"I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not."

(John 5:43)  I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. (John 5:44)  How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

Creature worship is here identified by Jesus. He was speaking to the zealous religious leaders of Judaism, but the words extend to us all. How could men who claimed to uphold the word of God be identified by Jesus as creature worshipers? Because all who worship men cannot worship the true God. All who pray to saints, or departed souls, or ancestors; all who hear the word of men and do not test it by God's word, cannot believe in the true Christ. Even those who claim to be Christians, if they follow church tradition in preference to the command of God, are truly creature worshipers in disguise. It is the spirit of Satan that leads men to look to any creature to hold the position of God. But it is the Spirit of God that sent His Son to take the nature of fallen man, the creature, and to redeem it. This is why Jesus alone can receive our worship, because He came from the Father. All who hear the Spirit will know this. All who deny the Spirit of God in Christ can only believe in the spirit that is in themselves. They may dress it in church robes but it will never be Christ. Let us believe in Jesus and seek the honor that Jesus alone had in a world of destitute beings. He is our only hope. Christ alone is our hope of glory!