worship

Studies on worship, devotion, liturgy, and honoring God according to Scripture.

Revisiting the Worship of the God-Man Members Public

In this post I am going to revisit the issue of the honors given to Christ, documenting that Jesus receives the very worship which only God is supposed to receive.   Pelach In the Aramaic section of the book of Daniel, pelach is the type of service that is to be

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Does Jesus Receive Latreuo? Members Public

In Revelation, John sees a vision of the new heavens and earth where God and Christ reign together on the same throne and where their servants serve them: “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the THRONE of God

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Major Dilemma Members Public

The Hebrew Bible repeatedly commanded the Israelites to only fear and serve Jehovah since he alone was/is their God: “Jehovah your God you should fear, and him you should serve, and by his name you should swear.” Deuteronomy 6:13 ““Jehovah your God you should fear, him you should

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bibles Members Public

And The Worship Due to Jesus In this post, I will prove that Jesus is to be worshiped as Jehovah God from the very Bible versions employed by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which can be accessed on their own website for free: Online Bible. I will be primarily using the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Signing of the Cross in Early Christianity Members Public

In this post I am going to cite an early source attesting to the Christian practice of doing the sign of the cross with the hand. I will be quoting from a document called the Odes of Solomon. Scholars date this work as early to the beginning of the second

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Signing of the Cross in Early Christianity Pt. 2 Members Public

In a previous post (/2020/05/26/the-signing-of-the-cross-in-early-christianity/) I showed that the signing of the cross was a very early Christian practice. I provide additional evidence from the early church fathers showing that the practice of making the sign of the cross with

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Worshiping God Alone: Responding to a Muslim Objection Pt. 2 Members Public

In this segment (/2020/05/07/worshiping-god-alone-responding-to-a-muslim-objection/), I am going to address the other passages that are cited to undermine the Trinity. Muslim polemicists quote the book of Revelation to show that Jesus shouldn’t be worshiped as God: “Then I fell at

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Worshiping God Alone: Responding to a Muslim Objection Members Public

Muslim apologists are fond of citing biblical texts out of context in order to give the misleading impression that the Holy Bible denies the divinity of the Lord Jesus. For instance, Muslims will quote Jesus’ own words to the devil that only God is worthy of worship: “Again, the devil

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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