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Why does God want humans to worship him?

1213

Well-Known Member
Apparently you disregarded the Quranic verse but what about what Jesus said to Satan

Yes, I am no a Muslim and not bind by Quran.

Matthew 4:10 – 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.’ ”

Jesus himself even recited the Sh'ma which states that the greatest COMMANDMENT is the belief that God is one, and to love God with all your heart and soul.

Yes, we should not have any other Gods. But what does worship mean in your opinion? In that case “worship” seems to mean that we should not have other gods.

Chronicles 16:29 states:

"Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.

I don’t think that is God demanding something from us.
 

susanblange

Active Member
To be honest, I've never really wondered why God would want us to worship Him.
I have sometimes wondered why God doesn't want us to worship things other than Him.
Worship of God refers to fear and awe. God is our Judge and he is omnipotent. Our lives are in his hands. Praise the Lord.
 

Epic Beard Man

Bearded Philosopher
Yes, I am no a Muslim and not bind by Quran.

Yes, and you're not Jewish either which came before Christianity. If you didn't know Jews don't believe in your "JC" as some call him. Jews have at least theologically and philosophically more aligned with Muslims and Islam than do Christianity. In fact even it was said by a Jewish philosophers Maimonides that its acceptable for a Jew to pray at a mosque and not a Christian church but of course Jews are not bound by the Qur'an they are bound by the fact that Allah, is the same deity as YHVH but that's none of my business.

Yes, we should not have any other Gods.

No, Jesus specifically said as I mentioned that we should worship God. This is a commandment provided in the Sh'ma.

I don’t think

It is not for you to think. You proclaim to be a disciple of Jesus yet do not believe we are commanded to worship the Creator? Jesus said reciting the Sh'ma to love God with all your heart and soul. This includes worship. Look I'm not going to get into a back and forth with you that is abundantly clear. We are commanded to worship whether we accept it or not.
 

1213

Well-Known Member
... the fact that Allah, is the same deity as YHVH but that's none of my business.

Quran tells:


….The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah … ….believe in Allah and His messengers. …

Surat An-Nisā' 4:171
http://quran.com/4/171

If Allah and Bible God are the same, why don’t Muslims and Jews believe Jesus, like Quran recommends?

... This includes worship. ....

Please explain what “worship” means?
 

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
Why does God want humans to worship him?

Worship is:
  • understanding and appreciating the attributes of G-d
  • and then acquiring those attributes in one's self
So, G-d does not need our worshiping Him, it is we humans who need to worship Him.

Regards
 

Epic Beard Man

Bearded Philosopher
why don’t Muslims and Jews believe Jesus, like Quran recommends?

Muslims do believe in Jesus, Jews do not. The Qur'an specifically talks about Christians referring to their doctrine and Jews to theirs.

Please explain what “worship” means?

Fairly straightforward......Worship is to demonstrate reverence and adoration for a deity. Either through obeisance, or through a form of meditation.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
I think human beings innately appeal to a higher authority, it just so happens that spiritually God is considered the ultimate authority.
Before President Johnson became president he said whoever has the ultimate position has the ultimate power.
( Hence the space race. Who can control outer space controls Earth )
In Scripture, I find God has the Ultimate Position (Heaven) and has the Ultimate Power (Creator- Revelation 4:11).
Unlike man, God informs us of what is ahead of us as found at 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3.
When the ' powers that be ' will be saying, " Peace and Security..." that will prove to be the precursor to the coming great tribulation of Revelation 7:14,9 before Jesus, as Prince of Peace, will the one who will usher in global Peace on Earth among persons of goodwill.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
Muslims do believe in Jesus, Jews do not. The Qur'an specifically talks about Christians referring to their doctrine and Jews to theirs.
Fairly straightforward......Worship is to demonstrate reverence and adoration for a deity. Either through obeisance, or through a form of meditation.

I find biblical worship is connected to prayer, the pages of the Bible (meditating on Scripture), and good association.
- Hebrews 10:24-26.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
“But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
John 4:23-24
I think that is not really God demanding us to do so.
Interesting thing is also that:
Pure religion [religious worship] and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
James 1:27

Since God does Not force anyone to worship Him, then it is just as He did Not demand Adam and Eve to do so.
They were simply told if you want to live forever, then keep away from that one forbidden tree.
So, out of all the trees on Earth, there was only one tree they were to avoid if they wanted to live forever.
 

Kelly of the Phoenix

Well-Known Member
In all frankness, the clergy want to get paid. Notice how touchy they get if you just sit at home in private worship. No, you have to make some pilgrimage, local or otherwise, to some random tourist trap and pay lots of money.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
In all frankness, the clergy want to get paid. Notice how touchy they get if you just sit at home in private worship. No, you have to make some pilgrimage, local or otherwise, to some random tourist trap and pay lots of money.
I find ' in all frankness ' it is the 'false' clergy who want to get paid.(salary)
Jesus was Not paid, and instructed to preach and teach for ' free ' at Matthew 10:8.
So, it is the fake ' weed/tares' clergy and Not the genuine ' wheat ' Christians that want to be paid.
Even the apostle Paul worked at tentmaking so as to support himself in the ministry - Acts of the Apostles 18:3
See also 1 Thessalonians 2:9
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
..........Please explain what “worship” means?

I like how Jesus' half-brother James expressed about worship at James 1:27
A pure form of worship involves taking care of the orphans and widows in their times of trouble.
Plus, to keep oneself without spot from the world.
The world of mankind alienated from the God of the Bible.
How Jesus and his 1st-century followers were without spot was by being ' neutral ' in world affairs.
They did Not even get involved in the issues of the day between the Jews verses the Romans.
 
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