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From
Isaiah 45:18,
alone we can conclusively say that God alone
was the Creator and no one else, not even Jesus, participated in
the creation.
See further:
Deuteronomy 4:35; Exodus 8:10; Il Samuel 7:22; 1
Kings 8:23; I Chronicles 17:20; Psalms 86:8,89:6 and 113:5; Hosea
13:4; Zechariah 14:9.
C
. But these are all in the Old Testament. Is it in the New
Testament?
M
. Be very careful in rejecting the Old Testament. It is part of
your Holy Bible. Read in
Mark 12:29
what Jesus himself said:
‘”And Jesus answered him, “
The first of all the commandments
is, Hear, O! Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord
.”
(I Corinthians 8:4):
“’...
we know that an idol is nothing in the
world, and that there is none other God but One.”
(
I Timothy
2:5):
“
For there is ONE GOD
,
and one mediator between God
and men
,
the man Christ Jesus
.” Look to the expression
the man
Christ Jesus
. Now you can either say that
John 1:1
is right and
all these other verses are wrong, or the reverse.
C.
Difficult to judge!
M
. Let us see it from the Qur’anic perspective then, and if it
corresponds with what Jesus himself said in the Bible. Jesus is
mentioned several times in the Qur’an as a “Word from Allah
.”
In the Qur’an:
Surah 3,
verse 45
: “(Remember) when the angels
said: ‘O’ Mary! Verily Allah gives you the glad tidings of a
Word
from Him
, his name will be Messiah Jesus, the son of Mary, held
in honor in this world and the hereafter, and of those who are
nearest to Allah
.’” In the Holy Qur’an Jesus is also called a
Word from Allah, i.e. a Word belonging to Allah, corresponding