Mike,

I have been carefully reading your article “Is God A Trinity?” Your argument directly from scripture lets Jesus speak for Himself. In spite of the fact that Christ was created by the Father, my question is: Is Christ as a deity to be worshiped?

Thanks,
B____

Hi B____,

Thank you for your question.
The answer is yes, Christ is to be worshiped, and He permitted people to worship Him.

Mat 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Mat 9:18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
Mat 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

We “worship Him” as our head, yet recognizing the Truth which He testifies to us that He also has a head, which is God the Father.

Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Joh 14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

What does this tell us about Christ’s relationship with His Father?

1Co 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Is Christ God? Certainly! We just read where He permitted Himself to be worshiped. Yet we see Him telling us His Father is greater than He is. There can be but one supreme being. There are not two or more supremacies.
So Christ has a head whom He worships and to whom He submits Himself.

1Co 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1Co 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

But the Father has decreed that the only way to worship Him is through His Son in whom He has placed the fulness of the Godhead.

Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

So just as Christ is the image of His Father and worships His Father, so too, we are commanded to become the image of His son and to worship our Father, Christ, “because it pleases the Father” to do so.

Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

“As He is, so are we” but not to the extent of having the power of the throne.

Gen 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
1Jn 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

So we cannot even come to the throne of God the Father without coming through the Father’s anointed, His Christ.

Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

I pray these verses of scripture are sufficient to demonstrate to you that Christ permitted and even encouraged others to worship Him.

Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Your brother who worships his Head whom the Father has sent.
Mike