[Faith-Talk] South Carolina avenue, Christ in Truth

[Mustafa Almahdy]

On each and every Sunday, Christians around the world gather at
Churches to glorify Christ. They consider him deified. Nonetheless, he
never expressed that about himself explicitly. It is immensely
perilous to lay Christians to dig into the Bible themselves because
it's most unlikely that they'll find Jesus enjoining people to worship
him. There are two main set of statements regarding Jesus's
phraseology in the scripture. Explicit and implicit statements. What
is an explicit statement? It is what has been stated plainly, readily
observable, leaving nothing to implication. Such as Jesus saying in
John 3:17:; "Now this is eternal life, that they know you, the only
true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." So here, Jesus
clearly acknowledges divinity and monotheism to the One and true God
and declares himself being sent by Him to convey His message to
people. Then, we have implicit statements, whereas some of them are
allegedly attributed to Jesus or possibly misconstrued by some
apologists for essentially systematic theology motives. Such as Jesus
saying in John 10:30; "I and the Father are one". Christian apologists
assert he has meant they are one in entity while the text
presumptively entails they are one in identity. Another instance,
where Jesus explicitly distinguishes between himself and God. Jesus
says in John 8:40; "As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a
man who has told you the truth that I heard from God." According to
the Bible you wholly hold up to, this was Jesus speaking to the Jews.
This particular passage has three crucial messages to catch. First
off, Jesus declared that Jews attempted to kill him. Thence, I
actually don't fathom the awkward relationship today between those who
allegedly are the followers of Jesus and those who, according to
scripture, were sternly hostile to him. Second, Jesus unambiguously
stated that he is a man who heard the word of God and destined to pass
it through to people. He didn't say I am God in man incarnate or any
of that. So, the personification of the divine in the character of
Jesus is a later developed doctrine called the Hypostatic union. It is
interesting to note, that historically, this particular doctrine has
only been prefaced at the Council of Chalcedon in the year (451).
Consequently, it is demonstratively fallacious to embrace such tenet
as it has been decisively probed to be absolutely mendacious.
Moreover, according to your own version of the Bible, in English, the
description of Jesus's mission precisely befits the definition of
prophethood in Islam. Third, Jesus says he heard the truth from God.
So, what is it? It is the message that he plainly stated in John 3:17
as quoted above. Furthermore, Jesus spoke the truth as he delivered
the message to a tremendous croud as he uttered a magnanimous speech
known biblically as sermon on the mount. In this major discourse, he
taught the public what is biblically known as the Lord's prayer. If
you Read this, while parallelly citing the opening of the Koran
translated into English, you will discover a gravely unexpected
similarity. I won't be taken aback, because it is yet the same message
of Monotheism. Jesus implored to God. If he was himself God, it would
have been quite irrational of Jesus praying to himself. I urge
pastoral staff and their loyally fellow congregants, to unfeignedly
seek the truth regarding Jesus's solely spoken word in the Gospel.
Trust me, after I read the Bible many times, my faith and conviction
of Islam being the true pathway to the celestial realm has
strengthened leastwise two fold. I do hope that you find this message
to you encouraging not frustrating. It is not my nature to deride or
marginalise someone's belief. Please, read the whole gospel and
earnestly seek to find what Jesus says in it. I do not recognise the
words spoken by Paul or others about Jesus. I only care about what was
directly spoken by Jesus. The essence of this message is quite plain.
Find the truth and stick to it. I wholeheartedly say to you, If I knew
that Christianity is indeed the truth and only path to salvation, I
would have unhesitatingly embraced it. This is not a joke nor it bears
to be.