What is the difference between islam and christanity?

what is the difference between islam and christanity?

I wouldnt recommend you to search through the web on sites that you are unaware of regarding how christianity and islam differ. Reason being is that some sites that you may come across are from an individuals own perspective and will state quotes from the quran and the bible but will be interpreted from the individuals own view.

I don't know too much about Christianity so please feel free to correct me if im wrong and I appologise for any error.

*The difference between Christianity and Islam is that Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God, where as Muslims believe that Jesus is one of the prophets sent by Allah.

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*Every child that is born, is born a muslim. Then it is upto your parents how they bring you up, example as a Christian, Hindu, Catholic etc. That is why when someone converts to Islam we, muslims do not say convert, but one has reverted to Islam.

101 Clear Contradictions in the Bible

1. Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel?

God did (2 Samuel 24: 1)
Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1:1)
2. In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel?

Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)
One million, one hundred thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)
3. How many fighting men were found in Judah?

Five hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)
Four hundred and seventy thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)
4. God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine?

Seven (2 Samuel 24:13)
Three (I Chronicles 21:12)
5. How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?

Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26)
Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)
6. How old was Jehoiachin when he became king of Jerusalem?

Eighteen (2 Kings 24:8)
Eight (2 Chronicles 36:9)
7. How long did he rule over Jerusalem?

Three months (2 Kings 24:8)
Three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9)
8. The chief of the mighty men of David lifted up his spear and killed how many men at one time?

Eight hundred (2 Samuel 23:8)
Three hundred (I Chronicles 11: 11)
9. When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after?

After (2 Samuel 5 and 6)
Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)
10. How many pairs of clean animals did God tell Noah to take into the Ark?

Two (Genesis 6:19, 20)
Seven (Genesis 7:2). But despite this last instruction only two pairs went into the ark (Genesis 7:8-9)
11. When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture?

One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4)
Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4)
12. How many stalls for horses did Solomon have?

Forty thousand (I Kings 4:26)
Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25)
13. In what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha, King of Israel die?

Twenty-sixth year (I Kings 15:33 - 16:8)
Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1)
14. How many overseers did Solomon appoint for the work of building the temple?

Three thousand six hundred (2 Chronicles 2:2)
Three thousand three hundred (I Kings 5:16)
15. Solomon built a facility containing how many baths?

Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26)
Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)
16. Of the Israelites who were freed from the Babylonian captivity, how many were the children of Pahrath-Moab?

Two thousand eight hundred and twelve (Ezra 2:6)
Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Nehemiah 7:11)
17. How many were the children of Zattu?

Nine hundred and forty-five (Ezra 2:8)
Eight hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:13)
18. How many were the children of Azgad?

One thousand two hundred and twenty-two (Ezra 2:12)
Two thousand three hundred and twenty-two (Nehemiah 7:17)
19. How many were the children of Adin?

Four hundred and fifty-four (Ezra 2:15)
Six hundred and fifty-five (Nehemiah 7:20)
20. How many were the children of Hashum?

Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:19)
Three hundred and twenty-eight (Nehemiah 7:22)
21. How many were the children of Bethel and Ai?

Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:28)
One hundred and twenty-three (Nehemiah 7:32)
22. Ezra 2:64 and Nehemiah 7:66 agree that the total number of the whole assembly was 42,360. Yet the numbers do not add up to anything close. The totals obtained from each book is as follows:

29,818 (Ezra)
31,089 (Nehemiah)
23. How many singers accompanied the assembly?

Two hundred (Ezra 2:65)
Two hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:67)
24. What was the name of King Abijahs mother?

Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (2 Chronicles 13:2)
Maachah, daughter of Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:20) But Absalom had only one daughter whose name was Tamar (2 Samuel 14:27)
25. Did Joshua and the Israelites capture Jerusalem?

Yes (Joshua 10:23, 40)
No (Joshua 15:63)
26. Who was the father of Joseph, husband of Mary?

Jacob (Matthew 1:16)
Hell (Luke 3:23)
27. Jesus descended from which son of David?

Solomon (Matthew 1:6)
Nathan(Luke3:31)
28. Who was the father of Shealtiel?

Jechoniah (Matthew 1:12)
Neri (Luke 3:27)
29. Which son of Zerubbabel was an ancestor of Jesus Christ?

Abiud (Matthew 1: 13)
Rhesa (Luke 3:27) But the seven sons of Zerubbabel are as follows: i.Meshullam, ii. Hananiah, iii. Hashubah, iv. Ohel, v.Berechiah, vi. Hasadiah, viii. Jushabhesed (I Chronicles 3:19, 20). The names Abiud and Rhesa do not fit in anyway.
30. Who was the father of Uzziah?

Joram (Matthew 1:8)
Amaziah (2 Chronicles 26:1)
31. Who was the father of Jechoniah?

Josiah (Matthew 1:11)
Jeholakim (I Chronicles 3:16)
32. How many generations were there from the Babylonian exile until Christ?

Matthew says fourteen (Matthew 1:17)
But a careful count of the generations reveals only thirteen (see Matthew 1: 12-16)
33. Who was the father of Shelah?

Cainan (Luke 3:35-36)
Arphaxad (Genesis II: 12)
34. Was John the Baptist Elijah who was to come?

Yes (Matthew II: 14, 17:10-13)
No (John 1:19-21)
35. Would Jesus inherit Davids throne?

Yes. So said the angel (Luke 1:32)
No, since he is a descendant of Jehoiakim (see Matthew 1: I 1, I Chronicles 3:16). And Jehoiakim was cursed by God so that none of his descendants can sit upon Davids throne (Jeremiah 36:30)
36. Jesus rode into Jerusalem on how many animals?

One - a colt (Mark 11:7; cf Luke 19:3 5). And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it.
Two - a colt and an as* (Matthew 21:7). They brought the as* and the colt and put their garments on them and he sat thereon.
37. How did Simon Peter find out that Jesus was the Christ?

By a revelation from heaven (Matthew 16:17)
His brother Andrew told him (John 1:41)
38. Where did Jesus first meet Simon Peter and Andrew?

By the sea of Galilee (Matthew 4:18-22)
On the banks of river Jordan (John 1:42). After that, Jesus decided to go to Galilee (John 1:43)
39. When Jesus met Jairus was Jairus daughter already dead?

Yes. Matthew 9:18 quotes him as saying, My daughter has just died.
No. Mark 5:23 quotes him as saying, My little daughter is at the point of death.
40. Did Jesus allow his disciples to keep a staff on their journey?

Yes (Mark 6:8)
No (Matthew 10:9; Luke 9:3)
41. Did Herod think that Jesus was John the Baptist?

Yes (Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:16)
No (Luke 9:9)
42. Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus before his baptism?

Yes (Matthew 3:13-14)
No (John 1:32,33)
43. Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus after his baptism?

Yes (John 1:32, 33)
No (Matthew 11:2)
44. According to the Gospel of John, what did Jesus say about bearing his own witness?

If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true (John 5:3 1)
Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true (John 8:14)
45. When Jesus entered Jerusalem did he cleanse the temple that same day?

Yes (Matthew 21:12)
No. He went into the temple and looked around, but since it was very late he did nothing. Instead, he went to Bethany to spend the night and returned the next morning to cleanse the temple (Mark I 1:1- 17)
46. The Gospels say that Jesus cursed a fig tree. Did the tree wither at once?

Yes. (Matthew 21:19)
No. It withered overnight (Mark II: 20)
47. Did Judas kiss Jesus?

Yes (Matthew 26:48-50)
No. Judas could not get close enough to Jesus to kiss him (John 18:3-12)
48. What did Jesus say about Peters denial?

The cok will not crow till you have denied me three times (John 13:38)
Before the cok crows twice you will deny me three times (Mark 14:30) . When the cok crowed once, the three denials were not yet complete (see Mark 14:72). Therefore prediction (a) failed.
49. Did Jesus bear his own cross?

Yes (John 19:17)
No (Matthew 27:31-32)
50. Did Jesus die before the curtain of the temple was torn?

Yes (Matthew 27:50-51; Mark lS:37-38)
No. After the curtain was torn, then Jesus crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit! And having said this he breathed his last (Luke 23:45-46)
51. Did Jesus say anything secretly?

No. I have said nothing secretly (John 18:20)
Yes. He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything (Mark 4:34). The disciples asked him Why do you speak to them in parables? He said, To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given (Matthew 13: 1 0-11)
52. Where was Jesus at the sixth hour on the day of the crucifixion?

On the cross (Mark 15:23)
In Pilates court (John 19:14)
53. The gospels say that two thieves were crucified along with Jesus. Did both thieves mock Jesus?

Yes (Mark 15:32)
No. One of them mocked Jesus, the other defended Jesus (Luke 23:43)
54. Did Jesus ascend to Paradise the same day of the crucifixion?

Yes. He said to the thief who defended him, Today you will be with me in Paradise (Luke 23:43)
No. He said to Mary Magdelene two days later, I have not yet ascended to the Father (John 20:17)
55. When Paul was on the road to Damascus he saw a light and heard a voice. Did those who were with him hear the voice?

Yes (Acts9:7)
No (Acts22:9)
56. When Paul saw the light he fell to the ground. Did his traveling companions also fall to the ground?

Yes (Acts 26:14)
No (Acts 9:7)
57. Did the voice spell out on the spot what Pauls duties were to be?

Yes (Acts 26:16-18)
No. The voice commanded Paul to go into the city of Damascus and there he will be told what he must do. (Acts9:7;22: 10)
58. When the Israelites dwelt in Shittin they committed adultery with the daughters of Moab. God struck them with a plague. How many people died in that plague?

Twenty-four thousand (Numbers 25:1 and 9)
Twenty-three thousand (I Corinthians 10:8)
59. How many members of the house of Jacob came to Egypt?

Seventy souls (Genesis 4 27)
Seventy-five souls (Acts 7:14)
60. What did Judas do with the blood money he received for betraying Jesus?

He bought a field (Acts 1: 18)
He threw all of it into the temple and went away. The priests could not put the blood money into the temple treasury, so they used it to buy a field to bury strangers (Matthew 27:5)
61. How did Judas die?

After he threw the money into the temple he went away and hanged himself (Matthew 27:5)
After he bought the field with the price of his evil deed he fell headlong and burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out (Acts 1:18)
62. Why is the field called Field of Blood?

Because the priests bought it with the blood money (Matthew 27:8)
Because of the bloody death of Judas therein (Acts 1:19)
63. Who is a ransom for whom?

The Son of Man came...to give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45). Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all... (I Timothy 2:5-6)
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright (Proverbs 21:18)
64. Is the law of Moses useful?

Yes. All scripture is... profitable... (2 Timothy 3:16)
No. . . . A former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness... (Hebrews 7:18)
65. What was the exact wording on the cross?

This is Jesus the King of the Jews (Matthew 27:37)
The King of the Jews (Mark 15:26)
This is the King of the Jews (Luke 23:38)
Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews (John 19:19)
66. Did Herod want to kill John the Baptist?

Yes (Matthew 14:5)
No. It was Herodias, the wife of Herod who wanted to kill him. But Herod knew that he was a righteous man and kept him safe (Mark 6:20)
67. Who was the tenth disciple of Jesus in the list of twelve?

Thaddaeus (Matthew 10: 1-4; Mark 3:13 -19)
Judas son of James is the corresponding name in Lukes gospel (Luke 6:12-16)
68. Jesus saw a man sitat the tax collectors office and called him to be his disciple. What was his name?

Matthew (Matthew 9:9)
Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27)
69. Was Jesus crucified on the daytime before the Passover meal or the daytime after?

After (Mark 14:12-17)
Before. Before the feast of the Passover (John 1) Judas went out at night (John 13:30). The other disciples thought he was going out to buy supplies to prepare for the Passover meal (John 13:29). When Jesus was arrested, the Jews did not enter Pilates judgment hail because they wanted to stay clean to eat the Passover (John 18:28). When the judgment was pronounced against Jesus, it was about the sixth hour on the day of Preparation for the Passover (John 19:14)
70. Did Jesus pray to The Father to prevent the crucifixion?

Yes. (Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42)
No. (John 12:27)
71. In the gospels which say that Jesus prayed to avoid the cross, how many times did he move away from his disciples to pray?

Three (Matthew 26:36-46 and Mark 14:32-42)
One. No opening is left for another two times. (Luke 22:39-46)
72. Matthew and Mark agree that Jesus went away and prayed three times. What were the words of the second prayer?

Mark does not give the words but he says that the words were the same as the first prayer (Mark 14:3 9)
Matthew gives us the words, and we can see that they are not the same as in the first (Matthew 26:42)
73. What did the centurion say when Jesus dies?

Certainly this man was innocent (Luke 23:47)
Truly this man was the Son of God (Mark 15:39)
74. When Jesus said My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me ? in what language did he speak?

Hebrew: the words are Eloi, Eloi ..(Matthew 27:46)
Aramaic: the words are Eloi, Eloi .. (Mark 15:34)
75. According to the gospels, what were the last words of Jesus before he died?

Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit! (Luke 23:46)
It is finished (John 19:30)
76. When Jesus entered Capernaum he healed the slave of a centurion. Did the centurion come personally to request Jesus for this?

Yes (Matthew 8:5)
No. He sent some elders of the Jews and his friends (Luke 7:3,6)
77.

Adam was told that if and when he eats the forbidden fruit he would die the same day (Genesis 2:17)
Adam ate the fruit and went on to live to a ripe old age of 930 years (Genesis 5:5)
78.

God decided that the life-span of humans will be limited to 120 years (Genesis 6:3)
Many people born after that lived longer than 120. Arpachshad lived 438 years. His son Shelah lived 433 years. His son Eber lived 464 years, etc. (Genesis 11:12-16)
79. Apart from Jesus did anyone else ascend to heaven?

No (John 3:13)
Yes. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11)
80. Who was high priest when David went into the house of God and ate the consecrated bread?

Abiathar (Mark 2:26)
Ahimelech, the father of Abiathar (I Samuel 1:1; 22:20)
81. Was Jesus body wrapped in spices before burial in accordance with Jewish burial customs?

Yes and his female disciples witnessed his burial (John 19:39-40)
No. Jesus was simply wrapped in a linen shroud. Then the women bought and prepared spices so that they may go and anoint him [Jesus) (Mark 16: 1)
82. When did the women buy the spices?

After the Sabbath was past (Mark 16:1)
Before the Sabbath. The women prepared spices and ointments. Then, on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment (Luke 23:55 to 24:1)
83. At what time of day did the women visit the tomb?

Toward the dawn (Matthew 28: 1)
When the sun had risen (Mark 16:2)
84. What was the purpose for which the women went to the tomb?

To anoint Jesus body with spices (Mark 16: 1; Luke 23:55 to 24: 1)
To see the tomb. Nothing about spices here (Matthew 28: 1)
For no specified reason. In this gospel the wrapping with spices had been done before the Sabbath (John 20: 1)
85. A large stone was placed at the entrance of the tomb. Where was the stone when the women arrived?

They saw that the stone was Rolled back (Mark 16:4) They found the stone rolled away from the tomb (Luke 24:2) They saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb (John 20:1)
As the women approached, an angel descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and conversed with the women. Matthew made the women witness the spectacular rolling away of the stone (Matthew 28:1-6)
86. Did anyone tell the women what happened to Jesus body?

Yes. A young man in a white robe (Mark 16:5). Two men ... in dazzling apparel later described as angels (Luke 24:4 and 24:23). An angel - the one who rolled back the stone (Matthew 16:2). In each case the women were told that Jesus had risen from the dead (Matthew 28:7; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5 footnote)
No. Mary met no one and returned saying, They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him (John 20:2)
87. When did Mary Magdelene first meet the resurrected Jesus? And how did she react?

Mary and the other women met Jesus on their way back from their first and only visit to the tomb. They took hold of his feet and worshipped him (Matthew 28:9)
On her second visit to the tomb Mary met Jesus just outside the tomb. When she saw Jesus she did not recognize him. She mistook him for the gardener. She still thinks that Jesus body is laid to rest somewhere and she demands to know where. But when Jesus said her name she at once recognized him and called him Teacher. Jesus said to her, Do not hold me... (John 20:11 to 17)
88. What was Jesus instruction for his disciples?

Tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me (Matthew 2 8: 10)
Go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God (John 20:17)
89. When did the disciples return to Galilee?

Immediately, because when they saw Jesus in Galilee some doubted (Matthew 28:17). This period of uncertainty should not persist
After at least 40 days. That evening the disciples were still in Jerusalem (Luke 24:3 3). Jesus appeared to them there and told them, stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high (Luke 24:49). He was appearing to them during forty days (Acts 1:3), and charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise ... (Acts 1:4)
90. To whom did the Midianites sell Joseph?

To the Ishmaelites (Genesis 37:28)
To Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh (Genesis 37:36)
91. Who brought Joseph to Egypt?

The Ishmaelites bought Joseph and then took Joseph to Egypt (Genesis 37:28)
The Midianites had sold him in Egypt (Genesis 37:36)
Joseph said to his brothers I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt (Genesis 45:4)
92. Does God change his mind?

Yes. The word of the Lord came to Samuel: I repent that I have made Saul King... (I Samuel 15:10 to 11)
No. God will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent (I Samuel 15:29)
Yes. And the Lord repented that he had made Saul King over Israel (I Samuel 15:35). Notice that the above three quotes are all from the same chapter of the same book! In addition, the Bible shows that God repented on several other occasions:

i. The Lord was sorry that he made man (Genesis 6:6)

I am sorry that I have made them (Genesis 6:7)

ii. And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people (Exodus 32:14).

iii. (Lots of other such references).

93. The Bible says that for each miracle Moses and Aaron demonstrated the magicians did the same by their secret arts. Then comes the following feat:

Moses and Aaron converted all the available water into blood (Exodus 7:20-21)
The magicians did the same (Exodus 7:22). This is impossible, since there would have been no water left to convert into blood.
94. Who killed Goliath?

David (I Samuel 17:23, 50)
Elhanan (2 Samuel 21:19)
95. Who killed Saul?

Saul took his own sword and fell upon it... Thus Saul died... (I Samuel 31:4-6)
An Amalekite slew him (2 Samuel 1:1- 16)
96. Does every man sin?

Yes. There is no man who does not sin (I Kings 8:46; see also 2 Chronicles 6:36; Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; and I John 1:810)
No. True Christians cannot possibly sin, because they are the children of God. Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God.. (I John 5:1). We should be called children of God; and so we are (I John 3: 1). He who loves is born of God (I John 4:7). No one born of God commits sin; for Gods nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God (I John 3:9). But, then again, Yes! If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us (I John 1:8)
97. Who will bear whose burden?

Bear one anothers burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2)
Each man will have to bear his own load (Galatians 6:5)
98. How many disciples did Jesus appear to after his resurrection?

Twelve (I Corinthians 15:5)
Eleven (Matthew 27:3-5 and Acts 1:9-26, see also Matthew 28:16; Mark 16:14 footnote; Luke 24:9; Luke 24:3 3)
99. Where was Jesus three days after his baptism?

After his baptism, the spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days ... (Mark 1:12-13)
Next day after the baptism, Jesus selected two disciples. Second day: Jesus went to Galilee - two more disciples. Third day: Jesus was at a wedding feast in Cana in Galilee (see John 1:35; 1:43; 2:1-11)
100. Was baby Jesus life threatened in Jerusalem?

Yes, so Joseph fled with him to Egypt and stayed there until Herod died (Matthew 2:13 23)
No. The family fled nowhere. They calmly presented the child at the Jerusalem temple according to the Jewish customs and returned to Galilee (Luke 2:21-40)
101. When Jesus walked on water how did the disciples respond?

They worshipped him, saying, Truly you are the Son of God (Matthew 14:33)
They were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened (Mark 6:51-52)

Here is the question for all 2 billion christians.

Do you Christians attribute all these contradictions to God Almighty?

Dear shaine,

Yes, these contradictions are a nuisance. However, unless you take the Bible literally, they are not impossible to deal with. Take two (or more) eyewitnesses to a crime. Their sworn testimony will rarely agree completely. There are differences in perspective and interpretation. Even more this is true when it comes to the Bible, which was written to tell the story of God's history of relationship with humankind. To take just one example, somewhat at random of your list of 101. 69: The Synoptic Gospels have the Last Supper as Passover, which means Jesus died after the Passover, while John has him die before, on the Day of Preparation. Well, Mark (and others) want the Last Supper, and the Christian Eucharist, to look back to the Passover; the easiest way is to make the Last Supper into a Passover Seder. John, on the other hand, sees Jesus as the Lamb of God, the perfect sacrifice--so he has him die on the cross from 12 to 3 p.m., while the Passover lambs are dying in the Temple.

Related to this, I didn't notice on your list whether the sun was shining or not when Jesus died. Mark (15:33) and the parallels mention the darkness when the sun was obscured while Jesus was on the Cross. John, on the other hand, from the beginning sets up a light vs. dark contrast: Jesus (and his people) act in the light, from 1:4-5 on, including 8:12 and 9:1-5. Then notice 13:30: when Judas (and evil) makes his move, it is night. But, at the Crucifixion there is no mention of darkness: is it conceivable for the Light of the World to perform the greatest act of his ministry in the dark?

Just one more example: 36: did Jesus ride on one or two animals. For some reason, Matthew seems to like to make one thing into two: where Mark has one blind man, Bartimaeus, healed at Jerico (10:46-52), Matthew (20:29-34) has two. This seems to be another case where Matthew took one and made a pair. Nobody has a good explanation for this quirk of Matthew.

On the other hand, none of these contradictions really touch the meat of the story, or if they do, we can see the competing reasons for each to write as they did. You do not even address the greater differences between, say Samuel-Kings and Chronicles, regarding which kings were good and bad and why. Chronicles likes a cleaner story, and so leaves out some of the stories that do not speak well of, for example King David. The whole Bathsheba-Uriah story vanishes, for example. On the other hand, the experts feel that the image of David from Samuel is more accurate, simply because it does not leave aside the problems and make David a plaster saint.

As for the original question: what is the difference between Islam and Christianity? As far as I know them, the greatest difference is how they see Jesus. Islam cannot accept the Christian Trinity, and sees Jesus as a great teacher and prophet, but no more than a human, albeit one with great gifts from God. Christians see the Son of God, Second Person of the Trinity. That is the most fundamental difference I know between them.

ilsams and muslims dont know what they believe. There religon is fake.

Belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior (Christian) - not merely a prophet (Islam).

islam and christanity is on he sam branch but islam they worship the 5 pillars but christanity worship the 10 commandments

I suggest you read up on Christianity with Christian books and Islam with islam books and form your own view. . . .

Christians say that god is the savior but islams say that jesus is the savior

I met my neighbor one day in the alley, when he learned I was a Christian he Explained it was his Duty to Alla that he must convert me to Islam and if he could not he had the right to take my life as I was an Unbeliever.
He then tried to Force me to Agree to become a believer in Islam. I have met and discussed the similarities between Christianity and Islam with a few friends and I believe Islam is just a perverted type of religion based loosely upon some of the writings of Moses, Some from other parts of the Bible, and even part from Judaism. (all well known in the day that Mohommed lived) That Bit about Islam claiming Jesus to be a prophet, but them claiming his own prophesies were false really makes me laugh. They don't even realize what they are saying... Then they say that Jesus will return at the second coming to judge the dead. I thought they did'nt believe Jesus died and Arose again And WENT TO HEAVEN.

I've read the Quran Editor. Owned a real nice copy before I passed it on to a minister interested in reading it. . . .
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azzieya said: As everyone know, Quran is from God. Not altered by human. So no wonder if some human can't understand it right.

azz, not everyone believes that the Quran is of God. As a matter of fact there are millions who do not believe that...and that is because it is NOT of God. The only holy book on earth is the Bible.

You are free to believe whatever pleases you, as for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord

editor when you know something is leading people down the wrong path to destruction wouldn't you speak up? You'd better or else you'll be held accountable for it by God.

I believe the Quran and it's teachings is not of God and if I allowed it to go by without saying anything about it, especially when I know some of it and can quote it...I'd be held accountable...I hope you can understand...it's not at all out of hate that I condemn the Quran, it's out of love for the people.

Who is this Jesus ?

He is the First and Last, The Beginning and the End!
He is the keeper of Creation and the Creator of all!
He is the Architect of the universe and the Manager of all times.
He always was, He always is, and He always will be ... unmoved,
Unchanged, Undefeated, and never Undone!
He was bruised and brought healing!
He was pierced and eased pain!
He was persecuted and brought freedom!
He was dead and brought life!
He is risen and brings power!
He reigns and brings Peace!
The world can't understand him,
The armies can't defeat Him,
The schools can't explain Him,
and The leaders can't ignore Him.
Herod couldn't kill Him,
The Pharisees couldn't confuse Him,
and The people couldn't hold Him!
Nero couldn't crush Him,
Hitler couldn't silence Him,
The New Age can't replace Him.
He is light, love, longevity, and Lord.
He is goodness, Kindness, Gentleness, and God. He is Holy, Righteous,
mighty, powerful, and pure.
His ways are right,
His word is eternal,
His will is unchanging, and His mind is on me. He is my Savior, He is my
guide, and
He is my peace!
He is my Joy,
He is my comfort,
He is my Lord, and
He rules my life!
I serve Him because
His bond is love,
His burden is light, and His goal for me is abundant life. I follow Him
because H e is the wisdom of the wise, the power of the powerful, the
ancient of days, the ruler of rulers, the leader of leaders, the
overseer of the overcomers, and is to come. And if that seems impressive
to you, try this for size. His goal is a relationship with ME! He will
never leave me,
never forsake me,
never mislead me,
never forget me,
never overlook me,
and never cancel my appointment in His appointment book! When I fall, He
lifts me up!
When I fail, He forgives!
When I am weak, He is strong!
When I am lost, He is the way!
When I am afraid, He is my courage!
When I stumble, He steadies me!
When I am hurt, He heals me!
When I am broken, He mends me!
When I am blind, He leads me!
When I am hungry, He feeds me!
When I face trials, He is with me!
When I face persecution, He shields me!
When I face problems, He comforts me!
When I face loss, He provides for me!
When I face Death, He carries me Home!
He is everything for everybody everywhere, every time, and every way. He
is God, He is faithful.
I am His, and He is mine!
My Father in heaven can whip the father of this world. So, if you're
wondering why I feel so secure, understand this... He said it and that
settles it.
God is in control,
I am on His side, and that means all is well with my soul. Everyday is a
blessing for GOD Is!

aaliyah you said: 'Every child that is born, is born a muslim' - that is nowhere to be found in my Bible.

Thank you, that wasn't made clear in your post ('Quran teaches') - that is definately not in the Bible...Take care !!

This Christian doesn't worship the ten commandments - I worship my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ - it is through Him and Him only one recieves Salvation which is a gift from God - that gets you to Heaven, not the ten commandments (good works).

Christians say that god is the savior but islams say that jesus is the savior

The Christian Bible clearly states many times, Jesus (God's son) is the Savior - note:
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son , that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Islam believes Jesus was merely a prophet.

DIRECT STATEMENTS OF JESUS' EQUALITY WITH GOD THE FATHER

A. Jesus' Own Words

1) MATTHEW 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. {the devil was tempting Jesus Himself}

2) MATTHEW 10:40 . . . he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

3) 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}.

4) MATTHEW 13:13-15 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. (14) And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: (15) For this people's heart is waxed gross, and {their} ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with {their} eyes, and hear with {their} ears, and should understand with {their} heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

ISAIAH 6:9-10 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. (10) Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

5) MARK 9:37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

6) JOHN 5:17-21 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. (18) Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. (19) Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. (20) For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. (21) For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth {them}; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

7) JOHN 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

8) JOHN 7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

9) JOHN 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am {he}, ye shall die in your sins.

10) JOHN 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am {he}, and {that} I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

11) JOHN 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

12) JOHN 10:30-33 I and {my} Father are one. (31) Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. (32) Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? (33) The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

13) JOHN 10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father {is} in me, and I in him.

14) JOHN 12:44-45 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. (45) And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

15) JOHN 13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am {he}.

16) JOHN 14:7-10 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. (8) Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. (9) Jesus saith unto him, have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou {then}, Shew us the Father? (10) Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

17) JOHN 15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

18) JOHN 16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew {it} unto you.

19) JOHN 17:10-11 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. (11) And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we {are}.

20) Use of Father Jesus constantly referred to God as My Father and claimed to have a unique relationship with Him. In Mark 14:36 He called God Abba, Aramaic for daddy, an absolutely unprecedented address of God {cf. Rom 8:15, Gal 4:6}. And He says My Father and Your Father (Jn 20:17), not our Father. The Jews understood full well what Jesus was implying by repeatedly speaking of His singular relationship with God the Father, but thought this was blasphemy, since they didn't believe that He Himself was God the Son {cf. Jn 5:18, 10:33 above}.

21) Divine I Jesus teaches in His own authority (I say to you) in the Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5:18,20,22,26,28,32,34, etc.), and many other passages. The prophets, in contrast, spoke as God's messengers in the second person (The Lord says . . .). He often talks in a way in which only God could speak. For instance, when He addresses the seven churches in the book of Revelation, He is clearly speaking to them as God (Rev 1:17-3:22). Perhaps the most striking example of this Divine `I' occurs in Matthew 23:34-39:

MATTHEW 23:34-39 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and {some} of them ye shall kill and crucify; and {some} of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute {them} from city to city: (35) That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (36) Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. (37) O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, {thou} that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under {her} wings, and ye would not! (38) Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. (39) For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed {is} he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

JEREMIAH 22:5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

MATTHEW 7:21-22 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

B. N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) MATTHEW 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

2) JOHN 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (2) The same was in the beginning with God. (3) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (4) In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

3) JOHN 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

4) JOHN 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared {him}.

5) Monogenes (Only Begotten) The phrase only begotten (Son) (also used in Jn 3:16,18 and 1 Jn 4:9) is the Greek monogenes, which means, according to any Greek lexicon, unique, only member of a kind. It does not mean created, as some (e.g., Jehovah's Witnesses) falsely interpret it. Christ is the eternal Son of God, and as such, possesses every attribute of pure Godhood, just as a human son partakes fully of humanness.

6) JOHN 12:37-38 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: (38) That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? {cf. 12:39-40}

7) JOHN 12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

ISAIAH 6:1-5 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. (2) Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. (3) And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, {is} the Lord of hosts: the whole earth {is} full of his glory. (4) And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. (5) Then said I, Woe {is} me! for I am undone; because I {am} a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

8) JOHN 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

9) ACTS 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

10) ROMANS 9:5 Whose {are} the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ {came}, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. {RSV, NIV: Christ, who is God over all}

11) PHILIPPIANS 2:5-6 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: (6) Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

12) COLOSSIANS 1:15-19 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (16) For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether {they be} thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (17) And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (18) And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all {things} he might have the preeminence. (19) For it pleased {the Father} that in him should all fulness dwell.

13) Prototokos (Firstborn) The Greek for firstborn is prototokos, which means preeminence and eternal preexistence, according to Greek lexicons. It does not mean first-created. Apart from being untrue linguistically, this heretical interpretation is contradicted in the next two verses, which inform us that Christ created all things, and that He is before all things. The Hebrew usage of firstborn is also instructive, since it illustrates its meaning as preeminent. David is called firstborn in Ps 89:27, not because he was the literal first child of Jesse (for he was the youngest), but in the sense of his ascendancy to the kingship of Israel. Likewise, Jeremiah 31:9 refers to Ephraim as the firstborn, whereas Manasseh was the first child born (Gen 41:50-52). The nation Israel is called my firstborn by God (Ex 4:22). The Jewish rabbinical writers even called God the Father Bekorah Shelolam, meaning firstborn of all creation, that is, the Creator. This is precisely how St. Paul uses the firstborn phraseology in Col 1:15.

14) COLOSSIANS 2:9-10 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (10) And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

15) 1 TIMOTHY 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

16) TITUS 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; {RSV,NIV: our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ}

17) HEBREWS 1:3 Who being the brightness of {his} glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

18) HEBREWS 1:8 But unto the Son {he saith}, Thy throne, O God, {is} for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness {is} the sceptre of thy kingdom. {God the Father calls the Son God - a citation of Ps 45:6-7}

19) 2 PETER 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: {RSV, NIV: our God and Saviour Jesus Christ}

20) 1 JOHN 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, {even} in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. {NIV: He is the true God}

II. JESUS IS THE CREATOR

A. God Alone is the Creator

1) GENESIS 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2) GENESIS 1:27 So God created man in his {own} image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

3) NEHEMIAH 9:6 Thou, {even} thou, {art} Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all {things} that {are} therein, the seas, and all that {is} therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

4) JOB 9:2,8 . . . how should man be just with God? . . . (8) Which alone spreadeth out the heavens . . .

5) PSALM 33:6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

6) ISAIAH 42:5 Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

7) ISAIAH 44:24 Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I {am} the Lord that maketh all {things}; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

8) MALACHI 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? . . .

9) ROMANS 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, {are} all things: to whom {be} glory for ever. Amen.

10) HEBREWS 2:10 For it became him, for whom {are} all things, and by whom {are} all things, . . .

B. N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) JOHN 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

2) JOHN 1:10 . . . the world was made by him, . . .

3) 1 CORINTHIANS 8:6 But to us {there is but} one God, the Father, of whom {are} all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom {are} all things, and we by him.

4) EPHESIANS 3:9 . . . God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

5) COLOSSIANS 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether {they be} thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

6) HEBREWS 1:2 . . . {his} Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

7) HEBREWS 1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: {God the Father calls the Son Lord. Ps 102:25 is cited}

8) REVELATION 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; these things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

9) Arche (Beginning) The Greek for beginning is arche, from which we get our word architect. Its literal meaning, according to Greek scholars, is origin, active cause, source, uncreated principle. So the above verse is describing Jesus as the architect, or Creator of the Universe. In Rev 21:6 arche is applied to the Father, so it can't possibly mean created being, as Jehovah's Witnesses and other heretics maintain.

III. JESUS IS ETERNAL AND UNCREATED

A. God Alone is Eternal and Uncreated

1) GENESIS 21:33 . . . the Lord, the everlasting God.

2) EXODUS 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

3) DEUTERONOMY 33:27 The eternal God {is thy} refuge, and underneath {are} the everlasting arms: . . .

4) PSALM 90:2 . . . even from everlasting to everlasting, thou {art} God.

5) PSALM 93:2 Thy throne {is} established of old: thou {art} from everlasting.

6) ISAIAH 40:28 . . . the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, . . .

7) ISAIAH 44:6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I {am} the first, and I {am} the last; and beside me {there is} no God.

8) ISAIAH 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name {is} Holy; . . .

9) HABAKKUK 1:12 {Art} thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? . . .

10) MALACHI 3:6 For I {am} the Lord, I change not; . . .

11) ROMANS 16:26 . . . the everlasting God, . . .

12) 1 TIMOTHY 1:17 . . . the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, . . .

B. Jesus' Own Words

1) JOHN 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

2) JOHN 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

3) REVELATION 1:17-18 Fear not; I am the first and the last: (18) I {am} he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

4) REVELATION 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

C. O.T. Prophecy and N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) ISAIAH 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, the everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

{God the Father is called Mighty God (the same phrase in Hebrew, El Gibbor) at Deut 10:17, Neh 9:32, Is 10:21, and Jer 32:18. Likewise, the word for everlasting, ad, is applied to God the Father in Isaiah 57:15}

2) MICAH 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, {though} thou be little among the thousands of Judah, {yet} out of thee shall he come forth unto me {that is} to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth {have been} from of old, from everlasting.

{The Hebrew word for everlasting here is olam, and it is often used in the most explicit way to describe God the Father's eternal existence (e.g., Ps 41:13, 90:2, 93:2, 106:48, Is 40:28). If this word means eternal and uncreated when applied to God the Father (YHWH), then it must mean the same thing when it is applied to Jesus}

3) JOHN 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

4) COLOSSIANS 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

5) HEBREWS 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

6) 1 JOHN 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

D. Jesus' Preexistence in Heaven: His Own Words

1) JOHN 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

2) JOHN 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

3) JOHN 6:32-33 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. (33) For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

4) JOHN 6:62 {What} and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

5) JOHN 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

6) JOHN 7:28-29 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. (29) But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

7) JOHN 8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

8) JOHN 8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

9) JOHN 8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

10) JOHN 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

11) JOHN 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

12) JOHN 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. {cf. Jn 5:30,36-38, 6:38,46,50,57-58, 7:18, 8:18,26}

E. Jesus' Preexistence: N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) JOHN 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, {even} the Son of man which is in heaven. {cf. 13:3}

2) JOHN 3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: . . .

3) JOHN 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: . . .

4) EPHESIANS 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.

5) 1 PETER 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

IV. JESUS IS WORSHIPED

A. God Alone is to be Worshiped

1) EXODUS 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

2) DEUTERONOMY 6:13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

3) NEHEMIAH 9:6 Thou, {even} thou, {art} Lord alone; . . . and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

4) LUKE 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. {cf. Mt 4:10}

5) REVELATION 4:9-11 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, (10) The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, (11) Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

{Worship of angels is condemned (Col 2:18), and angels refuse worship (Rev 19:10 and 22:8-9). Peter refuses worship (Acts 10:25-26), as do Paul and Barnabas (Acts 14:11-15) }

B. Jesus' Own Words

1) JOHN 5:23 That all {men} should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

C. Jesus Accepts Worship

1) MATTHEW 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, . . .

2) MATTHEW 9:18 . . . there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, . . .

3) MATTHEW 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

4) MATTHEW 15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

5) MATTHEW 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping {him}, . . .

6) MATTHEW 28:9 . . . And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

7) MATTHEW 28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

8) MARK 5:6 . . . he ran and worshipped him.

9) LUKE 24:52 And they worshipped him, . . .

10) JOHN 9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

11) JOHN 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

D. Jesus Worshiped as a Baby

1) MATTHEW 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

2) MATTHEW 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

E. N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: (10) That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of {things} in heaven, and {things} in earth, and {things} under the earth; (11) And {that} every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ {is} Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

2) HEBREWS 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

3) REVELATION 5:8 . . . the four beasts and four {and} twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. {cf. Rev 4:10, 7:11}

4) REVELATION 5:12-14 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, honour, and glory, and blessing. (13) And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, {be} unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. (14) And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four {and} twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. {cf. Rev 4:9,11, 7:12, Rom 11:33, Col 2:6-7}

5) REVELATION 7:9-12,15-17 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; (10) And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. (11) And all the angels stood round about the throne, and {about} the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, (12) Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, {be} unto our God for ever and ever. Amen . . . (15) Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. (16) They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. (17) For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

F. Worship of Jesus in the Book of Revelation

In the New Testament, the Greek word for worship, proskuneo, is used 22 times to refer to worship of the Father, five times of divine worship without specification, and 14 times in reference to worship of Jesus. Proskuneo is also explicitly defined, both in Revelation 4:10-11 and 7:11-12, since both passages define the worship of God by virtue of describing the words directed to God in praise and worship (. . . worshipped God, saying . . .). Every Greek word (eleven in all) applied to God the Father in this fashion in Revelation is applied to Jesus as well (eucharistia is used of Christ in Colossians). One word, ploutos, is applied to Jesus only in Revelation, and to the Father in Romans 11:33. There can be no stronger evidence that Jesus is to receive worship equally with His Father, thus making Him equal to the Father, and no less than fully God:

Greek: Pipto English (KJV): Fell down before
Father: Revelation 4:10, 7:11
Jesus: Revelation 5:8

Eulogia (Blessing)
Father: 5:13, 7:12
Jesus: 5:12-13

Doxa (Glory)
Father: 4:9,11, 5:13, 7:12
Jesus: 5:12-13

Sophia(Wisdom)
Father: 7:12
Jesus: 5:12

Time (Honour)
Father: 4:9,11, 5:13, 7:12
Jesus: 5:12-13

Dunamis (Power)
Father: 4:11, 7:12
Jesus: 5:12

Kratos (Power)
Father: 5:13
Jesus: 5:13

Ischus(Might)
Father: 7:12
Jesus: 5:12

Axios (Worthy)
Father: 4:11
Jesus: 5:12

Lambano (Receive)
Father: 4:11
Jesus: 5:12

Ploutos (Riches)
Father: (Romans 11:33)
Jesus: Rev 5:12

Eucharistia (Thanksgiving)
Father: 4:9, 7:12
Jesus: (Colossians 2:6-7)

Furthermore, by strong implication, Revelation 7:11-12 can be said to apply equally to Jesus as well, since the Lamb is mentioned in the immediate context (7:10,17). Rev 7:11 states, . . . fell before the throne . . . and worshipped God, while Rev 7:17 informs us of, the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne . . .

V. JESUS IS OMNIPOTENT (ALL-POWERFUL)

A. God Alone is Omnipotent

1) GENESIS 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord? . . .

2) DEUTERONOMY 32:39 See now that I, {even} I, {am} he, and {there is} no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither {is there any} that can deliver out of my hand.

3) NEHEMIAH 9:6 . . . thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all {things} that {are} therein, . . . and thou preservest them all . . .

4) JOB 11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

5) JOB 42:2 I know that thou canst do every {thing}, . . .

6) PSALM 33:9 For he spake, and it was {done}; he commanded, and it stood fast.

7) ISAIAH 26:4 . . . in the Lord Jehovah {is} everlasting strength:

8) ISAIAH 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times {the things} that are not {yet} done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

9) JEREMIAH 32:17 Ah Lord God! . . . there is nothing too hard for thee:

10) MATTHEW 19:26 With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. {cf. Mk 10:27, Luk 1:37, 18:27}

11) ACTS 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; . . . For we are also his offspring.

12) ROMANS 1:20 . . . his eternal power and Godhead . . .

13) ROMANS 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, {are} all things: to whom {be} glory for ever. Amen.

14) 1 TIMOTHY 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, . . .

15) REVELATION 19:6 . . . the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

16) REVELATION 21:22 . . . the Lord God Almighty . . .

{God the Father is called Almighty in many other verses: Gen 17:1, 28:3, 35:11, 43:14, 48:3, 49:25, Ex 6:3, Job 5:17, 6:4,14, 8:3,5, 21:15,20, 27:2,10-11,13, 31:2,35, etc., Ezek 10:5, 2 Cor 6:18, Rev 1:8, 4:8, 11:17, 15:3, 16:7,14, 19:15}

B. Jesus' Own Words

1) MATTHEW 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: . . . {cf. Jn 16:15, 17:10}

2) MATTHEW 28:18 . . . All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

3) JOHN 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

4) JOHN 5:19-21 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. (20) For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. (21) For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth {them}; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

5) JOHN 6:40 . . . every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

6) JOHN 10:17-18 . . . I lay down my life, that I might take it again. (18) No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

7) REVELATION 1:18 I {am} he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

8) REVELATION 3:7 . . . These things saith he that is holy, . . ., he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

C. O.T. Indications and N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) ISAIAH 9:6 . . . the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, the everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

2) JOHN 3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

3) JOHN 13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, . . .

4) PHILIPPIANS 3:20-21 . . . we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: (21) Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

5) COLOSSIANS 1:17 . . . by him all things consist.

6) HEBREWS 1:3 . . . upholding all things by the word of his power, . . .

7) 1 PETER 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

8) REVELATION 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. {cf. Gen 17:1, 1 Cor 8:6}

VI. JESUS IS OMNISCIENT (ALL-KNOWING)

A. God Alone is Omniscient

1) 1 SAMUEL 16:7 . . . {the Lord seeth} not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

2) 1 KINGS 8:39 . . . give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, {even} thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men {cf. 2 Chron 6:30}

3) 1 CHRONICLES 28:9 . . . the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: . . .

4) 2 CHRONICLES 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of {them} whose heart {is} perfect toward him . . . {cf. Prov 15:3, Jer 32:19, Zech 4:10}

5) JOB 34:21 For his eyes {are} upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

6) JOB 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? {cf. Job 36:4}

7) JOB 42:2 . . . no thought can be withholden from thee.

8) PSALM 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

9) PSALM 147:5 Great {is} our Lord, and of great power: his understanding {is} infinite.

10) PROVERBS 21:30 {There is} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

11) ISAIAH 40:28 . . . the Creator of the ends of the earth, . . . {there is} no searching of his understanding.

12) ISAIAH 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times {the things} that are not {yet} done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

13) ISAIAH 48:3-6 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did {them} suddenly, and they came to pass. (4) Because I knew that thou {art} obstinate, and thy neck {is} an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; (5) I have even from the beginning declared {it} to thee; before it came to pass I shewed {it} thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. (6) Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare {it}? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

14) ISAIAH 66:18 For I {know} their works and their thoughts: . . .{cf. 1 Cor 3:20}

15) EZEKIEL 11:5 . . . Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, {every one of} them.

16) MATTHEW 6:8 . . . your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

17) MATTHEW 6:18 . . . thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. {cf. 6:32}

18) LUKE 16:15 . . . God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

19) ACTS 1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all {men}, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, {cf. 15:8}

20) ACTS 15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

21) ROMANS 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what {is} the mind of the Spirit, . .

22) ROMANS 11:33-34 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable {are} his judgments, and his ways past finding out! (34) For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller?

23) HEBREWS 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things {are} naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

24) 1 JOHN 3:20 God . . . knoweth all things.

B. Indications in Jesus' Own Words

1) MATTHEW 9:4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

2) MATTHEW 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, {ye} hypocrites?

3) MATTHEW 26:46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. {cf. Mk 14:42}

4) MARK 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? {cf. Lk 5:22}

5) MARK 5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

6) LUKE 22:10-13 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. (11) And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? (12) And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. (13) And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. {cf. Mk 14:13-15}

7) JOHN 5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

8) JOHN 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

9) JOHN 13:10-11 . . . ye are clean, but not all. (11) For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

{Additionally, there are many other verses illustrating that Jesus knew the future perfectly (e.g., Mt 12:40, 16:21, 17:9,11-12,22-23, 20:18-19, 21:39, 24:2, 26:2,12,21,31-34,54 Mk 8:31, 9:31, 10:32-34, 14:9,18,27-30,42,49, Lk 9:22,44, 11:30, 12:50, 17:25, 18:31-33, 22:15,21-22,32,34,37, Jn 2:19, 3:14, 10:11,15,17-18, 12:32-34, 13:18-21, 14:19, 15:13, 16:20, 18:11, 21:18-19}

C. N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) MATTHEW 12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, . . .

2) MATTHEW 13:54 . . . he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this {man} this wisdom, and {these} mighty works?

3) LUKE 2:47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

4) LUKE 6:8 But he knew their thoughts, . . .

5) LUKE 9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, . . .

6) JOHN 2:24-25 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all {men}, (25) And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

7) JOHN 4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? {cf. 4:17-19}

8) JOHN 7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

9) JOHN 13:1 Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, . . .

10) JOHN 16:30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

11) JOHN 18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, . . .

12) JOHN 21:17 . . . Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee . . .

13) COLOSSIANS 2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

14) REVELATION 2:23 . . . I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: . . .

VII. JESUS IS OMNIPRESENT (PRESENT EVERYWHERE)

A. God Alone is Omnipresent

1) 1 KINGS 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; . . . {cf. 2 Chron 2:6}

2) PSALM 139:7-8 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? (8) If I ascend up into heaven, thou {art} there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou {art there}.

3) JEREMIAH 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

4) ACTS 7:48-49 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, (49) Heaven {is} my throne, and earth {is} my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what {is} the place of my rest?

5) ACTS 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

6) EPHESIANS 4:6 One God and Father of all, who {is} above all, and through all, and in you all. {cf. 1 Cor 15:28}

B. Jesus' Own Words

1) MATTHEW 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

2) MATTHEW 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, {even} unto the end of the world. Amen.

C. N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) EPHESIANS 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

2) COLOSSIANS 3:11 . . . Christ {is} all, and in all.

VIII. JESUS FORGIVES SINS IN HIS OWN NAME

A. God Alone Can Forgive Sins in His Own Name

1) EXODUS 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, . . .

2) NUMBERS 14:20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

3) 2 SAMUEL 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

4) 1 KINGS 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, . . .

5) PSALM 25:11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it {is} great. {cf. 25:7,18}

6) PSALM 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. {cf. 32:1-2}

7) PSALM 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. {cf. Psa 65:3, 79:9, 85:2, 99:8,}

8) PSALM 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, {so} far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

9) PSALM 130:4 But {there is} forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

10) ISAIAH 1:18 . . . though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. {cf. Is 6:6, 44:22}

11) ISAIAH 43:25 I, {even} I, {am} he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

12) ISAIAH 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

13) JEREMIAH 31:34 . . . I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. {cf. 33:8}

14) EZEKIEL 33:15-16 {If} the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. (16) None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

15) DANIEL 9:9 To the Lord our God {belong} mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

16) MICAH 7:18 Who {is} a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth {in} mercy.

17) MATTHEW 6:12-15 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. (13) And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (14) For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: (15) But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. {cf. Mt 18:35, Mk 11:26}

18) LUKE 5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

19) EPHESIANS 4:32 . . . forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. {cf. Col 2:13}

20) HEBREWS 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. {cf. 10:2,17}

21) 1 JOHN 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us {our} sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

B. Jesus Forgives Individuals

1) MARK 2:5-10 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. (6) But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, (7) Why doth this {man} thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? (8) And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? (9) Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, {Thy} sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? (10) But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) . . . {cf. Mt 9:2-6, Lk 5:21-24}

2) LUKE 5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

3) LUKE 7:47-50 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, {the same} loveth little. (48) And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. (49) And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? (50) And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

C. Jesus' Death Makes Forgiveness Possible

1) MATTHEW 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. {cf. Lk 22:20, Heb 9:22}

D. N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) LUKE 24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

2) JOHN 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. {CF. 1:36}

3) ACTS 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand {to be} a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. {CF. 10:43, 13:38, 26:18}

4) 1 JOHN 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

5) 1 JOHN 2:1-2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: (2) And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for {the sins of} the whole world.

6) 1 JOHN 2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

7) REVELATION 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, {who is} the faithful witness, {and} the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

{See also Is 53:4-6, Rom 3:25, 4:25, 5:9-11,18, 2 Cor 5:19, Gal 1:4, Eph 1:7, 2:13-18, 5:2, Col 1:14,21-22, 1 Tim 2:5-6, Titus 2:14, Heb 1:3, 2:17, 9:14-15,26, Heb 10:10,13,18-19, 12:24, 13:12,20, 1 Pet 1:18-19, 2:24, 3:18, 1 Jn 3:5, 4:10, 5:9}

IX. JESUS RECEIVES PRAYER

A. Jesus' Own Words

1) JOHN 14:13-14 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (14) If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do {it}.

2) JOHN 16:23-24,26 . . . Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give {it} you. (24) Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full . . . (26) At that day ye shall ask in my name: . . .

B. N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) ACTS 7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon {God}, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

LUKE 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

ECC 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

2) 1 CORINTHIANS 1:2 . . . with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, . . .

JEREMIAH 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

JOEL 2:32 And it shall come to pass, {that} whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered:...

{quoted in Acts 2:21, Rom 10:12-14, using the same word for call, epikaleo, as that in 1 Cor 1:2}

2TIMOTHY 2:22 . . . follow righteousness, . . ., with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

3) EPHESIANS 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

4) COLOSSIANS 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, {do} all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

5) HEBREWS 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of {our} lips giving thanks to his name. {see 13:12}

6) REVELATION 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four {and} twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

X. JESUS IS SINLESS AND PERFECT

A. Jesus' Own Words

1) JOHN 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. {cf. 5:30}

2) JOHN 8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? . . . {RSV: convicts, NIV: prove me guilty of sin}

3) REVELATION 3:7 . . . These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, . . .

B. N.T. Apostolic Witness

1) MARK 1:24 Saying, Let {us} alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. {demons speaking} {cf. Lk 4:34}

2) LUKE 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. {cf. Acts 4:27,30}

3) ACTS 3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, . . .

4) ACTS 13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another {psalm}, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. {cf. Ps 16:10}

5) 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 For he hath made him {to be} sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

6) HEBREWS 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as {we are, yet} without sin.

7) HEBREWS 7:26 For such an high priest became us, {who is} holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

8) HEBREWS 9:14 . . . Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, . . .

9) 1 PETER 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

10) 1 PETER 2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

11) 1 JOHN 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

XI. THE PRIMACY OF THE NAME OF JESUS

We find the phrase, the name of the Lord about 50 times in the Old Testament and eleven times in the New Testament. In the N.T., name of God is found seven times, the name of the Father eight times, but the name as referring to Jesus occurs at least 91 times. Jesus is the fullest revelation of God, and the One through Whom the Father is now speaking (Heb 1:1-2). Hence, the overwhelming emphasis on His name in the N.T.

1) PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: (10) That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of {things} in heaven, and {things} in earth, and {things} under the earth; (11) And {that} every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ {is} Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

ISAIAH 45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth {in} righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

2) Salvation and Faith in Jesus' Name: Mt 12:21, Jn 1:12, 2:23, 3:18, Acts 4:10,12, 10:43, 22:16, Rom 10:9, 1 Cor 6:11, 1 Jn 3:23, 5:13.
3) Jesus - the Most Important Name: 1 Cor 1:2, Eph 1:20-21, Phil 2:9-11 {cf. Is 45:23}, 2 Thess 1:12, 1 Jn 3:23, Rev 2:3,13.
4) Who Should We Be Witnesses of?: ACT 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. {Jesus speaking - see 1:1,11}
5) Jesus Talks About the Importance of His Name: Mt 7:22, 10:22, 12:15-21, 18:5,20, 19:29, 24:9, 28:19-20.
6) Christians Are Baptized in Jesus' Name: Mt 28:19, Acts 2:38, 8:16, 10:48, 19:5, 1 Cor 1:13,15.
7) Christians Suffer For Jesus' Name: Acts 5:41, 9:16, 15:26, 21:13.
8) Christians Gather in Jesus' Name: Mt 18:20, 1 Cor 5:4.
9) Men Healed in Jesus' Name: Acts 3:6,16, 4:10,30.
10) Christians Speak, Teach Preach in Jesus' Name: Lk 24:47, Acts 4:17-18, 5:28, 8:12, 9:27,29.
11) Christians Are Named After Jesus Christ: Acts 11:26, 1 Pet 4:16.
12) Remission of Sins in Jesus' Name: Acts 10:43, 1 Jn 2:12.
13) Jesus is Called Lord of Lords: Rev 19:16.
14) Christians Are to Give Thanks Praise in Jesus' Name: Eph 5:20, Heb 13:15.
15) Christians Are to Do All Things in Jesus' Name: Col 3:17.
XII. JESUS CLAIMED TO BE THE MESSIAH (CHRIST)
1) MATTHEW 16:15-17,20 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? (16) And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. (17) And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed {it} unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven . . . (20) Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. {cf. Mk 8:27-30, Lk 9:18-21}

2) MARK 9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

3) MARK 14:61-62 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? (62) And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. {cf. Mt 26:63-65, Lk 22:67-71}

4) LUKE 4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, . . . Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he . . . suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

5) LUKE 24:25-27 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: (26) Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? (27) And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

6) JOHN 4:25-26 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. (26) Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am {he}. {See also Mt 1:16-18, 5:17, 11:2,10, 21:42, 24:5,23-24, 26:56,68, 27:17,22, Mk 3:11, 5:7, 13:21-22,26, Lk 1:31-33, 2:11,26, 4:20-21, 22:37, 23:2,35,39, 24:44, Jn 5:39-40,46-47, 15:25}

7) Son of Man Every time the N.T. refers to Jesus as Christ, it is declaring that He is the Messiah, since Christ is the Greek for the Hebrew Messiah. Also, when Jesus calls Himself the Son of Man (e.g., Mt 10:23,32-33, 19:28, 23:37 ff., 24:47, Mk 2:19-20, 3:28-29, 8:31,38, 9:9,31, 10:33,38, 14:21,41, Lk 11:30, 12:8,49-50, 17:24, 18:6,8, 21:36, 22:27,48), He is claiming to be the Messiah, since He is referring (esp. in Mk 13:26, 14:62, Jn 5:27; cf. Rev 1:13, 14:14) to Daniel 7:13, a well-known messianic passage. Furthermore, in Mk 14:61-62, Jesus assumes that the Christ (Messiah) and the Son of Man are one and the same (Himself). Matthew 16:16-17 establishes the fact that the Messiah and the Son of God are identical as well. In the KJV, the word Messiah appears only twice in the O.T. (Daniel 9:25 and 9:26), and twice in the N.T. (as Messias): John 4:25 (above) and John 1:41, which shows that Christ is the equivalent Greek term:

JOHN 1:41 . . . We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

XIII. FIFTY O.T. MESSIANIC PROPHECIES FULFILLED BY JESUS

The Apostles, in the N.T., often appeal to messianic promises and fulfilled prophecies as evidence of the Messiahship and Divinity of Jesus Christ (e.g., Mt 2:4-6, Rom 1:2-4, Acts 3:18, 10:43, 13:29, 17:2-3, 1 Cor 15:3-4, 1 Pet 2:5-6).

1) Born of a Virgin: Is 7:14 w/ Mt 1:18,24-25, Lk 1:26-35.
2) From the Tribe of Judah: Gen 49:10, Mic 5:2 w/ Mt 1:2, Lk 3:23,33.
3) From the Family Line of Jesse: Is 11:1,10 w/ Mt 1:6, Lk 3:23,32.
4) From the House of David: Ps 132:11, Jer 23:5 w/ Mt 1:1, Lk 3:23,31.
5) Born in Bethlehem: Mic 5:2 w/ Mt 2:1,4-8, Lk 2:4-7.
6) Called Son of God: Ps 2:7 w/ Mt 3:17.
7) Called Lord: Ps 110:1, Jer 23:6 w/ Mt 22:43-45, Lk 2:11.
8) Called Immanuel (God With Us): Is 7:14 w/ Mt 1:23.
9) A Prophet: Deut 18:18 w/ Mt 21:11, Lk 7:16, Jn 7:40.
10) Judge: Is 33:22 w/ Jn 5:30.
11) King: Ps 2:6 w/ Mt 21:5, Jn 18:36-37.
12) Special Anointing of the Spirit: Is 11:2 w/ Mt 3:16-17.
13) Preceded by a Messenger: Is 40:3, Mal 3:1 w/ Mt 3:1-3, 11:10, Lk 1:17, Jn 1:23.
14) Galilee Ministry: Is 9:1 w/ Mt 4:12-13,17.
15) Ministry of Miracles: Is 32:3-4, 35:5-6 w/ Mt 9:32-35.
16) Teacher of Parables: Ps 78:2 w/ Mt 13:34.
17) Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem: Zech 9:9 w/ Mt 21:5-10,15-16.
18) Messiah to Come Before Jerusalem's Destruction (70 A.D.): Gen 49:10 w/ Mt 24:1-2.
19) Messiah Will Come to the Temple (Had to be Before 70): Ps 118:26, Dan 9:26, Hag 2:7-9, Zech 11:13, Mal 3:1 w/ Mt 21:12, Jn 2:13-17.
20) Entered Jerusalem on a Donkey: Zech 9:9 w/ Lk 19:35-37.
21) Stone of Stumbling: Ps 118:22, Is 8:13-14, 28:16 w/ Acts 4:10-11, Rom 9:32-33, 1 Pet 2:7-8.
22) Rejected by His Own People: Is 53:3 w/ Jn 1:11, 7:5,48.
23) Hated Without a Cause: Ps 69:4, Is 49:7 w/ Jn 15:25.
24) Resurrection: Ps 16:10, 30:3, 41:10, 118:17, Hos 6:2 w/ Acts 2:31, 13:33, Mt 28:6, Mk 16:6, Lk 24:46.
25) Ascension: Ps 68:18 w/ Acts 1:9.
26) Right Hand of God: Ps 110:1 w/ Heb 1:3, Acts 2:34-35.
{The following 24 prophecies were literally fulfilled by Jesus in one 24-hour period of time}:
27) Betrayed by a Friend: Ps 41:9, 55:12-14 w/ Mt 10:4.
28) Betrayed For 30 Pieces of Silver: Zec 11:12 w/ Mt 26:15.
29) Silver Thrown in God's House: Zech 11:13 w/ Mt 27:5.
30) The Potter's Field: Zech 11:13 w/ Mt 27:7.
31) Forsaken by Disciples: Zech 13:7 w/ Mt 26:31, Mk 14:50.
32) Silent Before Accusers: Is 53:7 w/ Mt 27:12.
33) Wounded and Bruised: Is 53:5, Zech 13:6 w/ Mt 27:26.
34) Beaten: Is 50:6, Mic 5:1 w/ Mt 26:67, Lk 22:63.
35) Spit Upon: Is 50:6 w/ Mt 26:67.
36) Mocked: Ps 22:7-8 w/ Mt 27:31.
37) Hands and Feet Pierced: Ps 22;16, Zec 12:10 w/ Lk 23:33.
38) Messiah Was to Die: Is 53:8, Dan 9:26 w/ Lk 23:46, 24:7, Jn 19:30.
39) Executed With Criminals: Is 53:12 w/ Mt 27:38.
40) Prayed For His Persecutors: Is 53:12 w/ Lk 23:34.
41) People Wagging Their Heads: Ps 22:7 w/ Mt 27:39.
42) Stared Upon: Ps 22:17 w/ Lk 23:35.
43) Garments Parted: Ps 22:18 w/ Jn 19:23.
44) Garments Gambled For: Ps 22;18 w/ Jn 19:24.
45) Offered Vinegar and Gall: Ps 69:21 w/ Mt 27:34,Jn 19:29.
46) Forsaken Cry: Ps 22:1 w/ Mt 27:46.
47) Bones Not Broken: Ps 34:20 w/ Jn 19:33.
48) Side Pierced: Zech 12;10 w/ Jn 19:34.
49) Darkness at Noon: Amos 8:9 w/ Mt 27:45.
50) Buried in Rich Man's Tomb: Is 53:9 w/ Mt 27:57-60.
XIV. JESUS' SUBJECTION (AS MESSIAH) TO THE FATHER
Jesus' subjection to the Father is seen in such verses as John 14:28: . . . for my Father is greater than I, 1 Corinthians 11:3: . . .the head of Christ {is} God, and 1 Corinthians 15:28: And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. These verses and others have been utilized historically by heretics such as the Arians (of whom Jehovah's Witnesses are a revival), as well as non-trinitarian theists such as Unitarians, to prove that Jesus is lesser than the Father and therefore not God in the flesh. Upon closer inspection, however, a clearer picture emerges.

John 14:28 is to be understood in light of passages such as Philippians 2:6-8, which show us that Christ in John 14:28 was speaking strictly in terms of his office as Messiah, which entailed a giving up, not of the Divine Nature, but of certain prerogatives of glory and Deity which are enjoyed by the Father. Christ subjected Himself to the Father in order to undertake His role as the Incarnate Son and Mediator between God and man (1 Tim 2:5). Similarly, one might say that the President of the United States is a greater man than I am, but this would not mean he was necessarily a better man. In any event, he is still a man like us. Since Jesus is still God, even while humbling Himself (Phil 2:8), Scripture also indicates that the Father is, in a sense, subject to the Son:

JOHN 16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew {it} unto you.

JOHN 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give {it} you.

When the Father is called the head of the Son (1 Cor 11:3), this also does not entail any lessening of the equality between the Son and the Father. The Bible also talks about wives being subject to their husbands (1 Pet 3:1,5), even while the two are equals (Gal 3:28, Eph 5:21-22), and indeed, one flesh (Mt 19:5-6). Likewise, one Person of the Godhead can be in subjection to another Person and remain God in essence and substance (Phil 2:6-8). Luke 2:51 says that Jesus was subject to Mary and Joseph. Yet no orthodox Christian of any stripe would hold that Jesus was lesser in essence than His earthly parents! The same Greek word for subject in Luke 2:51 (hupotasso) is used in 1 Cor 15:28, and in 1 Pet 2:18 below. Besides, submissiveness and servanthood is not presented as a sign of weakness in Scripture. Quite the contrary:

1 PETER 2:18 Servants, {be} subject to {your} masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

MATTHEW 23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

The word for greatest here is meizon, the same word used in John 14:28. Thus, any notion that submissiveness is a lessening of equality is absolutely unscriptural.

Likewise, in 1 Cor 15:28, the subjection spoken of is that of the Son as incarnate, not the Son as Son in essence. While this verse tells us that God will be all in all, Colossians 3:11 tells us that . . . Christ {is} all, and in all. Thus, Jesus' office as Messiah and Mediator will cease in time, but not His Godhood, since Scripture teaches that He will be all in all just as His Father is.

RELIGIOUS WARS
15th century: Crusades against Hussites, thousands slain. [DO30]
1538 pope Paul III declared Crusade against apostate England and all English as slaves of Church (fortunately had not power to go into action). [DO31]
1568 Spanish Inquisition Tribunal ordered extermination of 3 million rebels in (then Spanish) Netherlands. [DO31]
Between 5000 and 6000 Protestants were drowned by Spanish Catholic Troops, a disaster the burghers of Emden first realized when several thousand broad-brimmed Dutch hats floated by. [SH216]
1572 In France about 20,000 Huguenots were killed on command of pope Pius V. Until 17th century 200,000 flee. [DO31]
17th century: Catholics slay Gaspard de Coligny, a Protestant leader. After murdering him, the Catholic mob mutilated his body, cutting off his head, his hands, and his genitals... and then dumped him into the river [...but] then, deciding that it was not worthy of being food for the fish, they hauled it out again [... and] dragged what was left ... to the gallows of Montfaulcon, 'to be meat and carrion for maggots and crows'. [SH191]
17th century: Catholics sack the city of Magdeburg/Germany: roughly 30,000 Protestants were slain. In a single church fifty women were found beheaded, reported poet Friedrich Schiller, and infants still sucking the breasts of their lifeless mothers. [SH191]
17th century 30 years' war (Catholic vs. Protestant): at least 40% of population decimated, mostly in Germany. [DO31-32]

JEWS
Already in the 4th and 5th centuries synagogues were burned by Christians.Number of Jews slain unknown.
In the middle of the fourth century the first synagogue was destroyed on command of bishop Innocentius of Dertona in Northern Italy. The first synagogue known to have been burned down was near the river Euphrat, on command of the bishop of Kallinikon in the year 388. [DA450]
694 17. Council of Toledo: Jews were enslaved, their property confiscated, and their children forcibly baptized. [DA454]
1010 The Bishop of Limoges (France) had the cities' Jews, who would not convert to Christianity, expelled or killed. [DA453]
1096 First Crusade: Thousands of Jews slaughtered, maybe 12.000 total. Places: Worms 5/18/1096, Mainz 5/27/1096 (1100 persons), Cologne, Neuss, Altenahr, Wevelinghoven, Xanten, Moers, Dortmund, Kerpen, Trier, Metz, Regensburg, Prag and others (All locations Germany except Metz/France, Prag/Czech) [EJ]
1147 Second Crusade: Several hundred Jews were slain in Ham, Sully, Carentan, and Rameru (all locations in France). [WW57]
1189/90 Third Crusade: English Jewish communities sacked. [DO40]
1235, Fulda/Germany: 34 Jewish men and women slain. [DO41]
1257, 1267: Jewish communities of London, Canterbury, Northampton, Lincoln, Cambridge, and others exterminated. [DO41]
1290 Bohemia (Poland) allegedly 10,000 Jews killed. [DO41]
1337 Starting in Deggendorf/Germany a Jew-killing craze reaches 51 towns in Bavaria, Austria, Poland. [DO41]
1348 All Jews of Basel/Switzerland and Strasbourg/France (two thousand) burned. [DO41]
1349 In more than 350 towns in Germany all Jews murdered, mostly burned alive (in this one year more Jews were killed than Christians in 200 years of ancient Roman persecution of Christians). [DO42]
1389 In Prag 3,000 Jews were slaughtered. [DO42]
1391 Seville's Jews killed (Archbishop Martinez leading). 4,000 were slain, 25,000 sold as slaves. [DA454] Their identification was made easy by the brightly colored badges of shame that all Jews above the age of ten had been forced to wear.
1492 In the year Columbus set sail to conquer a New World, more than 150,000 Jews were expelled from Spain, many died on their way: 6/30/1492.
[MM470-476]
1648 Chmielnitzki massacres: In Poland about 200,000 Jews were slain.
[DO43]
(I feel sick ...) this goes on and on, century after century, right into the kilns of Auschwitz.

NATIVE PEOPLES
Beginning with Columbus (a former slave trader and would-be Holy Crusader) the conquest of the New World began, as usual understood as a means to propagate Christianity.
Within hours of landfall on the first inhabited island he encountered in the Caribbean, Columbus seized and carried off six native people who, he said, ought to be good servants ... [and] would easily be made Christians, because it seemed to me that they belonged to no religion. [SH200]
While Columbus described the Indians as idolators and slaves, as many as [the Crown] shall order, his pal Michele de Cuneo, Italian nobleman, referred to the natives as beasts because they eat when they are hungry, and made love openly whenever they feel like it. [SH204-205]
On every island he set foot on, Columbus planted a cross, making the declarations that are required - the requerimiento - to claim the ownership for his Catholic patrons in Spain. And nobody objected. If the Indians refused or delayed their acceptance (or understanding), the requerimiento continued:
I certify to you that, with the help of God, we shall powerfully enter in your country and shall make war against you ... and shall subject you to the yoke and obedience of the Church ... and shall do you all mischief that we can, as to vassals who do not obey and refuse to receive their lord and resist and contradict him. [SH66]
Likewise in the words of John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony: justifieinge the undertakeres of the intended Plantation in New England ... to carry the Gospell into those parts of the world, ... and to raise a Bulworke against the kingdome of the Ante-Christ. [SH235]
In average two thirds of the native population were killed by colonist-imported smallpox before violence began. This was a great sign of the marvelous goodness and providence of God to the Christians of course, e.g. the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony wrote in 1634, as for the natives, they are near all dead of the smallpox, so as the Lord hath cleared our title to what we possess. [SH109,238]
On Hispaniola alone, on Columbus visits, the native population (Arawak), a rather harmless and happy people living on an island of abundant natural resources, a literal paradise, soon mourned 50,000 dead. [SH204]
The surviving Indians fell victim to rape, murder, enslavement and Spanish raids.
As one of the culprits wrote: So many Indians died that they could not be counted, all through the land the Indians lay dead everywhere. The stench was very great and pestiferous. [SH69]
The Indian chief Hatuey fled with his people but was captured and burned alive. As they were tying him to the stake a Franciscan friar urged him to take Jesus to his heart so that his soul might go to heaven, rather than descend into hell. Hatuey replied that if heaven was where the Christians went, he would rather go to hell. [SH70]

What happened to his people was described by an eyewitness:
The Spaniards found pleasure in inventing all kinds of odd cruelties ... They built a long gibbet, long enough for the toes to touch the ground to prevent strangling, and hanged thirteen [natives] at a time in honor of Christ Our Saviour and the twelve Apostles... then, straw was wrapped around their torn bodies and they were burned alive. [SH72]
Or, on another occasion:
The Spaniards cut off the arm of one, the leg or hip of another, and from some their heads at one stroke, like butchers cutting up beef and mutton for market. Six hundred, including the cacique, were thus slain like brute beasts...Vasco [de Balboa] ordered forty of them to be torn to pieces by dogs. [SH83]
The island's population of about eight million people at the time of Columbus's arrival in 1492 already had declined by a third to a half before the year 1496 was out. Eventually all the island's natives were exterminated, so the Spaniards were forced to import slaves from other caribbean islands, who soon suffered the same fate. Thus the Caribbean's millions of native people [were] thereby effectively liquidated in barely a quarter of a century. [SH72-73] In less than the normal lifetime of a single human being, an entire culture of millions of people, thousands of years resident in their homeland, had been exterminated. [SH75]
And then the Spanish turned their attention to the mainland of Mexico and Central America. The slaughter had barely begun. The exquisite city of Tenochtitlán [Mexico city] was next. [SH75]
Cortez, Pizarro, De Soto and hundreds of other Spanish conquistadors likewise sacked southern and mesoamerican civilizations in the name of Christ (De Soto also sacked Florida).
When the 16th century ended, some 200,000 Spaniards had moved to the Americas. By that time probably more than 60,000,000 natives were dead.
[SH95]
Of course no different were the founders of what today is the US of America.
Although none of the settlers would have survived winter without native help, they soon set out to expel and exterminate the Indians. Warfare among (north American) Indians was rather harmless, in comparison to European standards, and was meant to avenge insults rather than conquer land. In the words of some of the pilgrim fathers: Their Warres are farre less bloudy..., so that there usually was no great slawter of nether side. Indeed, they might fight seven yeares and not kill seven men. What is more, the Indians usually spared women and children. [SH111]
In the spring of 1612 some English colonists found life among the (generally friendly and generous) natives attractive enough to leave Jamestown - being idell ... did runne away unto the Indyans, - to live among them (that probably solved a sex problem).
Governor Thomas Dale had them hunted down and executed: 'Some he apointed (sic) to be hanged Some burned Some to be broken upon wheles, others to be staked and some shott to deathe'. [SH105] Of course these elegant measures were restricted for fellow Englishmen: This was the treatment for those who wished to act like Indians. For those who had no
choice in the matter, because they were the native people of Virginia methods were different: when an Indian was accused by an Englishman of stealing a cup and failing to return it, the English response was to attack the natives in force, burning the entire community down. [SH105]
On the territory that is now Massachusetts the founding fathers of the colonies were committing genocide, in what has become known as the Peqout War. The killers were New England Puritan Christians, refugees from persecution in their own home country England.
When however, a dead colonist was found, apparently killed by Narragansett Indians, the Puritan colonists wanted revenge. Despite the Indian chief's pledge they attacked.
Somehow they seem to have lost the idea of what they were after, because when they were greeted by Pequot Indians (long-time foes of the Narragansetts) the troops nevertheless made war on the Pequots and burned their villages.
The puritan commander-in-charge John Mason after one massacre wrote: And indeed such a dreadful Terror did the Almighty let fall upon their Spirits, that they would fly from us and run into the very Flames, where many of them perished ... God was above them, who laughed his Enemies and the Enemies of his People to Scorn, making them as a fiery Oven ... Thus did the Lord judge among the Heathen, filling the Place with dead Bodies: men, women, children. [SH113-114]
So the Lord was pleased to smite our Enemies in the hinder Parts, and to give us their land for an inheritance. [SH111].
Because of his readers' assumed knowledge of Deuteronomy, there was no need for Mason to quote the words that immediately follow:
Thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth. But thou shalt utterly destroy them... (Deut 20)
Mason's comrade Underhill recalled how great and doleful was the bloody sight to the view of the young soldiers yet reassured his readers that sometimes the Scripture declareth women and children must perish with their parents. [SH114]
Other Indians were killed in successful plots of poisoning. The colonists even had dogs especially trained to kill Indians and to devour children from their mothers breasts, in the colonists' own words: blood Hounds to draw after them, and Mastives to seaze them. (This was inspired by Spanish methods of the time)
In this way they continued until the extermination of the Pequots was near. [SH107-119]
The surviving handful of Indians were parceled out to live in servitude. John Endicott and his pastor wrote to the governor asking for 'a share' of the captives, specifically 'a young woman or girle and a boy if you thinke good'. [SH115]
Other tribes were to follow the same path.
Comment the Christian exterminators: God's Will, which will at last give us cause to say: How Great is His Goodness! and How Great is his Beauty!
Thus doth the Lord Jesus make them to bow before him, and to lick the Dust! [TA]
Like today, lying was morally acceptable to Christians then. Peace treaties were signed with every intention to violate them: when the Indians 'grow secure uppon (sic) the treatie', advised the Council of State in Virginia, 'we shall have the better Advantage both to surprise them, cutt downe theire Corne'. [SH106]
In 1624 sixty heavily armed Englishmen cut down 800 defenseless Indian men, women and children. [SH107]
In a single massacre in King Philip's War of 1675 and 1676 some 600 Indians were destroyed. A delighted Cotton Mather, revered pastor of the Second Church in Boston, later referred to the slaughter as a 'barbeque'. [SH115]
To summarize: Before the arrival of the English, the western Abenaki people in New Hampshire and Vermont had numbered 12,000. Less than half a century later about 250 remained alive - a destruction rate of 98%. The Pocumtuck people had numbered more than 18,000, fifty years later they were down to 920 - 95% destroyed. The Quiripi-Unquachog people had numbered about
30,000, fifty years later they were down to 1500 - 95% destroyed. The Massachusetts people had numbered at least 44,000, fifty years later barely 6000 were alive - 81% destroyed. [SH118] These are only a few examples of the multitude of tribes living before Christian colonists set their foot on the New World. All this was before the smallpox epidemics of 1677 and 1678 had occurred. And the carnage was not over then.
All the above was only the beginning of the European colonization, it was before the frontier age actually had begun.
A total of maybe more than 150 million Indians (of both Americas) were destroyed in the period of 1500 to 1900, as an average two thirds by smallpox and other epidemics, that leaves some 50 million killed directly by violence, bad treatment and slavery.
In many countries, such as Brazil, and Guatemala, this continues even today.

MORE GLORIOUS EVENTS IN U.S.HISTORY
Reverend Solomon Stoddard, one of New England's most esteemed religious leaders, in 1703 formally proposed to the Massachusetts Governor that the colonists be given the financial wherewithal to purchase and train large packs of dogs 'to hunt Indians as they do bears'. [SH241]
Massacre of Sand Creek, Colorado 11/29/1864. Colonel John Chivington, a former Methodist minister and still elder in the church (I long to be wading in gore) had a Cheyenne village of about 600, mostly women and children, gunned down despite the chiefs' waving with a white flag: 400-500 killed.
From an eye-witness account: There were some thirty or forty squaws collected in a hole for protection; they sent out a little girl about six years old with a white flag on a stick; she had not proceeded but a few steps when she was shot and killed. All the squaws in that hole were afterwards killed ... [SH131]

By the 1860s, in Hawai'I the Reverend Rufus Anderson surveyed the carnage that by then had reduced those islands' native population by 90 percent or more, and he declined to see it as tragedy; the expected total die-off of the Hawaiian population was only natural, this missionary said, somewhat equivalent to 'the amputation of diseased members of the body'.
[SH244]

Position of Jesus (pbuh) in Islam:

(i)
Islam is the only non-Christian faith, which makes it an article of faith to believe in Jesus (pbuh). No Muslim is a Muslim if he does not believe in Jesus (pbuh).

(ii)
We believe that he was one of the mightiest Messengers of Allah (swt).

(iii)
We believe that he was born miraculously, without any male intervention, which many modern day Christians do not believe.

(iv)
We believe he was the Messiah translated Christ (pbuh).


(v)
We believe that he gave life to the dead with God’s permission.

(iv)
We believe that he healed those born blind, and the lepers with God’s permission.

III
CONCEPT OF GOD IN CHRISTIANITY:

1.
Jesus Christ (pbuh) never claimed Divinity

One may ask, if both Muslims and Christians love and respect Jesus (pbuh), where exactly is the parting of ways? The major difference between Islam and Christianity is the Christians’ insistence on the supposed divinity of Christ (pbuh). A study of the Christian scriptures reveals that Jesus (pbuh) never claimed divinity. In fact there is not a single unequivocal statement in the entire Bible where Jesus (pbuh) himself says, I am God or where he says, worship me. In fact the Bible contains statements attributed to Jesus (pbuh) in which he preached quite the contrary. The following statements in the Bible are attributed to Jesus Christ (pbuh):

(i) My Father is greater than I.
[The Bible, John 14:28]

(ii) My Father is greater than all.
[The Bible, John 10:29]

(iii) …I cast out devils by the Spirit of God….
[The Bible, Mathew 12:28]

(iv) …I with the finger of God cast out devils….
[The Bible, Luke 11:20]

(v) I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgement is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
[The Bible, John 5:30]


2.
The Mission of Jesus Christ (pbuh) – to Fulfill the Law

Jesus (pbuh) never claimed divinity for himself. He clearly announced the nature of his mission. Jesus (pbuh) was sent by God to confirm the previous Judaic law. This is clearly evident in the following statements attributed to Jesus (pbuh) in the Gospel of Mathew:

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
[The Bible, Mathew 5:17-20]


3.
God Sent Jesus' (pbuh)

The Bible mentions the prophetic nature of Jesus (pbuh) mission in the following verses:

(i)
… and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
[The Bible, John 14:24]


(ii)
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent.
[The Bible, John 17:3]


4.
Jesus Refuted even the Remotest Suggestion of his Divinity

Consider the following incident mentioned in the Bible:

And behold, one came and said unto him, ‘Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?’

And he said unto him, ‘Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.’
[The Bible, Mathew 19:16-17]

Jesus (pbuh) did not say that to have the eternal life of paradise, man should believe in him as Almighty God or worship him as God, or believe that Jesus (pbuh) would die for his sins. On the contrary he said that the path to salvation was through keeping the commandments. It is indeed striking to note the difference between the words of Jesus Christ (pbuh) and the Christian dogma of salvation through the sacrifice of Jesus (pbuh).


5.
Jesus (pbuh) of Nazareth – a Man Approved of God

The following statement from the Bible supports the Islamic belief that Jesus (pbuh) was a prophet of God.

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know.
[The Bible, Acts 2:22]


6.
The First Commandment is that God is One

The Bible does not support the Christian belief in trinity at all. One of the scribes once asked Jesus (pbuh) as to which was the first commandment of all, to which Jesus (pbuh) merely repeated what Moses (pbuh) had said earlier:

Shama Israelu Adonai Ila Hayno Adonai Ikhad.

This is a Hebrew quotation, which means:

Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord.
[The Bible, Mark 12:29]

It is striking that the basic teachings of the Church such as Trinity and vicarious atonement find no mention in the Bible. In fact, various verses of the Bible point to Jesus’ (pbuh) actual mission, which was to fulfill the law revealed to Prophet Moses (pbuh). Indeed Jesus (pbuh) rejected any suggestions that attributed divinity to him, and explained his miracles as the power of the One True God.

Jesus (pbuh) thus reiterated the message of monotheism that was given by all earlier prophets of Almighty God.

IV
CONCEPT OF GOD IN OLD TESTAMENT:

1.
God is One

The following verse from the book of Deuteronomy contains an exhortation from Moses (pbuh):

Shama Israelu Adonai Ila Hayno Adna Ikhad.
It is a Hebrew quotation which means:
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord
[The Bible, Deuteronomy 6:4]


2.
Unity of God in the Book of Isaiah

The following verses are from the Book of Isaiah:

(i)
I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.
[The Bible, Isaiah 43:11]


(ii)
I am Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me.
[The Bible, Isaiah 45:5]


(iii)
I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me.
[The Bible, Isaiah 46:9]


3.
Old Testament condemns idol worship


(i)
Old Testament condemns idol worship in the following verses:

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God.
[The Bible, Exodus 20:3-5]


(ii)
A similar message is repeated in the book of Deuteronomy:

Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that in the earth beneath, or that is in the water beneath the earth.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God.
[The Bible, Deuteronomy 5:7-9]

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