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You are correct the Bible refers to the Israel's descendents as the sons of God. The Bible also tells us that those who put their faith in Jesus are Abraham's offspring and therefore sons of God, but we are sons by adoption. On the other hand Jesus is the only man born without a human father and was born because God made Mary pregnant. Therefore Jesus is unique in His Sonship and the only man who is the Father Son by birth.
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Dear brother,
Jesus pbuh is not so unique for at least he had a mother whereas Adam pbuh did not even have a mother. God creates what he wills, so it is by god's will. Jesus says something in the gospels but you may understand something else and deceive yourselves.
Creation of heaven or earth is more difficult or creating a man without father? If god wills he can create millions of human beings without human father
"The similitude of Jesus before Allah (God) is that of Adam; He created him from dust then said to him: 'Be', and he was." (3:59)
No matter how much you may try to discredit teachings of Jesus , the fact remains that he is messenger of god and he never claimed divinity and that he was not crucified. It is abhorrent that you continue to invent lies against this messenger of god in contravention to teachings of bible and quran.
Is Jesus the Unique son of God ?
The Bible confirms that Jesus is not the unique son of God. "And thou [Moses] shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my first born." (Exodus 4:22), "He [Solomon] shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father and he shall be my son." (II Samuel 7:13-14),"I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my firstborn"(Jeremiah 31:9), 'long before Jesus was born', "I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me [David], Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee."(Psalm 2:7), and "Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God"(Luke3: 38).
Do the few I mentioned have this "unique begotten son relationship"? Is Jesus still unique because he had no father, well brothers and sisters, Adam and Eve had no father or mother. Jesus is a word of God, God said "be" and then Jesus was here and will return as confirmed in the Koran 19:9. It is Blasphemy to say God begotten (sired) Jesus.
Jesus called himself son of man and refused to be called son of God. "And the devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak; for they knew that he was Christ."
(Luke 4:11) and again "He [Jesus] said unto them [the disciples], But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. And he straightly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing." (Luke 9:20 and 21).
Begotten Means "Sired"!
Does it ?
The Muslim takes exception to the word "begotten", because begetting is an animal act, belonging to the lower animal functions of sex. How can we attribute such a lowly capacity to God? Metaphorically we are all the children of God, the good and the bad, and Jesus would be closer to being the Son of God than any one of us, because he would be more faithful to God then any one of us can ever be. From that point of view he is preeminently the Son of God.
Sensible Alternative
Is it not possible that Jesus is simply what he claimed to be, a prophet, like so many other prophets that passed away before him? Even that he is one of the greatest of them, a mighty miracle worker, a great spiritual teacher and guide - the Messiah!. Why only God or Lunatic? Is "lunacy" the opposite of "Divinity" in Christianity? What is the antonym of God? Will some clever Christian answer?
The Qur’ân lays bare the true position of Christ in a single verse, followed by a note by Yusuf Ali's:
1. "That he was the son of a woman, Mary, and therefore a man;"
2. "But a messenger, a man with a mission from Allah (God), and therefore entitled to honor."
3. "A Word bestowed on Mary, for he was created by Allah's word 'Be', and he was;"(3:59).
4. A spirit proceeding from Allah (God), but not Allah: his life and mission were more limited than in the case of some other messengers, though we must pay equal honor to him as a prophet of Allah. The doctrines of Trinity, equality with God, and sons, are repudiated as blasphemies. Allah (God) is independent of all needs and has no need of a son to manage His affairs. The Gospel of John (whoever wrote it) has put a great deal of Alexandrian Gnostic mysticism round the doctrine of the Word (Greek, Logos), but it is simply explained here."
Jesus Questioned
Reproduced below are verses 119 to 121 from the Chapter of Maeda (chapter 5 of the Qur’ân) depicting the scene of Judgment Day, when Allah will question Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, regarding the misdirected zeal of his supposed followers in worshipping him and his mother: and his response,
"And behold! Allah will say: 'O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah?' He will say: 'Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, Thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, Thou I know not what is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden.
'Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to wit, 'Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord'; and I was a witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst take me up Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all things.
'If Thou dost punish them, they are Thy servant: If Thou dost forgive them, Thou art the Exalted in power, the Wise.'" (5:116-118)
Claimed No Divinity
If this is the statement of truth from the All-Knowing, that "Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to wit, 'Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord'", then how do the Christians justify worshipping Jesus?
There is not a single unequivocal statement throughout the Bible, in all its 66 volumes of the Protestant versions, or in the 73 volumes of the Roman Catholic versions, where Jesus claims to be God or where he says "worship me". Nowhere does he say that he and God Almighty "are one" and "the same person."
The last phrase above "one and the same person" tickles many a "hot-gospeller" and "Bible-thumper," not excluding the Doctor of Divinity and the Professor of Theology. Even the new converts to Christianity have memorized these verses. They are programmed to rattle off verses out of context, upon which they can hang their faith. The words "are one" activates the mind by association of memories. "Yes", say the Trinitarians, the worshippers of three gods in one God, and one God in three gods, "Jesus did claim to be God!" Where?
So the truth has arrived that Jesus is prophet of god and his servant for he spread the message of god and prayed to almighty god and was dependent on God as all human beings are
Peace to all