Son of God? One God?
According
to the religion of Islam, Allah, the god of the Koran (Quran) had no Son. We quote that very fact from the Koran in
Sura 23:91 - “Never did Allah take to
Himself a son ...”. Many proclaim
that the god of Islam and the God of Christianity are the same god. They are not.
The Bible clearly tells us that God does have a Son, and He is called
the Son of God.
Any
devoted Muslim will tell you that “the Scriptures are corrupted.” However, I assure you my Muslim friend that
the true God of the Bible has protected His Word. Instead, let the Scriptures correct you and
give you understanding to the truth.
Even
the demonic world knew Him as the Son of God.
Matthew 8:29 – “And behold, they cried
out, saying, "What do we have to do with You, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the
time?"
Therefore,
we must realize that the god of the Islam cannot be the God of the Christian,
the Lord God.
Mark 1:1 testifies – “The beginning of
the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.”
Again,
even the demons knew Him to be the Son of the True Living God.
Mark 3:11-12 – “And whenever the
unclean spirits beheld Him, they would fall down before Him and cry out, saying,
"You are the Son of God! And He
earnestly warned them not to make Him known.”
The
Angel Gabriel made this announcement to Mary.
Luke 1:31-35 - "And behold, you
will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son
of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father
David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and His kingdom will
have no end." And Mary said to the
angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?" And the angel answered and said to her,
"The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will
overshadow you; and for that reason the holy offspring shall be called the Son
of God.”
Gabriel
announced to Zacharias that he stands in the presence of the true God.
Luke 1:19 – “And the angel answered and
said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God; and I have
been sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.”
Was
Gabriel lying to Zacharias? I think not.
Nathaniel
had a conversation with Jesus.
John 1:49-51 - Nathanael answered Him,
"Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of
Later
in the Book of John, he again tells us about God’s Son.
John 3:14-18 - "And as Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted
up; that whoever believes may in Him have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have
eternal life. For God did not send the
Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved
through Him. He who believes in Him is
not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
While the Holy
Scriptures clearly teach that the only way to eternal salvation is through
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, the Koran, through the written
words of Mohammed, teaches that Allah will destroy anyone who believes that he
has a son. The applicable Sura from the
Koran and the written words of Mohammed follow:
The Immunity
Sura 9.30 - “And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians
say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they
imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how
they are turned away!”
With respect to the
begotten Son issue, Allah cannot be the God of the Bible. The Scriptures are blatantly clear that God
has a begotten Son and that His Son is the only way to salvation. Meanwhile, the Koran teaches that Allah does
not have a son and that those who believe that he does will be destroyed. Therefore, Allah is NOT the God of the Bible!
John
clearly reveals to us that Jesus was and is the Son of the true God of the Bible.
John 5:25-32 - "Truly, truly, I
say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of
the Son of God; and those who hear shall live.
For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son
also to have life in Himself; and He gave Him authority to execute judgment,
because He is the Son of Man. Do not
marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs shall
hear His voice, and shall come forth; those who did the good deeds to a
resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of
judgment. I can do nothing on My own
initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek
My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
If I alone bear witness of Myself, My testimony is not true. "There is another who bears witness of
Me, and I know that the testimony which He bears of Me is true.”
Jesus
even referred to Himself as being the Son of God.
John 11:1-4 – “Now a certain man was
sick, Lazarus of
Martha
also testifies about Jesus being God’s Son.
John 11:21-27 – “Martha therefore said
to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. Even now I know that whatever You ask of God,
God will give You." Jesus said to
her, "Your brother shall rise again."
Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the
resurrection on the last day." Jesus
said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me
shall live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall
never die. Do you believe this?" She
said to Him, "Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son
of God, even He who comes into the world."
John tells us about
the death of Jesus Christ.
John 19:16-18 – “So he then delivered Him to them to
be crucified. They took Jesus therefore,
and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a
Skull, which is called in Hebrew,
The Holy Scriptures
specifically teach that Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, was crucified
approximately two thousand years ago for the sins of mankind. They hung Him on a cross to die a criminal’s
death.
1 John 2:2 further testifies - “and He Himself is the
propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the
whole world.”
According to the
Bible, everyone can achieve redemption and everlasting life through
God’s only begotten Son and His shed blood at the cross.
Romans 6:23 – “The wages of sin is death, but the
free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Jesus, the Son of
God, died for all of us so that we can live forever. This is the Good News of God’s saving grace
for mankind. However the Koran, through
the spoken words of Mohammed, adamantly rejects the crucifixion. The applicable Sura from the Koran follows:
The Woman
Sura 4.157 “And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa son of
Marium, the apostle of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify
him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most surely those who differ
therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but
only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure.”
With respect to the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ, it is apparent that the Gospel message in the
Bible is radically different from the message given by Allah through his
prophet Muhammad. By Muhammad’s denial
of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ through his teachings in the Koran, the fact
is undeniable that the God of the Bible cannot be Allah. Their messages are substantially different
since both Muhammad and Allah reject the God of the Bible’s only begotten Son.
The
God of Islam is a false pagan god that does not exist. He is a false invention by a false lunatic
named Mohammed.
One of the basic
fundamental principles of Christianity is the concept of the God-head, or
Trinity. Christians do not believe in
three Gods; they believe in a Triune God. Firstly, the Bible teaches that the LORD
manifested Himself to the world in three ways.
John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Secondly, His Word
was made flesh in the form of His only begotten Son.
John 1:14 – “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt
among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the
Father, full of grace and truth.”
Finally, Jesus
describes how the Holy Spirit was manifested to the world.
John 16:13-15 - "But when He, the Spirit of
truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on
His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose
to you what is to come. He shall glorify
Me; for He shall take of Mine, and shall disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine;
therefore I said, that He takes of Mine, and will disclose it to you.”
Furthermore, Jesus
describes the Holy Spirit as ‘another Helper’.
John 14:16-18 – “And I will ask the Father, and He
will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the
Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him
or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come
to you.”
According to the
Book of Acts, this was fulfilled in the upper room on the day of Pentecost when
the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples and they all began to speak in
tongues.
Acts 2:1-4 – “And when the day of Pentecost had come,
they were all together in one place. And
suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent, rushing wind, and it
filled the whole house where they were sitting.
And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves,
and they rested on each one of them. And
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.”
The
Jews knew He proclaimed Himself to be the Son of God.
John 19:7 – “The Jews answered him,
"We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself
out to be the Son of God."
The
Book of John ends with his closing statements about the gospel of John and
Jesus.
John 20:30-31 – “Many other signs
therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not
written in this book; but these have been written that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in
His name.”
Philip
explains the gospel to the Ethiopian eunuch.
Acts 8:32-37 – “Now the passage of
Scripture which he was reading was this:
"He was led as a sheep to slaughter; In humiliation His judgment
was taken away; And the eunuch answered Philip and said, "Please tell me,
of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself, or of someone else?" And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning
from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him.
And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch
said, "Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?" [And Philip said, "If you believe with
all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God."]”
Saul
also preached that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Acts 9:19-20 – “Now for several days he
was with the disciples who were at
Paul’s
Letter to the Romans clearly teaches Jesus as the Son of the True God.
Romans 1:1-4 – “Paul, a bond-servant of
Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which He
promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His
Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, who was
declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according
to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,”
Paul
proclaims Jesus Christ as the Son of God to the Corinthian church.
2 Corinthians 1:18-19 – “But as God is
faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.
For the Son of God, Christ Jesus,
who was preached among you by us by me and Silvanus and Timothy was not yes and
no, but is yes in Him.”
Paul
also writes to the believers in the churches of
Galatians 2:20-21 - "I have been
crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me;
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me.
I do not nullify the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through
the Law, then Christ died needlessly."
The
believers in the
Ephesians 4:11-15 – “And He gave some
as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors
and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the
building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure
of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children,
tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by
the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the
truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even
Christ,”
Other
clear references made to the Son of God appear in the Book of Hebrews.
Hebrews 4:12-14 – “For the word of God
is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far
as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to
judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open
and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. Since then we have a great high priest who
has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our
confession.”
Hebrews 6:4-6 – “For in the case of
those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and
have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of
God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is
impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to
themselves the Son of God, and put Him to open shame.”
Still
another warning is given from Holy Scriptures to believers who might fall away.
Hebrews 10:28-31 – “Anyone who has set
aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three
witnesses. How much severer punishment
do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and
has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified,
and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For
we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay." And again,
"The Lord will judge His people."
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
The
Apostle John refers to Jesus as the Son of God many times.
1 John 3:7-8 – “Little children, let no
one deceive you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He
is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has
sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He
might destroy the works of the devil.”
1 John 4:13-15 – “By this we know that
we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have beheld and bear witness that the
Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of
God, God abides in him, and he in God.”
Perhaps
this Scripture will convince you that Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of God,
and by believing on His shed blood as complete and total payment for all your
sins, you can have eternal life in His Name.
1 John 5:4-13 – “For whatever is born
of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world
our faith. And who is the one who
overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the one who came by water and blood,
Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness,
because the Spirit is the truth. For
there are three that bear witness, the Spirit and the water and the blood; and
the three are in agreement. If we
receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for the witness of
God is this, that He has borne witness concerning His Son. The one who believes in the Son of God has
the witness in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar,
because he has not believed in the witness that God has borne concerning His
Son. And the witness is this, that God
has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does
not have the Son of God does not have the life.
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of
God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.”
In conclusion, the
God of the Bible manifested Himself to the world in the person of Jesus Christ
when His Word was made flesh, as we are reminded from the Book of John.
John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:14 – “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt
among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father,
full of grace and truth.”
Furthermore, He
manifested Himself to the world when His Holy Spirit descended upon the
disciples in the upper room on the day of Pentecost. This is a brief illustration of the Godhead,
or Trinity: three persons in one God, or God manifesting Himself in three
persons.
Acts 2:1-4 – “And when the day of Pentecost had come,
they were all together in one place. And
suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent, rushing wind, and it
filled the whole house where they were sitting.
And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves,
and they rested on each one of them. And
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.”
In absolute
contradiction to the Scriptural foundation that God is a Triune Being,
according to Muhammad, Allah has a completely different makeup. The applicable Sura from the Koran, which
refers to Jesus by the name of Isa, emphasizes that Allah is not three.
Sura 4.171 “O followers of the Book! “BIBLE” do not
exceed the limits in your religion, and do not speak lies against Allah, but
speak the truth; the Messiah, Isa son of Marium is only an apostle of Allah and
His Word which He communicated to Marium and a spirit from Him; believe
therefore in Allah and His apostles, and
say not, Three.”
Therefore, with
respect to the Godhead, or Trinity, only one conclusion can be made: Allah is NOT
the God of the Bible!
True Christians
need to understand these simple truths so as not to be influenced by society’s
thinking. Many well meaning but ignorant
believers think that the god of Islam is the same God of the Bible. This to be sure is false. There is only One God. All other gods are enemies of the cross of
Jesus Christ and should be exposed and shunned.
Ephesians 5:7-11 – “Therefore do not be partakers
with them; for you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord;
walk as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness
and righteousness and truth), trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. And do not participate in the unfruitful
deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;”
May we grow in the
truth of God’s Holy Word, and through Jesus Christ His Son.
Finally, God spoke
all these words concerning others gods.
Exodus 20:1-5 - "I am the Lord your God, who brought
you out of the
Allah is the ‘other’ god.