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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOD AND JESUS CHRIST FROM THE SAYINGS OF CHRIST HIMSELF
(WITH BIBLICAL REFERENCES ONLY).
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOD AND JESUS CHRIST FROM
THE SAYINGS OF CHRIST HIMSELF
(WITH BIBLICAL REFERENCES ONLY).
BY
ABDULMUJEEB ABIODUN BUSARI
(CEO OF BENEFITS FOR BELIEVERS IN CHANGE ‘BBIC’
INITIATIVE)
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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOD AND JESUS CHRIST FROM THE SAYINGS OF CHRIST HIMSELF
(WITH BIBLICAL REFERENCES ONLY).
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INTRODUCTION
This book takes into consideration the differences between
God Almighty and Jesus Christ, from the sayings of Jesus Christ
himself. This work makes use of the King James Version of the
Holy Bible. For easy study into the contents of this book, it is
advisable to use the Bible in which the sayings of Christ were
written in red ink, which is regarded as "The Red Ink Bible".
The essence of this work is to clarify between God and Jesus
Christ, and for everyone to be able to determine, based on
their own understanding, the Being; to whom all worship and
adoration should be given.
This work, however, will help the Christian denominations
that truly believe that God and Jesus Christ are two different
entities; and this, however, will help them to inform and teach
their counterparts concerning the truth of worshipping God,
the Holy One, the Supreme, Whom Jesus Christ himself
worshipped while he was alive; and to enlighten them to stop
all acts of worship given to Jesus Christ, instead of God.
Should anyone have a rejoinder to make on this work, the
person should kindly email [email protected] or call
+2348039117894/ +2348054487659.
The following are the sayings of Christ as recorded beginning
from Matthew, to Mark, Luke, and John.
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These four books are regarded as the "The Gospels" or "The
Good News", which are the four books that were earlier
recognized by the early Church, and were accepted as the real
'New Testament' or "The Gospels," called "The Canon Of The
New Testament", because the writers or reporters of these
books were known as the original disciples of Jesus Christ
himself, who were believed to have been inspired by God.
That is, they were able to understand and interpret accurately
and authoritatively the message of Jesus and the experiences
of his disciples. They were the ones who may be considered to
have the true reports concerning the sayings and teachings of
Christ.
Although, it has been found through different researches that
most of these books were written from the collection of
statements from eye witnesses.
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To begin with, the sayings of Christ that relate to where he
(Christ) mentioned God (the Father), and the sayings about
himself are only considered in this book; and, they have been
numbered accordingly.
1) MATTHEW 4:4 "But he (Jesus) answered and said,
It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God." (see also Luke 4:4, Deut. 8:3)
Jesus Christ clearly stated that man (including himself) shall
not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out
of the mouth of God. Here, he (Jesus) did not say; 'out of my
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mouth', and also the argument here was not about Jesus
being God, but about being the Son of God. However, Son and
Father are two different entities. Therefore, Son is not the
Father (God), and Jesus is Not God, clearly seen.
We can also see it clearly that Jesus Christ called himself a
“man” when he said: “Man shall not live by bread alone”. This
statement of Christ testified to the fact that he (Christ) was
just a human being, who was hungered and needed food, as a
result of his fasting for forty days and forty nights, as was read
from Matthew 4:2 which reads: “And when he had fasted
forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an
hungered.”
The fact that Christ fasted and was an hungered proved that
he can never and was never God, because this is an attribute
that belongs to humans and can never befit God, the Supreme
Being, Who is the Creator of the whole universe.
All these facts prove that Jesus was Not God.
2) MATTHEW 4:7 "Jesus said unto him, It is written
again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." (see
Luke 4:12, Deut. 6:16)
Jesus Christ stated here to the devil that "Thou shall not
tempt the Lord thy God" and he did not say "Thou shall not
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tempt me (Jesus), thy God". Even the argument here clearly
shows that the devil was trying to tell Jesus that since God
(the Supreme Being, the Father) hast promised to save him
(Jesus) by the help from His angels (see Mt. 4:6, Ps. 91:11-12
etc.), then, if he wants to claim that he is the Son of God, then
he should cast himself down from the pinnacle of the temple
in the holy city.
Another point to note from Mt. 4:6 is that the angels to be
sent to help Christ were the angels of God and not the angels
created or owned by Christ.
The simple truth here is that God and Jesus are not the same
entity. Therefore, Jesus is Not God.
3) MATTHEW 4:10 "Then saith Jesus unto him, Get
thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou
serve." (see Luke 4:8, Deut. 6:13-15, 10:12,20 etc.)
Jesus Christ declared here to the Satan that everyone
(including Jesus himself) was commanded to worship none
but God Almighty alone, the Creator. This clearly shows that if
Jesus Christ was God, Who created everything including Satan
himself (the devil), then it does not meet for Satan to request
Jesus (who should have been his creator) to fall down and
worship him (Satan).
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NOTE: To fall down is the major act of worshipping. Therefore,
for one to truly wish to worship God Almighty, he/she must
be ready to 'fall down' in worship to God, just like Allaah
(SWT) commanded in Islam, and as was practised by Moses,
Jesus and other Prophets (Proof: Gen. 17:1-4, Num. 14:5,
Nehemiah 8:4-6, Mt. 26:39 etc.).
4) MATTHEW 5:8 Jesus said: "Blessed are the pure in
heart: for they shall see God."
Here, seeing God by those who are pure in heart as was said
by Jesus Christ clearly shows that Jesus Christ is not God. This
is because he was talking to the people who were already
looking at him and have been seeing him. It was not just a
voice from anywhere, but the voice of Jesus himself, who was
with them and was teaching them all these. Moreover, had it
been that Jesus was the same God, he would have said;
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see me (Jesus),
their God."
Therefore, this proves that Jesus Is Not God.
5) MATTHEW 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers: for
they shall be called the children of God."
For Jesus to have said the peacemakers shall be called the
children of God clearly proves that he was/is not the same
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God he referred to. This is because, had it been that he was
the same God, he would have said; "...they shall be called my
(Jesus') children, for I am their God," like God Almighty
Himself always declare (see Isaiah 45:5 etc.)
(NOTE: The persecution that Jesus referred to (in Matthew
5:11) for his sake was just talking about the problems that
people who believe in their Prophets always face from the
unbelievers, because Jesus was regarded as their Prophet).
Also, for peacemakers (believers) to be called the children of
God means that Jesus Christ is not to be regarded as the only
Son of God; for God is the Father of all.
Therefore, since Christ was not regarded as the only Son of
God, and that God is the Father of all, then it proves that the
saying of the Christians that; since Christ is the Son of God,
then he is God: has been nullified this way. This proves that
Jesus is Not God.
6) MATTHEW 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven."
When Jesus said; '...and glorify your Father which is in
heaven', he was referring to God Almighty, Whose Throne is
said to be in heaven, and he did not refer to himself as the
same Father (that is, God Almighty), Who is in Heaven. Also,
he (Jesus) was on earth with them and not in heaven.
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Therefore, this proves that Jesus is Not the Father in Heaven,
and he (Jesus) is Not God.
7) MATTHEW 5:33 "Again, ye have heard that it hath
been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord
thine oaths:" (see Ex. 20:7, Lev. 19:12, Num. 30:2, Deut.
23:21-23, etc.)
Jesus stated here of what was written of old time (that is,
about the Law) when he was not even in the midst of the
people, but then that he was, if we are to believe that he
(Jesus) was the same God that sent the prophets of old, then,
he should have included himself in the present by saying:
"...but shalt perform unto me (Jesus), your Lord, thine oaths."
But since he did not say this, then he is not the Lord (God
Almighty) that he (Jesus) was referring to.
Therefore, Jesus Is Not God.
8) MATTHEW 5:34 "But I say unto you, Swear not at
all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne." (see Is.
66:1, 1 Kings 8:27, 2 Chr. 2:6; 6:18, Jer. 23:24, Acts 7:47-50)
Jesus commanded his followers not to swear at all. He
commanded them not to swear by the heaven because it is
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the Throne of God, and he did not say because it was his
(Jesus') throne, their God.
However, considering the verses (1 Kings 8:27 and Jer. 23:24),
it is basically clear that God cannot descend and dwell on
earth like a human being because the presence of God filled
the heavens and earth, and neither heavens, nor earth could
contain Him, as was seen in 1 Kings 8:27 which reads: “But will
God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and
heaven of heaven cannot contain Thee; how much less
this house that I have builded?”
Here, it shows that Jesus and God are not the same entity.
Therefore, Jesus Is Not God.
9) MATTHEW 5:45 "That ye may be the children of
your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his
sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth
rain on the just and on the unjust." (see Job 25:3-4)
There is a great lesson in this verse and it relates directly to
some verses of the Glorious Qur'aan. Indeed, all the teachings
of Christ, that are unadulterated, are connected to the verses
of the Glorious Qur'aan, because the same God Almighty
(Allaah) is the Holy One Who sent all the prophets including
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Jesus Christ and Muhammad (SAW). This verse shows the
Rahmaniyyah of Allaah, the Almighty God.
However, we can see that all the believers are called the
Children of God and Jesus alone was not regarded as the Son
of God. The term "Son of God" itself will be discussed in
another book to be written by me (In Shaa' Allaah).
Nevertheless, in the verse above, Jesus Christ said; 'Your
Father' and did not say; "...so that you can be my (Jesus')
children; for I (Jesus) am the Father, your God".
He (Jesus) also said; '...for He maketh His sun to rise on the
evil and on the good..." We can clearly see that Jesus was
referring to God, the Father in heaven. Otherwise, he would
have said; '…for I (Jesus) maketh my sun to rise on the evil and
on the good..'
According to Job 25:3-4 cited above which reads: "Is there
any number of His armies? and upon whom doth not His
light arise? How then can man be justified with God? or
how can he be clean that is born of a woman? And, Job
4:17 says: “Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall
a man be more pure than his maker?
This shows that Jesus Christ can never be compared with God
Almighty, and he can never be as pure as God, nor can he ever
be equal with God.
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Therefore, from the pure understanding of this statement, it
means that Jesus Is Not God.
10) MATTHEW 5:48 "Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father which is in heaven is perfect." (see Gen.
17:1, Ex. 19:6, Lev. 11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7, Lk. 6:36 etc.)
Here, we can see that Jesus Christ is not only the Son of God;
for God is the Father of all. Also, the Father in heaven is not
the same as Jesus on earth. Moreover, the teachings of Christ
was all about how we can become true believers, to work
towards becoming perfect as God Almighty is expected of us
all; and his teachings were not about remission of sin by his
blood, because he didn't come to die for our sins in this sense.
Therefore, Jesus Is Not God.
11) MATTHEW 6:1 "TAKE HEED that ye do not your
alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye
have no reward of your Father which is in heaven."
This shows that Jesus is not the one to reward people for their
good deeds but God Almighty.
Jesus did not say; "...otherwise ye have no reward of me
(Jesus), your Father".
Therefore, Jesus Is Not God.
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12) MATTHEW 6:4 "That thine alms may be in secret:
and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall
reward thee openly."
Likewise here Jesus did not refer to himself. Jesus himself
declared that only God knows what is hidden on earth and in
heavens. God sees what is done openly and in secret, and He
is the only One Who will reward everyone according to his
deeds.
This verse also helps us to know that he (Jesus) only knows
what God, the Father in heaven taught him to know of any
secrets.
Therefore, Jesus Is Not God.
13) MATTHEW 6:6 "But thou, when thou prayest, enter
into thy closest, and when thou hast shut thy door,
pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy
Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee
openly."
Jesus Christ declared in this verse that God is in secret, that is,
God is Hidden. God is Unseen. This means that Jesus is not
God because Jesus was seen and he taught in the midst of his
people. He ate, slept and do other things like every human.
The word 'openly' that was mentioned talks about what will
happen on this earth and was not referring to the heaven.
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Therefore, we can see that only God rewards people on this
earth openly based on their deeds in secret and Jesus has no
power of himself to reward people.
Also, this verse speaks a lot against the Christians who always
pray to Jesus Christ instead of God. In this verse, we can see
that Jesus Christ taught the people to only pray to God
Almighty, who is our Father in Heaven, and he did not teach
about praying to himself.
Therefore, it is a great mistake and a very wrong ideology for
Christians to pray to Christ, rather than praying to their
Creator, who is the God and the Creator of Christ himself.
We can see, therefore, that JESUS IS NOT GOD.
14) MATTHEW 6:8 "Be not ye therefore like unto them:
for your Father knoweth what things ye have need
of, before ye ask him."
This shows that prayers should only be offered to God not
Jesus. Also, God is the Provider for all His creatures and not
Jesus. It also proves that God is the All-Knowing and not Jesus.
We can also see that God is the Father of all and not the
Father of only Jesus.
The truth, therefore, is that Jesus is Not God.
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15) MATTHEW 6:9-13 "After this manner therefore
pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy name..." (see Lk. 11:2)
First, Jesus Christ did not teach the believers to pray to him.
He taught them to pray in God's name, Who is Our Father, our
God, the Holy One, the Supreme, Who is in heaven.
It is good to remember that while Jesus Christ was teaching
this, he himself was on earth. Therefore, it proves that JESUS
WAS NEVER GOD.
Moreover, Jesus referred to this prayer by praisimg God
Whose Kingdom, Power and Glory is forever (MATTHEW
6:13); for God lives for ever. This prayer is like a prayer taught
by the Prophet of Islaam in the Glorious Qur'aan in Chapter 1,
known as the Sooratul Faatiha.
The full analysis of these verses will be done in another book
titled: "The Full Study Into The Sayings Of Jesus Christ(as) As
Reported In the Holy Bible".
This book discusses only the sayings of Christ; and the
importance of these sayings, references from the Old
Testament and their relevance with the Glorious Qur'aan.
16) MATTHEW 6:14-15 "For if ye forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
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neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
(see Mt. 18:35; Mk. 11:25-26; etc.)
We can see here also that God Almighty is our Father, the
Creator of all. Jesus Christ mentioned heavenly Father as the
forgiver of all sins and didn't mention himself.
Therefore, this shows that Jesus Christ is Not God.
17) MATTHEW 6:18 "That thou appear not unto men to
fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and
thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward
thee openly."
The difference between God and Jesus in this verse has been
explained under point 13.
All these points are testifying to the fact that Jesus Christ has
never for once referred to himself as God the Father, nor has
he arrogated any attributes of God to himself.
This proved that Jesus is Not God.
18) MATTHEW 6:24 "No man can serve two masters:
for either he will hate the one, and love the other;
or else he will hold to the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." ( see Lk.
16:13)
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Jesus Christ taught here also about worshiping or serving God
Almighty, the heavenly Father, and not about worshipping
himself as God. Otherwise, he would have said; '...ye cannot
serve me (Jesus), your God and mammon.'
This proves that Jesus is Not God.
19) MATTHEW 6:26 "Behold the fowls of the air: for
they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are
ye not much better than they?" (see also Lk. 12:24; Job
38:41; Ps. 147:9)
This is a great evidence that Jesus was never God; for it was
never seen, read nor written that Jesus has ever carried grains
around to feed all the birds in his area not to talk of the birds
in the whole world.
Here, it shows clearly that there is One Supreme Being, God
Almighty, Who provides sustenance to all creatures. And He is
our Holy Father in heaven, Who is the is the Creator of Jesus
Christ himself.
Therefore, this proves that Jesus is Not God.
20) MATTHEW 6:30 "Wherefore, if God so clothe the
grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is
cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith?" (see Lk 12:28)
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Jesus said that God is He, Who clothes the grass of the field.
How excellent this is!
Jesus always talk about God and His Power and never about
himself as God. Therefore, Jesus is Not God.
21) MATTHEW 6:32-33 "(For after all these things do
the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father
knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But
seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added
unto you." (see Luke 12:30-31)
Jesus Christ declared that God Almighty knows all the desires
of every being. And, he (Jesus) taught the people to seek the
kingdom of God first (that is, by truly worshipping God and
acting according to His instructions), through which the
believers will then become blessed by God Almighty from His
grace and mercy.
We see here that Jesus Christ preached about God the Father
and not about himself. He did not teach the disciples to seek
his own kingdom or to worship him. And, he referred to God
always and not to himself. Jesus didn't say; 'seek ye my
kingdom; for I am your God'.
Therefore, Jesus is Not God.
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22) MATTHEW 7:11 "If ye then, being evil, know how
to give good gifts unto your children, how much
more shall your Father which is in heaven give good
things to them that ask him?"
Jesus has declared here that only God can bless someone. God
is the only One that grants acceptance to prayers. And God is
the only One that man can pray to, and ask for provisions
(Matthew 7:7-8). We can clearly see that the name of Jesus
was not mentioned here, but that of the Father in heaven,
which means it is a very wrong ideology to pray to Jesus and
ask him for blessings, because he is not the Father in heaven.
Therefore, Jesus is Not God.
23) MATTHEW 7:21 "Not every one that saith to me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in
heaven." (see Lk. 6:46)
Jesus has differentiated here between himself being called
Lord and the Father in heaven. Jesus being called Lord does
not mean that he is God, but it means that he is their master,
their teacher, their leader, their instructor, their guardian,
their prophet, and their counselor.
(NOTE: I believe it is a kind of forgery or ways to deceive, or
confuse the readers of the New Testament, that was why
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'Lord' is used for God the Father, instead of 'LORD' as was
used throughout the Old Testament.)
This verse also helps us to know that Jesus Christ was truly
sent as a teacher and a prophet by God Almighty just like he
himself always declare as we have read in so many verses in
the Bible such as Mt. 10:40; 15:24, Mk. 9:37, Lk. 4:43; 9:48;
10:16, John 3:17; 4:34;5:23; 5:30; 5:36,37,38;
6:29,38,39,40,44,57; 7:16,28,29,33; 8:16,18,26,29,42; 9:4;
11:42; 12:44,45,49; 13:16,20,24; 15:21; 16:5; 17:3,818,21 etc.
However, LORD, the Father which is in heaven, is the Supreme
Being, Whom Jesus Christ referred to that anyone who does
His will, will gain eternity and enter into the kingdom of
heaven.
This clearly shows that it is very wrong to worship Jesus,
because he is not the Creator (God Almighty).
Moreover, this verse and the verses that followed, that is,
verse 21,22&23 truly preached against the Christians and not
against the Muslims. This is because, the Christians are those
who called Jesus their Lord and pray to him and also pray in
his name. So, that testifies against them, for they claim to
prophesy in his (Jesus') name and do miracles and wonders in
his name.
WELL, we can all see from this verse that Jesus called the
Father in heaven, God Almighty, as the only One Who can
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grant any one into His kingdom in heaven. This is because it is
He (God), Whose is the Dominion of the heavens and earth.
24) MATTHEW 8:20 "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." (see Luke 9:58)
Here, Jesus called himself 'the Son of man' who has nowhere
to lay his head unlike God Whose dominion is over the
heavens and the earth, like we have previously read in 1 Kings
8:27 and Jeremiah 23:24 . This means that he (Christ) is not
God Almighty, the Supreme, but a mere human who has
nothing of his own, but that which is granted unto him by the
Father which is in heaven.
This shows that Jesus is Not God.
25) MATTHEW 9:6 "But that ye may know that the Son
of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then
saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up
thy bed, and go unto thine house." (Mk. 2:10 and Lk.
5:24)
Here, we have seen again that Christ called himself the Son of
man. However, a lot of Christians like to argue and use this
verse as a proof to claim that Jesus is 'God' in their own
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thinking and understanding because they read here that Christ
said he has the power to forgive sin.
But, one thing they do not take note of is the fact that he
(Jesus) called himself the Son of man. Every one of us knows
that Son of man is not the same as the Son of God, nor does it
mean that the Son of man or the Son of God is the same as
"God".
Detailed analysis of this verse is as thus:
i. The first thing to consider is the fact that, in verse 2, when
Jesus Christ saw the faith of the people and that of the sick,
because they believe in him (Jesus) as a true person (prophet)
from God, who could heal him (the sick) by the power God has
given unto him (Jesus), then he said to the sick man; 'Son, be
of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee'.
This statement, in itself, does not mean that Jesus Christ was
the one who forgives sins, but it was a statement that could
reflect that God has inspired him to tell the man (the sick) that
his sins will be forgiven, because he has believed in Jesus
Christ as a true prophet of God (see Matthew 9:23-28).
ii. When Jesus noticed that the Scribes were talking about him
that he has committed blasphemy; then he said to them:
"Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?" The meaning of this
is that the Scribes did not hear any voice coming from heaven;
that is, from God, proclaiming that the sick has been forgiven,
and since they already don't believe in Christ as a true Prophet
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of God, or as their Lord, therefore they taught it was
blaspheme for him to have uttered that.
iii. Jesus Christ again wanted to prove to them that he is a true
Prophet, the expected Messiah, then he tried to surprise them
by the power God has blessed him with; by telling them that is
it not easier to say your sins are forgiven than to say 'Arise,
and walk'?! Which one is the most difficult task or the most
miraculous (according to verse 5)!
iv. Again, in verse 6, it shows clearly here that the Son of man
has power to forgive sins on earth was what Jesus Christ said,
and he did not say 'hath power to forgive sins in heaven'.
The sincere indication of this is that any man has power to
forgive his fellow beings. It should not be that, in cases where
one has offended the other, then the other says; 'I have not
power to forgive you, except God'. No, this is not it! The fact is
that every son of man on earth has power to forgive others on
earth, because it is on this earth that we can offend one
another and forgive one another, according to our faith in God
(see Mt 6:12). This means that only God, our Father in heaven,
hath the Power to forgive us on earth, as well as in heaven.
Since Jesus Christ did not claim to forgive sins in heaven, then,
he (Jesus) is Not God.
26) MATTHEW 9:13 "But go ye and learn what that
meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I
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am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance." (see Hosea 6:6, Mic. 6:6-8, Mt. 12:7, Mk. 2:17,
Lk. 5:31-32)
Here, we can see proofs that Jesus is not and was never God,
because Jesus himself declared that he was sent by the Father
to preach to the sinners, not to offer himself as a sacrifice on
the Cross. And, his calls to the sinners were all about
repentance.
The meaning of 'I will have mercy and not sacrifice;' is that the
only thing that God requires from His creature (humans) is
repentance, so that He can have mercy on them and forgive
them. In short, to have mercy is an act of forgiving people
their errors or misdeeds (see Hosea 6:6, Micah 6:6-8, Matthew
12:7).
Had it been Jesus was/is God, he would have remained in
heaven and would have just forgiven the sinners as such,
without having to come down to offer himself as sacrifice to
redeem them, like our Christian brethren believe.
However, common sense even demands that God Who hath
power over everything, Who is the Creator of all things, will
not come down but to use His power and authority to either
forgive or punish His creatures as He so ever desires.
Since Jesus was sent, then he didn't send himself, and
therefore, he is Not God.
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27) MATTHEW 9:15 "And Jesus said unto them, Can the
children of the bride chamber mourn, as long as the
bridegroom is with them? But the days will come,
when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and
then shall they fast." (see Mk. 2:19-20, Lk. 5:34-35)
Here, if Jesus Christ had likened himself to the bridegroom,
then the taking away of this bridegroom signifies his death.
Since this is the case, then Jesus was just a mortal, and God
never dies.
He (God) is the First and the Last, the Ever-Living, Everlasting
Father.
Therefore, Jesus is Not God.
28) MATTHEW 9:38 "Pray ye therefore the Lord of the
harvest,that he will send forth labourers into his
harvest."
This is another great evidence that Christ was never God,
because he (Jesus) commanded his disciples to pray to the
Father in heaven (that is, the Lord of the harvest).
If Jesus had been the one (that is, God), he would have
referred to himself. However, he would not even have uttered
this.
This shows that Jesus taught to pray to God and not to
himself.
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Therefore, Jesus is Not God.
29) MATTHEW 10:19-20 "…For it is not ye that speak,
but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in
you." (see 2 Sam. 23:2, 2 Pet, 1:21, Mk. 13:11, Lk. 12:11-12;
Lk. 21:12-15)
Jesus told them about the Spirit of their Father, that is, the
Spirit of God that dwells always in and with the Prophets of
God and the true believers in God. Jesus did not mention
himself, and this gives a good clarification between God and
Jesus.
However, it is good to note that according to Luke 21:15 which
says: “For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all
your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.”,
this verse was not talking about Christ as the God who would
teach the disciples what to say, rather it was about the
teachings that they (the disciples and believers) were to learn
from Christ, which in turn would increase their faith and make
them more stronger to withstand percussion, and through
which they would be blessed with the Holy Spirit.
All these evidences above prove that Jesus is Not God.
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30) MATTHEW 10:23 "But when they persecute you in
this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto
you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of
Israel, till the Son of man be come."
Here, Jesus Christ also called himself the Son of man. He has
never said; 'I am God, your Father in heaven.' This would have
settled the whole argument, had it been he had ever said; 'I
am God, your Father in heaven'.
Therefore, Jesus is Not God.
31) MATTHEW 10:24 "The disciple is not above his
master, nor the servant above his Lord."
Here, Jesus called himself servant; for the disciples know him
as their master, and they know that he is above them, just as
God is above Jesus.
Jesus Christ made a direct comparison here by saying that his
disciples are not above him (Christ) who is their master, nor is
he (Christ), the servant, above his LORD (God Almighty). This
was why he said in another verse that; “My Father is greater
than I” John 14:28.
He (Christ) knowing that he was sent by God and as he has
proclaimed this many times, then he also says this in John
13:16, so that people will not take him as God or take him
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above God after his demise; “Verily, verily, I say unto you,
The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is
sent greater than he that sent him.” Also, in John 10:29;
“My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and
no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.”
However, considering the only verse that our Christian
brethren always want to use as an evidence to show that
Jesus Christ called himself God, John 10:30 where Christ said;
“I and my Father are one.” From all indication, if we are to
accept this verse as the true statement of Christ, then we will
have to make a proper analysis of this verse by looking into
other relevant verses where Christ has revealed his own
identity. Going by so many verses in the Bible, we have come
to realize that there is no particular place where Christ had
proclaimed that he was God, nor was there any place where
he had said; “I am the Father in heaven, worship me”. Instead,
we have seen several statements and proclamations from
Christ declaring that he was a human being (ie a man), the Son
of Man, the servant, the teacher, a prophet, and finally
declaring in many verses of the Book of John that HE WAS
SENT BY GOD. Here, any reasonable human being will know
that there is no way a god will send himself, pray to himself,
weep to himself, tell people to pray to another god apart from
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himself, flogged and beaten or be killed by the same humans
he created with his own hand, or hide from the people he
created himself, or be raised by another god apart from
himself, or go to the heaven to sit at the right hand side of
himself, or say that he is inside another god, and that the
disciples are also inside him (that means, making the disciples
too gods like himself).
Therefore, it is very clear that the reason why Christ said that
‘he and the Father are one’ was that, since he was sent by God
and he was doing the work of God, then anyone who wishes
to take away his followers from him will not be able to
because it wasn’t his making that they have accepted him,
believed in him and followed him, but it was done by the Wish
and Power of God. That is, it is the work of God which he was
sent to do by God that makes him to have the same purpose
with God. This evidence is seen in John 10:29 and many other
verses.
For this reason, Jesus was a servant of God. And he, Jesus, is
Not God.
32) MATTHEW 10:28-29 "And fear not them which kill
the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but fear
him which is able to destroy both soul and body in
hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and
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one of them shall not fall on the ground without
your Father." (see Is. 8:12-13; 51:7,12; Jer. 1:7-8; Lk. 12:4-
5)
Here, Jesus Christ has exalted God, for he has declared that
God is He, Who can destroy both soul and body in hell: for
God is the Creator of both the soul and the body, and He hath
Power over all things. In verse 29, we also see the attribute of
the Mighty God, Who has knowledge of everything and hath
power to do all He desires.
Jesus has confirmed the Father, God Almighty, to us.
It is for us all to know and believe that he (Jesus) is Not God.
33) MATTHEW 10:32-33 "Whosoever therefore shall
confess me before men, him will I confess also
before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever
shall deny me before men, him will I also deny
before my Father which is in heaven." (see Lk. 12:8-9,
Lk. 9:26, Mk. 8:38 etc)
Here, confessing or denying Christ before men means, proving
and proclaiming to people that Jesus is/isn't a true Prophet of
God, the Messiah, and that they have/haven't accepted him;
confirming this, even in the face of persecution: is what this
statement is all about. It is not new because the same thing
applies to the other Prophets of God. Take for instance,
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Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and his followers. They face a lot
of persecutions from the unbelievers.
But, considering the differences between God and Jesus, we
see that Jesus is to confess or deny people before God, his
Father; our Father which is in heaven.
God is the Father of all, not Jesus (see Mt 6:9). And, this
statement of Christ about denying the unbelievers before God
Almighty simply proves that Jesus is not God.
34) MATTHEW 10:40 "He that receiveth you receiveth
me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that
sent me." (Mk. 9:37Lk. 9:48; 10:16, John 12:44; 13:20 etc.)
The meaning of enduring persecution for the Christ's sake is
thus; that the believers (and the disciples) accepted Christ as
their leader and their prophet from God. So, whosoever is
against Christ will also be against the people that believe in
him. This is just the simple arithmetic.
However, we can see that Jesus clarified it here that
whosoever accept the disciples as accepted him as a true
prophet of God; and whosoever accept him (as a messenger of
God), then such a one has accepted to worship God and
believe in Him, and believed that God was He Who sent Jesus
as His messenger.
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Again, to prove to our brethren in Christianity that Jesus Christ
declared himself a prophet is to consider Mt 10:41 which says
below:
"He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet
shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a
righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall
receive a righteous man's reward."
Jesus described himself as a prophet according to verse 40 by
relating it to this verse 41, and he described his disciples as
righteous men.
Therefore, whoever receives Christ and his disciples, during
their time, shall be rewarded by God Almighty accordingly.
The fact in this is that Jesus Christ is NOT God.
35) MATTHEW 11:19 "The Son of man came eating and
drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous,
and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
But wisdom is justified of her children." (see Luke
7:34)
This verse also mentions the Son of man referring to Jesus
Christ. Also, we can see that Jesus compared himself with
Prophet John the Baptist, for John the Baptist was a prophet
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who was accused of not eating and drinking (Mt 11:18), and
here is Jesus Christ, a prophet, eating and drinking, and was
still accused.
In this verse, we can see that Jesus Christ was called the Son
of man and a man also at the same time (ie a man
gluttonous).
Therefore, since God does not eat or drink, and God is not a
man, then Jesus is Not God.
36) MATTHEW 11:25-26 "At that time Jesus answered
and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven
and earth, because thou hast hid these things from
the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto
babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in
thy sight." (see Lk. 10:21)
Here we see that Jesus Christ has exalted the Father in
heaven. He thanked and praised God Almighty, the Father of
Jesus and the Father of us all.
Jesus Christ proved to us that he is not God because he
thanked and praised God (the Father which is in heaven), for
he cannot thank and praise himself as such.
Had Christ been God as some of our brethren in Christianity
want us to believe, that the same God in heaven came down
on earth in human flesh in the being of Christ; then Jesus
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would not have thanked and praised the Father in heaven,
rather he would have praised and thanked himself.
Jesus also claimed here that God is the only One that can
cause a change of heart, in accepting the truth of His Word, by
granting wisdom and understanding to those that hearken to
His Word, being preached by Christ. Jesus Christ was happy
and he rejoiced because his disciples (who were considered
weak) have gained strength and wisdom and have preached
the Gospel to the people and have made many Converts. (see
Luke 10:21 & Psalm 8:2)
However, since Jesus thanked and praised God, therefore, he
is Not God.
37) MATTHEW 11:27 "All things are delivered unto me
of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the
Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save
the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal
him." (see Mt 28:18, Luke 10:22, John 3:35, 5:27, 13:3 &17:2-
3, I Cor. 15:27)
The detailed analysis of this verse and related verses are
expounded in another book that I earlier mentioned.
Therefore, there is no need to do that now, except that we
consider the basic need in this verse, which is to signify that
Jesus described himself as a different entity from the Father.
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Jesus claimed here that all what he had and the power with
which he performed miracles and wonders for people to
believe him as a true prophet from God, the expected Messiah
(see John 4:48), comes from God Almighty, the heavenly
Father.
Father gave power to Son and sent Son to perform wonders
and Signs, therefore, Son is Not the Father, and Jesus is Not
God.
38) MATTHEW 12:3-4 "But he(Christ) said unto them,
Have ye not read what David did, when he was an
hungered, and they that were with him; How he
entered into the house of God, and did eat the
showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat,
neither for them which were with him, but only for
the priests?" (see 1 Sam. 21:6, Mk. 2:25-26, Lk. 6:3-4)
There are lessons learnt here about the prophets of God, but
the one to consider is that they were all human beings who
got hungry and ate food just like every other human beings.
Jesus Christ, too, was not left out because he gets hungry and
he eats and drinks (see Mt. 21:18, Mk. 11:12).
For Jesus to eat food and drink, he is, therefore not God; for
God eats not nor drink, nor sleep, nor defecate.
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Also, the house of God was mentioned here and not the house
of Christ and this signifies that God is different from Christ.
Had Jesus being God, then he would have declared this, just as
God declares everything about Himself in the past (Mk 12:26,
Exodus 3:6, and so many verses in Old Testament).
Again, for Christ to compare himself with David, a Prophet of
God; it means that Christ too was a prophet of God: for God
never compares Himself with any being.
All these proved that any good thinking being will know that
Jesus is not God.
39) MATTHEW 12:8 "For the Son of man is Lord even
of the Sabbath day." (see also Mark 2:28, Luke 6:5)
This verse also mentioned the Son of man. Some Christians
claim that because Jesus Christ mentioned that he is the Lord
of Sabbath day, then he is God. But what they failed to
understand is; the word 'Lord' has a lot of meanings and parts
of these meanings are: master, leader, etc.
The meaning of the verse is thus: that Christ is also a master
on the Sabbath day that has the right to work on this day, just
like the Pharisees have the right to water their flocks.
The term 'Son of man', however, signifies that Jesus is not
God.
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Moreover, the mention of the term 'Son of man' by Christ in
so many verses in the Holy Bible proves that the word is of
much importance.
Let us see some of these verses where Christ called himself
the Son of man below: MATTHEW 8:20, 9:6, 10:23, 11:19,
12:8, 12:32, 12:40, 13:37, 13:41, 16:13, 16:27,28, 17:9,12,22,
18:11, 20:18,28, 24:27,30,37,39,44, 25:13,31 26:2,24,45,64
MARK 2:10,28, 8:38, 9:12,31, 10:34,45, 13:26,34, 14:21,41,62
LUKE 5:24, 6:5,22, 7:34 9:26,44,56,58 11:30, 12:8,10,40
17:22,24,26,30 18:8,31 19:10, 21:27,36 22:22,48,69 24:7 JOHN
1:51 3:13,14 etc.
All these prove to us that Jesus Christ proclaimed himself to
be the Son of man, more than he is believed to be the Son of
God, not to even talk of being God, which was never said of
Christ himself, nor read of him.
Therefore, Jesus Christ is Not God.
40) MATTHEW 12:28 "But if I cast out devils by the
Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto
you." (see Lk. 11:20)
Jesus declared that he casts out devils by the Spirit of God,
indicating that the power with which he performed Signs and
wonders came from God Almighty, just as the power that
other Prophets (Moses, Elijah, Elisha, John the Baptist,
Muhammad, etc.) used to perform Signs and wonders came
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from the same God Almighty, through the angels (see Act
7:53, Gal. 3:19).
Also, the statement "by the Spirit of God" that was made by
Christ proves that Christ himself was not the believed Spirit of
God that descended in a form of human being as the majority
of the Christians believe and want us to believe.
We can also see proofs that Jesus Christ was a prophet of God,
just like John the Baptist, because Jesus Christ claimed that
since the power or the authority with which John the Baptist
performed Signs and wonders came from heaven (that is,
from God), then his own, too, was from heaven (that is, from
God, which is through the angels; which was regarded as ‘by
the Spirit of God’). [see also Luke 11:19-20, Mt 12:27, etc.]
The actual meaning of; "by the Spirit of God" is thus: by the
Power of God, or by the Help of God, or by the Grace of God
or by the Mercy of God.
Since the power or the help is from God to Christ, then it
means that Jesus himself is Not God.
41) MATTHEW 12:31-32 "Wherefore I say unto you, All
manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto
men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall
not be forgiven unto men. *And whosoever speaketh
a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven
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him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy
Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this
world, neither in the world to come." (see Mark 3:28-
29, I John 5:16, Jeremiah 7:16-20)
Here, in verse 31, we see that all sins or blasphemies shall be
forgiven by God Almighty unto any being that seeks
forgiveness from Him and repent from such acts. And, we also
see that sins and blasphemies committed against the Holy
Ghost (that is, against God Almighty or against His angels,
especially the arch-angel Gabriel who is in charge of bringing
the Message (Word) of God to His prophets and to the saints),
either through mocking the Word of God, worshipping other
gods instead of God Almighty, or by mocking, persecuting or
killing the prophets of God; all these sins and blasphemies
shall not be forgiven unto men.
The verse 32 shows a slight difference to verse 31, this is
because verse 32 talks about Christ (the Son of man) first,
while verse 31 talks, basically, about God (see Luke 12:10).
The message in verse 32 is thus: that anyone who commits sin
(that is, speaks) against the Son of man, shall be forgiven unto
him, just as we have been taught to forgive one another. (see
Mt 6:12,14, Mt 18:21-22, Mk 11:25, Col 3:12-14, Eph 4:32, II
Cor. 2:10)
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It is good to note that in Islaam, there is no major sin that
cannot be forgiven, inasmuch as the person repents, seeks
forgiveness and did not die upon such acts. The greatest sin
one can commit against God is: Worshipping other gods
instead of God Almighty; and giving all praise and adoration to
beings apart from God (see Isaiah 45:5-9 and so on).
However, we can see a clear difference between God and
Christ, therefore, Jesus is Not God.
42) MATTHEW 12:39-40 "...An evil and adulterous
generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no
sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet
Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three
nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man
be three days and three nights in the heart of the
earth." (see Mt. 16:4, Lk. 11:29-30)
Here we can see that Jesus Christ (the Son of man) compared
himself to Prophet Jonas and said that he (Jesus) would be in
the heart of the earth as Jonas was in the belly of the whale.
Few things to briefly analysis here are:
i. Jonas was in the whale's belly not dead, but praying; only
that he suffered greatly and became weak (see Jonah 2:1-10,
Psalm 18:6). It means that Jesus Christ too did not die on the
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Cross but he suffered and became weak and unconscious, and
he was revived to strength by God on the third day.
ii. Jonas was a Prophet of God and Jesus too was a Prophet of
God, and both suffered equally as such.
iii. Jesus was not God because he was believed by the
Christians to have died on the Cross, whereas God cannot die.
iv. If Jesus was buried in the heart of the earth and someone
still believes that he was God, then it is a clear contradiction
to many verses in the Holy Bible that described God as being
Hidden, Unseen, a Spirit, Who was never seen by any eyes.
The basic message about these verses is that Jesus was a
Prophet, a human being that suffered pains and death,
therefore, he is Not God.
43) MATTHEW 12:49-50 "...Behold my mother and my
brethren. For whosoever shall do the will of my
Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother,
and sister, and mother." (see Mk. 3:31-35, Lk. 8:19-21)
This verse again proves that Jesus is not God because Christ
himself made mention of his Father in heaven. We can see
that Jesus Christ testified to preaching and doing the work
that the heavenly Father sent him to do. The statement of
Christ in verse 50 also proves that Jesus did not come to offer
himself as sacrifice, but rather, to preach towards repentance.
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However, if we consider that Jesus is god as some Christians
believe, it means that there are many gods, such that the
brother, sister and mother of Jesus are all gods, since they are
the relatives of god-Jesus.
May God Almighty grant us all proper understanding of His
Word
.
44) MATTHEW 13:37 "..He that soweth the good seed
is the Son of man"
The Son of man (Christ) is the sower and the work of the
sower is to sow. What the sower sows is the word of God
(that is, a sower is he, who preaches and teaches the Word of
God). Jesus and all the prophets were sowers; who sowed the
word of God in the hearts of the people.
In verse 41, which says: "The Son of man shall send
forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all things that offend, and them which
do iniquity;" the statement about the Son of man sending
his angels does not mean that the Son of man is God, but
what this means is that every one of the prophets have angels
as their witnesses and the angels know fully well those who
are the true believers and who are not. The angels will surely
distinguish between the children of the kingdom of God and
the children of darkness (Hellfire). (see Mt 13:47-50).
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The similitude of this scenario is like that of what has been
happening in the past concerning how God Almighty had
granted victories to His prophets and saved those with them,
while those who rejected their prophets perished. Examples
are seen in both the Holy Bible and the Glorious Qur'aan, such
as the case of prophet Lot, Moses and Muhammad (saw).
Although, these verses above talked about the end time when
the final judgment will be made by God Almighty (the
heavenly Father).
It will quite be a misunderstanding and a contradiction for us
to believe that because Jesus Christ mentioned his angels,
(although, an interpolation might have occurred here), then
we should call him God or believe that he is God. This is
because we read in Mt 18:10 that Jesus said: "Take heed
that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I
say unto you, That in heaven their *angels do
always behold the face of my Father which is in
heaven."
We have seen in this verse that children and believers in God
have their own angels, just like the prophets have their own
angels (see Psalm 34:7, Zech.13:7, Heb. 1:13-14, Daniel 3:28,
6:22).
Moreover, in Mt. 18:10, Jesus also made mention of his Father
referring to God Almighty when he said; “..their angels do
always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.” For
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this reason, Jesus Christ is not the same Father and the angels
are not his own creation.
Therefore, Jesus is not the one to judge any one on the day of
judgment, nor is he God.
45) MATTHEW 13:57 "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." (see Mark 6:4, Luke 4:24, John 4:44)
This verse clearly proves that Jesus Christ called himself a
prophet. He made this statement by referring to himself; and
the proof of this is seen in Mt 13:54.
Therefore, Jesus is Not God.
46) MATTHEW 15:3-4 "But he (Jesus) answered and said
unto them, Why do ye also transgress the
commandment of God by your tradition? For God
commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother:
and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die
the death." (see also Ex. 20:12, 21:17, Lev 19:3, 20:9, Deut.
5:16, 27:16, Prov. 20:20, 23:22, 30:17, Eph. 6:2, etc.)
Here, Jesus Christ mentioned God and His commandment,
which supported the teachings in Old Testament. He did not
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mention himself, nor did he talk of himself as God Who gave
out the commandments. This is also seen in verse 6.
Therefore, Jesus Christ is Not God.
47) MATTHEW 15:13 "But he (Jesus) answered and
said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath
not planted, shall be rooted up." (see John 15:1-2)
This is another proof that Jesus is not God, because the
heavenly Father is not the same as the Son of man, the
Prophet.
48) MATTHEW 15:24 "But he answered and said, I am
not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of
Israel." (see Mt. 10:5-6, Jer. 50:6, Ezek. 34:4-6,
etc.)
The fact in this message is that Jesus Christ declared himself a
prophet that was sent by God to preach the gospel to the
people (that is, to the lost sheep of the house of Israel) for
them to repent and gain the kingdom of God.
Since Jesus Christ proclaimed that he was sent, this proves
that the heavenly Father was the One that sent him as a
prophet to find the lost sheep of the house of Israel, because
they were once believers in Moses.
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The verses below testify that Jesus was sent as a prophet.
Mt 9:13, Mk 1:4,14-15,44, Mk 2:17, (Mk 4:14, Lk 8:11& Mt
13:37), Mk 6:4, 9:37, 15:34, 16:15, Lk 4:24,43, Lk 2:49, 4:18-19,
5:32, John 4:44, Lk 7:22, 8:21, 9:48,60, 10:16,24-29,
11:28,42,49, 12:4-6, 13:3,5,33-34, John 3:3 etc.
Also, below are the proofs supporting the preaching of Christ
as a prophet, which relate to other prophets too.
Lk 4:23-24,25-27, 7:26-28, 19:9-10,
Lk 11:31-32, 13:28, 16:16 etc.
All these prove to us that Jesus Christ was a prophet just like
the other prophets. Therefore, he is Not God.
49) MATTHEW 16:13 "When Jesus came into the coasts
of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying,
Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?" (see
also Mk 8:27, Lk 9:18)
This is also another verse that mentioned another significance
of the term "the Son of man."
The point is that a lot of people who believed in Jesus Christ
knew that he was a prophet and Jesus Christ did not deny it.
Even, verse 14 and many others testified to this.
Also, there is a proof here that Jesus was Not God, because no
one of them ever called him God.
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50) MATTHEW 16:16-17 "And Simon Peter answered and
said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living
God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed
art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath
not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in
heaven."
(see Mt 14:33, Mk 8:28-29, Lk 9:19-20, John 6:69, 11:27-28,
17:8 etc.)
Here Jesus Christ proved that he was not God. This is because
Jesus told Simon Peter that his (Jesus') Father which is in
heaven had declared this truth to him. Peter knew that Jesus
Christ was the expected Messiah, and being referred to as the
Son of God here means that he (Jesus Christ) was the beloved
of God.
Since there is another book of mine on this topic of "Son of
God," there is no need to expound this further for now.
However, John 17:7-8 which says: "Now they have
known that all things whatsoever thou hast given
me are of thee. *For I have given unto them the
words which thou gavest me; and they have
received them, and have known surely that I
CAME OUT FROM THEE, and they have believed
that THOU DIDST SEND ME."
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THE HOLY GOSPEL (Study Edition) wrote John 17:7-8 as: "7.
and now they know that everything you gave me comes from
you. 8. I gave them the message that you gave me, and they
received it; they know that it is true that I came from you, and
they *believed that you sent me."
These two verses above categorically proved to us that Jesus
was Not God, but rather, he was a servant, messenger, and a
prophet of God, sent to save the people by delivering them
from the darkness into light, through his teachings.
Therefore, JESUS IS NOT GOD.
51) MATTHEW 16:23 "But he turned, and said unto
Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an
offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things
that be of God, but those that be of men." (see also
Mark 8:33)
Although, this verse may be seen as a contradiction to verse
17-19, where Jesus Christ once praised Simon Peter saying
that God in heaven had made Peter to know the truth, and he
(Peter) was promised to be given the keys of the kingdom of
heaven by Christ.
However, a deep thought and understanding about the
statement proves that Christ was just a human, who could be
driven by emotions at times. The truth of this verse is: Jesus
was sorrowful (see Mt. 26:38, John 12:27, 13:21, Lk 12:50)
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concerning the revelation that he will suffer in the hands of
the elders, the Chief priests and the scribes, which relates to
his crucifixion. As a human being, he was moved to caution
and rebuke Peter for thinking in his (Peter's) own mind
concerning that which was not true and which was not
revealed by God.
It may be a sign that Peter was being tempted by his own
passion or by the devil for this act of his. This is because, we
read in Luke 22:31-32 where Jesus Christ declared this: "And
the Lord (Jesus) said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath
desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I
have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when
thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren."
Another proof to support this is the prophecy concerning
denying of Christ three times by Peter as was read in Luke
22:33-34, Mt. 26:34, Mk. 14:30, John 13:37-38, and this later
occurred as we read in Mt. 26:69-75, Lk. 22:56-61, Mk 14:66-
72.
The message here is that Jesus is Not God, because God
doesn't have the attributes of men, like being sorrowful, being
fearful, being suffered, tortured, being spat on, etc.
Jesus Christ also declared to Peter that the things or the way
of God are different from that of men.
Jesus mentioned God and not himself.
Therefore, Jesus is Not God.
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52) MATTHEW 16:27 "For the Son of man shall come in
the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he
shall reward every man according to his work." (see
also Mt. 19:28, 24:30, 25:31, 26:64, Mk. 13:26-27, 14:62, Lk.
21:27, 22:28-30, John 1:51, etc.)
Although, this point has been explained in other points
according to this book, but to revisit the meaning of this verse
again; it shows that the Son of man is not the same as the
Father in heaven.
However, when we consider the saying about the Son of man
coming with his angels, this means that at the end of this
world, God Almighty will reward His prophets in His kingdom
and send the angels to gather all the people for the final
judgment and to reward the believers along with their
prophets in His kingdom, and those that reject the prophets
being sent to them; be gathered into Hellfire, where there will
be wailing, weeping and gnashing of teeth.
In order to remove misconceptions here about the true LORD
on that day, the One Who is the Judge and in Whom all
dominions rely upon His Hands; then it is better for us to read
and consider the following.
I. LUKE 22:29 says: "And I (Jesus) appoint unto you a
kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me."
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Here Jesus Christ clarified that God Almighty will be the One
to appoint him, as a prophet, the reward of His kingdom. It is
after this that he (Jesus) will appoint to his followers, just like
every other prophet will do as such. (Proof: Luke 16:23-31
etc.)
II. DANIEL 7:13 which reads: "I saw in the night visions,
and, behold, one like the Son of man came with
the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of
days, and they brought him near before him."
This verse clearly shows that the Son of man (Jesus) came to
meet the Ancient of days (that is, the Everlasting Father which
is in heaven: Our God Almighty). The angels of the LORD
brought the Son of man near before the Heavenly Father, and
the heavenly Father, God Almighty, rewarded the Son of man
as was read in verse 14.
There are interpretations required for this verse 14 but it will
be in the said coming book. Although, the simple explanation
for it now is that; the people or nations being talked about are
for the Israelites, that is; the nation that Christ was sent to.
53) MATTHEW 16:28 "Verily I say unto you, There
shall be some standing here, which shall not taste
of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his
kingdom." (see Mk 9:1, Lk 9:27)
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The Son of man is mentioned here again and the explanation
here is like that of verse 27 above, just that the statement:
"Shall not taste death" was referring to the faith of the
followers or of all believers which shall not be weakened by
any means because they will be there to hold on to their faith
in Christ, and also ready and seeking the coming of the Spirit
of Truth, which is another prophet that will come later on
after Christ to teach them all things as was prophesied by
Christ. (Proof: John 14:16-17, 15:26-27, 16:7-13).
54) MATTHEW 17:9 "And as they came down from the
mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the
vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again
from the dead."
(see also Mark 9:9, Luke 9:36)
The Son of man, as it is believed by our Christian friends, came
down from heaven in person of God, the Creator, to offer
himself as sacrifice; for the remission of sins for all people.
But, alas! for the same *god has become a very weak *god
who now run from one place to another to avoid being caught
to the extent that this *god told his disciples not to disclose
who he is to the people, in order to avoid being known and
being persecuted or killed. (see proof: Mt. 16:20, Mk. 8:30, Lk.
9:21).
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What a deceptive mentality! And, what a very wrong
ideology!
Nevertheless, most of us (Muslims) and a good number of
Christians believe that Jesus (the Son of man) is Not God.
This is because God, the Creator of heavens and the earth and
of all that is therein, cannot take the role of a mere human.
Never!
55) MATTHEW 17:12 "But I say unto you, That Elias is
come already, and they knew him not, but have done
unto him whatsoever they listed.
Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them."
(see also Mt. 16:20; Mk. 9:12-13; Lk.1:17; Mal. 4:5)
ANALYSIS.
1. This verse helps us to understand that the Jews were
expecting three distinct prophets in persons of Elijah, the
Messiah (that is, Christ) and Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
The mentioning of Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was seen
in John 14:16,26; 15:26; 16:7,13 and the proof that he
(Muhammad, SAW) was being expected after Christ was
found in Deut. 18:15; 18:18,19; Dan.
9:26, Acts 3:22-23; 7:37, and proven in John 1:21,25 where
Muhammad (SAW) was referred to as "That Prophet."
Although, because of jealousy, envy, mischief, and
transgression, the Bible thumpers changed the name
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"Muhammad" to "Holy Ghost" just in ONLY ONE verse out of
many others, as was read in JOHN 14:26, in order to create
confusion and turn the whole truth in all the prophecies
around.
However, the mistake the majority of them made was that
they didn't realize that the attributes of this prophet referred
to as "That Prophet" in John 1:21,25, were mentioned and
proven to be for a human being and NOT for a Ghost or some
kind of unseen Spirit.
2. Another point to note is that the Jews did not recognize
Elijah in the person of John the Baptist and they mostly did
not accept him, just like they knew not the Christ.
Likewise will these people not know and accept Muhammad
(SAW), whom they themselves regarded as "that prophet" in
John 1:21,25, and so likewise will they not accept him.
The proof of this was seen in the preaching of Christ in John
14:17 as saying, "Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the
world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,
neither knoweth *him: but ye know him; for he
dwelleth with you and shall be in you."
The emphasis to make here in order to clarify some
ambiguous statements of Christ in this verse is:
i. Jesus said that they didn't know and they didn't accept John
the Baptist as the expected Elijah and they did not recognize
himself (i.e Christ) as the expected Messiah, therefore, neither
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will they recognize and accept the coming Prophet
Muhammad (SAW). Therefore, the case of these three distinct
prophets is settled this way.
ii. Jesus Christ said that the disciples "know him" and that he
dwelleth with them. This is to prove that as the disciples were
able to recognize Christ and accepted him (see Mt. 16:16-17),
likewise will they be able to know this coming prophet and
accept him.
iii. The statement "shall be in you" as was made by Christ in
John 14:17 above relates to nothing than the righteousness
and truthfulness of this prophet; for his teachings will be like
that of Christ, whom they had already knew and accepted.
If this explanation is not enough to convince our brethren in
Christianity, and if they are not satisfied, then we can tell
them to check the resemblance of this statement in John
14:20 which says, “At that day ye shall know that I
am in my Father, and ye (the disciples) in me,
and I in you (that is, in the disciples).” Now, if Christ
says that this Spirit of Truth, the Comforter, shall be in them
as a physical attribute, or if this statement is taken literally,
then it will not make sense to say that the disciples entered
inside the belly of Christ and Christ was in theirs.
The truth in this matter is that, as John the Baptist was a
prophet, Jesus Christ, too, was a prophet and the Spirit of
Truth to come after Christ was also a prophet; and the three
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of them suffered the same faith of: not being recognized, of
rejection, and of persecution.
Therefore, Jesus was NOT God.
56. MATTHEW 17:22-23 "22. And while they abode in
Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall
be betrayed into the hands of men: 23. And they
shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised
again. And they were exceeding sorry." (see Mt. 16:21,
20:17-19, 27:1-2; Mk. 8:31, 9:31, 10:33-34; Lk. 9:34, 9:22,44,
18:31-33, 24:6-7; John 18:28; Acts 3:13)
ANALYSIS.
In verse 22, the term "Son of man" was also mentioned like
we have seen in several other verses, meaning that Jesus was
truly a human being, the Son of a human being, and not the
believed "Only Begotten Son of God" by the Christians.
However, what we need to look at again in these verses, that
is, in verse 22 & 23 are the following facts.
1. Only a human being created by God Almighty can be
betrayed into the hands of his fellow beings. God Almighty
can never be betrayed into the hands of mere humans that He
Himself (the Mighty) created with His Own Hands.
Therefore, this proves that Jesus Christ was just a human
being and not God the Creator of the whole universe.
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2. If the Son of man (Jesus) was the same God who created
the people that have been persecuting and killing his prophets
and other saints (see Acts 7:51-53), then he (Jesus) would not
have wasted his time to come down from heaven to be
persecuted or killed just like the other prophets. Instead, he
would have just forgiven the people or decide to punish them.
It is quite unreasonable and it is a height of ignorance,
hypocrisy and blasphemy to say that the same God who
created the people and the whole universe will still be killed
or persecuted by the same people He Himself created.
Anyone who says this and continues to stand on it is already
on the path of destruction. TRULY, such a being needs to be
psychologically tested.
3. The verse 23 was based on assumption and not reality or
fact. The reason for this is seen in Mt. 26:39,42; Mk. 14:35-36;
Lk. 22:42; John 12:27, where Jesus prayed about his death and
asked God to wave this for him, and he cried out loud unto
God for his deliverance from such a death in Mt. 27:46, Mk.
15:34, (a prophecy from Ps. 22:1), although there appeared
contradictions in Lk. 23:44-47 and John 19:28-30.
NEVERTHELESS, it is good to note that the reason why Jesus
Christ was given cheap wine (a sour wine drunk by soldiers,
labourers, and ordinary people) or vinegar (Mk. 15:36) was
that: the soldiers wanted to ease or relieve him of his pains in
order for him to get more strength and for the soldiers to
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witness whether the Elijah they believed he was calling onto
will come to deliver him or bring him down from the cross. All
these evidences prove that Jesus cannot just die like that on
the cross as verse 37 declared (This was the confusion that
Q4:157. Y.A. referred to).
ALSO, Mt. 22:29-32; Mk. 12:24-27 proved that the prayer of
Jesus was answered and that he was not going to die on the
cross, as was seen in Lk. 24:5, and Heb. 5:7 (see the
prophecies from Ps. 80:17; 89:21; 91:3-5,*15-16, etc.)
57) MATTHEW 18:10 "Take heed that ye despise not
one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That
in heaven their angels do always behold the
face of my Father which is in heaven."
ANALYSIS
This verse has been discussed previously, but it will be good to
mention few significance of this verse again, in order to prove
that Jesus Christ was not God.
The points to note are:
i. The little children have their own angels, just like each and
every one of us is assigned two angels by God Almighty, in
which one is at our right hand side writing down all our good
deeds and the other at the left hand side recording our bad
deeds.
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ii. Jesus Christ mentioned that the angels behold the face of
God (that is, the Father in heaven) and not his own face. This
proves, therefore, that the angels were not created by Christ,
but by God.
HOWEVER, this verse is a contradiction to Mt. 13:41 where it
was stated that the Son of man will send out his angels.
Here we see that Jesus Christ was not referring to the angels
as his own creation, but God's creation.
We have noticed that only God, the Supreme Being, is in
charge of the angels and He sends the angels to deliver His
Message (see Luke 1:19; Ps. 34:7; Dan. 3:28, 6:22 etc.)
From this, we are able to know that Jesus was Not God.
58) MATTHEW 18:11 "For the Son of man is come to
save that which was lost." (see Lk. 9:56; 19:10; John
12:47 etc.)
ANALYSIS
The Son of man was sent by God Almighty to save the people
that are lost just like the other prophets were sent to save the
lost souls, (i.e. people who have gone astray), from
destruction.
The lost people are those that have gone astray from the path
of God. They are those who have rejected the commandments
of God, and those who worship other #gods.
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The work of all the prophets was to come and save people
from the wrath of God by leading them to the path of Truth.
Therefore, Jesus Christ was not different from the other
prophets.
ALTHOUGH, a lot of Christians always think that the meaning
of this verse (Mt. 18:11) was that Jesus was God, who came
down from heaven to die for the sins of all humans, so that
they become saved.
BUT, the actual message about #Salvation (that is, saving the
lost people) was the true Message from God Almighty that
Christ brought. The proof of this is seen in the following
verses:
i. John 4:14 which says, "But whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I
shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into
everlasting life."
This particular "water" that Christ referred to was the
"Message" that he brought from God, through which salvation
may be attained.
ii. Salvation also comes from believing that Jesus Christ was
sent from God as a prophet to preach and teach the #Word of
God, as was seen in John 3:15-17; 6:27,35,40,47; 17:3; I John
2:24-25; 4:9; 5:11 etc. All these verses talked about salvation
through gaining eternal life by believing in Christ. Moreover,
the parameter to measure this belief in Christ was basically
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stated in JOHN 6:63 which says, "It is the spirit that
quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: THE WORDS THAT I
SPEAK UNTO YOU, THEY ARE SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE LIFE."
This shows that "eternal life" cannot be gained except one
believes in Christ as A TRUE PROPHET THAT WAS SENT FROM
GOD ALMIGHTY, and this "belief" cannot be obtained except
one obeys the "MESSAGE" (that is, the commandments of
God) that Christ brought. (see also Lk. 8:15; John 3:34; 5:24-
25; I John 4:14 etc.)
59) MATTHEW 18:14 "Even so it is not the will of
your Father which is in heaven, that one of these
little ones should perish."
ANALYSIS.
Here we see that Christ mentioned the will of the Father in
heaven. The mention of "Your Father" by Christ shows that
Jesus was not the same Father Who is in heaven, and it also
proves that God Almighty is not only the Father of Christ, but
the Father of all of us. That is, the creator of us all. This,
however, proves that Christ was not the only Son of God
(although the term Son of God here is metaphorically used to
mean the 'beloved of God' or the 'true servant of God', or 'the
humans who obey and follow the commandments of God’.
Therefore, Jesus is not God.
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NEVERTHELESS, if we are to consider that just because Christ
called God his Heavenly Father and that makes him God, then,
could it be reasonable if we also claim to be Gods just because
of the fact that Jesus Christ himself referred to God Almighty
as our heavenly Father according to the biblical verses below.
THE VERSES are grouped into the following headings.
I. JESUS REFERRED TO GOD BY SAYING, "MY FATHER".
II. JESUS REFERRED TO GOD BY SAYING, "YOUR FATHER".
III. JESUS REFERRED TO GOD BY SAYING, "OUR FATHER".
IV. JESUS REFERRED TO GOD BY SAYING, "FATHER".
V. JESUS REFERRED TO GOD BY SAYING, "OH FATHER".*
VI. JESUS CALLED US, "CHILDREN OF GOD".
I. JESUS REFERRED TO GOD BY SAYING, "MY FATHER".
Here we are going to list all the verses in the Bible, from
Matthew to John, where Christ referred to God Almighty as
his father. And this, however, helps us to know that since
Christ referred to God Almighty as his father, then HE (CHRIST)
IS NOT GOD.
1. MATTHEW 7:21 "...but he that doeth the will of MY FATHER
which is in heaven."
2. Matthew 10:32 "...him will I confess also before MY FATHER
which is in heaven."
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3. Matthew 10:33 "...him will I also deny before MY FATHER
which is in heaven."
4. Matthew 11:27 "All things are delivered unto me of MY
FATHER..."
5. Matthew 12:50 "For whosoever shall do the will of MY
FATHER which is in heaven..."
6. Matthew 15:13 "Every plant, which MY HEAVENLY FATHER
hath not planted, shall be rooted up."
7. Matthew 16:17 "...by MY FATHER which is in heaven."
8. Matthew 18:10 "...That in heaven their angels do always
behold the face of MY FATHER which is in heaven."
9. Matthew 17:19 "...it shall be done for them of MY FATHER
which is in heaven."
10. Matthew 18:35 "So likewise shall MY HEAVENLY FATHER
do also unto you..."
11. Matthew 20:23 "...but it shall be given to them for whom
it is prepared of MY FATHER."
12. Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour knoweth no
man, no, not even the angels of heaven, but MY FATHER
only."
13. Matthew 25:34 "Then shall the king say unto them on his
right hand, Come, ye blessed of MY FATHER,..."**
14. Matthew 26:29 "...until that day when I drink it new with
you in MY FATHER'S Kingdom."
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15. Matthew 26:39 "O MY FATHER, if it be possible, let this
cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou
wilt."***
16. Matthew 26:42 "O MY FATHER, if this cup may not pass
away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done."***
17. Matthew 26:53 "Thinkest thou that I cannot now *pray to
MY FATHER, and He shall presently give me more than twelve
legions of angels?"
18. MARK 8:38 "...when he cometh in the glory of HIS FATHER
with the holy angels."
19. LUKE 2:49 "How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I
must be about MY FATHER'S business?"
20. Luke 9:26 "...when he shall come in his own glory, and in
HIS(Jesus) FATHER'S, and of the holy ghost."*****
21. Luke 10:22 "All things are delivered to me of MY
FATHER..."
22. Luke 22:29 "And I appoint you unto a kingdom, as MY
FATHER hath appointed unto me."***
23. Luke 24:49 "And, behold, I send the promise of MY
FATHER upon you..."
24. JOHN 2:16 "Take these things hence; make not MY
FATHER'S house an house of merchandise."
25. John 5:17 "MY FATHER worketh hitherto, and I work."
26. John 5:19 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, THE SON CAN DO
NOTHING OF HIMSELF, but what he seeth THE FATHER DO: for
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what things soever He doeth, these things doeth the Son
likewise."
27. John 5:43 "I am come in MY FATHER'S name, and ye
receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye
will receive." ***
28. John 6:32 "...but MY FATHER giveth you the true bread
from heaven." 29. John 6:65 "Therefore said I unto you, that
no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of
MY FATHER."*
30. John 8:19 "Ye neither know me, nor MY FATHER: if ye had
known me, ye should have known MY FATHER also."
31. John 8:28 "...and that I do nothing of myself; but as MY
FATHER hath taught me, I speak these things."
32. John 8:38 "I speak that which I have seen with MY
FATHER..."
33. John 8:49 "I have not a devil; but I honour MY FATHER,
and ye do dishonour me."*
34. John 8:54 "If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is
MY FATHER that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that He is
your God."***
35. John 10:17 "Therefore doth MY FATHER love me, because I
lay down my life.."
36. John 10:18 "...This commandment have I receive of MY
FATHER."
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37. John 10:25 "I told you, and ye believed not: THE WORKS
THAT I DO IN MY FATHER'S NAME, they bear witness of me."
38. John 10:39 "MY FATHER, which gave them me, is greater
than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of MY FATHER'S
hand.
39. John 10:30 "I and MY FATHER are one."****
40. John 10:32 "Many good works have I shown you from MY
FATHER; for which of those works do year stone me?"**
41. John 10:37 "If I do not the works of MY FATHER, believe
me not."
42. John 12:26 "...if any man serve me, him will MY FATHER
honour."
43. John 14:2 "In MY FATHER'S house are many mansions..."
44. John 14:7 "If ye had known me, ye should have known MY
FATHER also..."
45. John 14:12 "...because I go unto MY FATHER."
46. John 14:20 "And that day ye shall know that I am in MY
FATHER, and ye in me, and I in you."***
47. John 14:21 "...and he that loveth me shall be loved of MY
FATHER, and I will love him..."
48. John 14: 23 "If a man loves me, he will keep my words:
and MY FATHER will love him, and we will come to him, and
make our abode with him."** 49. John 14:28 "...I go unto the
Father: FOR MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I."**
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50. John 15:1 "I am the true vine, and MY FATHER is the
husbandman."*****
51. John 15:8 "Herein is MY FATHER glorified, that ye bear
much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."**
52. John 15:10 "IF YE KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, YE SHALL
ABIDE IN MY LOVE; EVEN 'AS I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S
COMMANDMENTS', AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE."##
53. John 15:15 "...FOR ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD OF MY
FATHER I HAVE MADE KNOWN UNTO YOU."*****
54. John 15:23 "He that hateth me hateth MY FATHER also."
55. Jo hn 16:10 "Of righteousness, because I go to MY FATHER,
and ye see me no more."
56. John 18:11 "Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup
which MY FATHER hath given me, shall I not drink it?"**
57. John 20:17 "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'."****
58. John 20:21 "Peace be unto you: as MY FATHER hath sent
me, even so send I you."
In all these verses, we have truly and sincerely seen that God
was the Father and Creator of Jesus Christ, therefore JESUS IS
NOT GOD.
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II. JESUS REFERRED TO GOD BY SAYING, "YOUR FATHER".
Here, if Jesus referred to God as Our Father, it means that God
was not the Father of only Christ, but the Father of all of us;
for He is Our Creator. However, this helps us to know that, for
Christ calling God his Father does not mean that Christ is the
same as God. If anyone wants to argue this, it means that we
all are to claim that "We are Gods", since Jesus called God our
Father.
Moreover, the verses where Jesus mentioned "Your Father",
while referring to God Almighty as Our Father, are seen
below.
1. MATTHEW 5:16 2. Matthew 5:45 3. Matthew 5:48
4. Mt. 6:1 5. Mt. 6:4 6. Mt. 6:6 7. Mt. 6:8 8. Mt. 6:9
*Our Father 9. Mt. 6:14 10. Mt. 6:15 11. Mt. 6:18 12.
Mt. 6:26 13. Mt. 6:32 14. Mt. 7:11 15. Mt. 10:20 16. Mt.
10:29 17. Mt. 13:43 *their Father 18. Mt. 18:14 19. Mt.
23:9 20. Mk. 11:25 21. Mk. 11:26 22. Lk. 6:36 23. Lk.
11:13 24. Lk. 12:30 25. Lk. 12:32 26. John 8:42 27. John
20:17.
III. JESUS CALLED US, “CHILDREN OF GOD”.
1. Mt. 5:9 2. Mt. 5:45 3. Lk. 6:35 4. Lk. 20:36 etc.
This is where I will stop this first part of this book, regarded as
the Volume One (Vol. 1).
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I shall continue the explanations of the remaining part of the
Book of Matthew and the rest of them in Volume 2, In Shaa
Allaah.
May Allaah (SWT) open the eyes and minds of our Christian
brethren to the truths that are contained in this book. AMEN.
Thank you all.
God bless you.