Peace/Salam,

Almonte,

Cool name by the way.

You said,

It is stated plainly here in the Bible, that he was "made like unto the son of God." Why do they not worship him then?

The church now will allege that Jesus was "begotten" by God. Tell us what you mean when you say "begotten." What did God Almighty do to "beget" Jesus (pbuh)?

First it's good to see the acknowledgement that God has a Son.Since you used the verses from John etc...and tell us what they mean, then you are saying you agree HE has a Son.

From your quote, notice it says, "like a son of God", not THE SON OF GOD!!!
Big difference from being like a son of God, then being THE Son of God!!!

Before discussing Jesus' specific claims to be the Son of God, it is necessary to respond briefly to the Muslim misunderstanding of this claim.Many Muslims understand the phrase "Son of God" to imply that Jesus was the offspring of physical relations.Indeed, appeal is often made to 19:35 which declares, "it is not befitting To (the majesty of) God That He should beget A son." Indeen many Muslims grossly conceive of Jesus as the offspring of sexual relations between God and the virgin Mary.

This, of course, is a straw man and is easily refuted by reference to what the Bible actually says about the miraculous conception of Jesus without sexual relations (Matt.1_18-24; Luke 1:26-35).There is, however, another problem in the Muslim mind with the phrase "Son of God." There are two Arabic words for "son" that must be distinguished.The word walad
denotes a son born of sexual relations.Jesus is definatley not a son in this sense.However, there is another Arabic word for son, ibn, that can be used in a wider figurative or metaphorical sense.A traveler for example, is spoken of as a "son of the road", (ibnussabil). It is this wider sense that it makes sense to speak of Jesus as the "Son (ibn) of God."

I pray that is helpful, and not too long.

As far as some comments made about Jewish beliefs and Islamic beliefs being similar, and them not accpeting the Trinity etc...First I know for certain there is no Jewish doctrine of the Torah nor New Testament, that says "the last day will not come until the Muslims will detroy the Jews when they do mischief in the land, then the stones and trees will cry out, 'O' Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew hiding behind me, come kill them!!!
That's probably why you are taught not to take Christians and Jews as friends, as they are friends to themselves, probably based on the fact that the Christians and Jews, knew Muhammad's words didn't match up with their Scriotures, thus the sudden harsh words towards Jews and Christians etc...As far as Jews not recognizing the Trinity, some do, few indeed, that are Messianic Jews, but as a whole they didn't recognize the Messiah either so, that puts a damper on that discussion point.


Peace /Salam to you and yours, and may God bless you and yours always

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