Why Does God Demand Worship?

The Creatorhood of God and the Duty of Worship

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Why does God demand that we worship him? One of the things you're going to see throughout the Bible is the fact that scripture is quite clear that God expects, in fact, demands that people, human beings, worship him.

God as Creator and the Meaning of Genesis 1:1

Now, people want to ask the question, why does God demand it? However, God as the creator, we see that from the very first verse of the Bible in Genesis 1 .1, that God is the creator of everything. Therefore, the question is poorly worded, actually.

It's not, why does God demand our worship? In fact, by the nature of God being the creator, that in and of itself demands the worship that we should give to our creator as the creation. The real question that should be asked is, why do we think we have a right not to worship him?

Rebellion, Long-Suffering, and the Creature-Creator Relationship

That is a question that no one wants to ask themselves, but it is the real question at stake when people ask this question. Because as his creation, we should be created to worship him. The fact that God gave us a will and allows us to be rebellious, because that's what it is when we don't worship him, it's called rebellion, only shows that God is a God that is long-suffering.

However, by the creature-creator relationship, we must worship our creator.

So, I suggest you sit back, keep your tray table upright, and start getting lucky.