Should Christ be worshipped? (Jesus, ritual, Earth, Kingdom, beliefs)

[NoahideHiker]

Originally Posted by AlanGurvey

In judaism however, these laws do not apply to gentiles.

Specificly which laws?

[Ody]

Originally Posted by NoahideHiker

Specificly which laws?

the laws of observance of faith, i.e. that G-d is one.

[michel]

Originally Posted by Yes Man

A while ago, I was reading something on the Jehovah's Witnesses and I found out that they do not worship Jesus. They believe that God should only be worshipped. People who believe in the Trinity of Christ, God, and the Holy Spirit probably worship Jesus. However what of people who do not believe in the Trinity? I was wondering about how some of you thought about this. Thank you for your input.

As I believe in the Trinity, I do worship Christ, as he is God.

[jeffrey]

I don't believe in worshipping either Jesus or God. Acknowledge, yes. Be thankful for. yes. In awe of, yes. But worship as in bow down to and tremble, I don't think he expects that. Know who your God's or Goddesses are, let them be a part of you. But worship, no.

[NoahideHiker]

Originally Posted by AlanGurvey

the laws of observance of faith, i.e. that G-d is one.

While a person can in fact worship a deity as their god and still adhere to the seven laws laws of the Gentile idolatry is forbidden. To worship any creation is forbidden. To worship a man is to worship a creation.

[Dentonz]

Originally Posted by Yes Man

A while ago, I was reading something on the Jehovah's Witnesses and I found out that they do not worship Jesus. They believe that God should only be worshipped. People who believe in the Trinity of Christ, God, and the Holy Spirit probably worship Jesus. However what of people who do not believe in the Trinity? I was wondering about how some of you thought about this. Thank you for your input.

Phillipians 2:9-11
"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every other name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tounge should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father."

[Brother Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by AlanGurvey

In judaism however, these laws do not apply to gentiles.

Check your halachic sources, specifically Maimonides( the Rambam) re; seven noachide laws. To worsip G-d alone and no foreign, false gods applies to the B'nai Noach, nu? According to the same source, The Rambam, "all Christianity is idolatry", because of the worship of Jesus, Mary, Saints, statues, icons, etc.

[Krie]

no, b/c he died for "our sins" yet we are born to sin

[sojourner]

In seminary we did a word study on the word "worship." Here's what we learned in a nutshell:

The word worship comes from two Anglo-Saxon root words: The second root, ship, means "shape." so, worship is a shape -- a form -- a set of events. The first root, wor, comes from the root-word, werden, which means, "to be," or "to become." So, worship is a shape of events in which the participants "become" something, or are changed by the experience of worship. I'd say that, when we interact with Jesus, we are fundamentally changed. Therefore, I think that it is not only OK, but desirable to worship Jesus. Further, I'd go so far as to say that proper interaction with Jesus is of a worhsip nature.

[The Panentheist]

I am a Christian, and yet my views concerning Jesus might strike some as heretical. I think Jesus was a mortal man and thus does not warrant "worship". I do, however, respect Jesus highly; he was a wise man with a revolutionary message, who lived a good life and helped many people. I see Jesus was a role-model, and I strive to live a Christ-like life.

But in terms of worshipping Jesus, I don't. I "worship" God alone. To me, worshipping Jesus would be the same as, say, worshipping Gandhi or Martin Luther King.