They
do blaspheme who say: "Allah is Christ the son of
Mary. " But said Christ: "O children of Israel!
worship Allah my Lord and your Lord." Whoever joins other
gods with Allah, Allah will forbid him the garden and the Fire
will be his abode. There will for the wrong-doers be no one to
help. [Holy Qur'an 5:72]
This
similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam: He created
him from dust then said to him: "Be" and he was. The
truth (comes) From thy Lord alone: So be not of those who doubt.
[Holy Qur'an 3:59-60]
Christ
the son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the
messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a saintly
woman. They both ate earthly food. See! How clear We make for
them Our messages. Yet see! How they are deluded away from the
truth. [Holy Qur'an 5:78]
FIRST
RESPONSE
Spiritual,
Language and Allegory. The following are some examples:
Jesus is God because he said "I
am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the
last." [Revelation 22:13]
These words of
Jesus did not directly come out of his mouth. The book of
revelation was a DREAM, a VISION. In this vision, John also sees
beasts with many heads, which had eyes inside and eyes outside,
horns inside and horns outside. He saw many other fantasies in
this dream.
Suppose that
these words were uttered by Jesus in this dream, it does not
mean that he is claiming divinity. Everything existed with God's
knowledge before anything was created. This is why Jesus also
said "Before Abraham was, I am". God, who had no
beginning, had the knowledge of everything that He would create,
so we all existed with God before we were created. We will
always be in the knowledge of God, when everything will perish.
When the Hour will come, man will enter paradise or will be
thrown into hell. But where ever his destiny may be, he will
live there ETERNALLY, forever.
There
was a man who had qualities which outshined that of Jesus:
"For this Melchisedec,
king of Salem, priest of the most high God,...
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither
beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son
of God; abideth a priest continually." [Hebrews
7:1-3]
So this man
Melchisedec, king of Salem (meaning peace, Islam in Arabic), a
priest, he had neither a father, nor a mother, nor beginning of
days or end of life. Jesus had a mother, so this man was
superior in nature than Jesus Christ.
Jesus
is God according to [John 1:1] "In
the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God."
Please note
that these are not the words of Jesus. They are the words of
John (or whoever wrote them). Acknowledged by every erudite
Christian scholar of the Bible as being the words of another
Jew, Philo of Alexandra, who had written them even before John
and Jesus were born. And Philo claimed no divine inspiration for
them. No matter what mystical meaning that Philo had woven
around these words (which our John had plagiarised) we will
accept them for what they are worth.
Since the
manuscripts of the 27 Books of the New Testament are Greek, a
Christian sect has produced its own version and has even changed
the name of this selection of 27 Books to "CHRISTIAN
GREEK SCRIPTURE"!
Let's
analyse the original Greek verse:
What is the
Greek word for "GOD" the first time it occurs
in the quotation - "and the Word was with God"?
The word there is HOTHEOS, which literally means "THE
GOD". Since the European (including the North American)
has evolved a system of using capital letter to start a proper
noun and small letters for common nouns, we would accept his
giving a capital "G" for God; in other words HOTHEOS
is rendered "the god" which in turn is rendered - God.
Now, what is
the Greek word for "God" in the second occurrence
in your quotation "and the Word was
God"? The word is TONTHEOS, which means "a
god". According to your own system of translating you
ought to have spelt this word God a second time with a small
"g" i.e. god, and not God with a capital
"G"; in other words TONTHEOS is rendered "a
god". Both of these, "god" or "a god"
are correct.
But in [2
Corinthians 4:4] you have dishonestly reversed your system by
using a small "g" when spelling GOD - "(and
the devil is) the god of this world."
The Greek word for "the god" is HOTHEOS the same as in
John 1:1. Why have you not been consistent in your translations?
If Paul was inspired (?) to write hotheos - the God for the
Devil, why begrudge him that capital "G"? Why do you do
this? Why do you play fast and loose with the Word of God?
And in
the Old Testament, the Lord said unto Moses, "see,
I have made thee a god to Pharoah"
[Exodus
7:1]. Why do you use a small "g" for "GOD"
when referring to Moses instead of a capital "G" as
you do for a mere word - "WORD" = "and the Word
was God."?
Jesus
said "I and
the Father are one." [John 10:30]
Then
what about the disciples in this verse:
"That
they (the disciples) all may be ONE; as thou,
Father, ART IN ME, and I IN THEE,
that THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US" [John
17:21]. (A THIRTEEN-IN-ONE
God???)
And
in this verse:
"... Holy
Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given
me, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE, AS WE ARE." [John
17:11]
Same
"one" is being used in all of the above verses.
No
one is equal to God:
"To whom then will
you liken me, or shall I be equal? Saith the
Holy One." [Isaiah
40:25-26]
Verse
is read out of context. See under next heading.
Jesus
said "Believe
me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me:"
[John 14:11]
Again,
what about the disciples in this verse:
"That they (the disciples) all may be ONE;
as thou, Father, ART IN ME, and I IN
THEE, that THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US" [John
17:21]. (A THIRTEEN-IN-ONE
God???)
And
in this verse:
"At that day ye (the
disciples) shall know that I am in my Father, and YE IN
ME, AND I IN YOU."
[John
14:20]
In the above
verses, "one" means
"One-ness" in purpose i.e. same goal. The goal to
guide mankind to the worship of God alone.
Jesus explains
how God is in him:
"Believest thou not
that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I
speak unto you I SPEAK NOT OF MYSELF: but the Father that
dwelleth in me, he doeth the works."
[John
14:10]
Jesus
said "...He
that hath seen me hath seen the Father."
[John 14:9]
Read the
context...what is before and what is after:
Philip asked
Jesus to show him the Father. Jesus explains to him that if he
had known him (Jesus) then he should have known the Father also
(through knowledge from Jesus). He tells him that from
henceforth (meaning therefore) if you "know" the
Father, then you have "seen" the Father:
"If
ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from
henceforth YE KNOW HIM, and HAVE SEEN HIM."
[John
14:7]
Therefore
Jesus makes the remark "he
that hath seen me hath seen the Father".
Finally he asks Philip 'How can you say then "show us the
Father?"' (which is not possible):
"have I been so
long with you, and yet thou not known me, Philip? he that hath
seen me hath seen the Father: and HOW SAYETH THOU THEN, SHEW US
THE FATHER?". [John
14:9]
We were all
created in the image (knowledge) of God:
"So
God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them." [Genesis
1:27]
God
cannot be seen:
"God is a
SPIRIT:" [John
4:24]
"...Ye have
NEITHER
HEARD HIS VOICE at any time, NOR SEEN HIS SHAPE." [John
5:37]
"Who only
hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can
approach unto; whom NO MAN HATH SEEN, NOR CAN SEE:"
[1
Timothy 6:16]
"NO MAN HATH SEEN GOD
AT ANY TIME;" [John
1:18]
"And the Father
himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. YE HAVE
NEITHER HEARD HIS VOICE AT ANY TIME, NOR SEEN HIS SHAPE." [John
5:37]
"And he said, Thou
canst not see my face: for there shall NO MAN SEE ME, AND LIVE."
[Exodus
33:20]
Jesus
regarded himself as "the
only way": "Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, the life: no man cometh
unto the father but by me." [John
14:6]
Contradicted
by:
"The
Peter opened his mouth...But IN EVERY NATION he that feareth him
(God), and worketh righteousness, IS ACCEPTED with him
(God)." [Acts 10:34-35]
Jesus
called God "Father and "Abba"
Anyone
can call God "Father" according to the Bible:
"Jesus saith unto
her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but
go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto MY
FATHER, and YOUR FATHER; and
to MY GOD, and YOUR GOD."
[John
20:17]
Jesus
said "I Am": "Jesus
said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham
was, I am." [John 8:58]
So
did a beggar who was healed by Jesus:
"Some said, This
is he (the beggar): others [said], He is like him: [but] he
said, I AM [he]." [John
9:9]
The SAME Greek word for "I Am"
used by Jesus is used here by the beggar. Please
note that "he" was not uttered by the beggar. This was
added by the translators. The word is not present in the
original manuscripts. Can you see that it is italicised or
bracketed in your Bible?
The
Jews asked the beggar about Jesus:
"And he said,
'He is a PROPHET.'" [John
9:17]
We all existed
in the knowledge of God before we were created. God was always
present, and we too were with God, but that does not mean that
we were Gods. We existed in the knowledge of God and he then
created us.
Jesus
was called Messiah
Messiah
is a very common noun in Hebrew. Translated into Greek it
becomes "Christos", and into English it becomes
Christ. In plain English it means ANOINTED! Every where the word
"anointed" appears in the English translation of the
Bible (any version) that word in the Hebrew original is invariably
the word "MESSIAH"! Here are a few ready
examples:
David
was called Messiah:
"The kings of the
earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD, and against his ANOINTED (messiah)."
[Psalms
2:2] ... (Christ
David!)
"I have found
DAVID my servant; with my holy oil have I ANOINTED
(messiah)
him:" [Psalms
89:20] ... (Christ
David!)
God
addresses even a pagan king (Cyrus) as his Messiah:
"Thus saith the
LORD to his ANOINTED (messiah),
to CYRUS, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations
before him;" [Isaiah
45:1] ... (Christ
Cyrus!)
Other
examples:
"I am the God
of Beth-el where thou ANOINTEDEST
(messiah) the PILLAR..."
[Genesis
31:13] ... (Christ
Pillar!)
"And Moses took
the ANOINTED (messiah) OIL,
and ANOINTED (messiah) the TABERNACLE..."
[Leviticus
8:10] ... (Christ
Oil! and Christ Tabernacle!)
"...he
(the Lord) shall give
strength unto his king, and exalt the HORN of his ANOINTED (messiah)..."
[1
Samuel 2:10 ]
... (Christ Horn!)
"Thou art the
ANOINTED (messiah) CHERUB..."
[Ezekiel
28:14] ... (Christ
Cherub!)
Jesus
was called Saviour
So
was Jeho'ahaz:
"And Jehoahaz
besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him: for he saw
the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed
them. (And the Lord gave Israel a SAVIOUR, so
that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the
children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of
Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there
remained the grove also in Samaria.)"
[2 Kings
13:4-6]
Used
in the plural sense:
"And SAVIOURS
shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the
kingdom shall be the Lord's."
[Obadiah
1:21]
"Therefore thou
deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them:
and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee,
thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold
mercies thou gavest them SAVIOURS, who saved
them out of the hand of their enemies." [Nehemiah
9:27]
Jesus
was called Lord
Term
does not necessarily mean God:
Used in the New Testament to mean
"teacher" or "master". Distinction
between "Lord" and "God" is made in this
verse:
"But
to us there is but ONE GOD, THE FATHER, of whom are all
things, and we in him; and ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST, by whom
are all things, and we by him." [1
Corinthians 8:6]
Jesus
said that on the day of Judgment, many will say to him
"Lord, Lord". But he will say to them "depart from
me (get lost!), I never knew you":
"Not every one
that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in
heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I
profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU: DEPART FROM ME, YE THAT
WORK INEQUITY." [Matthew
7:21-23]
Jesus
was filled with the Holy
Ghost
Many were
filled with the Holy Ghost:
BEFORE
CHRIST'S BIRTH:
(1) Luke
1:15 ...and he (John the
Baptist) shall be filled with the HOLY GHOST, even from his
mother's womb.
(2) Luke
1:41 ...and Elizabeth was
filled with the HOLY GHOST.
(3) Luke
1:67 And his father
Zacharias was filled with the HOLY GHOST.
AFTER
CHRIST'S BIRTH:
(4) Luke
2:26 ...and the HOLY GHOST
was upon him (Simeon).
(5) Luke
3:22 And the HOLY GHOST
descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him (Jesus).
(6) John
20:21-22 ...as my Father
hath sent me, even so I send you (the disciples of Jesus), And
when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them,
RECEIVE YE THE HOLY GHOST.
AFTER
CHRIST'S DEPARTURE FROM THIS WORLD:
"For he was a good
man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people
was added unto the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for
to seek Saul:"
[Acts
11:24-25]
etc. etc.
Jesus
could do miracles. He fed five thousands people with only five
loaves and two fishes.
The same was
done by Elisha and Elijah:
Elisha
fed a hundred people with twenty barley loaves and a few ears of
corn [II Kings 4:44]: "So
he set it before them and they did eat, and left thereof,
according to the word of the Lord." Elisha
secured the increase of a widow's oil and he said to her [II
Kings 4:7]: "Go, sell
the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the
rest." See also [I Kings 17:16]: "And
the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the curse of the oil
fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by
Elijah."
Also [I
Kings 17:6]: "And the
ravens brought him [Elijah] bread and flesh in the morning,
bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of the rook."
Jesus
could heal leprosy
So
did Elisha:
Elisha told Naaman who was a leper to wash in the
Jordan river:
"Then
went he [Naaman] down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,
according to the saying of the man of God [Elisha]: and his
flesh came again like unto a flesh of a little child, and he was
clean."
[II KINGS 5:14]
Jesus
could cause a blind man to see again
"Since the world began was
it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born
blind." [John 9:32]
What an exaggeration!
It's a pity that John was unaware of Elisha.
Elisha also
caused a blind man to see again:
"And Elisha
prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may
see. And Lord opened the eyes of the young man: and he
saw..." [II Kings
6:17]
"And it came to
pass when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord
open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord
opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the
midst of Samaria." [II Kings
6:20]
Elisha was also
told to cause blindness:
"And when they
came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, smite
this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with
blindness according to the word of Elisha." [II Kings
6:18]
Jesus
could raise the dead
Compare
with Elijah:
"And
the Lord heard the voice of Elijah: and the soul of the child
came into him again, and he revived." [I Kings
17:22]
Compare
also with Elisha:
"And
he [Elisha] went up, lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon
his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his
hands; and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of
the child waxed warm." [II Kings
4:34]
Even
the dead bones of Elisha could restore a dead body to life by
touching only:
"And
it came to pass, as they were burying man, that, behold, they
spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulcher of
Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of
Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet." [II Kings
13:21]
Jesus
walked on water
Similar
to the miracle of Moses:
Moses stretched out his arms over the sea
and made a path in the water and walked
through it:
"And the children
of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground;
and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on
their left." [Exodus 14:22]
Jesus
could cast out devils
Jesus
himself admitted that other people can do it:
"And if
I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast
them out? therefore shall they be your judges." [Matthew 12:27] and
[Luke 11:19]
Also the
disciples could cast out devils as Jesus said:
"Many
will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesised
in thy name: and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy
name done wonderful works?" [Matthew
7:22]
Even
false prophets would do wonders, as prophesised by Jesus himself:
"For
there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall
shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were
possible, they shall deceive the very elect."
[Matthew 24:24]
But
Elijah and Elisha did wonders through praying to the Lord.
Who was the
real worker of the miracles of Jesus?
"Ye men of Israel,
hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, A MAN APPROVED OF GOD among
you by miracles and wonders and signs, WHICH GOD DID BY HIM in
the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know" [Acts
2:22]
Jesus did
the miracles with the grace of God, as he himself said:
"I
CAN OF MINE OWN SELF DO NOTHING..." [John
5:30]
and
"But if
I WITH THE FINGER OF GOD cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of
God is come upon you." [Luke
11:20]
All
miracles performed by Jesus had been done by previous prophets,
disciples, and even unbelievers. On the other hand...
Jesus could
not do mighty work where there was unbelief:
"And
he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands
upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marvelled because
of their unbelief. And he went around about the village,
teaching." [Mark
6:5,6]
But
Jesus was resurected three days after he had died
Jesus did not
die and neither was he resurected.
See the page titled
"Crucifixion
or Cruci-Fiction?"
Jesus
Said that his words would not pass away
He
also said that whatever he said was not his, but the father's:
"He that loveth me
not keepeth not my sayings: and THE WORD WHICH YE HEAR IS NOT
MINE, but the Father's which sent me."
[John
14:24]
Was
called "My God and My Lord" (John 20:28)
Could
have been an expression of excitement because Thomas realised
that Jesus was truly ALIVE.
So he makes the remark
"my God and my Lord". Why didn't all the other disciples
fall down on their knees and worshipped him? If I say
to you "My God, how can you say such a thing?", am I
addressing you as "God"?
When we realise
something or we are shocked to hear something, we often slap our
foreheads and say "My God". Are we addressing our
listeners as Gods?
"My
God" could have been referred to the Father in heaven and
"My Lord" could have been referred to Jesus Christ.
Distinction between "Lord" and "God" is made
in this verse:
"But to us
there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things,
and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all
things, and we by him."
[1
Corinthians 8:6]
The
word "Lord" is used in the New Testament to mean
"teacher" or "master".
See
the page "Crucifixion or Cruci-Fiction?" for the full
explanation.
Jews
tried to stone him for blasphemy (John 10:29-33)
Jews
were to indict him "by hook or by crook", regardless of what he
said. They may have considered him a false
"Messiah". Jesus' answer was revealing (John 10:34).
In Psalms 82:6, humans are called gods, allegorically, Moses was
sent as "God" to the Pharoah (Exodus 7:1).
Read
the context. It starts from from John 10:27:
"My sheep
hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give
unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, NEITHER
SHALL ANY MAN PLUCK THEM OUT OF MY HAND. My Father, which gave
them me, is greater than all; and NO MAN IS ABLE TO PLUCK THEM
OUT OF MY FATHER'S HAND."
[John
10:27-29]
Meaning that
once a person has accepted Jesus as the Messiah, Jesus will
guide that person and keep him on the right path. God too will
help that person to stay on the right path. Therefore he says:
"I
AND
MY FATHER ARE ONE."
[John 10:30]
"Then the
Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them,
Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of
those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a
good work we stone thee not; but for BLASPHEMY;
and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. [John
10:31-33]
"Jesus
answered them, is it not written in your law, I
SAID, YE ARE GODS? If he called them gods, unto
whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be
broken;" [John
10:34]
"Say ye
of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the
world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of
God?" [John
10:36]
"If I do not
the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye
believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and
believe, that the FATHER IS IN ME, AND I IN HIM."
[John
10:37-38]
"Therefore they
sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their
hand," [John
10:39]
He
argued that People are called "GODS" in the Old
Testament:
"I have said,
Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most
High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the
princes." [Psalms
82:6-7]
"And the LORD said unto
Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh:
and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet." [Exodus
7:1]
Devil
is also called god:
"In whom
the god (the devil)
of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe
not..." [2
Corinthians 4:4]
Compare
this verse with John 1:1 where the Christian Scholars have used
capital "G"'s and "W"'s when referring to
Jesus.
SECOND
RESPONSE
Jesus
always expressed his subordination to his God and
Creator. The following are some examples:
Did
nothing on his own authority
"I CAN OF
MINE OWN SELF DO NOTHING: as I hear, I judge: and my
judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will
of the Father which hath sent me." [John
5:30]
"But that the world
may know that I love the Father; and as the FATHER GAVE
ME COMMANDMENT, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence."
[John
14:31]
"And he saith unto
them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand,
and on my left, IS NOT MINE TO GIVE, but it
shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father."
[Matthew
20:23]
Spoke
not on his own authority
"He that loveth me
not keepeth not my sayings: and THE WORD WHICH YE HEAR
IS NOT MINE, but the Father's which sent me." [John
14:24]
"I have many things
to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I
speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. They
(the disciples) understood not that he spake to them of the
Father. Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the
Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I
DO NOTHING OF MYSELF; BUT AS MY FATHER HATH TAUGHT ME, I SPEAK
THESE THINGS." [John
8:26-28]
Said
that the Father is greater than him
"Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again
unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go
unto the Father: for MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I." [John 4:28]
Also:
"Verily, verily, I
say unto you, The servant (disciple)
is not greater than his lord (Hebrew
word Rabbi, meaning master or teacher);
neither HE THAT IS SENT
(i.e. Jesus) greater than
HE THAT SENT HIM (i.e. God)."
[John
13:16]
Was
tempted by the devil
"Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to
be tempted of the devil." [Matthew
4:1]
But
God cannot be tempted:
"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for
God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:"
[James
1:13]
"Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God." [Matthew
4:7]
He
denied knowledge of unseen
"But of
THAT DAY (day of judgment) and THAT HOUR knoweth
no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, NEITHER THE
SON,
but the Father." [Mark
13:32]
"But of that day and
hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, NOR THE SON,
BUT MY FATHER ONLY."
[Matthew
24:36]
Jesus
did not know that the tree had no fruit.
"And on the
morrow, when they were come from Bethany, HE WAS HUNGRY: And
seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he
MIGHT find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, HE FOUND
NOTHING BUT LEAVES; for the time of figs was not yet. And Jesus
answered and said unto it, NO MAN EAT FRUIT OF THEE HEREAFTER
FOR EVER. And his disciples heard it."
[Mark
11:12-14]
After
all, it wasn't even a fig season!
Was
subject to change. But God is Immutable.
Was
Jesus was 100% God and 100% man?? Does that means that the man
Jesus had 100% of God filled inside every cell of his body? Then
what happened to the flesh of his foreskin when he was
circumcised??
"And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising
of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of
the angel before he was conceived in the womb. [Luke
2:21]
When
it was cut off from his body, did a piece of God also get cut
off?? But God is Immutable, how can you cut off a piece of God??
Didn't that piece of skin contained God inside it??
"And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour
with God and man." [Luke
2:52]
Did
not accept to be called good and deferred to God
"And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? THERE
IS NONE GOOD BUT ONE, THAT IS, GOD." [Mark
10:18]
Prayed
to God: God prays to no one
"And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and
he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I SHALL PRAY."
[Mark
14:32]
"And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and PRAYED."
[Luke
5:16]
"And about the ninth
hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, ELI, ELI,
LAMA SABACHTHANI? that is to say, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me?" [Matthew
27:46]
Referred
to himself as a prophet
"Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the
day following: for it cannot be that a PROPHET
perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest
the PROPHETS, and stonest them that are sent
unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children
together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye
would not!" [Luke
13:33-34]
"And they were
offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A PROPHET
is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own
house." [Matthew
13:57]
Others
called him a prophet
"And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God,
saying, That a great PROPHET is risen up among
us; and, That God hath visited his people." [Luke
7:16]
"And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto
him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a PROPHET
mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:" [Luke
24:19]
"Then those men, when
they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a
truth that PROPHET that should come into the
world." [John
6:14]
"Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,
consider the APOSTLE and High Priest of our
profession, Christ Jesus;" [Hebrews
3:1]
"Many of the people
therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth THIS
IS THE PROPHET" [John
7:40]
"And when he was
come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is
this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the PROPHET
OF NAZARETH OF GALILEE." [Matthew
21:10-11]
Referred
to as a servant of God
"Behold my SERVANT,
whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased:
I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall show judgment to the
Gentiles." [Matthew
12:18]
"The God of Abraham,
and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath
glorified his SERVANT Jesus; whom ye delivered
up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was
determined to let him go." [Acts
3:13]
Referred
to himself frequently as Son of man
For example:
"And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the
birds of the air have nests; but the SON OF MAN hath not where
to lay his head." [Matthew
8:20]
Did
Jesus Raise Himself Up?
"Whom God hath
raised up." [Acts
2:24]
God
raised him up. Jesus did not have the power to raise himself up.
God had to raise him up, as the author of Acts says.
Who
is the real Worker of Miracles?
"Ye men of Israel,
hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, A MAN APPROVED OF GOD among
you by miracles and wonders and signs, WHICH GOD DID BY HIM in
the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know" [Acts
2:22]
Jesus
was only a man whom God approved of and GOD did miracles through
him. Jesus did not do the miracles himself.
Made
a distinction between himself and the Father
"But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even
Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father
upon the earth: for ONE IS YOUR FATHER, which is in heaven.
Neither be ye called masters: for ONE IS YOUR MASTER, even
CHRIST." [Matthew
23:8-10]
Said
that people will worship him uselessly
"But in
VAIN they do
WORSHIP ME, teaching for DOCTRINES the commandment OF
MEN." [Matthew
15:9]
THIRD
RESPONSE
Many
other verses in the Bible contradict the idea that Jesus
could be God. Here are some examples:
"And Jesus answered
him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O
Israel; THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD:" [Mark
12:29]
"See now that I,
even I, am he, and there is no God with me." [Deuteronomy
32:39]
"Ye are my
witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen:
that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before
me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour."
[Isaiah
43:10-11]
"Thus saith the LORD
the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts;
I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no
God." [Isaiah
44:6]
"I
am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me."
[Isaiah
45:5]
"For thus saith the
LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth
and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain,
he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there
is none else." [Isaiah
45:18]
"Tell ye, and
bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath
declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that
time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else
beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is
none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the
ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else."
[Isaiah
45:21-22]
"Remember the former
things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I
am God, and there is none like me," [Isaiah
46:9]
"...we
know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is NONE
OTHER GOD BUT ONE." [1
Corinthians 8:4]
"For there is ONE
God, and one mediator between God and men, the MAN Christ
Jesus" [1
Timothy 2:5]
"And this is life eternal,
that they might know thee the ONLY TRUE GOD,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast SENT." [John 17:3]
... (One
who sends is greater than the one who is sent)
What
God Is Not
[Job
25:4] How then can man be
justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a
woman? (meaning that
anything that is born of a woman is not clean, and how can
something that is unclean be associated with God).
[Job 25:5] Behold even to
the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his
sight. (What are the moon
and stars in the sight of God? Nothing!).
[Job 25:6] How much less
MAN, that is a MAGGOT? and the SON OF MAN, which is a
WORM?
(men are maggots, and the "son of man" is a worm in
the sight of God).
See
how a distinction is made between normal "man" and
"the Son of man"?? Who
is the "son of man"? Eighty-three times in the Holy
Bible, Jesus Christ is referred to as the "son of man".
In case you have a doubt in the back of your mind that Jesus was
an exception, God is telling us that this Jesus of mine is no
exception. Man is nothing but a maggot, and the "son of
man" (Jesus) is but a WORM (a degree higher than a maggot)
in the sight of God.
The
Bible Gives Us The Reason For Unnatural Acts
There
are millions and millions of GAYS and LESBIANS,
mostly in the western world, who are or were Christians. The Bible
gives a reason why:
"Who
CHANGED THE TRUTH of God into a lie, and WORSHIPPED
and SERVED the creature (e.g.
Jesus Christ) more
than the Creator (God
Almighty alone), who
is blessed for ever. Amen. BECAUSE THEY DO THIS
(worship the
creation), God has
given them over to shameful passions. Even their women pervert
the natural use of their sex by UNNATURAL
acts (like
lesbianism and bestiality).
In the same way, leaving the natural use of the woman, the men
burn with passion for one another (as
sodomites and homosexuals)."
[The Good News
Bible, Romans 1:25-27]
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