LET THE BIBLE SPEAK
ON JESUS’S RELEGION
I welcome all of you with the islamic greetings "assalamun alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu"
"may peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be on all of you"
I welcome all of you with the islamic greetings "assalamun alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu"
"may peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be on all of you"
Religion by definition is a
system of belief and worship. I personally understand religion as a way of life
of an individual. Since it is crystal clear that Jesus lived on the surface of
the earth, then he must have a way of life.
We Muslims, without any proof
from the bible or any other religious scripture, believe that Jesus is the
messenger of God and as such; no Muslim is a Muslim if he does not believe in Jesus
as a messenger. However, the Christians have an objection to that belief. Allah
knows all these will happen and that’s the reason he said in Sura Baqarah
chapter no 2 verse no 111 it says that “ And they say: “None shall enter
paradise unless he be a jew or a Christian. “Those are their (vain) desires.
Say: “produce your proof if ye are truthful.” Allah, having knowing their vain
talks, their lies, is telling the believers here, that we should say to them hatuu burqaanakum in kuntum saadiqeen
which means ‘provide your proofs if you are truthful’
And, the Jews and Christians have
picked up that challenge and have provided their proofs to be the bible. I am
asking a question: What are we Muslims supposed to do? Tell them to provide
their proofs and sit back and watch like beaten donkeys? No! of course Allah is
telling us, after challenging them to provide their proofs, we should carefully
analyze their proofs. But unfortunately only but a few Muslims do this.
Since the Christians have
provided their proofs, then let their proofs speak for them. Let the bible
speak on Jesus’s Religion:
Before I proceed, I will like us
to know the following:
Definition of a Muslim: a Muslim
is “a person who submits his will to
Almighty God”
Definition of Islam: Islam means
“peace acquired by submitting your will
to almighty God”
1. If
you read the bible, it is mentioned in the gospel of John chapter no 4 verse no
34 which says “ Jesus saith unto them, “my
meat is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work”
According to
this verse, Jesus always did what God who sent him wanted him to do i.e to do
the will of Almighty God. One word for that is “MUSLIM” Jesus here tell us that
his meat (in other words his responsibility) is to submit his will to God. To
do the will of God.
2. It
is mentioned in the gospel of John chapter no 6 verse no 38 that jesus said “For I came down from heaven not to do mine
own will, but the will of him that sent me”
3. It
is mentioned in gospel of John chapter no 12 verse no 49 that Jesus said: “I have not spoken of myself, but the father
which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should
speak. And I know that his command is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak
therefore, even as the father said unto me, so I speak”.
Here, Jesus’s
words are words of a servant of God. As a servant, he does nothing other than
obeying the commandments of God. One who is God or has a share in divinity
cannot utter such words. These are words of submission to God’s will.
4. It
is mentioned in the gospel of John chapter no 5 verse no 30-31 that Jesus said:
“I can of mine own self do nothing as I
hear I judge and my judgement is just for I seek not my will but the will of my
father who sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
This verse
proved clearly that Jesus cannot perform any miracle on his own. In this verse
Jesus said he was a Muslim. Any one who says not my will but the will of God is
a Muslim. So Jesus Christ was a Muslim.
5. It
is mentioned in the gospel of Mathew chapter no 12 verse no 50 that Jesus said:
“for whoever does the will of my father
in heave is my brother and sister and mother”
In order words,
“for whoever is a Muslim is my brother
and sister and mother”
Lastly, I want and
will always urge Muslims to do DA’AWAH. May Allah give us more knowledge.
Ameen