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THE
ONLY SAVIOUR CONCEPT MAKES JESUS, MIGHTIER
THAN
THE ALMIGHTY!
WHO IS "YOUR" SAVIOUR?
One of the primary
questions frequently posed by a devoted Christian to a non Christian is:
"We all do sin. But, under the umbrella of Christianity we have Jesus Christ,
who died on the Cross for "our" sins. He
is "our" Saviour.
Our sins are washed with the blood of our Saviour.
Who
is "your" Saviour and what is "your" solution for solving the sin problem?
If you were to counter
question; Did the Saviour "himself" claim
that the sins of "all Christians" or of "all mankind" are to be washed
or will be forgiven of the future generations, "only
by his blood"? The devout Christian may have a hard time finding
an answer to this question from his Bible. Tom Harpur, a former professor
of New Testament, religious editor of "The Toronto Star" and author of
several books on Christian Beliefs, writes:
Perhaps I am lacking in piety or some basic instinct, but
I know I am not alone in finding the idea of Jesus' death as
atonement for the sins of all humanity on one level bewildering
and on the other morally repugnant. Jesus never to my knowledge said anything
to indicate that forgiveness from God could only
be granted after or because of the cross.
('For Christ's Sake' page 75)
In the Christian
theology, the Doctrine of Atonement presupposes two important things:
1. The fall of "all
men" (not only Christians) from the Grace
of
God through an act of disobedience by Adam and Eve.
2. The restoration of God's
Grace for "all men"
(not only Christians)
through the Blood Sacrifice of Christ.
Apostle John writes
in his First Epistle:
"My little children, I am writing
these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we
have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is
the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not
for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world."
1 John 2:1/2
The above verse very
clearly indicates; the Atonement of the sins was for the
whole world (i.e. all
mankind). In other words, if Adam's act was
sin or infirmity for mankind,
Jesus' act was its remedy or justification for
mankind. If Adam's act was a debt for mankind,
Jesus' act was its payment for mankind.
If Adam's act was offence for mankind,
Jesus' act was its satisfaction and reconciliation with God for mankind.
If that happens to
be the Biblical TRUTH, then the posing of the said question by a boastfully
devout Christians to any non Christian, in reality, questions the FAITH
of the interrogator in his/her own Bible.
JESUS MIGHTIER THAN
THE ALMIGHTY!
The misconception that Jesus is The
Only Saviour makes Jesus mightier than
the Almighty of the Old Testament.
THE REBUTTAL TO MY ABOVE STATEMENT
posted by the answering-islam.org at their site
http://www.answering-islam.org/Responses/Meherally/meh10_0.htm
reads:
No it does not! Jesus said:
I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger
greater than the one who sent him. John 13:16
THANK YOU MR. CRITIC...
The above verse John 13:16 quoted by you, when read along with John 17:3,
wherein Jesus himself acknowledges that he was sent by
"the only true God", conclusively supports
and logically upholds the True Islamic Belief of placing full faith and
trust as "THE ALMIGHTY SAVIOUR" in the "MASTER OF JESUS" rather than in
Jesus Christ, who was the Servant and Messenger, IF there is only ONE SAVIOUR.
IF for some reason the Critic Andrew Vargo insists that Jesus is his SAVIOUR,
than he will have to ALSO admit that the ONE who had sent this Saviour
of His, is the "GREATER SAVIOUR". John 13:16.
The article continues...
The Almighty God said to prophet Isaiah, according
to the Bible:
"I, I am the LORD, and besides ME
there is no saviour"
Isaiah 43:11
"Turn to ME and be saved, all the ends of
the earth"
Isaiah 45:22
The first verse
NEGATES the attribution of such a claim to
anyone including Jesus, which the Righteous Jesus never made during his
ministry, as mentioned earlier.
The DISBELIEF
in the second verse by any devout Christian would clearly indicate that
he (or, she) is advocating or professing the following:
a) The Almighty God did not know the
coming of "Jesus the Saviour"
before the
ends of the earth. In other words; the Almighty Erred.
b) Anyone who wishes to be saved
by turning to the Almighty LORD,
must
go via "Jesus the Saviour". Whereas, anyone
who wishes to
be saved by turning to
"Jesus the Saviour" can by pass
the Almighty.
Does that not make "Jesus
The Only Saviour" mightier than the Almighty
LORD?
"MY FATHER AND I
ARE
ONE" (John 10:30)
Here
is my simple and straight forward question for the readers of this article
who happen to be those who steadfastly and resolutely believe in 'The Doctrine
of Trinity' and the "ONE"
of
the above verse to denote and signify the 'numerical one':
Since you happen to believe that "Father
The Almighty Creator" and "Son, Christ The Jesus" are truly "ONE"
and there is no pretense of piety or hypocrisy in your belief for the absolute
UNITY in TRINITY, then where do you see the variance, division, contrariety
or difference if "you" as a devout Christian consider Christ the Jesus
to be the ONLY Saviour
and if "I" as a believing Muslim consider the Almighty Creator to be the
ONLY Saviour???
I hope I will now have fewer mails entreating
me to read the Bible with an open mind and accept Christ the Jesus as my
"ONLY"
SAVIOUR.
I have yet to receive a sound and
reasonable answer to this question which contrast Adam and Jesus:
IF the physical death (2288-GSN,
Greek 'thanatus'), did spread to all men
through the SIN of Adam (Romans 5:12), and IF the act of Jesus was indeed
the payment of debt or its satisfaction and reconciliation
with God and the justification and life (2222-GSN, Greek 'zoe')
for all men, (Romans
5:18), then why are men still dying the physical death?
The existence of physical death, clearly indicates
that every living person is individually answerable for his or her SINS
and is not yet SAVED by the Act of Jesus. I quote below a verse from the
Bible to support the above.
The person who sins shall die. A child
shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent, nor a parent suffer for
the iniquity of a child; the righteousness of the righteous shall be his
own, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be his own.
Ezekiel 18:20
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