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Message Subject Can a born again Christian lose their salvation??
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Jesus the Lamb is worthy of worship.
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Here is a question for those who don't know Jesus is God to ask yourselves…Is the Father guilty of the sacrilegious act by commanding the angels to worship Jesus in Hebrews 1:6....


6And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
"Let all God's angels worship him."


Not only that, but is the Father a liar by saying that worship is to be rendered to God alone (Exodus 34:14;...

14 Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 6:13;...
13 You shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name.

Matthew 4:10....

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”

Lets look at Revelation 22:8,9...

8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”


the same word ‘proskuneo’ used for "Worship" is used in the original Greek. There the apostle John says, “I fell down to worship(root ‘proskuneo’) before the feet of the angel…..But he tells me: “Be careful! Do not do that!.........Worship(root ‘proskuneo’) GOD.” The exact worship that the angel refused to accept, but told John to give to GOD, is the same ‘proskuneo’ that the Father commanded to be given to His Son Jesus at Hebrews 1:6.

I must also emphasize that the context is extremely important in properly interpreting Hebrews 1. It must be kept in mind that one of the primary purposes of Hebrews, particularly in chapter 1, is to demonstrate the superiority of Jesus Christ—including His superiority over the angels(1:5-2:18), and Moses(3:1-6). This superiority is shown by Christ being God’s ultimate revelation; Jesus is affirmed as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe(verses 2,3); and Jesus is said to have the very nature of God(verse 3)..None of these same things could be said of the prophets, the angels, or Moses as this passage clarifies, so there can never be a misinterpretation that Jesus is or ever was one of these created beings.

Again, Hebrews 1:5; 2:18 states Christ’s superiority over angels. In Hebrews 1:6 we are told Christ is worshiped (proskuneo) by angels.

Jesus was worshiped from birth as God with the same kind of ‘proskuneo’ and He always accepted worship as appropriate. The wise men worshiped Him, Thomas worshiped Him, All the angels are commanded to worship Him, a leper worshiped Him, a blind man worshiped Him Mary Magdalene worshiped Him, and the Disciples worshiped Him. In fact the Father has ordained for Jesus to be worshiped by all of creation, If Jesus is not worshiped the rocks and the stones will cry out praise to Him as Jesus made mention on His triumphant entry on His journey by colt to the Mount of Olives.(Luke 19:40)

By contrast when Paul and Barnabas were in Lystra and they miraculously healed a man by God’s mighty power, those who were in the crowds shouted, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”9Acts 14:11) When Paul and barnabas perceived that the people were preparing to worship them, “they tore there clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting: “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you’”(verse 15). As soon as they perceived what was happening, they immediately corrected the gross misconception that they were gods.

Jesus never once sought to correct those who worshiped Him or set them straight as to what they were doing by worshiping Him. He considered such worship as appropriate behavior for mankind to render unto Him as God. This is yet another affirmation that Jesus Christ was in fact God come in the flesh
In Revelation we clearly see that God the Father and Jesus Christ receive the same worship. In Revelation 4:10 the Father is worshiped and Revelation 5:11-14 we see all of heaven worshiping the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.

The very fact that Jesus is worshiped is consistent of Scripture, and says a lot of the true identity of Jesus being God. Exodus 34:14 tells us “For you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. To say that the Lord in the OT is different than the Lord in the NT is a complete lack of scriptural understanding or lack of revelation by the Father, that is given only to those who truly know God. For flesh and blood cannot reveal this to you but only the father in heaven.

If you choose to refuse to accept this truth of who Jesus truly is, then God Himself will reveal this to you when you bow your knee to Jesus Christ either in this life or the next and confess that Jesus Christ is truly Lord.
 
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