Why Bother To Worship Jesus Christ

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him." - Matthew 2:1 - 2:2 (NKJV)

After Jesus was born, wise men from the East came to look for Him to worship Him. Thinking that He should be at the king's palace, they went to approach king Herod enquiring about the whereabout of the King of the Jews. They eventually found their way to where Jesus was at and worship Him with gold, frankincense, and myrrh. They probably knew the young child was no ordinary child and that could be the reason why they worshipped Him. After been divinely warned by an angel of not returning to Jerusalem, they departed from Bethlehem to their own country.

Of course what came after was a story about a king ordering the killing of male child around the age of two and below. But why the massacre of the young boys? Because the King of kings, the Lord of lords was born as a male child! And king Herod was afraid as he thought this little boy will one day take over the throne. Little did he know that this little Child is not coming to de-throne him but has come to save all the earth's people from their sin.

This little Child is definitely no ordinary child. He is the Son of God! He has come to give himself up as the sacrifical lamb at the cross so that people who believe He is Saviour and Lord can have right standing with God! For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

What's the big deal about the sacrifice of Jesus at the cross? 

That one completely complete work at the cross by Jesus Christ has made all those who believe in Him to have right standing with God. The divine exchange of His righteousness for our sin has taken place at the cross! And for those who believe in Jesus and His finished work at the cross can go to the throne of grace in times of need to cry Abba Father and the loving Heavenly Father will answer their every cry to Him!

And that's why we worship Christ Jesus! We worship Jesus for He is good! We worship Jesus for taking our place at the cross and for bearing all the wrath of God upon His own body! We worship Him for bearing all our diseases for by His stripe, we are healed! We worship Jesus because of His shed blood that keeps on cleansing us of all our sins. We give our praises to Him for He alone deserves all our praises and adoration.

We worship Jesus for all the good that He has done in our lives and for all the good that He is doing and continue to do in our lives. We thank Jesus for keeping us protected from all evil formed. We worship him for keeping us safe from known or unknown viruses! We thank Jesus for the shalom peace which He has bequeathed to us.

Needlessly to say there is no way we can completely describe what Jesus has accomplished for us. For the little we know about Jesus, lets just give Him our adoration and praise!