Matthew 4 More insights on worship of Jesus.

The fourth chapter of Matthew's gospel also yields some insights on what it means to worship, and why Jesus is worthy of our worship. Consider the following: Satan asks "if" Jesus is the Son of God (or it can be translated "since" He is), He should perform some self-serving signs. But Jesus is consistent with His character, showing that He is Lord and is above negotiating with an inferior enemy (4:3,6). The last and greatest temptation that the Devil throws at Him is to bow down and worship him. But Jesus remembers the word that Israel is to worship God and to serve Him only (4:8-10). Worship without service is empty. Jesus fulfills Scripture that the people living in darkness see a great light (4:16). He is the Light of the World. He calls people to repent (4:17), and to leave and follow Him (4:20,22).

So we see that Jesus is Lord, that He does not sin, that He worships and serves His Father, that worship without service is empty, that He is the Light of the World, that we worship by turning from sin, leaving our old lives and following Him. Amen!