{"id":9033,"date":"2007-03-17T19:45:08","date_gmt":"2007-03-18T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=9033"},"modified":"2019-09-05T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T00:48:00","slug":"who-should-we-worship-god-the-father-or-jesus-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/who-should-we-worship-god-the-father-or-jesus-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Who should we worship: God, the Father, or Jesus Christ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Who should we worship: God, the Father, or Jesus Christ?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Since both are God, that is they, along with the Holy Spirit, make up the Godhead, they are both worshiped.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker<\/em>&#8221; (Psalm 95:6).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, &#8220;Truly You are the Son of God&#8221;<\/em>&#8221; (Matthew 14:33).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth<\/em>&#8221; (John 4:24).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: &#8220;Let all the angels of God worship Him&#8221;<\/em>&#8221; (Hebrews 1:6).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: &#8220;You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.&#8221;<\/em>&#8221; (Revelation 4:10-11).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Who should we worship: God, the Father, or Jesus Christ? Answer: Since both are God, that is they, along with the Holy Spirit, make up the Godhead, they are both worshiped. &#8220;Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker&#8221; (Psalm 95:6). &#8220;Then those who were in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[90,346,347,73,87],"class_list":["post-9033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-god","tag-god-the-father","tag-godhead","tag-jesus","tag-trinity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1748,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-purpose-of-praise-and-worship\/","url_meta":{"origin":9033,"position":0},"title":"What is the purpose of praise and worship?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 31, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What is the purpose of praise and worship? 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