by Alhaj Ata Ullah Kaleem
Christianity
1. UNITY AND ONENESS OF GOD
- “And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord.” (Mark 12:29)
- “And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him. Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.” (Matthew 19:16-17)
- “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17:3)
It is apparent from these quotes that Jesus himself has solved the problem that God is one and he is only a Messenger of God like other of God’s Messengers. According to the Holy Quran a Muslim is bound to believe in Jesus as a Prophet as he has to believe in all the Prophets of God. (The Quran 2:137)
- “One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” (Ephesians 4:6)
- “Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.” (Isaiah 43:10-11)
- “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” (Psalms 90:2)
- “…I ascend to my Father and your Father; and to my God, and your God.” (John 20:17)
- “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5)