Jesus, Prophet of Islam - The Islamic Bulletin

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that by the law of Moses, whose divine authority he

acknowledged, it was the crime of idolatry and blas­

phemy to have, or to worship, any other God but Je­

hova. His lord and master, Jesus, made mention of

no other God but [ehova, and never took upon him­

self to speak anything of himself; but as the Father,

whose messenger he was, gave him commandment

what he should say and what he should speak. (John

12: 49).

(Note: It would appear from what Lindsey says here,

that at this stage the discovery by Sir Isaac Newton

that l John 5: 7 is a forgery had not yet come to light.)

• The writers of the Gospel history speak of one divine
person, the Father, as the only true God. (John 17: 3).

• Mark, Matthew and Luke appear to have written their
Gospels without consulting each other. They never
even give a hint of Jesus being God. It cannot be be­
lieved or imagined that these men, if they had known
him to be God and Creator of the World, would have
kept silent on such an important matter.

• John, who begins his Gospel by saying that the Word
was God and that Jesus was the Word made flesh,
does not ascribe this name to him once in the rest of
hisGospel.

•    An examination of Luke's gospel shows that he be­

lieved thatJesus had no existence before he was bom

of his mother, Mary, since:

•    In Luke3: 23-38, a lineal descent of Jesusis given,

•    In Luke 4: 24 and 13: 33, Jesus is acknowledged

to be a Prophet of God.

•    In Luke 7: 16 and 24: 19, Jesus is calIed aProphet.

•    In Luke 9: 20 and 26 andin Luke 22: 27 and 29,

Peter and sorne of the other apostles calI Jesus

the servant of God.