Jesus accepts worship because He is God

In the world today, there are a number of religions that reject the deity of Christ. Some of them don't claim to be even remotely affiliated with Christianity, so that's "fine". They're still wrong, but it's at least consistent to reject Jesus' own claims to be God if you at least reject Jesus Himself. If you are a follower of such a religion, my advice to you is to leave it. Jesus is God, and He is the only way to Heaven. Nevertheless, this article likely won't convince you to do that.

For those of you who do claim to be Christians (or for Muslims, since your Qur'an does affirm the Bible, and your apologists often appeal to the Bible in their arguments against Christians), yet still reject the deity of Christ, I have a question. If Christ is sinless, yet is not God, why did He accept worship?

In the scriptures, there are examples of God's servants receiving worship from men. In Revelation 22:9, for example, we see an angel's response to John's attempt to worship him: "See that you do not do that. Worship God." Now, an angel is a rather glorious being. So glorious that although John should definitely have known better, he actually bowed to it. But opponents of Christ's divinity do not even believe Jesus is so glorious. He's just a man. So, what typically happens when a human servant of God receives worship? In Acts 14, we see an example. Paul healed a cripple (v8-10), and those who saw it thought he was Hermes in human form, and Barnabas was Zeus (v11-13). The response from Paul and Barnabas was one of extreme emotion. They tore their clothes, and ran into the crowds shouting "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them..." (v14-17).

We see, then, that servants of God, both man and angel, refuse worship. Why, then, would the sole exception be a man who knew no sin? The only possible solution to this conundrum is that Jesus accepted worship that only legitimately belongs to God because He is God, and so that worship legitimately belongs to Him. The only alternative is that Jesus is a blasphemer, meaning He is not sinless, and therefore not capable of taking your sin upon Himself, and probably not even worth listening to. So, which is He? A blasphemer, or Lord? Those who confess Him as Lord will be saved.