Jesus prayed to the Father. Jesus never said, “worship me”. He said worship God the Father.
I follow the example Jesus set. He said to believe in him but he never said to worship him. That would be worshiping a man, even a divine man.
The prayer begins “Our Father who art in Heaven” for a reason.
RE: Jesus prayed to the Father. Jesus never said, “worship me”. He said worship God the Father.
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Jesus ACCEPTED people’s worship and never rebuked them for doing so.
Matthew 14:33 “Then those who were in the boat worshiped him Jesus, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
John 9:38 “Then the man said, ‘Lord Jesus, I believe,’ and he worshiped him.”
The 10 Commandments which governed the life and worship of God’s people begin with the declaration of who God is and the commands to worship God alone and no one or nothing but Him (Exodus 20:1-17).
To worship anyone or anything other than the One True God as the incredibly sin of idolatry that is forbidden throughout the Bible.
But, Jesus freely welcomed other people to call Him God and worship Him as God without correcting or rebuking them for being in error. Therefore, Jesus acceptance of worship also proves that He is God.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.” (John 1:1-4)
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14)