You are letting yourself down with the above. Christ plainly stated the father is the only true God and greater than he. I would hardly be following Christ or seeking his life more in me if I refused to accept what he plainly stated. Please read john 17:19-23 concerning Christ and the father being one and in each other, especially verse 22. I have recently written a post on it
Don't you think that if Jesus was not to be worshiped as the Father is worshiped, He would of said right of the bat "Hey guys, I am the son of God, but don't worship me, worship my Father alone" You would think that if it is true that Jesus is not to be worshiped as the Father is worshiped then He would have said something to that effect so that it is clear. Instead we have Jesus accepting worship all throughout the NT.
Matthew 2:11: And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him.
Matthew 14:33: And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
Matthew 28:9-10: And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.
Matthew 28:16-17: Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.
17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.
Luke 24:51: While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
52 And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy
John 9:37-38: Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.”
38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.
Hebrews 1:6: And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”
Revelation 22:3: No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.
Only the true God is worthy of our worship, right? So to exclude Jesus from being worshipped as God would require us to exclude these verses from the Bible where He is being worshiped as God.
I'd rather keep these verses and just accept the truth that God the Father wants us to worship His Son as Himself because Jesus is in the Father and Father is in Jesus.
Can you accept this truth?