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PAUL IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES REVISITED Paid Members Public
Make sure to read the document citing some of Islam’s earliest and greatest scholars, all of whom acknowledge that Paul was a truly inspired apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ: The Apostle Paul In Early Islamic Exegesis (/2019/12/16/the-apostle-paul-in-early-islamic-exegesis/) In this post I am going to address
THE APOSTLE PAUL IN EARLY ISLAMIC EXEGESIS Paid Members Public
إِذْأَرْسَلْنَاإِلَيْهِمُاثْنَيْنِفَكَذَّبُوهُمَافَعَزَّزْنَابِثَالِثٍفَقَالُواإِنَّاإِلَيْكُممُّرْسَلُونَ [Surah Yasin: 36:13-14] And
THE NT USE OF THEOS SOTER AND THE DEITY OF CHRIST Paid Members Public
There are two passages in the God-breathed Scriptures where the words Theos (“God”) Soter (“Savior”) are applied to our risen Lord: “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless
Biblical Verses That Call Jesus God Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to cite some of the biblical texts that apply the term God to Jesus. The prophet Isaiah announced that a virgin would conceive and give birth to a Son who would be called Immanuel: “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold,
Paul’s Divine Christology Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
I proceed from where I previously left off (/2019/12/03/pauls-divine-christology-pt-2/). THE USE OF THEOS IN REFERENCE TO CHRIST I am going to examine all the places where God describes Jesus as God, starting with the following: “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the
Paul’s Divine Christology Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue from where I left off (/2019/11/27/pauls-divine-christology-pt-1/). ISRAEL’S ONE LORD At the heart of the Hebrew Bible is the affirmation that Jehovah is one, meaning the only God whom the Israelites were to look to and worship: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is
Another Quranic Dilemma Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this series we will be revisiting (https://answeringislam.net/Quran/Contra/jesus_unlike_adam.html) the Quran’s assertion that Jesus is similar to Adam in the sight of the Muslim deity: Verily, in the sight of God, the nature of Jesus is as the nature of Adam, whom
Paul’s Divine Christology Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this series, I am going to go through the inspired letters of Paul to show how this beloved Apostle proclaimed the absolute, essential Deity of Christ. I will point to texts where Paul clearly describes the risen Jesus as the God of Israel who became flesh. There are various