May

28

Is Jesus the Son of God ?

May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Is Jesus The Son Of God ? This a tract’s message dealing  One of the major confusing objections that we often hear from our Muslim friends. I have used this tract widely wherever i go and travel i keep a bunch of tracts in my bag. Its message is so clear and lucid that any one can understand it message without any further explanation.

Muslims know Jesus as a Prophet Isa and Jewish know Him as a Rabbi,

Dan Brown, author of the “DaVinci knows “Jesus was an ordinary man”

Elaine Pagels, a Princeton University professor, knows Him  “Jesus was a
regular guy who discovered a divine spark within himself and helps others do the same.

In midst  of all confusions Jesus asked His disciple very sincere question  “But what about you?” he (Jesus) asked. “Who do you say I am?”Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ,  the Son of the living God. Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven” Matthew 16:13-20

Perhaps no other name is so well known in the world as the name of Jesus the Messiah. Everywhere there are people who acknowledge the Messiah as God’s great gift through whom He has blessed all mankind.

Who, then is this Jesus the Messiah, that He is God’s great gift for mankind? Here we wish to consider briefly only Christian and Muslim responses to this question. Through this consideration we hope to clear some misunderstandings which may exist between these two communities in regard to Jesus the Messiah.

Christians say that Jesus is the Son of God. Muslims say that Jesus is a great prophet like all other great prophets. They ask: “How can God have a son? Who, then, is God’s wife through whom God has a son? God has no wife, nor does He have a son. To say that God has a son is to be guilty of sin of shirk, the sin of associating a partner with Allah. God is one. He alone rules. He has no son as an associate.”

While discussing who Jesus is, how often helpful conversation between Muslim and Christian ceases at the point of Jesus’ Sonship. Too often the Christian fails to explain why he calls Jesus the Son of God. Too often the Muslim fails to investigate for himself what the Holy Injil (the New Testament) means when Jesus is called Son of God. Regarding this matter, may we present only briefly the following points:

1. The Injil clearly states that Jesus is the Son of God. He is called Son of God by his disciples: “You are the Christ (Messiah), the Son of the living God” (Injil, Matthew 16:16). He is called Son of God by the Heavenly Father: “This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17). He calls Himself the Son of God: “Again the High Priest asked him, ‘Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?’ and Jesus said, ‘I am…” (Mark 14:61,62). Many other passages in the Injil also refer to Jesus as the Son of God.

Yet the Muslim may ask: “Are these passages really in the Injil? Have they not been inserted in later times so that the Injil has become corrupted?” To such questions we may only reply: “The Injil is God’s Holy Book. He has preserved it and He will preserve it.” It is wrong to conclude that since Jesus is called the Son of God, therefore the Injil has been corrupted.

2. Let us now consider what the Injil does not mean when Jesus is called the Son of God. The Injil agrees with the Muslim that God has no wife, nor through a wife a son. Jesus is not called the Son of God because He is born of Mary. (Before Mary was born, the Son of God is, as we shall see.) Nor does the Injil attempt to make a man God or a god besides God. God alone is God!

In all these ways Jesus is not the Son of God according to the Injil. To think that Jesus is called the Son of God in any or all these ways is to misunderstand the Injil. Again let each one examine the matter for himself with the intelligence that God has given him.

3. What, then, does the Injil mean when Jesus is called the Son of God? Let us state it thus: If God can see and hear without having created eyes and ears as we have; if God can have a face and hands different from our created faces and hands; if God can sit upon a throne different from thrones men occupy; if all this be possible with God — and most Muslims would agree that it is — is, then, is it not possible that God can have a Son different from the sons we know? If God so will, cannot God have a son without a wife and sex?

The Injil states that God has such a Son. The Injil states that this Son is also called God’s Word. As God’s Word is eternal, so also His Son is eternal. The eternal Son of God is thus the eternal Word of God, God’s expression of Himself.

On the first Christmas Day, almost two thousand years ago, this eternal Son came from heaven into our world. Through the power of God’s Holy Spirit, God’s eternal Son became man and prophet. He became man by being born of the Virgin Mary.

The Angel Jibra’il told Mary that He should be called Jesus. But the angel Jibra’il also told her: “He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest” (Luke 1:32). This is why Jesus, though a prophet, is more than a prophet. This is why Jesus is called Jesus, which means “Saviour from sin”. He is the Son of God. He is also the Son of Man.

If God’s eternal Word can become a book, why cannot His eternal Word become a man?

4. But why did God will that His eternal Son and Word come down from Heaven to earth? Simply because God willed to show mankind who He is and what He wants to do for mankind. As the Son of God, who has become man, Jesus can fulfill this purpose of God. That is why He alone can say: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). “He who has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9).

Jesus alone is God’s revelation of Himself to mankind for mankind’s salvation. He, the Son of God, is God showing us Himself and His love for us in terms we finite creatures can understand. This, then, is the meaning of the Injil when Jesus is called the Son of God. Thus the Injil states: “In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days He has spoken to us by a Son…” (Hebrews 1:1,2).

Centuries before the birth of Jesus a great prophet, despairing over the sin of mankind, cried out to God: “O that Thou wouldst rend the heavens and come down” (Bible, Isaiah 64:1). In Jesus, the eternal Son of God, God has fulfilled the prayer of this prophet. Behold Jesus, and you will behold God’s greatness and glory. Behold Jesus, and you will behold God, most merciful and compassionate, present with men. Learn from Jesus God’s love and concern to save you and all mankind.

Many of you already possess the Bible or Injil or a part of it. Read it once more with care and with prayer. Open your heart and mind to its message. It will prove a great blessing to you. Such is our prayer for you.

Apr

10

If Christ Be Not Raised…

April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

We read in John 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord

What a beautiful message of Easter we have from our Lord and were given to His disciple soon after His resurrection from the dead “Peace Be with You”. In the midst of confusion the disciple were in the grip of fears that they locked themselves. A message of peace came forth  to comfort them, much more in  v.20 we read they were overjoyed when they Saw our Lord.

Not all Christians  but many of us can testify that How Lord has brought His peace and Joy in our lives. Oh ! we tried and searched for this peace and Joy in our past Religions, Traditions, Rituals and did so many things to our body to have real Peace and Joy but that last no longer..

I am leaving you at peace. I am giving you my own peace. I am not giving it to you as the world gives. So don’t let your hearts be troubled, and don’t be afraid. joh 14:27

In fact Religion and Tradition produce nothing… today  Religions or Religious people  are becoming some sorts of  scary words bringing unrest and fear in the lives of people , People are scared they don’t want to hear and talk and they have locked  the doors of their hearts just like the disciple of Jesus Christ locked themselves because of fear they had from the religious people … they saw Jewish Religion and Religious people in their time. They were nothing but people of fear . They produced nothing good but horror and fear and through out generations they killed innocent and at last they Killed their own Messiah.

Jesus stated in Matt 23:37- “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee,

Stephen states in Acts 7:52- “Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers”.

One of the very valid and crucial questions was raised by Apostal Paul who himself was a strong Jew  …What “If Christ is not raised, (1 Cor 15:14)” My answer if He had not then we would have been the most miserable and hopeless people in this world .  And we the follower of Christ would be doing the same like today’s many  do evil things in the name of religion, have nothing to give to this world but fear and terror.
Thank  and Praise the God that Our Lord  is risen we have the peace of Christ and living presence in our lives bubble our hearts with joy.  Thank God our faith is not built on the founder a movement or religious leader whose bodies are still in graves and flesh eaten by worms but in Christ Alone who is alive and living in us and with us.  In this Chaotic and fearful world , people are afraid and confused…only Christians the true follower of Christ have True message of Hope, Life and peace to preach. Jesus Said: “ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.John 10:10

This Easter again remind us God’s amazing grace to all mankind.. He died a voluntary death and suffered crucifixion as the Savior of the world. He bore our sins in his body on the cross, but he died as a victorious Savior. In his voluntary death, he won the victory over sin, death and hell, and was raised to the newness of resurrection life on Easter morning. The New Testament always links his absolute sovereignty as Lord of life to that event. The resurrection endorsed, proclaimed and demonstrated the victory that Jesus won at the cross. He died as our Savior, but he now lives as our Lord.

Now please tell me, “Have you got that peace?” You may ask, “How to find that peace?” Eph. 2:14 says, “…he is our peace”. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself is our peace. Also “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Rom.8: 6). When you are spiritually minded you find true peace. By dying to your old nature, you find true peace. By receiving divine nature, you find true peace. That is why the Lord Jesus Christ died, so that you may die to your old nature. He died to take away your punishment, and rose again to give you divine nature. And that nature gives you true peace. Then by hearkening unto His voice and obeying God, your peace will be multiplied. “O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had thy peace been as a river and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea” (lsa.48: 18).

Here are some of the Articles from the Quran and the bible Perspective. May God bless you as you go through each of these articles. Let God may open your heart and eyes to see the love God and  beauty Christ in your life..

·  Missing Cross: Muslim Loss
Easter is the most important celebration for any follower of Jesus Christ as described in the Bible. At the heart of the festival is the remembrance of the events surrounding the cross on which Jesus the Messiah died. They are absolutely central according to
Read on…
·  The “Shame of the Cross” and its Glory
Many Muslims reject the Crucifixion of Jesus because they believe that God would never let something so shameful happen to one of his prophets. This series of articles examines what the Bible and the Qur’an actually say about the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Read on…
·  Who Was the Crucified One…
All around the world, Christians will be remembering the Crucifixion and celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus. Are they deceived by an illusion? Muslims often claim that it was not Jesus who died on that cross. What is the evidence?
Read on…
·  The Confusion of Islam regarding the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
The Qur’an denies the Crucifixion of Jesus, and declares everyone who disagrees with this to be confused. Ironically, this verse of the Qur’an is itself unclear and Muslim commentators have devised many theories of what it supposedly means.
Read on…


Sabir Ali


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