Zakir Naik – Concept of God in Christianity

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			The concept of God in Christianity.
		

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			Before I discuss the concept of God in
		

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			Christianity, I would like to make a few
		

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			points clear.
		

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			Islam is the only non-Christian faith which
		

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			makes it an article of faith to believe
		

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			in Jesus Christ peace be upon him.
		

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			No Muslim is a Muslim if he does
		

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			not believe in Jesus Christ peace be upon
		

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			him.
		

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			We believe that he was one of the
		

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			mightiest messenger of God.
		

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			We believe that he was the messiah translated
		

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			Christ.
		

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			We believe that he was born miraculously without
		

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			any male intervention which many modern day Christians
		

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			today do not believe.
		

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			We believe that he gave life to the
		

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			dead with God's permission.
		

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			We believe that he healed those born blind
		

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			and lepers with God's permission.
		

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			The Christians and the Muslims we are going
		

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			together.
		

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			But one may ask then where is the
		

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			parting of ways?
		

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			The parting of ways is that most of
		

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			the Christians believe that Jesus Christ peace be
		

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			upon him was almighty God and he claimed
		

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			divinity.
		

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			In fact if you read the Bible there
		

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			is not a single unequivocal statement.
		

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			In the complete Bible where Jesus Christ peace
		

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			be upon him himself says that I am
		

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			God always is worshiping.
		

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			That if any Christian can point out a
		

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			single unequivocal statement from any verse of the
		

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			Bible which is said by Jesus Christ peace
		

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			be upon himself where he says that I
		

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			am God or where he says worship me
		

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			I Zakir Naik I am ready to accept
		

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			Christianity today.
		

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			I am not speaking on behalf of my
		

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			other Muslim brothers because this is my field
		

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			of comparative religion.
		

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			I am ready to put my hand on
		

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			the guillotine.
		

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			If any Christian can point out from any
		

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			version of the Bible a single unequivocal verse
		

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			in the Bible a single unambiguous verse in
		

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			the Bible where Jesus Christ peace be upon
		

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			himself says that I am God always worship
		

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			me I am ready to accept Christianity.
		

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			In fact if you read the Bible Jesus
		

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			Christ peace be upon him said it's mentioned
		

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			in the gospel of John chapter number 14
		

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			verse number 28 Jesus Christ peace be upon
		

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			him said my father is greater than I.
		

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			Gospel of John chapter number 10 verse number
		

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			29 my father is greater than all.
		

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			Gospel of Matthew chapter number 12 verse number
		

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			28 I cast out devils with the spirit
		

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			of God.
		

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			Gospel of Luke chapter number 11 verse number
		

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			20 I with the finger of God cast
		

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			out devils.
		

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			Gospel of John chapter number 5 verse number
		

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			30 I can of my own self do
		

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			nothing.
		

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			As I hear I judge and my judgment
		

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			is just for I seek not my will
		

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			but the will of my father.
		

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			Anyone who says I seek not my will
		

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			but the will of almighty God is a
		

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			Muslim.
		

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			Jesus Christ peace be upon him according to
		

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			the Bible you as a Muslim he submitted
		

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			the will to God.
		

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			He never claimed divinity and he clearly mentioned
		

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			in the gospel of Matthew chapter number 5
		

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			verse number 17 to 20 Jesus Christ peace
		

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			be upon him said think not that I
		

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			have come to destroy the law of the
		

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			prophets.
		

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			I have come not to destroy but to
		

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			fulfill and until the heaven and the earth
		

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			pass away not one jot or tittle will
		

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			pass away from the law until all be
		

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			fulfilled and whosoever shall break one of the
		

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			least commandments and teach men to do so
		

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			shall be called least in the kingdom of
		

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			heaven and whosoever shall keep the commandments and
		

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			teach the same will be called great in
		

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			the kingdom of heaven.
		

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			Unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the
		

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			skies and the fire of seas in no
		

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			way shall you enter the kingdom of heaven.
		

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			This is a verbatim quotation from the king
		

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			James version gospel of Matthew chapter number 5
		

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			verse number 17 to 20.
		

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			That means if you want to go to
		

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			paradise you have to be better than the
		

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			Jews and you have to follow all the
		

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			commandments what is mentioned in the old testament.
		

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			So all what I said in the old
		

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			testament that God is one you don't have
		

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			to make images have to be followed by
		

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			the Christians if they want to go to
		

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			heaven.
		

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			Jesus Christ peace be upon him never claimed
		

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			divinity.
		

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			In fact he said it's mentioned in the
		

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			gospel of John chapter number 14 verse number
		

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			24 he says the words that you hear
		

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			are not mine but my father's who has
		

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			sent me.
		

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			It's mentioned in the gospel of John chapter
		

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			number 17 verse number 3 Jesus Christ peace
		

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			be upon him says this is life eternal
		

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			so that you may know one true God
		

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			and Jesus Christ who thou has sent.
		

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			It's mentioned in the gospel of Matthew chapter
		

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			number 19 verse 16 and 17 once a
		

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			man approaches Jesus Christ peace be upon him
		

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			and tells him good master what good things
		

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			should I do so that I will enter
		

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			eternal life so that I'll go to paradise.
		

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			So Jesus Christ peace be upon him says
		

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			why thou callest me good there's only one
		

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			good that is almighty God and if thou
		

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			want to enter eternal life you keep the
		

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			commandments.
		

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			He never said that you believe that I
		

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			died on the cross for your sins.
		

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			He never said that you believe I'm God
		

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			and go to paradise.
		

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			If you want to enter eternal life if
		

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			you want to go to paradise you keep
		

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			the commandments clearly mentioned in the book of
		

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			Acts chapter number 2 verse number 22.
		

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			Ye men of Israel listen to this Jesus
		

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			of Nazareth a man approved of God amongst
		

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			you by wonders and miracles and signs which
		

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			God did by him and you are witness
		

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			to it.
		

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			A man approved of God amongst you by
		

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			wonders and miracles and signs which God did
		

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			by him and you are witness to it.
		

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			When Jesus Christ peace be upon him was
		

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			asked that which is the first of the
		

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			commandment he repeated verbatim what was said by
		

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			Moses peace be upon him.
		

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			It's mentioned in the gospel of Mark chapter
		

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			number 12 verse number 29 where Jesus Christ
		

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			peace be upon him says it's the Hebrew
		

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			quotation which means hear oh Israel the Lord
		

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			our God is one Lord.
		

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			So if you read the Bible you shall
		

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			understand the concept of God in Christianity which
		

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			will help you increase the brotherhood between the
		

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			Christians, the Muslims, the Hindus and the Jews.