jesus. - bernie power...the quran shows that jesus shares unique qualities with allah that muhammad...
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Mu
slims, Jew
s and
Ch
ristian
s
agree that th
ere is on
ly
on
e Go
d—
no
t man
y god
s.
We b
elieve in
the U
nity o
f Go
d.
Bu
t there are tw
o d
ifferen
t
kind
s of u
nity ...
1. D
id Jesu
s really die
? Th
e Qu
r’an says: “Th
ey [the Jew
s] did
no
t cru
cify or kill h
im.” (Q
.4:1
57
). This is tru
e. Th
e Jews d
id n
ot cru
cify or kill Jesu
s—th
e R
om
ans d
id. Th
e Jews execu
ted b
y ston
-in
g, no
t crucifi
xion
. Bu
t Jesus d
id d
ie. A
s a child
, Jesus p
rop
hesied
: “Peace is u
p-
on
me, th
e day I w
as bo
rn, th
e day I w
ill d
ie am
uu
t, and
the d
ay I am raised
alive. (Q
.19:33) A
nd A
llah promised him
: “I will
cause yo
u to
die m
utaw
aff
eek and
raise yo
u to
Myself.” (Q
.3:5
5)
Aft
er his resu
rrecti
on
, Jesus rep
orted
to
Allah
: “Yo
u cau
sed m
e to
die
taw
aff
ay-
tan
i.” (Q.5
:11
7).
The cru
cifixio
n o
f Jesus b
y the R
om
ans is
attested
in m
any early G
reek (e.g. Th
allus),
Ro
man
(e.g. Tacitus) an
d Jew
ish (e.g. Jo
se-p
hu
s) histo
rical writi
ngs.
2. Isn
’t Jesus o
nly a p
rop
het?
The Q
uran
sho
ws th
at Jesus sh
ares u
niq
ue
qu
alities w
ith A
llah th
at Mu
ham
mad
do
es n
ot h
ave. Wh
at Go
d d
oes, Jesu
s also d
oe
s
SK Jesu
s into
you
r life. Jesu
s said: “Listen
. I am stan
din
g at the
do
or (o
f you
r life, of yo
ur h
eart) and
kn
ockin
g. If you
hear m
y voice an
d o
pen
th
e do
or, I w
ill com
e in an
d w
e will eat
toge
ther.” (R
ev.3:2
0)
ELIEVE (tru
st) in Jesu
s to
save you
. Jesus said
: “I tell you
the
truth
, wh
oe
ver hears m
y wo
rd an
d b
e-lieves h
im w
ho
sent m
e has etern
al life an
d w
ill no
t be co
nd
em
ned
; he h
as cro
ssed o
ver from
death
to life.
(Joh
n.5
:24
) O
NFESS an
d tu
rn aw
ay fro
m sin
. Jesus said
: “Un
less you
repen
t, you
will p
erish.” (Lu
ke 13
:3) b
ut if
you
repen
t then
“You
r sins are fo
rgiv-en
.” (Luke 7
:48
) ED
ICA
TE you
r life to
Jesus. Jesu
s said: “If yo
u h
old
to m
y teach
ing, yo
u are really m
y discip
les. An
d
you
will kn
ow
the tru
th, an
d th
e truth
will
set you
free.” (Jo
hn
8:31
,32
) and
“I will
never reject yo
u.” (Jo
hn
6:3
7)
NJO
Y a new
kind
of
relatio
nsh
ip w
ith G
od
Jesu
s said: “I n
o lo
nger call yo
u servan
ts …
I have called
you
my frien
ds.” (Jo
hn
1
5:1
5) Th
e Bib
le says: “ You
are no
lon
ger a slave, b
ut G
od
’s child
. An
d sin
ce you
are H
is child
, Go
d h
as also m
ade yo
u an
h
eir.” (Galati
ans 4:7
)
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