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Acts 2:47
Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

1. Introduction
   
   
2. There are 127 verses in the bible that contain both the words "praise" and "lord". None of them refer to Jesus!
   
   
3. There are 79 verses in the bible that contain both the words "praise" and "God". None of them refer to Jesus!
   
   
4. There are 71 verses in the bible that have both words "worship" and "God". None of them tell us to worship Jesus!
   
   
5. There are 69 verses in the bible that contain both words "Lord" and the word "trust". None of them tell us to trust in the Lord Jesus!
   
   
6. There are 66 verses in the bible that contain both words "Lord" and the root word "worship". None of them tell us to worship Jesus as God!
   
   
7. There are only 13 verses in the entire bible that contain the words "thank" and "Jesus". None of them tell us to thank Jesus!
   
   
8. There are only 8 verses in the bible that contain both words "worship" and "Jesus". None of them tell us to worship Jesus!
   
   
9. There are only 4 verses in the bible that contain both the words "praise" and "Jesus". None of them tell us to praise Jesus!
   
   
10. There are only 4 verses in the entire bible that contain the words "praise" and "Christ". None of them tell us to praise Christ!
    
    
11. There are only 2 verses in the entire bible that contain the words "worship" and "Christ". None of them tell us to worship Christ!
    
    
12. There are only 2 verses in the entire bible that contain the words "trust" and "Jesus" [kjv]. Find out why in my article here!
    
    
13. Why you shouldn't pray to Jesus!
    
    
14. Thanks goes to God in the name of Jesus Christ his son
    
    
15. 12 Point Summary
    
    

INTRODUCTION

I can't tell you how many times I've heard some christian shout out, "Praise Jesus!". One time I saw a giant banner on the side of a church building that said, "Jesus is Lord".

I'm sure you've seen or heard similar things as well.

But are they biblically accurate according to God's word?

Let's find out!

Go to www.biblegateway.com and in the upper left corner you should see the big horizontal search box and in gray letters, it says "enter passage, keyword or topic" [as of 4.28.2023] and type in the phrase praise lord and hit enter.

Make sure the version is King James.

Then you can see for yourself what the bible actually says about this subject.

There are 127 verses in the bible that contain both the words "praise" and "lord". None of them refer to Jesus.

Here are a few:

Judges 5
2 Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 16:25
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared [revered] above all gods.

Psalm 30:12
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

125 out of 127 times [98%] are in the old testament, many centuries before Jesus was born on September 11, 3 BC, so all these verses have to be referring to praising God only.

Below are the only 2 times these verses are mentioned in the new testament - Romans 15:11 & I Corinthians 4:5. In both cases, we are told to praise God only.

Romans 15
6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

Verse 6 says "glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" and verse 9 says "glorify God for his mercy". Thus, in context, when verse 11 says "Praise the Lord", its referring to God the father of the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

There are 79 verses in the bible that contain both the words "praise" and "God". None of them refer to Jesus!

There are 3 examples below.

In Luke 19, Jesus is coming into Jerusalem on a colt. In spite of all the incredible things Jesus Christ did, the people never praised him! The scripture said that they praised God instead.

Luke 19
35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.

37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

Revelation 19
4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Although Jesus Christ brought the fruits of righteousness, the glory and praise was to God.

Philippians 1:11
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.



Are you seeing a pattern here?

There are 71 verses in the bible that have both words "worship" and "God". None of them tell us to worship Jesus!

Here is one of the 71 verses below.



The men in the ship paid homage to Jesus as their Lord and savior, not as God because it says in this same verse that he is the son of God.

As noted in the following section, this verse is in the gospels which were written directly TO Israel and not TO us, the members of the body of Christ in the age of grace after the day of Pentecost in 28A.D..

Revelation 22:9
Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

John 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

THERE ARE 69 VERSES IN THE BIBLE THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "TRUST" AND "LORD": NONE OF THEM TELL US TO TRUST IN JESUS!

Psalm 7:1
O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

Psalm 9:10
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

There is, however, 1 apparent exception to this:
Philippians 2:19
But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

See the felony forgery of Philippians 2:19!

There are 66 verses in the bible that contain both words "Lord" and the root word "worship". What do they mean?

Furthermore, when you research the 3 apparently contradictory verses, you can immediately see the truth of how they harmonize with the other 63 verses that teach people to worship God only, just as Jesus himself taught.

Strong's Concordance #4352
proskuneó: to do reverence to
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: proskuneó Phonetic Spelling: (pros-koo-neh'-o)
Definition: I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.

HELPS Word-studies
4352 proskynéō (from 4314 /prós, "towards" and kyneo, "to kiss") – properly, to kiss the ground when prostrating before a superior; to worship, ready "to fall down/prostrate oneself to adore on one's knees" (DNTT); to "do obeisance" (BAGD).

["The basic meaning of 4352 (proskynéō), in the opinion of most scholars, is to kiss. . . . On Egyptian reliefs worshipers are represented with outstretched hand throwing a kiss to (pros-) the deity" (DNTT, 2, 875,876).

4352 (proskyneō) has been (metaphorically) described as "the kissing-ground" between believers (the Bride) and Christ (the heavenly Bridegroom). While this is true, 4352 (proskynéō) suggests the willingness to make all necessary physical gestures of obeisance.]

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4352:
to kiss the hand to (toward) one, in token of reverence: Herodotus 1, 134; hence, among the Orientals, especially the Persians, to fall upon the knees and touch the ground with the forehead as an expression of profound reverence ("to make a 'salam'"); Latin veneror (Nepos, Conon. 3, 3),adoro (Pliny, h. n. 28, 5, 25; Suetonius, Vitell. 2); hence, in the N. T. by kneeling or prostration to do homage (to one) or make obeisance, whether in order to express respect or to make supplication. It is used a. of homage shown to men of superior rank: absolutely,

According to eastern custom as stated above, all the people in the gospels who "worshipped" Jesus, that is, fell down on their knees before Jesus and touched the ground with their forehead, were simply expressing their "profound reverence" to him, which was the highest form of Eastern homage.

If these 4 verses actually meant for people to worship Jesus as God, then that would contradict Jesus' own teaching in Matthew 4:10 to only worship God.

Since the bible cannot contradict itself, then the meaning must be what the definition of the Greek word proskuneo means [from multiple authorities, including the commentaries]: to pay homage to; to reverence;

In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus is emphasized as the king of Israel. Furthermore, in addition to being the savior, Jesus was the redeemer of mankind and the only begotten son of God, so bowing down to him in reverence was very appropriate in that Hebrew culture.

Now all 66 verses that contain both words "Lord" and "worship" are in harmony and agreement.

There are only 13 verses in the entire bible that contain the root word "thank" and "jesus" and none of them say to thank Jesus!

All of them say to thank God FOR Jesus Christ and the works that he did.

1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:20
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Colossians 3:17
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

There is only 1 verse that appears to contradict the other 12:

1 Timothy 1:12
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

However, in the Greek “Christ Jesus” is in the dative case, indicating “for Christ Jesus”.

Now this verse is in harmony with all the other verses on the same subject.

Look at the definition of "thank"!







Jesus Christ always taught his disciples to pray to God in his name and to never pray to himself.

John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

1. God is the original source of grace.
2. Jesus Christ is the agent who carried it out.
3. We are the beneficiaries!

Learning is an exiting adventure! :)

There are only 2 verses in the entire Bible that contain both words "trust" and "Jesus". Find out why!

There are 8 verses in the bible that have both words "worship" and "Jesus". None of them tell us to worship Jesus!

Only 2 out of the 8 [25%] mention worshipping Jesus. These verses are in the gospels, which were written directly to the Judeans, and not to born again Christians since the day of Pentecost in 28A.D..

Worshiping Jesus is again in the context of the eastern custom of paying Jesus the highest form of homage.

There are only 2 verses in the bible that contain both words "worship" and "Christ" and neither one of them tell us to worship Christ.

Galatians 1
3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

I Timothy 1:17
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

I Peter 4:11 [amplified bible]
Whoever speaks [to the congregation], is to do so as one who speaks the oracles (utterances, the very words) of God. Whoever serves [the congregation] is to do so as one who serves by the strength which God [abundantly] supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified [honored and magnified] through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

GOD [not us, but God] did glorify his son Jesus Christ and gave him dominion over the entire kingdom of the devil. He gave him a name that is above every name in heaven.

1 Corinthians 11:3
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

There are 3 verses in the gospels that say only God is good. Here is just one of them.

Matthew 19:17
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Jesus Christ himself taught others not to call him good, but that only God was good.

There are only 4 verses in the bible that contain both the words "praise" and "Jesus". None of them tell us to praise Jesus!

The only one that is even remotely questionable is I Peter 4:11

1 Peter 4:11
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Here is the definition of the word "through": Strong's Concordance #1223 dia: through, on account of, because of.



One of the ways that the bible interprets itself is all the verses on the same subject must be in harmony and agreement.

Only a few verses away, look what the 5th chapter of I Peter says!

I Peter 5
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Jude 1:25
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Revelation 1:6
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Thus, in the context of having dominion and glory forever, I Peter 4:11 refers to God when it says, "to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.", which agrees with the phrase in the verse "that God in all things may be glorified through [for] Jesus Christ".

This word praise comes from the Greek word doxa and is more accurately translated "glory" and is used 168 times in the new testament.

John 9:24
Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

Romans 4:20
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

Romans 11
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

Romans 16:27
To God only wise, be glory through [Greek word dia - because of] Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

Luke 2
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

I Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

There are only 4 verses in the entire bible that contain the words "praise" and "Christ". None of them tell us to praise Christ!

Here is something else to consider:

I Corinthians 4:6
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

Did you see that? We are not to think of men above that which is written! Jesus was called a man 44 times in the bible. It never says to praise him, but to praise God only so that we don't "puff up" or elevate Jesus to the point we cross over the line into a counterfeit religious form of idolatry.

So if somebody says that we should praise Jesus, then they are thinking of him above that which is written because no scripture says we should praise him. In other words, their thinking is outside of the boundaries of the will of God. Praising Jesus is a non-biblical concept. In other words, its not from God. Therefore, it must come from another source...

Remember, the most clever and persuasive counterfeits are always in a religious context.

II Corinthians 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Romans 1:23
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

In other words, they worshipped man, birds, fourfooted beasts, and creeping things instead of God. If somebody is going to worship man, then what better man to worship than the greatest man who ever lived, Jesus Christ? That's how the counterfeits work. That's where the trinity comes in and why its so effective - because its as close to God as you can get.

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature [creation] more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

From one point of view, there are only 2 things in the universe: God, the creator and everything else, the creation.

Consider the following definitions:

Definition of praise
British Dictionary definitions for praise
noun
1. the act of expressing commendation, admiration, etc
2. the extolling of a deity or the rendering of homage and gratitude to a deity
3. the condition of being commended, admired, etc
4. (archaic) the reason for praise
5. sing someone's praises, to commend someone highly

verb (transitive)
6. to express commendation, admiration, etc, for
7. to proclaim or describe the glorious attributes of (a deity) with homage and thanksgiving

According to definition #2, praise is a form of worship of a deity.

the definition of worship
noun
1. reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
2. formal or ceremonious rendering of such honor and homage:They attended worship this morning.
3. adoring reverence or regard: excessive worship of business success.
4. the object of adoring reverence or regard.
5. (initial capital letter) British. a title of honor used in addressing or mentioning certain magistrates and others of high rank or station (usually preceded by Your, His, or Her).

Definition of worship
British Dictionary definitions for worship
verb -ships, -shipping, -shipped (US) -ships, -shiping, -shiped
1. (transitive) to show profound religious devotion and respect to; adore or venerate (God or any person or thing considered divine)
2. (transitive) to be devoted to and full of admiration for
3. (intransitive) to have or express feelings of profound adoration
4. (intransitive) to attend services for worship
5. (transitive) ( obsolete) to honour

The definition of praise is dangerously close to worship. Based upon one of the definitions, they can basically be the same thing, they overlap each other.

God doesn't want us to be confused or deceived. That is why he tells us in the bible over 200 times to praise him and not one time to praise Jesus.

206 to zero.

Many professing Christians have been taught to “praise Jesus.” However, the Bible does not teach that Jesus Christ is to be praised or thanked or addressed in prayer.

There are no verses in the bible that contain:"honor" and "jesus".

There are only 2 verses in the entire bible that contain the words "worship" and "Christ". None of them tell us to worship Christ!

Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Why you shouldn't pray to Jesus!

Luke 2:11,13,14
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Jesus Christ was the reason the angels praised God, but it was God Who was the Recipient of that praise.

After following the angel’s instructions and seeing Mary, Joseph, and Jesus, the shepherds also overflowed with praise to God.

Luke 2:20
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

During the life and earthly ministry of His Son, God continued to receive the praise and the glory. In Matthew 9, Jesus healed a man sick of the palsy. Note the response of the multitudes.

Matthew 9:8
But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

Jesus Christ manifested the power, but the praise and the glory belonged to God Who had given him the power.

Jesus Christ himself always gave the glory to God. He brought light to the world, but he did not initiate that light—it came from God.

John 7:16
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his [God’s] that sent me.

The disciples of Jesus Christ spoke and responded accordingly. We see this as Jesus entered Jerusalem toward the end of his earthly ministry.

Luke 19:37
And when he [Jesus] was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen.



Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

When Jesus taught them about the power they would manifest in the future, he told them “Ye shall ask me nothing,” and then he taught them to pray to the Father in his name.

We pray to the Father in the name of Jesus Christ because Jesus’ life and teaching and accomplishments are the means whereby people come to the Father.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

There are many clear scriptures to document and establish this truth in our day and time, the Grace Administration. The prayers in the Church Epistles show us how the Father wants us to pray. They are directed to Him.

The word "worshipped" is used a total of 13 times in the gospels. The distribution pattern is telling.

1. Matthew - King - 8
2. Mark - Servant - 2
3. Luke - Man - 1
4. John - Son of God - 2

The reason the word "worshiped" is used more times in Matthew than all the other gospels combined is because in the book of Matthew, Jesus is emphasized as the King of the Judeans, whereas in Luke, he is just a simple man, thus only one occurrence of the word "worshipped".

The word "worshipped" is the Greek word proskuneo, which means to do reverence to, pay homage to. It comes from 2 Greek words pros - towards, and Kyneo - to kiss. Thus it literally means to kiss towards. It is to kiss the ground when prostrating before a superior.

So every time the word "worshiped" is referring to people "worshipping" Jesus, they are simply paying homage to or reverencing the Lord Jesus Christ, the king of the Judeans, which is appropriate.

However, they are not truly worshipping Jesus as God.

John 4
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

According to the word of God, thanks goes to God in the name of Jesus Christ his son

Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

Ephesians 3:14
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:20
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

Colossians 1:12
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.

I Thessalonians 1:2
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers.

II Thessalonians 1:3
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth.

SUMMARY

1. There are 127 verses in the bible that contain both the words "Lord" and "praise". Not a single one of these tell us to praise Jesus, but to praise The Lord God only.
   
   
2. There are 79 verses in the bible that contain both the words "God" and "praise". Not a single one of these tell us to praise Jesus, but to praise God only.
   
   
3. There are 71 verses in the bible that have both words "worship" and "God". None of them tell us to worship Jesus.
   
   
4. There are 66 verses in the bible that contain both words "Lord" and the root word "worship". Out of all of them, only 4 refer to Jesus and all of them are in the gospels, which were written directly to the Israelite's and not to us, the born again believers!
   
   
5. There are only 13 verses in the entire bible that contain the word "thank(s)" and "jesus" and none of them say to thank Jesus! All of them say to thank God for Jesus Christ and the works that he did.
   
   
6. There are 8 verses in the bible that contain both words "worship" and "Jesus". Only 2 out of the 8 [25%] mention worshipping Jesus. These verses are in the gospels, which were written directly to the Judeans, and not to born again Christians since the day of Pentecost in 28A.D..
   
   
7. There are only 4 verses in the entire bible that contain the words "praise" and "Jesus". None of them tell us to praise Jesus.
   
   
8. There are only 4 verses in the entire bible that contain the words "praise" and "Christ". None of them tell us to praise Christ.
   
   
9. There are only 2 verses in the bible that contain both words "worship" and "Christ" and neither one of them tell us to worship Christ.
   
   
10. There are only 2 verses in the entire bible that contain the words "trust" and "Jesus" [kjv]. Find out why in my article here!
    
    
11. Jesus Christ was the reason for the praise but never the recipient of it. Jesus never taught the people to praise him or to pray to him. He taught his followers to address the Father in prayer.
    
    
12. We are to pray to God in the name of Jesus Christ.
    
    Ephesians 5:20
    Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ