“My God, my God, why did You forsake me?” Muslims see this and say Jesus was despairing because God had forsaken him. Let’s see if this is true. First of all, these words were spoken by Jesus when He was on the cross. Can we agree on that? Next, do you know what Psalm 22:1 says? Surprise! It reads: “My God, my God, why did You forsake me?” (By the way, this was written 1000 years before the crucifixion.) Let’s…
Jesus came from heaven to earth so that the INVISIBLE God can be VISIBLE to man. That is why when one of His followers requested for Jesus to show them God, Jesus simply said, “How can you still not understand who I am after all this time I have been with you? When you see Me, you have seen God!” (John 14:9, paraphrased) Notice that Jesus did not say, “If you want to see God, look at His Word in…
Jesus said, “Before Abraham was born, I AM.” John 8:58 What did He mean? Abraham had lived thousands of years earlier and YET Jesus was affirming His existence and putting Himself as being present BEFORE Abraham was alive. Why Abraham? Because Abraham was the topic of the conversation He was having with the religious leaders. What if the topic had been about Noah? Jesus would probably have said, “Before Noah was born, I AM.” What if it had been about Adam? “Before…
What did the apostles of Jesus go around teaching and preaching after Jesus ascended to heaven? Peter preached for around 35 years, and was martyred around 68 AD. John preached for more than 60 years, before he died in exile in Patmos. Well, we have the writings of the New Testament as a record of their testimony about what their Master Jesus taught and preached and how they carried on the mission He gave them, with John closing the writing…
There is a very weird account in the Bible in Genesis 32, where it says that Jacob wrestled with Someone. What does this strange story mean? Who was Jacob? If you read about his life, you will see that Jacob was a cunning, devious man who lived most of his life cheating, fighting, struggling against everyone, just so that he would get his way. God had actually promised to bless him but Jacob could not grasp God’s assurance. Instead he…
I have often wondered how is it possible that the Quran’s teachings about Christianity differ from what the Bible teaches and what we Christians actually believe. Sura 5:116 is a prime example. And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, “O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, ‘Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah ?’” Whose belief is this? Where does the Quranic picture of “Christianity” come from? There were two parties of Jewish…
Do you know why Muslims are so obsessed with finding the word “Christian” or “Christianity” in the Bible? Because these words do not appear in the Quran.They believe the correct name given to the followers of Christ is “Nasara”, as in the Quran. ‘Nasara’ is the Arabic word for Nazarene. What Muslims have failed to realize is that the name ‘nazarene’ was given by Jews to Jewish Christians as an insult. In fact, in Acts 24:6, there is reference to…
“My Father is greater than I.” Muslims think that this statement means Jesus is denying that He is God. Why did He say this and what did He mean? Had someone asked Him: “Who is greater, you or the Father?” No. The very fact that Jesus is making such a comparison is mind-blowing, if you think about it. Has any prophet ever needed to affirm to his followers: “Please, please make sure you all understand very clearly that God is…
In Mark 11:15-18, we see Jesus driving out the traders doing business in the temple. He overturned their tables and chairs and chased them out! We always have in mind Jesus as being calm and peaceful. Have you ever wondered what made Jesus so furious and angry on this occasion? Obviously, the unscrupulous traders were doing business in the grounds of the holy Temple and desecrating it. Not only that, these traders were cheating the poor. Jesus told them to…
Have you ever wondered about Muhammad’s life before 610 AD when he first encountered the being in the cave? For the first 40 years of Muhammad’s life, he never heard of Islam or the word Muslim. He never heard of Quran. Never recited the shaadah or prostrated in prayer 5 times a day. For 40 years of his life, he did not live as a Muslim or a prophet of Allah or even as an adherent of Allah’s religion. He…