Mujahid Mohammed
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But does not Paul says a man is not justified by work only faith.glasgowchick said:James 2:24 you see that by works you are Justified, and not by faith alone.
Everyone's rules of interpretation are different I was always taught to take it in the context it is given, because all the bibles I read are in English now is someone tells me This is red or I or He went to the store, I take it as such. If you tell me Jesus is this and he is that but he never says it It is hard for me to believe it because he did not authorise any of these people in his ministry except for Barnabus and a few others. Alot of people say alot of things is this not true. So am I wrong in only listening to the words of Jesus. Because he is the only one to base any criterion of truth on. I do not know Paul, Timothy, Titus, Peter etc. and what I do know does not say much in terms of character now I am not judging them I only know what historians and the bible says. If these men ever contradict a statement made by Jesus or each other then I can only think either Jesus is lying or they are and I am never going to call Jesus a liar. And as I had asked before if Matthew wrote Matthew why is it in third person 9:9. Now it has always been to my understanding if Matthew wrote it and claimed authorship then it would be in 1st person as other people in the scripture such as Paul has done and others throughout time to the present. If he didn't who is this person telling the story for him and why does he not sign his name.When analyzing Scripture, we follow basic rules of interpertation
If Jesus did not say it I can not believe it because I only listen to him as should all christians we as Muslims only listen to God and the Messenger, and again I have to ask if God says in Hosea 6:6 he does not need sacrifice and Jesus himself says one only need to repent to God and I will check the verse unfortunately one of my Christian bretheren has my book of references and as soon as I see him I will get it back although I have ordered another copy. You should order it yourself it is called What did Jesus really say by Mishaal Ibn something I cannot remember when I get my book I will give you the title. back to what I was saying The verse in Isa53 says it pleased God to punish this person when God says he will never forsake any of his prophets. This is not and merciful God who is Self Existing and Self Sustaining God who wants nothing from noone except submission, heathen gods are the ones whos followers believe their Gods need sacrifices inorder to give them what they want. God just want man to follow his commandments as Jesus himself always said. To be by God keep the commandments of God. And if God is All Powerful couldn't you just ask him for forgiveness.Ok now to try and answer some of your other questions..
Where does it say that Jesus is your personal saviour in the Scriptures, and is there a verse that says he will die for the sins of man and be crucified ?
I don't see a passage in Scripture where it is specifically stated that uses the phrase " Personal Savior " As Christains we except Him as our Lord and Saviour when we put Christ Jesus on In Baptism..
Isa 53 Tells us the He bore the sins of many, I believe all of Isa 53 is a prophecy reguarding Jesus suffering..
Forgive my ignorance but how can all of these individual entities be God and this is what I am having difficulty understanding. The scriptures say all these things are God but how is that possible. I have been asking my Christian bretheren how does God speak to himself and how does God die, and how does God not have control over his creation.When if All Powerful he has the ability to control everything if he willedThis would have to be a study on its own, but there are refferences of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit all being reffered to as God..
Again sister I must ask why are there disputes or confusion over what is inspired and what is not. Why has God not made it very clear to man in his book if the bible is his book. If they most learned Christians in Christiandom can not agree on what is the bible and what it says. how or why should I accept this unknown on faith alone. My salvation is far to valuable for me to gamble with it on an unknown or sure thing.That is something I am not aware of, there has been many disputes reguarding the inspiration of the Scriptures [ 66 books ] cannoned as the Bible, so when I answer your question it is my own personal belief that All 66 books [ Scriptures ] where inspired of God..I believe in Scripture Only..
If God is one God then why do my parents claim Trinity and they read the bible. The Father, The son, the Holy Ghost and these three are 1 John 5:7 I believe. This is just way to confusing. And also God said in Isa 41:10-11 besides him(besides God) THERE IS NO SAVIOURJesus as Saviour [ Messiah ] told from the begining to the end of Scripture, Gods plan for man revealed and evidence given of its fulfilment, God Revered, Sin rebuked, Chaos to perfection seen, A hope for each individual to be made right with God, the Father, The creator, the One God.
I am sorry I must apologize for my ignorance. As I said I do not dispute what the bible says my problem is it says things that contradict things it said earlier in one passsage. Am I to only accept the verses that support this dogma and that dogma and ignore the verses that contradict it. No one can agree amonst Christians and the bible is still ever evolving into someone's version of what is said. And whoever these 100's of different authors are because who ever they may be they sure did not sign their names to any of the documents and only men who really stand behind what is written sign their names as we do in Contracts or writing checks or books, letters, articles etc. You are correct in what you stated above but would you agree with some of the things I have stated and what is said in it. The problem I see is we cannot both be correct someone not you or I is lying to us and they won't even tell you who they are. Deception is the best when it is 99% falsehood and 1% lie. And if you mix any percentage of falsehood with truth is it still the truth. I am sorry please do not look at any of words as harsh. I am only trying to seek the truth and take whoever wants to come with me so we may discover it together. Because Allah tells us to question everything and verify if it is true and I do mean everything even things in our own religion as to what is said and not said. Again I apologize if my words are harsh I am trying to be as softspoken as possible and may you Allah and anyone else who reads this forgive me Insha Allah Look forward to our journey in discovery I hope you can learn from me as much as I have learned from you.
Jazakalahu khairon(may Allah reward you for the good)
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