The true object of worship

"When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, The gods have come down to us in human form!" Acts 14:11

You can read: Acts 14:8-15

There are preachers, and then there are good preachers. There are good leaders, and then there are leaders who have ordained themselves gods and ask their followers to submit to them and whatever they require.

This isn't a new thing. We have heard of people like Jim Jones, David Koresh and the likes. But even before these personalities developed their god status, Paul and Barnabas were also worshipped as gods but they constantly rebuked those who did so, saying they were only messengers of God and they were proclaiming what they have seen and witnessed.

People who bear God's message and who possess great communication and interpersonal skills are merely God's messengers. They are merely people who have extraordinary abilities to convey God's message. They are not gods to be worshipped or revered, all that is due only to God who created everything and who is sovereign over all.