The first Christians actually didn’t worship Jesus. They instead understood the point was to be like Jesus. That is what it means to follow someone, it means to walk the path Jesus walked and be like him.
If I tell you you should follow me, am I requesting you bow down and worship me as your God? Or do I simply want you to go in the direction I ask or pay attention to what I’m doing.
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