SD 22.2
Savoy Declaration
22.2. Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day
Religious worship is to be given to God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and to him alone; not to angels, saints, or any other creatures; and since the fall, not without a Mediator, nor in the mediation of any other but of Christ alone.
Proof texts
- Matt. 4:10 with John 5:23 and 2 Cor. 13:14
- Col. 2:18, Rev. 19:10 — [18] Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,
- Rom. 1:25 — [25] because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
- John 14:6 — [6] Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- 1 Tim. 2:5 — [5] For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- Eph. 2:18 — [18] For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
- Col. 3:17 — [17] And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
For discussion
- The Assembly cited Matt. 4:10 with John 5:23 and 2 Cor. 13:14 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
- 7 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
- WCF 21.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- 1689 22.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?