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Who deserves to be Worshiped ?

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Do not think that I have come <strong>to</strong> abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not<br />

come <strong>to</strong> abolish them but <strong>to</strong> fulfill them. For truly, I say <strong>to</strong> you, until heaven and<br />

earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is<br />

accomplished.<br />

9. In Matthew 5:19, Jesus Christ, in accordance with the role of any prophet, was<br />

reported <strong>to</strong> have insisted on strict o<strong>be</strong>dience <strong>to</strong> the commandments of Allah:<br />

Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches<br />

others <strong>to</strong> do the same will <strong>be</strong> called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever<br />

does them and teaches them will <strong>be</strong> called great in the kingdom of heaven.<br />

17.5 Revival of the doctrine of Jesus’ humanness<br />

No evidence in the Bible for the divinity of Jesus (pbuh)<br />

Nowhere in the Gospels was Jesus reported <strong>to</strong> have called himself ‘God’ or one of<br />

three. If this were the case, then it would have <strong>be</strong>en mentioned very clearly in the<br />

Bible at least once <strong>be</strong>cause Jesus—like all other prophets—was sent <strong>to</strong> enlighten his<br />

people about the truth and clear up doubts, not <strong>to</strong> confuse them further.<br />

Indeed, the Bible in its present form points <strong>to</strong> Jesus’ humanness in many verses,<br />

such as these from the Gospel of John:<br />

but now you seek <strong>to</strong> kill me, a man who has <strong>to</strong>ld you the truth that I heard<br />

from God... (John 8:40)<br />

So Jesus said <strong>to</strong> them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you<br />

will know that I am he...” (John 8:28) 80<br />

Even in some of the writings of Paul, which the Church considers sacred, Jesus is<br />

referred <strong>to</strong> as a man, distinct and different from God (Allah). In 1 Timothy, 2:5, Paul<br />

80<br />

Jesus (pbuh) is referred <strong>to</strong> as the ‘Son of Man’ almost two hundred times in the Bible.<br />

This is an obvious conflict if he is also supposed <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> God and the ‘Son of God’.<br />

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