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KHALILUR RAHMAN
Thanks for your reply. In reply to your views, I have the following points: As per Deuteronomy, a hanged man will have following specialty : 1. He commits sin. 2. That committed sin deserves death punishment. 3. He is put to death by hanging on a tree. 4. His body shall not remain overnight on the tree. 5. This hanged man is accursed of God. Now Jesus was put to death on cross. Do you think he had all these specialties who deserves death punishment? Did he commit sin? Did his sin deserve death punishment? Was he a cursed person? I do not know what will be your reply. But Church tried to reply this question by putting everybody's sins on the shoulder of Jesus. They say, Jesus died to pay for our sins. It does not sound logical at all. At this stage, I should mention what Qur'an says about this. Qur'an says- "He ( Jesus) was not killed, not crucified, it was made appear like this. Rather, He was taken up towards Allah".
"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."" Gen 22:18 . This seed is certainly not Jesus. Because Jesus did not come for whole world. He, very categorically said that he is only for the lost sheep of Israel. He ordered his disciple not to go the Gentiles. (Mathew 10:5-7 )- Do not go to Non-Jews and the village of Samaria . Only go to the lost sheep of Israel. (Mathew 15:24)- “Jesus said-I am sent only to the lost sheep of Israel”. (Mathew 15:26) -It is not good to give the food of Children to dogs. Jesus treated Gentiles as dogs. What you quoted from Galatians is written by Paul to counter those people who wanted to follow the Laws of Moses. Please read the preface of Galatians & you will find out all these facts. Whole book of Galatians is the opinions of Paul. Now question arises who is that seed of Abraham who will bless the whole world. That seed is the Prophet of Islam who is the direct descendent of Abraham through his first son Ishmael. God declared him in Qur'an as the blessings of whole universe. The Helper/Comforter/Advocate/Counselor who is supposed to come after Jesus is surely not Holy Spirit. Holy spirit was present even before the birth of Jesus. Prophet John was filled with Holy Spirit even when he was in the womb of his mother ( Luke 1:15). Holy Spirit came to Mary also ( Luke 1:35). Jesus was also filled with Holy Spirit. Jesus says in John 14:16-26: ""And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever". Why Jesus will pray for a thing which is already available. So, Helper is certainly not Holy Spirit. All the prophets of God are the Spirit of Truth, they are the way & life for their people during that period. Abraham was the way & life for his people, Moses was the way & life for Israelis during his time. It is not special for Jesus only. It is true for all Prophets. Now I ask you one question. What exactly you mean by begotten son & why you call Jesus the begotten son of God.
"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."" Gen 22:18 . This seed is certainly not Jesus. Because Jesus did not come for whole world. He, very categorically said that he is only for the lost sheep of Israel. He ordered his disciple not to go the Gentiles. (Mathew 10:5-7 )- Do not go to Non-Jews and the village of Samaria . Only go to the lost sheep of Israel. (Mathew 15:24)- “Jesus said-I am sent only to the lost sheep of Israel”. (Mathew 15:26) -It is not good to give the food of Children to dogs. Jesus treated Gentiles as dogs. What you quoted from Galatians is written by Paul to counter those people who wanted to follow the Laws of Moses. Please read the preface of Galatians & you will find out all these facts. Whole book of Galatians is the opinions of Paul. Now question arises who is that seed of Abraham who will bless the whole world. That seed is the Prophet of Islam who is the direct descendent of Abraham through his first son Ishmael. God declared him in Qur'an as the blessings of whole universe. The Helper/Comforter/Advocate/Counselor who is supposed to come after Jesus is surely not Holy Spirit. Holy spirit was present even before the birth of Jesus. Prophet John was filled with Holy Spirit even when he was in the womb of his mother ( Luke 1:15). Holy Spirit came to Mary also ( Luke 1:35). Jesus was also filled with Holy Spirit. Jesus says in John 14:16-26: ""And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever". Why Jesus will pray for a thing which is already available. So, Helper is certainly not Holy Spirit. All the prophets of God are the Spirit of Truth, they are the way & life for their people during that period. Abraham was the way & life for his people, Moses was the way & life for Israelis during his time. It is not special for Jesus only. It is true for all Prophets. Now I ask you one question. What exactly you mean by begotten son & why you call Jesus the begotten son of God.
[email protected] wrote:
At 11:23 AM 5/22/2012,
Dear Khalilur,
Thank you for your recent emails. I will get to them as soon as I can, but before I go any further,
I must say that I notice that you have not answered any of my personal questions to you.
So, let's lay aside the doctrinal discussion for a real, personal one:
1: Do you know God? I mean do you really KNOW God. Do you hear His voice and know that you are a child of God?
2: Have you been born again?
3: Are you going to heaven?
4: How can your sins be forgiven?
5: Does God overlook sin or must it be paid for?
Dear Khalilur,
Thank you for your recent emails. I will get to them as soon as I can, but before I go any further,
I must say that I notice that you have not answered any of my personal questions to you.
So, let's lay aside the doctrinal discussion for a real, personal one:
1: Do you know God? I mean do you really KNOW God. Do you hear His voice and know that you are a child of God?
2: Have you been born again?
3: Are you going to heaven?
4: How can your sins be forgiven?
5: Does God overlook sin or must it be paid for?
KHALILUR RAHMAN
Thanks for your mail. Now I will reply to all personal questions you asked one by one as per serial.
1. Yes, I really know who is God. " He is Allah the One and Only , Allah the Eternal Absolute , He neither beget nor is He begotten , and there is none like unto Him".. this is a chapter from the Holy Qur'an which tells us that God is beyond your imagination and none like Him. If you talk about real sound from God, only Moses used to talk to God directly, but that also from behind the cloud. It was a special favour given to Moses. However, Moses also did not see God. For other Prophets, Arc Gabriel & other angels used to communicate with them on behalf of God. For others, it is not possible to talk to God in this life. But we will see & talk to God in our life hereafter if we go to heaven. In old & New Testament, anybody who believes in God & follows his commandments is called the son of God. In Islam, this term is replaced by Servant. All the creature of God including mankind is his servant.
2. Qur'an says- " All the living creature will get the taste of death." Jesus did not die. He was taken up alive. He will come back & have the taste of death after his mission. I am still alive, so question of born again does not arise. On doom's day ( Kiamat) all will die. But, we will be raised up again on the Day of Judgment. You may call that reborn.
3. Insha-Allah, I will go to heaven.
4. When I realize that I have committed a sin, straightway I must face God & ask for his forgiveness & promise to Him not to commit that sin again. Insha-Allah, God will forgive me. But, if my sin causes harm to anybody, I must ask forgiveness from that man also, sometimes you may have to compensate or pay penalty to him. It depends case to case.
5. Qur'an says- " Then anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, shall see it.. And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see it". So, nothing will be lost. Everything, good or evil, will be written in that book. Your evils & good will be compared & weighed. If your good has more weight than weight of evil, you will go to heaven, otherwise to hell.
That was the answer in short. But each point needs more detail explanation to understand properly.
1. Yes, I really know who is God. " He is Allah the One and Only , Allah the Eternal Absolute , He neither beget nor is He begotten , and there is none like unto Him".. this is a chapter from the Holy Qur'an which tells us that God is beyond your imagination and none like Him. If you talk about real sound from God, only Moses used to talk to God directly, but that also from behind the cloud. It was a special favour given to Moses. However, Moses also did not see God. For other Prophets, Arc Gabriel & other angels used to communicate with them on behalf of God. For others, it is not possible to talk to God in this life. But we will see & talk to God in our life hereafter if we go to heaven. In old & New Testament, anybody who believes in God & follows his commandments is called the son of God. In Islam, this term is replaced by Servant. All the creature of God including mankind is his servant.
2. Qur'an says- " All the living creature will get the taste of death." Jesus did not die. He was taken up alive. He will come back & have the taste of death after his mission. I am still alive, so question of born again does not arise. On doom's day ( Kiamat) all will die. But, we will be raised up again on the Day of Judgment. You may call that reborn.
3. Insha-Allah, I will go to heaven.
4. When I realize that I have committed a sin, straightway I must face God & ask for his forgiveness & promise to Him not to commit that sin again. Insha-Allah, God will forgive me. But, if my sin causes harm to anybody, I must ask forgiveness from that man also, sometimes you may have to compensate or pay penalty to him. It depends case to case.
5. Qur'an says- " Then anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, shall see it.. And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see it". So, nothing will be lost. Everything, good or evil, will be written in that book. Your evils & good will be compared & weighed. If your good has more weight than weight of evil, you will go to heaven, otherwise to hell.
That was the answer in short. But each point needs more detail explanation to understand properly.