{"id":69,"date":"2015-02-25T19:23:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azmi.co\/cust\/ngba-wp\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2015-02-25T19:23:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:23:39","slug":"jesus-gives-eternal-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=69","title":{"rendered":"JESUS-GIVES ETERNAL LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">In the name of All\u0101h,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">the Beneficent, the Merciful.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: red; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">DEDICATED TO<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">All\u0101h&ndash;the Glorious and the High,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Lord of the worlds<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: red; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">AND TO<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Mohammad&ndash;who brought the world<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">to our feet and eternity to our arms.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">*<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">JESUS GIVES ETERNAL LIFE<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">In the Bible God calls on man to govern his faith by reason and Jesus exhorts his followers to seek truth which will set them free from falsehood:<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\"><span style=\"color: maroon;\">&ldquo;Come now, and let us <i>reason<\/i> together, saith the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool&rdquo;&ndash;(Isaiah 1:18)<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">;<sup><span style=\"background: yellow;\">1<\/span><\/sup> <span style=\"color: purple;\">&ldquo;And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free&rdquo;&ndash;(Gospel of John, 8:32). <\/span>Unless Christians prefer blind faith, Christians are to read their Bible and think for themselves so they would not be mislead\/ deceived.<\/span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">The Christian preacher takes one verse out of context and conjoins it to others to project Jesus as &ldquo;ransom&rdquo; for mankind&rsquo;s alleged inherited sin. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; One notable instance is the reading of the verse where a man came to Jesus, inquiring, <span style=\"color: maroon;\">&ldquo;Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life&rdquo;&ndash;(Matthew 19:16; Mark 10:17). <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Rather than read Jesus&rsquo; reply to the person, the preacher jumps to John 10:28, quoting Jesus in another situation where Jesus explained to some skeptics that, <span style=\"color: maroon;\">&ldquo;I give unto them (his followers) eternal life.&rdquo; <\/span>Which renders the preacher&rsquo;s sermon as, <span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\"><i>one came to Jesus and asked, <\/i>Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life&hellip;I give unto them eternal life, Jesus says.<\/span> Conveying the impression that Jesus&rsquo; &ldquo;I give unto them eternal life&rdquo; was Jesus&rsquo; response to the young man. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp; Then the preacher propounds John 3:16 <span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\"><span style=\"color: maroon;\">&ldquo;For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten<sup><span style=\"background: yellow;\">2<\/span><\/sup> son that whosoever believeth in him<i>&nbsp;<\/i>should not perish, but have everlasting life&rdquo; <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\" style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp; Which, when all three statements are put together, projects that Jesus gives &ldquo;eternal; life&rdquo; through his dying for the sins of the world:<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 21pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: red; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><i><span style=\"color: purple;\">one came to Jesus and asked, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: purple;\">Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life&hellip;<\/span>I give unto them eternal life&hellip;<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\"><span style=\"color: maroon;\">For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him<i>&nbsp;<\/i>should not perish, but have everlasting life. <\/span><\/span>(Unless the preacher is devoted to benefit rather than belief, he must yet expect to sit with Jesus &ldquo;on the right hand of God&rdquo;).<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Apart from the fact, as shown in various pages on this site, not only are there no <span style=\"color: blue;\">TRINITY, INHERITED SIN AND VICARIOUS ATONEMENT<\/span>, Jesus&rsquo; answer to the questioner is diametrically opposed to the preacher&rsquo;s claim. Here is the man&rsquo;s question to Jesus and Jesus&rsquo; reply (and note well, Jesus denies he is God):<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 21pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life&rdquo; <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 21pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;And he (Jesus) said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is NONE good but ONE, that is, GOD: but if thou wilt enter into life, <strong><span style=\"background: yellow;\">KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS<\/span><\/strong> (brought by Moses)&hellip;Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself&rdquo;&ndash;(Matthew 19:16-19; Mark 10: 17-19).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">This is how Jesus gave his followers &ldquo;eternal life&rdquo; (John 10:28), by instructing them what to do and avoid <span style=\"color: maroon;\">&ndash;to follow the Mosaic Law (until the coming of the Comforter who will guide into &ldquo;all truth&rdquo; and &ldquo;abide for ever&rdquo;<sup><span style=\"background: yellow;\">3<\/span><\/sup>).<\/span> In this respect all prophets give &ldquo;eternal life.&rdquo;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Clearly, Jesus&rsquo; water for &ldquo;eternal life&rdquo; is not that which the Christian shepherd feeds his sheep (and the non-Christians in his audience). <span style=\"color: maroon;\">Such Christians are a disgrace to Christ; a mockery of the Lord to whom they interject, Praise the Lord! Halleluiah!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Unless such preachers are &ldquo;Christians&rdquo; for benefit rather than for belief, <span style=\"color: maroon;\">are these Christians not fearful of the &ldquo;eternal damnation&rdquo; which Christ warned them about?: the &ldquo;everlasting&rdquo; &ldquo;furnace of fire&rdquo; that &ldquo;never shall be quenched&rdquo; in which is &ldquo;wailing and gnashing of teeth&rdquo;&ndash;(<span class=\"plaintextcharchar0\">Mark 3:29; 9:43; Matthew 18:8; 13:42).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\" style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Jesus&rsquo; teachings belie the Church doctrines of inherited sin and vicarious atonement. Jesus taught: <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 30pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp; -&ldquo;I am not come to call the righteous<strong>,<\/strong> but sinners to REPENTANCE&rdquo; (NOT<i> to belief in inherited sin <\/i>and<i> vicarious atonement\/crucifixion)<\/i>&ndash;Matt. 9:13. This is how Jesus [and all prophets] saved his people from their sin, by calling them to <i>repentance<\/i>); <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 3pt; margin-left: 30pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-&ldquo;I say unto you, there is JOY in the presence of the angels of God over one SINNER that REPENTETH&rdquo;&ndash;(Luke 15:10).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 30pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-&ldquo;For I say unto you, that except your <strong>righteousness<\/strong><i>&nbsp;<\/i>shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, <strong>ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven<\/strong>&rdquo;&ndash;(Matthew 5:20);<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 6pt; margin-left: 30pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-&ldquo;If thou wilt enter into life <strong>keep the command-ments<\/strong>&rdquo;&ndash;(Matthew 19:16-19. <span style=\"color: maroon;\">As stated, this is how Jesus gave his followers &ldquo;eternal; life&rdquo;&ndash;John 10:28, by teaching them what to follow and avoid);<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 6pt; margin-left: 30pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-&ldquo;The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses&rsquo; seat: <strong>ALL<\/strong> therefore <strong>whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do<\/strong>&rdquo;&ndash;(Matt. 23:2. <i><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Scribes and Pharisees do not teach inherited sin, vicarious atonement, and crucifixion<\/span>).<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">That the &ldquo;wages of sin is death,&rdquo; inherited sin and vicarious atonement were devised by Paul and institutionalized by the Church 300 years after Jesus. M.A. Faruqui notes in his revealing book <i>The Crumbling Of The Cross<\/i>:<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&ldquo;The Christian Church had caused a <i>General Council<\/i> of the Church dignitaries to be appointed in A.D. 325 in which certain doctrines were made to be the foundation of the Christian Church, and belief therein was made essential for one to be Christian. This is known as the <i>Nicene Creed<\/i>. Under this, the confirmed doctrine of Atonement may be explained as follows: <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 54pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; (i) Adam (and Eve) committed a Sin, and this Sin was inherited by their descendants.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 9pt; margin-left: 54pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">(ii) The attribute of &ldquo;Justice&rdquo; in God demanded that a sin must be punished, <i>for the wage of Sin is death<\/i>.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 9pt; margin-left: 54pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\">(iii) God sent his son Jesus Christ to this world, so that he may die on the Cross an &ldquo;accursed&rdquo; death, and after spending some time in Hell, atone for the Sins of the human race, and then be resurrected again.&rdquo; <\/span>(pp. 109-110).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&ldquo;St. Paul had thought of and adopted the doctrine of Jesus Christ having died on the Cross and being resurrected afterwards, and this became the confirmed doctrine of the Christian Church. But the investigations made about the imprints of Christ&rsquo;s body on the Shroud (of Turin) <span style=\"background: yellow;\">put the Church in difficulties<\/span>. Pope John XXIII had made a proclamation on 30 June 1960, which was printed in an issue of the Vatican newspaper, <i>Osservator Romano<\/i> dated 2nd July 1960, under the title <i>&ldquo;Complete Salvation through the Blood of Jesus Christ,&rdquo;<\/i> in which the Pope informed and directed all the Catholic Bishops to believe and to propagate that the complete salvation of the human race lies <i><span style=\"background: yellow;\">through the blood of Jesus Christ, and that the death of Jesus Christ is not essential for this purpose<\/span><\/i><span style=\"background: yellow;\">.&rdquo;<\/span>(<i>Ibid.<\/i> p. 109).<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\"><span style=\"color: maroon;\"> (This is Papal&rsquo;s verbal gymnastics. How can salvation be through the &ldquo;blood&rdquo; of Christ when there was no &ldquo;blood&rdquo; of Jesus Christ? and Christianity stands on the foundation of the &ldquo;blood&rdquo; of Jesus Christ &ndash;of &ldquo;inherited sin&rdquo; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: maroon;\">and vicarious atonement; <\/span>and Christians are preaching to the world that Jesus Christ &ldquo;died&rdquo; for sin inherited from Adam?<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: maroon;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Note well, that &ldquo;<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\">salvation of the human race lies <i>through the blood of Jesus Christ&rdquo;<\/i><\/span> is the Pope&rsquo;s [Christian&rsquo;s] teaching; it is NOT God&rsquo;s teaching; it is NOT Jesus&rsquo; teaching. What more proof is needed that <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">CHRISTIANITY IS A FAKE<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">?<\/span><span style=\"color: purple;\">) <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; How can salvation lie through the &ldquo;blood&rdquo; of Jesus Christ when Jesus Christ, the Christian&rsquo;s God and Son of God, taught that &ldquo;salvation&rdquo; lies in following the Mosaic Law [till the coming of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: blue;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=541:jesus-comforter&amp;catid=4:content&amp;Itemid=6\">COMFORTER <\/a><\/span><\/span>who will bring &ldquo;all truth&rdquo; and &ldquo;abide forever&rdquo;?] And as salvation lies in following the Mosaic Law <strong><span style=\"color: red;\">THERE IS NO NEED FOR VICARIOUS ATONEMENT! THERE IS NO NEED FOR CHRIST<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: red;\">!<\/span><sup><span style=\"background: yellow;\"> 4<\/span><\/sup><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\">Even the <i>inherited-sin <\/i>and <i>vicarious-atonement<\/i> invention is lopsided. The Bible says: <\/span><span style=\"color: maroon;\">&ldquo;Adam was <\/span><span style=\"color: maroon;\">NOT<\/span><span style=\"color: maroon;\"> deceived <\/span><span style=\"color: maroon;\">BUT THE WOMAN BEING DECEIVED WAS IN THE TRANSGRESSION&rdquo;<\/span><span style=\"color: maroon;\">&ndash;(1Tim. 2:14; Gen. 3:6, 12). <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Since Eve\/woman was the transgressor how is it that &ldquo;sin&rdquo; is &ldquo;inherited&rdquo; through Adam&rsquo;s\/man&rsquo;s sperm and not through the transgressor Eve&rsquo;s\/woman&rsquo;s ovum? More so, as Christians view woman as &ldquo;the devil&rsquo;s gate-way&rdquo;: <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 18pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&ldquo;&ldquo;Do you know,&rdquo; says Tertullian, when addressing Women, &ldquo;that you are each Eve? The sentence of God on this sex of yours lives in this age; the guilt, of necessity, must live too. You are the devil&rsquo;s gate-way; you are the unsealer of that tree; you are the first deserter of the Divine Law; you destroyed as easily God&rsquo;s image.&rdquo;&hellip; She is &ldquo;the organ of the devil,&rdquo; &ldquo;a scorpion ever ready to sting,&rdquo; &ldquo;the poisonous asp,&rdquo; &ldquo;the malice of the dragon.&rdquo; These are some of the blessings that Woman received from persons of exalted position in the Church, such as St. Bernard, St. Anthony, St. Jerome, St. Cyprian, and St. Paul.&rdquo;<sup><span style=\"background: yellow;\">5<\/span> <\/sup><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0);\">(The Christian&rsquo;s God should have sent His &ldquo;only begotten&rdquo; daughter to die for sins)<\/span>.(For more on women see <span style=\"color: blue;\">CHRISTIANITY-WOMEN<\/span>).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\" style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Christians are to ask themselves<span style=\"color: maroon;\">: &ldquo;how can I go to heaven by following doctrines God did not reveal? <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\" style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">Blind faith may be blissful but it is no passport to paradise.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&ldquo;There is no God but All\u0101h; <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Mohammad is the Messenger of All\u0101h!&rdquo;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Even if one has no intention of doing any good he\/she should not hold in worship any but All\u0101h. While we are alive we have the grand opportunity to turn to All\u0101h. When we die <span style=\"color: maroon;\">&ndash;and no one knows when&ndash;<\/span> there is no second chance. This grand opportunity evaporates like a dewdrop in Hell. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; All\u0101h God invites us to forgive us our sins&ndash;(Qur&rsquo;an 14:10). And He implores us in loving, compassionate terms through His illustrious Prophet and mercy to the world, Mohammad to convey to us: <span style=\"color: maroon;\">&ldquo;Say: O My servants who have sinned against their souls, despair not of the mercy of All\u0101h, surely All\u0101h forgives all sins. Verily, He is Most Forgiving. Ever Merciful&rdquo;&ndash;(Qur&rsquo;an 39:53).<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">All\u0101h loves us.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">All\u0101h wants to guide us.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">All\u0101h wants us to be pure.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">All\u0101h wants us to have a life in Paradise.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: purple;\">What is holding you back from <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: blue;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php\/component\/content\/?id=674:baptism&amp;catid=4:content&amp;Itemid=6\">BAPTIZING<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">with All\u0101h, the Best of Baptizers?<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">(Qur&rsquo;an 2:138).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">*<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">NOTES<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><span style=\"background: yellow;\">1. <\/span> And All\u0101h God exhorts us in His Qur&rsquo;an: <\/span><span style=\"color: maroon;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">&ldquo;Call to the way of thy Lord with <i>wisdom and goodly exhortation<\/i>, and argue with them in the<i>best manner<\/i><strong>&rdquo;<\/strong>&ndash;(Qur&rsquo;an 16: 125).<\/span> <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 10pt;\"><span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\"><span style=\"background: yellow;\">2. <\/span><\/span>Ahmed Deedat has shown in his booklet <i>Is the Bible God&rsquo;s Word?<\/i> that in the RSV Bible; the word &ldquo;BEGOTTEN&rdquo; of &ldquo;begotten son&rdquo; of John 3:16, has been &ldquo;excised;&rdquo; also the word &ldquo;VIRGIN&rdquo; in Isaiah 7:14 has been replaced with the phrase &ldquo;a young woman;&rdquo; the verse of 1-John 5:7 which speaks of the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost (the Trinity) &ldquo;has also been scrapped from the RSV&rdquo; Bible; and the verses of Mark 16:19 and Luke 24:51 which refer to the Ascension of Jesus were &ldquo;expunged&rdquo; but later &ldquo;restored to the text.&rdquo; <span style=\"color: red;\">(Christians expunging their &ldquo;Word of God&rdquo;?) <\/span>Deedat also notes that while these terms have been <span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\">&ldquo;unceremoniously excised&rdquo; from English Bibles, they are retained in the Bible&rsquo;s nearly 1500 other languages. <span style=\"color: purple;\">(Such is the Church&rsquo;s deception and desperation to snare the innocent and uninformed native into eating the &ldquo;body&rdquo; and drinking the mythical &ldquo;blood&rdquo; of Christ &ndash;SPIRITUAL CANNIBALISM. This is probably the lowest depth of spiritual depravity). <\/span>(For more adulterating of the Bible see <span style=\"color: blue;\">BIBLE-CORRUPT &amp; OBSOLETE<\/span><span style=\"color: purple;\">).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"background: yellow;\">3.<\/span> See <span style=\"color: blue;\">JESUS-COMFORTER<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 10pt;\"><span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\"><span style=\"background: yellow;\">4.<\/span> For more details about the scientific investigation on the Shroud of Turin see <\/span><span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">JESUS-INHERITED SIN TO ASCENSION<\/span><\/span><span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\">, chapter on Crucifixion. <\/span><span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\">Notably, the Qur&rsquo;an consists of teachings of the Bible and other Scriptures that are applicable to all time&ndash;(Qur&rsquo;an 98:3) and also contains teachings not met with in these Scriptures. The Qur&rsquo;an having exceeded all previous Scriptures is thus the Best Message&ndash;(Qur&rsquo;an <\/span>7:185; 39:23; 77:50) and it therefore supersedes all previous Books. Though they are useful for references to the histories of prophets.<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\"> All prophets prior to Mohammad were tribal and their message temporary and limited to their people. Mohammad being the world Prophet&ndash;(Qur&rsquo;an 7:158; 21:107; 34:28) having brought the best Message with &ldquo;all truth&rdquo;&ndash;(Qur&rsquo;an <\/span>6:38; 12:111; 16:89) <span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\">and through whom religion was perfected and God&rsquo;s favor completed&ndash;(Qur&rsquo;an 5:3) surpasses all prophets. Though these prophets are to be honored, all are now to follow Mohammad, as taught by Jacob, Moses and Jesus; and required by God&ndash;(Genesis 49:10; Deuteronomy 18: 18-19; John 14:16; 16:13).<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span class=\"plaintextcharchar0\" style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"background: yellow;\">5.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Kamal-ud-Din, Khwaja, <i>Open Letters to the Bishops of Salisbury &amp; London,<\/i> p. 73.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the name of All\u0101h, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad. DEDICATED TO All\u0101h&ndash;the Glorious and the High, Lord of the worlds AND TO Mohammad&ndash;who brought the world to our feet and eternity to our arms. * JESUS GIVES ETERNAL LIFE In the Bible God calls on man to govern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}