Why is it so important for Christians to affirm the divinity of Jesus?
Are you questioning why it is important for Christians to affirm this particular doctrine, or why this particular doctrine is important? If the former, it is important for Christians to affirm certain “orthodox” beliefs, e.g. the divinity of Christ, in order for them to be considered Christian. In other words, it is important for a Christian to affirm this because if they did not affirm this they would no longer be a Christian. If you wanted to generalize the question, you might ask why it is important for human beings to affirm the divinity of Jesus. If the latter, the doctrine of the divinity of Christ entails that God has aligned himself in such a way with humanity that the second person of the Trinity is both God and Man simultaneously. This doctrine has implications for the meaning of human being’s creation in the “image of God” as well as atonement theology. My short answer is that for Christians, worshipping Jesus is contingent upon his divinity. Worship is only due to divine be
