Zakir Naik – The Answer to the Third Question Raised by the Jews
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There are 3 distinct questions asked to John
the Baptist, But the Christians only see 2
questions. Why? They only think 2 questions asked.
Art thou the Christ? Art thou the Messiah?
And he says no. Art thou the Elias?
And he says no. Then the third question,
art thou that prophet? And the answer is
no. That means all 3 are different prophets.
The Messiah is different,
Elias is different, and that prophet is different.
So Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, is
the Messiah, which we agree.
We do not doubt the more than 100
prophecies
mentioned about Jesus Christ, peace be upon him,
in the old testament. Because all the Muslims
believe that Jesus Christ peace be upon him
is the messenger of God.
Islam is the only non Christian faith which
makes it an article of faith
to believe in Jesus Christ, peace be upon
him. No Muslim is a Muslim if he
does not believe in Jesus Christ, peace be
upon him. We believe that he was 1
of the mightiest messengers of Almighty God.
We believe that he was the messiah translated
Christ. We believe that he was born miraculously
without any male intervention, which many modern day
Christians today do not believe. We believe that
he gave life to the dead with God's
permission. We believe that he healed those born
blind and leopard with God's permission.
We do not argue regarding more than 100
prophecies mentioned in the Old Testament about the
Messiah, about Jesus Christ, peace be upon him,
because we believe he was the Messiah. We
believe he was 1 of the mightiest messengers
of God. But we tell the Christians, why
do you deny the prophecies
of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, mentioned
in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
Gospel of John, chapter number 1, verse number
21 to 25.
3 distinct questions are asked to John the
Baptist.
Art thou the messiah? Art thou the Christ?
He says no.
Art thou the Elias? He says no.
Art thou that prophet?
He says no. That means there were 3
different people, not 3 in 1. So if
you say Jesus is the Messiah, peace be
upon him, Jesus cannot be that prophet. That
prophet has to be someone else and there
is no 1 but the last and final
messenger prophet, Muhammad
It's mentioned in the gospel of John, chapter
number 1, verse number 25.
Then the priests and the Levites, the Jews
they say,
why dost thou baptize
if thou not the Christ?
Thou art not Elias.
Thou art not that prophet.
3 distinct questions.
You ask any Christian,
who is this that prophet mentioned in gospel
of John chapter number 1, verse number 21,
25?
They have no reply.
They can't say it means Jesus Christ,
because it's already mentioned that He is the
Messiah.
It refers to no 1 but the last
and final messenger, Prophet Muhammad
It's further mentioned in the gospel of John,
chapter number 14, verse number 16. Jesus Christ,
peace be upon him, says, I will pray
to my father
to send you another comforter who will abide
with you forever.
Jesus, Christ, peace be upon him, says in
the gospel of John, chapter number 14, verse
number 16, that I will pray to my
father to send you another comforter
who will abide with you forever. That means
Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, will not
abide with the Christian forever. This new comforter,
this new prophet who will come, will abide
with you forever.
He further says in the gospel of John,
chapter number 15, verse number 26.
But when the comforter shall come,
who I shall send
from my father,
the spirit of truth preceding before thee.
He shall testify me.
This comforter to come.
Whom my father will send. Jesus Christ, peace
be upon him, says, he will testify me,
he will talk about me, he will testify
that I was the messenger of God.
It's further mentioned in the gospel of John
chapter number 16 verse number 7. Jesus Christ,
peace be upon him, says, nevertheless
I tell you the truth.
It is expedient for you that I go
away. For if I go not away, the
comforter shall not come. For if I depart,
shall I send him?
All these 3 verses I quoted, gospel of
John 14 verse 16, gospel of John chapter
15 verse 26, and gospel of John chapter
16 verse number 7 talks about the comforter.
When you ask the Christians,
who is this comforter? They say, this comforter
is the Holy Spirit.
I ask the Christians,
how does it differ to the Holy Spirit?
It's clearly mentioned in the gospel of John,
chapter number 16, verse number 7. Nevertheless, I
tell you the truth. It is expedient for
you that I go away. For if I
go not away, the comforter shall not come.
For if I depart, shall I send him?
The criteria for the comforter to come is
that Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, should
depart. Only after he departs will the comforter
come. We know that the Holy Spirit was
already there before Jesus Christ, peace be upon
him, was born.
The Holy Spirit was there in the womb
of Elizabeth.
The Holy Spirit was there when Jesus Christ,
peace be upon him, was being baptized. So
surely this prophecy cannot refer to the Holy
Spirit.