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Worship the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
It Is a Sin to Not Worship God (Mt 4:10) or Know Him (2 Thess 1:8, 9)
WHO IS GOD?
All throughout the Bible, the Scriptures plainly inform its readers to exclusively worship God. For example, in the Old Testament, Moses instructed all of Israel to: “Fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him” (De 6:13). In the New Testament, an angel told John to not worship him but to: “Worship God” (Re 19:10). Even Jesus said: “You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only” (Mt 4:10). So we know that we are to worship just God, but who is God? Is He one or is He three in one? Is Jesus the Father? Is Jesus a created being? What does the word worship mean? How should we worship the Lord? In order to do what God said to do, to only worship Him, we need to find clear answers to these questions from the whole of the Scriptures. We need a complete picture of who God is.
Note: Before studying any more regulations of Christian worship, it seemed fitting to me at this point to make certain of two things. One, that you have a mature understanding of the God whom you worship. Two, that you know what the word ‘worship’ means [I have not yet fully covered these two subjects in any other study]. To some of you, the subject and purpose of this lesson may seem simple and need little explanation. But in my experience, many worshipers do not understand who God truly is and what worship literally means. And therefore, to be complete, many need to grow in their knowledge of God and practice in worship. Now some are way off the mark in their confident assertions of who God is or who He is not, while others claim that God is a “grey area”, of whom we cannot be certain. But Jesus said, “We worship what we know” (Jn 4:22). And Paul said that we must know God in order to be saved and avoid the penalty of hell (2 Thess 1:8, 9). And moreover, God expects His disciples to worship Him in spirit and in truth (Jn 4:24). And what is truth but fact or knowledge? So we must know the truth about the God whom we are worshiping. We cannot be ignorant or mistaken on who God is and expect to be saved. So gain everything you can from this lesson to know Him.
Is God One or Three in One?
Consider the plurality of God. For example, the words “Us” and “Our”, which are used in Genesis 1:26 to describe God, whose image in which we are made, clearly indicate more than one person for God, in other words a plurality. But how can God be plural when the Bible also says that God is one? For example, Deuteronomy 6:4 says, “Hear O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!” The word “God” used in that verse, and in the Genesis creation account, is in the Hebrew “eloheem,” which is defined as a plural word. So, in one sense God is one, but in another, He is plural.
For example, consider a chicken egg. It has three parts--the shell, the yoke, and the white; but it is one egg, not three. Consider the government of the U.S.A. It is one government but with three almost independent divisions; executive, judiciary, legislative. Likewise, God is one yet with three almost independent divisions, or persons; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This becomes clearer as we continue to study verses in the New Testament which reveal more details about God.
The O.T. Began to Describe Who God Is
From the very beginning of earthly time—from the beginning of the Bible, God has revealed to us who He is. Think about who God is as you read part of the creation account below. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters” (Ge 1:1, 2). A few verses later, God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness” (Ge 1:26). Those verses begin to tell us much of who God is. They reveal three important things about Him:
1. That God is the Creator (“God created” vs. 1)
2. That He is the Spirit (“the Spirit of God was moving” vs. 2)
3. That He is plural, i.e. more than one person (“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness” vs. 26)
The N.T. Described God More Completely
John, in his gospel account, explained who the “Us” and “Our” is that Genesis speaks of as being God. Listen to John as he retells the Genesis creation account, giving new inspired details about it which indicate the plurality or different persons of God.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There came a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light. There was the true light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him, and cried out saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’’’ For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him” (Jn 1:1-18).
Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Is the Specific Person of God Who Created the Heavens & Earth
(A) John said someone called “the Word” previously existed at the beginning of all things, at creation (vs. 1, 15).
(B) John said the Word was with God, showing us there was someone else together with God at the beginning (vs. 1, 2).
(C) John called the Word “God,” equating deity to the Word (vs. 1).
(D) John said the Word created all things, indicating the Word is the Creator (vs.3, 10). And we know that Genesis 1:1 also says that “God” created the heavens and earth. So Whomever the Word is, He truly is God, the Creator.
(E) John said the Word became flesh (vs. 14), meaning the Word in the Spirit (from heaven) became the Word in the flesh (from earth) through Mary. This shows that the Word was Spirit before He became man.
(F) John said this Word was begotten from the Father (vs. 14, 17, 18), indicating four important things: (1) That someone who is begotten of a Father would be a Son, Jesus. (2) That the Word in the Spirit (from heaven) became God’s Son in the Flesh (from earth) by the Holy Spirit through Mary. (3) That the “Word” John was talking about is really Jesus. Therefore, since the “Word” was called God and Creator, Jesus is to be called God and Creator. (4) That there is a Father and a Son who are both called God, and that they are part of the “Us” and “Our” who created man in the Genesis 1:26. So then, there are two separate and distinct persons of God; God the Father and God the Son.
The Holy Spirit Is the Third Separate & Distinct Person of God
There is the person of the Holy Spirit, yet He is distinct from the spiritual Son and the spiritual Father. For example, the Bible says, “God is Spirit” (Jn 4:24). Therefore, in one sense, Jesus and the Father are Spirit because they are God. Yet we read in another place about the “Holy Spirit” as being a “He”, which indicates another distinct person of God. For example, Jesus said to His apostles: “But the Helper, [1] the Holy Spirit, whom [2] the Father will send in [3] My name, He [the Holy Spirit] will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you” (Jn 14:26). Notice that the [1] “Holy Spirit” was sent by [2] the “Father” to the apostles in [3] “My [Jesus’] name” (Jn 14:26). All three distinct persons of God were named and revealed by Jesus in that verse, and are capitalized by Bible translators to indicate a proper name or to show proper honor toward them as persons. The Holy Spirit is not an ‘it’, but a ‘He’.
Now since the “Holy Spirit” came from the “Father” (Jn 14:26), and since anyone who speaks against the “Holy Spirit” will not be forgiven (He is called the “Spirit of God,” the “Spirit,” and the “Holy Spirit” (Mt 12:28, 31, 32; Ge 1:2), and since the “Holy Spirit” is listed along with the names of God to be called upon in water baptism (Mt 28:19), it is evident that the “Holy Spirit” is part of the plurality of God. It is only right, then, to conclude that when we worship God, we are worshiping the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit since they are all considered to be God.
Notes: The Spirit is defined as like “the wind” or “the breath”. He is not necessarily in human, fleshly form. He descended upon Jesus in the form of a dove (Mt 3:16), and in the form of tongues of fire upon the apostles (Ac 2). He was poured out upon Cornelius and those listening to the gospel which Peter preached (Ac 10). He was and is given to all believers, not in an outward miraculous way, but in an indwelling way, into their hearts, given as a gift from God and a deposit guaranteeing their inheritance (Ac 2:38, 2 Cor 1:22; Ep 1:13, 14; 1 Thess 4:8).
Conclusion
When we think about who God is, we ought to think of the three persons of God: 1. God the Father, 2. God the Son, and 3. God the Holy Spirit. They are who the Bible reveals as God, the three distinct and separate persons of God. God is one, but in three persons. A wonderful spiritual truth indeed!
God Is the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever
If God is three persons, then does this mean that the three persons of God always existed? Yes, God, in three persons, always exists. For example, below, examine the evidence.
1. The Three Persons of God Existed in the Beginning
For example, (A) the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the deep (Ge 1:2). We were made in God’s image, in the image of Us/Our, which is plural meaning more than one person for God (Ge 1:2, 26). (B) Christ Jesus led the Jews out of Egypt (Ex 13:21; 1 Cor 10:4). Jesus said He existed with (C) the Father from the beginning (Jn 17:5). John said Jesus existed with God at creation (Jn 1).
2. The Three Persons of God Existed When Christ Was Here
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by (A) the Holy Spirit (Mt 1:18). (B) The Father spoke at the baptism of (C) His Son, Jesus (Mt 3:17). Jesus asked the Father to glorify the Son (Jn 17:1). Jesus praised the Father (Mt 11:25). Jesus said He was ascending to His Father (Jn 20:17).
3. The Three Persons of God Exist after Christ Ascended
(A) The Son ascended to (B) the Father’s right hand (1 Pe 3:22; He 10:12). After Jesus ascended, His Father sent the person of (C) the Holy Spirit to earth (Jn 7:39; 14:26). Stephen saw both the Father and the Son in heaven (Ac 7:55, 56). Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever (He 13:8). At the end, the Son will hand the kingdom back to the Father (1 Cor 15:24).
Q&A on Jesus
Q1: Is Jesus Created?
The gospel teaches that anyone who worships a created being or thing commits the sin of idolatry (1 Cor 6:9; Ro 1:25), and that people who do such things will be thrown into the fiery lake of hell to be tormented forever and ever (Re 21:8), if they do not repent. So if Jesus was created, then worshiping Him would be considered the sin of idolatry, no exceptions! God will not let you worship one created being, none! But did anyone in the Bible worship Jesus?
(A) The Apostles Worshiped Jesus
If Jesus was a created being, then all His closest disciples, the eleven apostles would be idolaters because they worshiped Him. “And they [the apostles], after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy” (Lk 24:52). The apostles would not get to go to heaven. They would be thrown into the hellfire.
(B) The Wise Men Worshiped the Christ Child
The wise men clearly worshiped God’s Son. “After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him” (Mt 2:11). But if Jesus was created, then these wise men would be idolatrous fools who would be thrown into hell.
(C) Mary Magdalene & the Other Mary Worshiped Jesus
“And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him” (Mt 28:9). They were close friends of Jesus. Would they also be sent to hell for falling down at His feet to worship Him?
(D) The Blind Man Worshiped Jesus
After Jesus healed the blind man, He asked him if he believed in the Son of Man. And the former blind man said, “ ‘Lord, I believe.’ And he worshiped Him” (Jn 9:38). If Jesus was a created being, then this man would have committed the sin of idolatry. But on the contrary, this man demonstrated what it meant to believe in the Son of man, Jesus; that He is worthy of our immediate worship upon our belief in Him. But many do not even have this basic understanding.
(E) The Father Directed Angels to Worship Him
“When He [the Father] bringeth in the first begotten into the world, He saith, ‘And let all the angels of God worship Him’ ” (He 1:6 KJV). Are you saying then, you who think Jesus was created, that the angels whom God directed to worship Jesus are destined for hell? Did God command them to be idolaters? Certainly not!
Conclusion
John, an apostle of Jesus Christ, profoundly and clearly explained that Jesus is God (Jn 1). Thomas, another apostle, when he realized that Jesus was resurrected from the dead, fittingly said about Jesus: “My Lord and my God!” (Jn 20:28). Is Jesus your Lord and God? He was Thomas’ Lord and God. The Bible records that the disciples worshiped Jesus, which is something that they were told to only do to God alone (Mt 4:10). They simply understood Him to be the Son of God, and therefore worshiped Him as such. Jesus never refused to be worshiped, even from his very closest companions, the apostles. Moreover, God the Father directed all the angelic beings to worship Jesus. And as the Lord said, you shall worship the Lord your God and Him only; then it is obvious that when we worship Jesus that we are worshiping God. Jesus is deity since He received worship. Why would He teach, in His refutation of the Devil’s temptations, that a person should only worship God, and then turn disciples into idolaters for worshiping a created being, if indeed He was a created being? It is evident that worshiping Jesus is part of God’s plan for His creation. Jesus is to be worshiped, not only by angelic beings, but by earthly human beings as well. And since He is to be worshiped, He cannot be a created being. God is not created. As previously studied, Jesus is the Creator not the created. He is God the Son (Jn 1; 20:28). Romans chapter one indicates that futile people worship created things/beings. Anyone who claims that Jesus is a created being is badly mistaken. They do not understand the Bible or the power of God in Christ Jesus. They do not know who God truly is and they have not yet realized God’s plan in His Son. Is there anything worse than not knowing who Jesus truly is? Is there anything more serious or weighty? Certainly not!
Q2: Is Jesus the Father?
Jesus is equal with the Father, but not the Father. This is the main thing that you need to understand. For example, Jesus said, “ ‘I and the Father are one.’ The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him Jesus answered them, ‘I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?’ The Jews answered Him, ‘For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God’ ” (Jn 10:30-33). This is correct, Jesus made Himself out to be God, or that is, “one” with the Father. This is a little like the idea that a husband and wife are one, but separate persons. John recorded this idea more clearly, saying, “For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God” (Jn 5:18). Simply because Jesus is God’s Son, it makes Him ‘equal’ or one with God the Father. The Jews correctly understood this about Jesus, but failed to believe it, as evidenced by their rage and determination to reject and kill Him.
Yet, Jesus was equal with the Father even before he came to earth. For example, “Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:5, 6). Now when Jesus was with God, He was equal with God, as evidenced by the “Us” and “Our” in Genesis. But when Jesus Christ emptied Himself, when He became a man, did He stop being equal with God? Did He stop being God? Certainly not! The disciples worshiped Him when He became flesh and blood. So then, of what did Jesus empty Himself, if it was not His deity? He simply emptied Himself of the eternal glorified, spiritual form that He had while with the Father in heaven and instead took on the temporary, lowly form or appearance of flesh and blood. The point here is that the Son of God has always been equal with God the Father, and He has always existed, but He is not the Father. And since he is equal with the Father, he must be treated just like the Father, our lawgiver and Judge. For example, in the context of claiming to be equal with God (Jn 5:17, 18), Jesus said, “For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father” (Jn 5:22, 23). This not only reveals the two persons of God, but also that we must treat Jesus even as, or like the Father, our Judge. Now if the Father is worshiped, then the Son must also be worshiped. Worshiping Jesus would be honoring to God the Father, not dishonoring to Him.
Note: But the Jehovah’s Witnesses do not “honor the Son even as the Father”. They will not worship Jesus because they teach He is a created being. So while they claim to honor Jehovah Father, they fail to honor the Son even as Jehovah. They refuse to believe that Jesus is God. This is their greatest sin.
Ways in Which Jesus Is Not Equal with the Father
Although the Son is equal with the Father, He is different from the Father in important ways. These “equality” differences continue to prove that Jesus is a separate person from the Father and always has been, and always will be. For example: 1. In Headship or Ultimate Authority
“But I want you to understand that... God is the head of Christ” (1 Cor 11:3). And what does it mean for God to be the head of Christ other than God the Father is over God the Son in ultimate authority? This is made even more clear in the next verse. “For HE [God the Father] HAS PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET [the Son’s]. But when He [the Father] says, ‘All things are put in subjection,’ it is evident that He [the Father] is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him [the Son]” (1 Cor 15:27, 28). What did these Scriptures say was “evident” or very clear? Was it that the Father is the only one who is not under the Son in authority? Yes, the Father is the head of Christ.
If Jesus were the Father, then how could He do what the Lord said to do, to sit at His right hand until He makes His enemies a footstool for His feet (Mt 22:41-46)? He would have to sit at His own right hand. That is impossible. So there are two seats, one for the Son and one for the Father, who is causing everything to be put under the feet of His Son. All of these things bear witness to the separate persons of God.
2. In Knowledge of Jesus’ Return
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone” (Mt 24:36). Only God the Father knows when God the Son will return to the earth. From this Scripture, it is clear that Jesus does not know when He will return. So then there is a slight knowledge difference between the Father and the Son. It shows who is ultimately in control and it shows that Jesus is not the same person as the Father.
Q3: But How Can It Be That “If We Have Seen Jesus, We Have Seen the Father”?
Jesus was the Father’s representative. For example, Jesus said, “ ‘If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.’ Philip said to Him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves’ ” (Jn 14:7-11). Now Jesus said,“He who has seen Me has seen the Father,” But He then explained it to mean that He abides in the Father and the Father is in Him, that they are unified, one in purpose. Jesus, therefore, is the essence of what the Father is all about, not actually the Father Himself. Remember, John also recorded and announced that God [the Father] so loved the world that He [the Father] gave His only begotten Son (Jn 3:16). The Father sent His son to represent Himself. Even Jesus illustrated this in the following parable of the vineyard when He said,
“But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?” (Mt 21:37-40).
Now who is the owner of the vineyard but God the Father? And who is the owner’s son but Jesus Christ? And what is the vineyard but the congregation of God’s people? And who are those vine-growers but selfish, covetous, wicked religious leaders? The conclusion is this: The Father did not come down Himself, but He did in a sense in His Son. John testified to this interpretation by saying, “No one has seen God [the Father] at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He [the Son] has explained Him [the Father]” (Jn 1:18), in person!
Q4: How Can Jesus Be Begotten of God, But Not Created?
When the Bible talks about Jesus as the firstborn begotten of God (Ro 8:29; Re 1:5; Col 1:15, 18; He 1:6; 12:23), this means in pre-eminence as in birthright authority, not that He was created. For example, in Revelations 3:14, Jesus said about Himself that He is the beginning of creation. This means that He is the origin or source of it, not that He was the first created thing. Additionally, Jesus was created in the flesh, by the Holy Spirit, but not created in the Spirit. Jesus always existed in the spirit (Phil 2:5-8).
Is it possible that Jesus could be God’s Son without being created? Humanly speaking it seems impossible, but God is not human and in the flesh. So in another sense, nothing is impossible with God. Incomprehensible things are possible with God, like having a Son without creating Him. God is awesome! His ways are higher than our ways. Believe it, by faith. So Jesus is God’s firstborn Son, not in the sense of being created, but in the sense of pre-eminence. He is the firstborn Son only in the sense of authority and kingdom inheritance rights.
Now the whole point of what I am saying is that Jesus and the Father are two different persons of God, and worthy of worship as well as the Holy Spirit. Time would fail me if I listed and explained other verses that indicate this, like John 1:18, where it states that Jesus is in the bosom of the Father. And what about all those verses where Jesus was praying? To whom did He pray; was it Himself? Certainly not! He prayed to His Father, and He directed His disciples to do the same.
What Does ‘Worship’ Mean?
The main and most prominent definition of the word ‘worship’ in Scripture is: to bow in submissive awe of the Lord, to bend the knee. Obviously, then, to be true and complete, we ought to be doing this in our worship of Him, in private or in public worship settings. It is a most practical, legitimate, and meaningful act of reverence.
To “Bow” in Submissive Awe
The primary literal definition of the word ‘worship’, in the entire Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, is: “to bend the knee; to bow”. This is exactly what God said He would have all do in regards to His Son, for: “God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW [worship], of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord” (Phil 2:9, 10).
1. Examples from the O.T. Prove It
When Abraham’s servant had success, he did it. “And I bowed low and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s kinsman for his son” (Ge 24:48). When the people learned that God was concerned about them, they did it. “So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped” (Ex 4:31).
During the offering and during the singing, they did it. “Now at the completion of the burnt offerings, the king and all who were present with him bowed down and worshiped. Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped” (2 Chron 29:29, 30).
When Ezra blessed the Lord, the congregation responded by bowing low. “Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. Then Ezra blessed the LORD the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground” (Ne 8:5, 6).
After Moses first taught the Passover to the elders of Israel, they whole assembly of them responded by worshiping (i.e. bowing low). “The people bowed low and worshiped” (Ex 12:27).
When Job suffered loss, he did it. “Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped” (Job 1:20).
2. Examples from the N.T. Prove It
The wise men did it. “After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh” (Mt 2:11).
Jesus did it in prayer, for example: “And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will’ ” (Mt 26:39). Mary Magdalene and the other Mary worshiped Jesus by bowing low. “Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.” And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to Hisdisciples. And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him” (Mt 28:1, 5, 6, 8, 9).
In heaven, worshipers keep responding to God in this way. “And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped” (Re 5:14). “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” (Re 7:11). “And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God” (Re 11:16).
And so we see, in a variety of situations, we can worship the Lord in this way. It is an excellent way to respond to Him. Are you responding to God in worship in its primary meaning? We ought to humble ourselves by bowing low in submissive awe of Him, especially in regards to His Son. Bend the knee. This is what the Father would have all do (READ Phil 2:9, 10). Amen.
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