God and religion

[Rigel]

Two important points have still not been answered....

1) Of all the wondrous things that God created in his universe, why would he pick on man alone and demand that only man should worship him? If worship is important to God, why did he not give all his creations the ability to worship?

The short answer is because this is what God designed us and had commanded us to do.

Perhaps God desires worship from mankind because of the different relationship we have with God than with the rest of the creations in this universe. God created man in his own image and since this is the case we have a very special and unique relationship with God that no other creature has. We have a relationship with God like a husband and a wife have a relationship in marriage. This is why frequently throughout the scriptures God refers to the church as "His Bride". You will also see this in the book of revelation as well and throughout other books also in the Old Testament. Worshipping another god or anything else is equivalent to a wife straying and having an affair. Which is why when Israel worshipped other gods, the Lord was very upset and likened them to a prostitute.

There are many truths about marriage that reflect our relationship with God.

If any of us are married and love our wives we want to do our best to protect the relationship we have with them. Perhaps worship is a way that God protects our relationship we have with Him. God loves us and doesn't want our relationship with Him to be tainted or shattered.

Exodus 34:14 "For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:"

2 Corinthians 11:2 "For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ."

Ephesians 5:31-32
"For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church."

Ephesians 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."