Philippians 2:10 ESV / 19 helpful votes
So that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

John 1:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

1 John 5:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

John 20:28 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

John 14:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Revelation 22:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

Titus 2:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Philippians 2:6 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

John 1:14 ESV / 14 helpful votes
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Matthew 21:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes
And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Hebrews 13:15 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

John 3:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Psalm 29:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.

Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV / 13 helpful votes
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Revelation 19:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

John 20:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

John 4:23-24 ESV / 12 helpful votes
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Hebrews 1:2 ESV / 11 helpful votes
But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

John 14:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes
You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Psalm 150:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Psalm 34:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Revelation 5:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

Revelation 5:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”

Revelation 1:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

Philippians 2:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 10 helpful votes
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 17:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

John 17:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

Luke 4:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”

Revelation 11:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Revelation 3:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and they will learn that I have loved you.

Philippians 2:5-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

James 1:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Philippians 2:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 8 helpful votes
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 1:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

Romans 12:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Romans 11:36 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

Psalm 63:3-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

Revelation 22:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes
I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me,

Revelation 22:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 4:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes
The twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

Revelation 4:8-11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

Revelation 1:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

Hebrews 5:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

1 Timothy 4:1-6:21 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. ...

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Colossians 1:16-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Philippians 4:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Philippians 2:9-10 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

Romans 10:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

John 1:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

Revelation 22:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

Revelation 22:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

Revelation 17:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

Revelation 11:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,

Revelation 7:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

Revelation 7:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,

Revelation 5:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?

1 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

Romans 15:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

Romans 14:11-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

Romans 14:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

Romans 10:1-13:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. ...

Acts 16:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Acts 16:1-25:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily. ...

Acts 2:46-47 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

Guess you are in error
Yeshua is to be worshipped.

Johann

Worshiping eternal God by faith not seen .not the son of man the temporal seen. Jesus our brother in the lord .

Mathew 28:9 9 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.

He did not set his approval on those who worshipped what the eyes see his flesh which he declared profits for zero .

In another case when one bowed down in worship he called our brother in Christ Jesus the good master . Knowing no man can serve two .

Mark 10:16-18 King James Version And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

Our brother in the Lord Jesus dared not to stand in the place called the abomination is desolation .Human form in the place of our unseen eternal Holy Father

Only God unseen is good . Its his seal of approval we seek no aproval from the Son .And it was good the testimony that God spoke again and again till the last day altogether it was "very good"

 

[Johann]

Worshiping eternal God by faith not seen .not the son of man the temporal seen. Jesus our brother in the lord .

Mathew 28:9 9 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.

He did not set his approval on those who worshipped what the eyes see his flesh which he declared profits for zero .

In another case when one bowed down in worship he called our brother in Christ Jesus the good master . Knowing no man can serve two .

Mark 10:16-18 King James Version And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

Our brother in the Lord Jesus dared not to stand in the place called the abomination is desolation .Human form in the place of our unseen eternal Holy Father

Only God unseen is good . Its his seal of approval we seek no aproval from the Son .And it was good the testimony that God spoke again and again till the last day altogether it was "very good"

So, if I read you correctly, you "by-pass" Christ Jesus, our great God and Savior and go directly to the Father?
Is Yeshua not God?
Not worthy to receive our highest eulogy, as I have shown you in the scripture references?
The RESURRECTED Messiah not worthy, as God, to receive our deepest gratitude for what He has done and still is doing?
Johann

 

[Johann]

Its his seal of approval we seek no aproval from the Son

You are in error, friend.
God bless
Johann

 

[Johann]

Worshiping eternal God by faith not seen .not the son of man the temporal seen. Jesus our brother in the lord .

Mathew 28:9 9 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.

He did not set his approval on those who worshipped what the eyes see his flesh which he declared profits for zero .

In another case when one bowed down in worship he called our brother in Christ Jesus the good master . Knowing no man can serve two .

Mark 10:16-18 King James Version And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

Our brother in the Lord Jesus dared not to stand in the place called the abomination is desolation .Human form in the place of our unseen eternal Holy Father

Only God unseen is good . Its his seal of approval we seek no aproval from the Son .And it was good the testimony that God spoke again and again till the last day altogether it was "very good"

The answer to this question largely hinges on Jesus’ identity. If Jesus is regarded as deity in the same sense as His Father, then we should worship Jesus. If the New Testament documents identify Jesus with Yahweh, then we should worship Jesus. If He is merely a prophet of God, the worship of Jesus would not be appropriate. Given the Bible’s insistence that worship is to be directed to God alone, any God-fearing individual will need a satisfactory answer to this all-important question.

The apostle Paul called Jesus “our great God and Savior” (Titus 2:13) and points out that, prior to His incarnation, Jesus existed in the “form of God” (Philippians 2:5–8). God the Father says regarding Jesus, “Your throne, O God will last forever and ever” (Hebrews 1:8). The apostle John says that “in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word [Jesus] was God” (John 1:1). Other passages identify Jesus as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16–17; Hebrews 1:2). Jesus receives worship several times in the Gospels (Matthew 2:11; 28:9, 17; Luke 24:52; John 9:38; 20:28). Jesus is never said to reject such adoration. Rather, He accepts such worship as well placed. So, does the Bible portray Jesus as fully deity? The answer is certainly “yes.”

With that being said, Christians need to recognize that the Bible also teaches the deity of the Father (John 6:27; Romans 1:7; 1 Peter 1:2) as well as the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3–4; 1 Corinthians 3:16). And yet the Scriptures teach that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4). How can this be? The Christian church has historically taught that the Bible is clearly portraying God as one Being who exists in three Persons. This doctrine is known as the Trinity. Dr. James White, author of The Forgotten Trinity, has provided what we believe to be a helpful definition of the Trinity. Here it is: “Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” We contend that this is the clear teaching of Scripture and should be affirmed by any biblically faithful Christian.

These biblical distinctions go a long way in providing the proper balance in Christian worship. We must not overemphasize our adoration for any one Person in the Godhead at the expense of another. The Bible teaches that, while the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit perform unique functions and have different roles, all three Persons of the Godhead are equal in power and majesty.

In summary, the Bible teaches that Jesus of Nazareth is nothing less than God the Son, the second Person of the Triune God (Trinity). In view of this, He is due our full worship and devotion. To fail to worship Jesus Christ would be sinful.https://www.gotquestions.org/worship-Jesus.html#:~:text=The%20answer%20to,would%20be%20sinful.

Yeshua not God?

 

[Garee]

The answer to this question largely hinges on Jesus’ identity. If Jesus is regarded as deity in the same sense as His Father, then we should worship Jesus. If the New Testament documents identify Jesus with Yahweh, then we should worship Jesus. If He is merely a prophet of God, the worship of Jesus would not be appropriate. Given the Bible’s insistence that worship is to be directed to God alone, any God-fearing individual will need a satisfactory answer to this all-important question.

The apostle Paul called Jesus “our great God and Savior” (Titus 2:13) and points out that, prior to His incarnation, Jesus existed in the “form of God” (Philippians 2:5–8). God the Father says regarding Jesus, “Your throne, O God will last forever and ever” (Hebrews 1:8). The apostle John says that “in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word [Jesus] was God” (John 1:1). Other passages identify Jesus as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16–17; Hebrews 1:2). Jesus receives worship several times in the Gospels (Matthew 2:11; 28:9, 17; Luke 24:52; John 9:38; 20:28). Jesus is never said to reject such adoration. Rather, He accepts such worship as well placed. So, does the Bible portray Jesus as fully deity? The answer is certainly “yes.”

With that being said, Christians need to recognize that the Bible also teaches the deity of the Father (John 6:27; Romans 1:7; 1 Peter 1:2) as well as the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3–4; 1 Corinthians 3:16). And yet the Scriptures teach that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4). How can this be? The Christian church has historically taught that the Bible is clearly portraying God as one Being who exists in three Persons. This doctrine is known as the Trinity. Dr. James White, author of The Forgotten Trinity, has provided what we believe to be a helpful definition of the Trinity. Here it is: “Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” We contend that this is the clear teaching of Scripture and should be affirmed by any biblically faithful Christian.

These biblical distinctions go a long way in providing the proper balance in Christian worship. We must not overemphasize our adoration for any one Person in the Godhead at the expense of another. The Bible teaches that, while the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit perform unique functions and have different roles, all three Persons of the Godhead are equal in power and majesty.

In summary, the Bible teaches that Jesus of Nazareth is nothing less than God the Son, the second Person of the Triune God (Trinity). In view of this, He is due our full worship and devotion. To fail to worship Jesus Christ would be sinful.https://www.gotquestions.org/worship-Jesus.html#:~:text=The%20answer%20to,would%20be%20sinful.

Yeshua not God?

In summary, the Bible teaches that Jesus of Nazareth is nothing less than the Son of God .(not God the son.) God is not a man. , the second person of the duality .(dynamic dual) Two is the witness of God.

Three throughout the Bible denotes the end of a matter as to whatsoever is in view.

 

[Garee]

The answer to this question largely hinges on Jesus’ identity. If Jesus is regarded as deity in the same sense as His Father, then we should worship Jesus. If the New Testament documents identify Jesus with Yahweh, then we should worship Jesus. If He is merely a prophet of God, the worship of Jesus would not be appropriate. Given the Bible’s insistence that worship is to be directed to God alone, any God-fearing individual will need a satisfactory answer to this all-important question.

The apostle Paul called Jesus “our great God and Savior” (Titus 2:13) and points out that, prior to His incarnation, Jesus existed in the “form of God” (Philippians 2:5–8). God the Father says regarding Jesus, “Your throne, O God will last forever and ever” (Hebrews 1:8). The apostle John says that “in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word [Jesus] was God” (John 1:1). Other passages identify Jesus as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16–17; Hebrews 1:2). Jesus receives worship several times in the Gospels (Matthew 2:11; 28:9, 17; Luke 24:52; John 9:38; 20:28). Jesus is never said to reject such adoration. Rather, He accepts such worship as well placed. So, does the Bible portray Jesus as fully deity? The answer is certainly “yes.”

With that being said, Christians need to recognize that the Bible also teaches the deity of the Father (John 6:27; Romans 1:7; 1 Peter 1:2) as well as the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3–4; 1 Corinthians 3:16). And yet the Scriptures teach that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4). How can this be? The Christian church has historically taught that the Bible is clearly portraying God as one Being who exists in three Persons. This doctrine is known as the Trinity. Dr. James White, author of The Forgotten Trinity, has provided what we believe to be a helpful definition of the Trinity. Here it is: “Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” We contend that this is the clear teaching of Scripture and should be affirmed by any biblically faithful Christian.

These biblical distinctions go a long way in providing the proper balance in Christian worship. We must not overemphasize our adoration for any one Person in the Godhead at the expense of another. The Bible teaches that, while the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit perform unique functions and have different roles, all three Persons of the Godhead are equal in power and majesty.

In summary, the Bible teaches that Jesus of Nazareth is nothing less than God the Son, the second Person of the Triune God (Trinity). In view of this, He is due our full worship and devotion. To fail to worship Jesus Christ would be sinful.https://www.gotquestions.org/worship-Jesus.html#:~:text=The%20answer%20to,would%20be%20sinful.

Yeshua not God?

The Son of Man Jesus is not God

I don't think the bible uses the term "God the Son" he calls born again humans as Christian's "sons of God". defining God to the word "Father "

By the Spirit of adoption of the father sons of God like Jesus can cry out Abba Father. not abba son

 

[Johann]

The Son of Man Jesus is not God

I strongly disagree.

Shalom
Johann

 

[MedicBravo]

Very carefully. You need padding b/c armor chafes.

 

[Bill]

Worshipping Jesus


Matthew 28:9 ESV / 35 helpful votes
And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.

Matthew 14:33 ESV / 34 helpful votes
And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

Hebrews 1:6 ESV / 33 helpful votes
And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.”

John 4:24 ESV / 28 helpful votes
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Hebrews 1:8 ESV / 26 helpful votes
But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

Matthew 2:11 ESV / 25 helpful votes
And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

John 10:30 ESV / 24 helpful votes
I and the Father are one.”

John 1:1 ESV / 24 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 9:38 ESV / 23 helpful votes
He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

Luke 24:52 ESV / 22 helpful votes
And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

Psalm 95:6 ESV / 22 helpful votes
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

Matthew 4:10 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”

Colossians 1:15 ESV / 20 helpful votes
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

John 4:23 ESV / 20 helpful votes
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

Matthew 28:17 ESV / 20 helpful votes
And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.

Matthew 8:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes
And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 20 helpful votes
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Philippians 2:10 ESV / 19 helpful votes
So that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

John 1:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

1 John 5:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

John 20:28 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

John 14:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Revelation 22:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

Titus 2:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Philippians 2:6 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

John 1:14 ESV / 14 helpful votes
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Matthew 21:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes
And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Hebrews 13:15 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

John 3:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Psalm 29:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.

Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV / 13 helpful votes
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Revelation 19:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

John 20:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

John 4:23-24 ESV / 12 helpful votes
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Hebrews 1:2 ESV / 11 helpful votes
But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

John 14:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes
You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Psalm 150:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Psalm 34:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Revelation 5:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

Revelation 5:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”

Revelation 1:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Colossians 2:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

Philippians 2:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 10 helpful votes
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 17:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

John 17:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

Luke 4:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”

Revelation 11:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Revelation 3:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and they will learn that I have loved you.

Philippians 2:5-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

James 1:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Philippians 2:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 8 helpful votes
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 1:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

Romans 12:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Romans 11:36 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

Psalm 63:3-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

Revelation 22:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes
I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me,

Revelation 22:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 4:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes
The twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

Revelation 4:8-11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

Revelation 1:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

Hebrews 5:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

1 Timothy 4:1-6:21 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. ...

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Colossians 1:16-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Philippians 4:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Philippians 2:9-10 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

Romans 10:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

John 1:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

Revelation 22:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

Revelation 22:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

Revelation 17:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

Revelation 11:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,

Revelation 7:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

Revelation 7:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,

Revelation 5:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Hebrews 1:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 6:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?

1 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

Romans 15:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

Romans 14:11-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

Romans 14:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”

Romans 10:1-13:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. ...

Acts 16:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Acts 16:1-25:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily. ...

Acts 2:46-47 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

Guess you are in error
Yeshua is to be worshipped.

Johann

I think he's asking the question where is Jesus is asking specifically to have people pray to him directly not where it's third person. Because all the quotations that you have shown are all third person

 

[Bill]

I strongly disagree.

Shalom
Johann

I have to admit you don't hear that too often in a Christian chat forum, that Jesus is not God.

 

[Bill]

Worshiping eternal God by faith not seen .not the son of man the temporal seen. Jesus our brother in the lord .

Mathew 28:9 9 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.

He did not set his approval on those who worshipped what the eyes see his flesh which he declared profits for zero .

In another case when one bowed down in worship he called our brother in Christ Jesus the good master . Knowing no man can serve two .

Mark 10:16-18 King James Version And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

Our brother in the Lord Jesus dared not to stand in the place called the abomination is desolation .Human form in the place of our unseen eternal Holy Father

Only God unseen is good . Its his seal of approval we seek no aproval from the Son .And it was good the testimony that God spoke again and again till the last day altogether it was "very good"

The answer to your statement about Jesus is not God is found in the Gospel of John chapter 1. Scripture States in the beginning was the Word the Word was with God and the Word was God and then if you read further down it says and the word became f l e s h and dwelt Among Us

 

[Johann]

The Son of Man Jesus is not God

I think he's asking the question where is Jesus is asking specifically to have people pray to him directly not where it's third person. Because all the quotations that you have shown are all third person

My question to you @Bill , who is Yeshua?

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Bereshis (in the Beginning) was the Dvar Hashem [YESHAYAH 55:11; BERESHIS 1:1], and the Dvar Hashem was agav (along with) Hashem [MISHLE 8:30; 30:4], and the Dvar Hashem was nothing less, by nature, than Elohim! [Psa 56:11(10); Yn 17:5; Rev. 19:13]
OJB

Very clear.
A. The Word in Eternity and Time (1:1-5)
1:1 In the beginning was the Word. He did not have a beginning Himself, but existed from all eternity. As far as the human mind can go back, the Lord Jesus was there. He never was created. He had no beginning. (A genealogy would be out of place in this Gospel of the Son of God.) The Word was with God. He had a separate and distinct personality. He was not just an idea, a thought, or some vague kind of example, but a real Person who lived with God. The Word was God. He not only dwelt with God, but He Himself was God.
The Bible teaches that there is one God and that there are three Persons in the Godhead—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All three of these Persons are God. In this verse, two of the Persons of the Godhead are mentioned—God the Father and God the Son. It is the first of many clear statements in this Gospel that Jesus Christ is God. It is not enough to say that He is “a god,” that He is godlike, or that He is divine. The Bible teaches that He is God.
1:2 Verse 2 would appear to be a mere repetition of what has been said, but actually it is not. This verse teaches that Christ's personality and deity were without beginning. He did not become a person for the first time as the Babe of Bethlehem. Nor did He somehow become a god after His resurrection, as some teach today. He is God from all eternity.

1:3 All things were made through Him. He Himself was not a created being; rather He was the Creator of all things. This includes mankind, the animals, the heavenly planets, the angels —all things visible and invisible. Without Him nothing was made that was made. There can be no possible exception. If a thing was made, He made it. As Creator, He is, of course, superior to anything He has created. All three Persons of the Godhead were involved in the work of creation: “God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen_1:1). “The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters” (Gen_1:2). “All things were created through Him (Christ) and for Him” (Col_1:16 b).

Very clear.

Yeshua received worship that rightfully belongs to Him on earth, more so, in Heaven.

There are seven wonderful titles of our Lord Jesus Christ in this opening chapter of the Gospel. He is called (1) the Word (vv. 1, 14); (2) the Light (vv. 5, 7); (3) the Lamb of God (vv. 29, 36); (4) the Son of God (vv. 34, 49); (5) the Christ (Messiah) (v. 41); (6) the King of Israel (v. 49); and (7) the Son of Man (v. 51). The first four titles, each of which is mentioned at least twice, seem to be universal in application. The last three titles, each of which is mentioned only once, had their first application to Israel, God's ancient people.

Shalom
Johann

 

[Bill]

My question to you @Bill , who is Yeshua?

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Bereshis (in the Beginning) was the Dvar Hashem [YESHAYAH 55:11; BERESHIS 1:1], and the Dvar Hashem was agav (along with) Hashem [MISHLE 8:30; 30:4], and the Dvar Hashem was nothing less, by nature, than Elohim! [Psa 56:11(10); Yn 17:5; Rev. 19:13]
OJB

Very clear.
A. The Word in Eternity and Time (1:1-5)
1:1 In the beginning was the Word. He did not have a beginning Himself, but existed from all eternity. As far as the human mind can go back, the Lord Jesus was there. He never was created. He had no beginning. (A genealogy would be out of place in this Gospel of the Son of God.) The Word was with God. He had a separate and distinct personality. He was not just an idea, a thought, or some vague kind of example, but a real Person who lived with God. The Word was God. He not only dwelt with God, but He Himself was God.
The Bible teaches that there is one God and that there are three Persons in the Godhead—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All three of these Persons are God. In this verse, two of the Persons of the Godhead are mentioned—God the Father and God the Son. It is the first of many clear statements in this Gospel that Jesus Christ is God. It is not enough to say that He is “a god,” that He is godlike, or that He is divine. The Bible teaches that He is God.
1:2 Verse 2 would appear to be a mere repetition of what has been said, but actually it is not. This verse teaches that Christ's personality and deity were without beginning. He did not become a person for the first time as the Babe of Bethlehem. Nor did He somehow become a god after His resurrection, as some teach today. He is God from all eternity.

1:3 All things were made through Him. He Himself was not a created being; rather He was the Creator of all things. This includes mankind, the animals, the heavenly planets, the angels —all things visible and invisible. Without Him nothing was made that was made. There can be no possible exception. If a thing was made, He made it. As Creator, He is, of course, superior to anything He has created. All three Persons of the Godhead were involved in the work of creation: “God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen_1:1). “The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters” (Gen_1:2). “All things were created through Him (Christ) and for Him” (Col_1:16 b).

Very clear.

Yeshua received worship that rightfully belongs to Him on earth, more so, in Heaven.

There are seven wonderful titles of our Lord Jesus Christ in this opening chapter of the Gospel. He is called (1) the Word (vv. 1, 14); (2) the Light (vv. 5, 7); (3) the Lamb of God (vv. 29, 36); (4) the Son of God (vv. 34, 49); (5) the Christ (Messiah) (v. 41); (6) the King of Israel (v. 49); and (7) the Son of Man (v. 51). The first four titles, each of which is mentioned at least twice, seem to be universal in application. The last three titles, each of which is mentioned only once, had their first application to Israel, God's ancient people.

Shalom
Johann

Yeah I just used the Gospel of John chapter 1 with some response to another person and it dawned on me that that's perfect as a response to why we should be praying to Jesus.

I wasn't disagreeing with you but I did Overlook the one birthday you had posted which was the Gospel of John chapter 1.

I was just on my way to look for your comment so I could tell you that too LOL

I know who Joshua is and you'll have to forgive me I'm using voice to text so it's not spelled right. But you're preaching to the choir I'm in agreement with you

 

[Johann]

I have to admit you don't hear that too often in a Christian chat forum, that Jesus is not God.

...which brings this scripture to mind...
1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1Jn 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

VII. THE NEED TO DISCERN BETWEEN TRUTH AND ERROR (4:1-6)
4:1 Having mentioned the Holy Spirit, John is reminded that there are other spirits abroad in the world today, and that the children of God need to be warned against them. Thus he cautions the believer not to trust every spirit. The word spirit here probably refers primarily to teachers but not exclusively so. Just because a man speaks about the Bible, God, and Jesus does not mean that he is a true child of God. We are to test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. These are people who profess to accept Christianity, but teach another gospel altogether.
4:2 John gives the actual tests by which these men are to be proven. The great test of a teacher is, “What do you think of Christ?” Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God. It is not so much the confession of the historical fact, namely that Jesus was born into the world in a human body, but rather it is the confession of a living Person, Jesus Christ come in the flesh. It is the confession that acknowledges Jesus as the Christ Incarnate. And confessing Him means bowing to Him as Lord of one's life. Now if you ever hear a person presenting the Lord Jesus as the true Christ of God, you will know that he is speaking by the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God calls on men to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and to commit their lives to Him. The Holy Spirit always glorifies Jesus.
4:3 And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. This is how you can detect the false teachers. They do not confess the Jesus who was described in the previous verse. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, which has been prophesied and which is now already in the world. There are many today who are willing to say acceptable things about Jesus, but they will not confess Him as God Incarnate. They will say that Christ is “divine,” but not that He is God.
4:4 Humble believers are able to overcome these false teachers because they have the Holy Spirit within them, and this enables them to detect error and to refuse to listen to it.
4:5 The false teachers are of the world and therefore, the source of all that they speak is the world. The world is the spring of all that they teach, and therefore the world hears them. This reminds us that the approval of the world is not a test as to the truthfulness of one's teachings. If a man simply wants to be popular, all he needs to do is to speak as the world speaks, but if he is to be faithful to God, then he must face the disapproval of the world.
4:6 In verse 6, John speaks as representing the apostles. He says, “We are of God. He who knows God hears us.” This means that all who are really born of God will accept the teaching of the apostles found in the NT. On the other hand, those who are not of God refuse the testimony of the NT, or they seek to add to or adulterate it.


Shalom
Johann

 

[Johann]

Yeah I just used the Gospel of John chapter 1 with some response to another person and it dawned on me that that's perfect as a response to why we should be praying to Jesus.

I wasn't disagreeing with you but I did Overlook the one birthday you had posted which was the Gospel of John chapter 1.

I was just on my way to look for your comment so I could tell you that too LOL

It's all good brother.

Shalom
Johann

 

[Bill]

God the Father, god the son, God the Holy Spirit three in one and that is the trinity

 

[Johann]

Yeah I just used the Gospel of John chapter 1 with some response to another person and it dawned on me that that's perfect as a response to why we should be praying to Jesus.

I wasn't disagreeing with you but I did Overlook the one birthday you had posted which was the Gospel of John chapter 1.

I was just on my way to look for your comment so I could tell you that too LOL

I know who Joshua is and you'll have to forgive me I'm using voice to text so it's not spelled right. But you're preaching to the choir I'm in agreement with you

Glad to hear this @Bill

Stay rooted in Christ Jesus, our great God and Savior.

Shalom to you and family.
Johann

 

[Johann]

God the Father, god the son, God the Holy Spirit three in one and that is the trinity

In full agreement with you

Blessings
Johann

 

[Bill]

...which brings this scripture to mind...
1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1Jn 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

VII. THE NEED TO DISCERN BETWEEN TRUTH AND ERROR (4:1-6)
4:1 Having mentioned the Holy Spirit, John is reminded that there are other spirits abroad in the world today, and that the children of God need to be warned against them. Thus he cautions the believer not to trust every spirit. The word spirit here probably refers primarily to teachers but not exclusively so. Just because a man speaks about the Bible, God, and Jesus does not mean that he is a true child of God. We are to test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. These are people who profess to accept Christianity, but teach another gospel altogether.
4:2 John gives the actual tests by which these men are to be proven. The great test of a teacher is, “What do you think of Christ?” Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God. It is not so much the confession of the historical fact, namely that Jesus was born into the world in a human body, but rather it is the confession of a living Person, Jesus Christ come in the flesh. It is the confession that acknowledges Jesus as the Christ Incarnate. And confessing Him means bowing to Him as Lord of one's life. Now if you ever hear a person presenting the Lord Jesus as the true Christ of God, you will know that he is speaking by the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God calls on men to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and to commit their lives to Him. The Holy Spirit always glorifies Jesus.
4:3 And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. This is how you can detect the false teachers. They do not confess the Jesus who was described in the previous verse. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, which has been prophesied and which is now already in the world. There are many today who are willing to say acceptable things about Jesus, but they will not confess Him as God Incarnate. They will say that Christ is “divine,” but not that He is God.
4:4 Humble believers are able to overcome these false teachers because they have the Holy Spirit within them, and this enables them to detect error and to refuse to listen to it.
4:5 The false teachers are of the world and therefore, the source of all that they speak is the world. The world is the spring of all that they teach, and therefore the world hears them. This reminds us that the approval of the world is not a test as to the truthfulness of one's teachings. If a man simply wants to be popular, all he needs to do is to speak as the world speaks, but if he is to be faithful to God, then he must face the disapproval of the world.
4:6 In verse 6, John speaks as representing the apostles. He says, “We are of God. He who knows God hears us.” This means that all who are really born of God will accept the teaching of the apostles found in the NT. On the other hand, those who are not of God refuse the testimony of the NT, or they seek to add to or adulterate it.


Shalom
Johann

The Lord's peace be with you

My friend discernment is one of the things that I have been talking about almost as long as I've been on this website.

I don't know if it's just sad or a little bit scary and how much people do not use discernment. One of the biggest problems with people that do not bother using discernment is that when they do use it they will not understand what's being given to them. At least for myself when it comes to the gifts of the Spirit it's something that takes practice, it's like hearing the voice of the Lord when he speaks to me and learning to recognize the difference between an angel or God the Father when they talk. I know that there are some people that hear the voices externally but for myself I hear everything internally in my heart.

I suppose in many ways I could talk forever on the many different gifts of the Holy Spirit the problem is is that even if I did talk about all the crazy stuff most people here they won't even believe it and they will not use the gifts of the holy spirit or discernment to find out whether or not they are for real.

Just something simple like out of the body experiences fighting in spirit against the darkness now there's a lot of people here that have never even heard of it let alone done it and because they have not heard of it or experienced anything like it automatically they say oh it's of the double. And I tell them okay use your gift to discernment. You say that you've been baptized in the spirit so let's use it use that gift to discernment and then you'll know the truth.

 

[Bill]

There are so many variations of discernment it's insane honestly. There are discernment of not only spirits but dreams you can read the scripture and use discernment reading the scripture to have a better understanding of what is being said in the scripture. There is discernment of people at a distance people that are close by over the phone texting I mean holy cow there's so much discernment.

People will always sit there and tell you how much we read the Bible or we follow the Bible in the answer I usually give is no you don't. And it's pretty obvious because one of the things that Paul tells us is the plant fan your face into a flame into a torch into a big fire for all the world to see.

But very few are taking the time to exercise those gifts of faith in regards to the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I hear it all the time well I'm waiting for the Lord to move in me I'm like you know what the Lord is moving in you all the time every single day all the time and you don't even know it. Because you're so closed to the gifts of the Spirit even though you say you have them I was baptized in the Lord and I got the gifts of the Spirit I'm like okay use them use the gifts don't ever stop using the gifts use the gifts