How shall we honour the Son?

John 5:22-23 NKJV
22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Some people point out from John chapter 5 that we are to honour the Son as God, just as we honour the Father as God. The emphasis is placed on one single word: "JUST".

Is that so?

No. No where in the New Testament are we taught to honour the Son as God, not even in John 5:23. That would be tantamount to idolatry. Instead we are to honour the Son as the One Anointed by God (Messiah, Christos) just as we honour the Father as our one and only true God.

Let us remember, from Philippians 2:9-11, that when we bow our knees, and when we confess with our tongues "Yeshua the Messiah is Master (Iesous Christos is Lord)", it is TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.

Let us also remember the reason why the Son of God is worthy of such great honour. It is because God has exalted him and has given him a name above all other names. (Phil 2:9).

Indeed, in the very same chapter of the verse quoted above, in John 5:26,27 it is written:
"26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, 27 and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. "

No, we shall not honour the Son as God. Instead let us honour him as Son of Man, to the glory of God who exalted him and gave authority to execute judge.

Let us honour the Son, because he is Son of Man.