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Muslims, Jews and Chrisans agree that there is only one God—not many gods. We believe in the Unity of God. But there are two different kinds of unity ... 1. Did Jesus really die? The Quran says: They [the Jews] did not crucify or kill him.(Q.4:157). This is true. The Jews did not crucify or kill Jesus—the Romans did. The Jews executed by ston- ing, not crucifixion. But Jesus did die. As a child, Jesus prophesied: Peace is up- on me, the day I was born, the day I will die amuut, and the day I am raised alive. (Q.19:33) And Allah promised him: I will cause you to die mutawaffeek and raise you to Myself.” (Q.3:55) Aſter his resurrecon, Jesus reported to Allah: You caused me to die tawaffay- tani.(Q.5:117). The crucifixion of Jesus by the Romans is aested in many early Greek (e.g. Thallus), Roman (e.g. Tacitus) and Jewish (e.g. Jose- phus) historical wrings. 2. Isnt Jesus only a prophet? The Quran shows that Jesus shares unique qualies with Allah that Muhammad does not have. What God does, Jesus also does SK Jesus into your life. Jesus said: Listen. I am standing at the door (of your life, of your heart) and knocking. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together.(Rev.3:20) ELIEVE (trust) in Jesus to save you. Jesus said: I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and be- lieves him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. (John.5:24) ONFESS and turn away from sin. Jesus said: Unless you repent, you will perish.(Luke 13:3) but if you repent then Your sins are forgiv- en.(Luke 7:48) EDICATE your life to Jesus. Jesus said: If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.(John 8:31,32) and I will never reject you.(John 6:37) NJOY a new kind of relaonship with God Jesus said: I no longer call you servants I have called you my friends.(John 15:15) The Bible says: You are no longer a slave, but Gods child. And since you are His child, God has also made you an heir.(Galaans 4:7) Enquiries: 0449 768 932

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Page 1: Jesus. - Bernie Power...The Quran shows that Jesus shares unique qualities with Allah that Muhammad does SK Jesus into your life. Jesus said: “ Listen. I am standing at the door

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

)

Enquiries: 0449 768 932

Page 2: Jesus. - Bernie Power...The Quran shows that Jesus shares unique qualities with Allah that Muhammad does SK Jesus into your life. Jesus said: “ Listen. I am standing at the door

Singular God with no internal differentiation

One direction One language Same times Same actions

Worship of Allah —> Uniformity & conformity

Geometry

Biology

Sociology

Geometry

Biology

The Trinity is a complex unity Three Persons in One God sharing one divine essence —a perfect loving community

Worship of Triune God —>

Any place/direction Any language Any time Singing & rejoicing

Allah could never come to earth

Born as a baby Grew up Taught Miracles Crucified Buried Resurrected

Jesus, the Son of God,

took on a human body

Ascended

The Challenge: The current world long jump

record is 8.95 metres. No-one alive can jump

the 10 metre gap

Our Problem: No ordinary human being has lived a

100% holy & sinless life

God’s solution: Jesus said: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No-one comes to the Father except through me.” (John

14:6)

Allah is a simple unity

Examples

in every-

day life

God is 100% holybut sin has created a gap

between God and humanity

“Your sins have separated you from God” (Isaiah 59:2)

To bridge between God and humanity requires some-one who is 100% holy

“There is one God, and one mediator between God and humanity, the man Christ Jesus.” (I Tim.2:5)