Whom do Biblical Unitarians serve?
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Because God (the Father) and Jesus Christ are aligned in purpose and will, and because Christ is God in the sense of representation, and because Christ has been granted Vice-regency (Kingship) by God at the right hand of God in Heaven, it is a unique case. Biblical Unitarians serve God - the Father - and they do this by also following His representative to whom He has given all authority, the Christ.
As the Biblical Unitarian article Who is Jesus Christ? Our Lord and Savior says
"He is the only man whom God highly exalted as “Lord” and “Head of the Church,” and to whom God has given all authority in heaven and on earth (Dan. 7:13-14; Phil. 2:9; Acts 2:36; Eph. 1:22; Matt. 28:18). As Pharaoh exalted Joseph to his right hand and gave him all authority in Egypt (Gen. 41:37-46), so God has given Jesus functional equality with Himself. Jesus Christ is now God’s “right hand man” (Eph. 1:20), carrying out the work that will eventually restore this fallen world."
This is similar to how David and Yahweh were both worshipped at 1 Chronicles 29:20.
Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD [i.e., Yahweh] your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
but the Christ, who is the new David, is greater than David.
The Christ is Lord in this sort of sense, just as Yahweh is Lord in the ultimate sense. One can worship the Christ properly, follow the Christ properly, and serve the Christ properly, without thinking the Christ is God.
The key here is that the Christ is an agent of God, and has legitimate Kingship delegated by God.
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