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Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well, Angelika Kauffman, 1795
Who is God / Who is Jesus / Worship of Jesus

Worship the Father

Modern orthodoxy insists that Jesus must be worshiped as God.  A failure to do so will automatically disqualify you from being a Christian, so says mainstream Christianity.  One evangelist recently elaborated on this oft repeated mantra: But if people miss the reality that Jesus was more than a prophet—that He is actually part of the Trinity, and therefore God—then they're not truly Christians.  You cannot say you're a Christian and not worship Jesus. It doesn't work that way.[1] While many would agree with this evangelist's assessment, the…

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May 17, 2021
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Healing of Man Born Blind, Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1311
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Why Did the Man Born Blind Worship Jesus?

One of the arguments used to support the theory that Jesus is God is found in the gospel of John: John 9:35-38 (NASB) Jesus heard that they had put him out [the man who had been born blind, whom Jesus had healed], and finding him, He said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 36 He answered, "Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?" 37 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is…

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March 28, 2021
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Christ Rescuing Peter From Drowning, Lorenzo Veneziano, c. 1370
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Why Did the Disciples Worship Jesus in Matthew 14?

After Jesus fed the 5,000, he sent the crowd away and made the disciples get in the boat and go ahead of him to Bethsaida,[1] located on the other side of the Sea of Galilee.  Jesus then went up on the mountain to pray.A storm arose on the sea, and the boat carrying the disciples was being battered by the wind and waves.  Sometime during the fourth watch,[2] Jesus came to them walking on the water:Matthew 14:26-33 (NASB) When the disciples saw Him walking on…

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February 15, 2021
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The Magi in the House of Herod, c. 1800s, James Tissot
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Why Did The Magi Worship Jesus?

A handful of New Testament passages regarding the worship of Jesus are used by some to support the notion that Jesus is God.  They reason that only God can receive worship, therefore, Jesus must be God.  The first of these texts is found in the gospel of Matthew: Matthew 2:1-2 and 11 (NASB) Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, 2 "Where is He who has been born…

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February 2, 2021
Read more about the article Does Jesus’ Superiority to Angels Prove He is God? An Examination of Hebrews 1:4-14
White Angel of Mileševa, Serbia, 13th century
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Does Jesus’ Superiority to Angels Prove He is God? An Examination of Hebrews 1:4-14

The letter to the Hebrews was written to Hellenized Jews who had come to faith in Christ, but were in danger of returning to the Law.  It's possible that an esteem for angels as mediators of the first covenant[1] is what motivated the author to pen two chapters presenting Jesus as being "better than" the heavenly beings.  Some posit that the writer based his claims of Jesus' superiority to angels on a belief that he is God.  But is this what the author was trying…

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December 11, 2019