JESUS AS THE SON OF GOD
hearing God's voice could be used by some Christians to support the divine sonship of Jesus.
If Matthew 3: 17; "And 10 a voice for heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son in whom I am
well pleased," is used to support divine sonship, then there should be no other verse that contradicts
or gives equal divine sonship to another person or persons in the Old or New Testament. However,
many references were found in the Old and New Testaments that mentioned someone other than
Jesus as having a divine sonship to God. See Exodus 4:22:
"Israel is my son, even my firstborn." II Samuel 7:14/1 Chronicles 22:10:
" ...and he shall be my son [Solomon]." Jeremiah 31:9:
" ...and Ephraim is my firstborn," and Psalm 2:7.
The word "Son" must not be accepted literally because God addresses many of his chosen
servants as son and sons. The Jews have also claimed Ezra to be the Son of God. The New
Testament Greek words used for "son" (pias and paida, which mean servant, or son in the sense of
servant) are translated as son in reference to Jesus and as servant in reference to others in some
translations of the Bible.s Further, the term "Father" as used by Jesus corresponds more
closely to the term Rabb, i.e., one who nourishes and sustains, so that in Jesus' doctrine God is
"Father" - Nourisher and Sustainer - of all men. 14 The New Testament also interprets "son of God"
to be allegorical: "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." (Romans
8:14).9 This allegorical suggestion is further supported with Jesus being called the only
begotten Son of God. In Psalm 2:7, the Lord said to David:
" ...Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee."
Does this mean that God had two sons? Jesus also said that God is not only his Father but also your
Father (Matthew 5:45,48). Luke 3:38 says: " ...Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was
the Son of God."
Who is mentioned in Hebrews 7:3 as like unto the Son of God? It is Melchizedek, King of Salem, as
mentioned in Hebrews 7:1. He [Melchisedec] is more unique than Jesus or Adam. Why is he not
preferred to be the Son of God?8 Moreover, Adam did not have a mother or father, but was the first
human being created by God and in the likeness of God to exist in the Garden of Eden and on earth.
Wouldn't this give more rights to Adam to be called the son of God in its truest meaning?
I would like to share with you an obvious contradiction between John 3:16, Luke 10:25-28
and Matthew 19:16-17. John 3:16 reads:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have everlasting
life."
Now let's read Luke 10:25-28: And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and
tempted him, saying, "Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, "What
is written in the law? How readest thou?" And he answering said, "Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy
mind; and thy neighbour as thyself." And he said unto him, "Thou hast answered right: this
do, and thou shalt live."
These verses tell us that the inheritance of eternal
life is for anyone who believes", and worships no
other God, but the One True God. Luke 10:25-28
agrees with Matthew 19:16-17 which says;
"And behold, one came and said to him (Jesus),
Good teacher, what good things shall I do that I
may have eternal life? So he (Jesus) said to him,
'Why do you call me good? - No one is good but
One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into
eternal life, keep the commandments."
There is no commandment that says to worship
Jesus, but there is one that tells us to worship God
alone.
In Luke 4:41, Jesus refused to be called the Son of
God by demons. Do you think that Jesus would
rebuke the demons, or anyone else for that matter,
for telling the truth? Unquestionably, no! Jesus
rebuked the demons because they were saying
something false by calling him the Son of God.
Also, if the demons knew that Jesus was the
Christ, for Jesus to shut them up because they
called him the Christ is a contradiction to Jesus'
mission.
In Luke 9:20 & 21, Jesus said unto his disciples:
"But who say ye that I am? Peter answered
saying, "The Christ of God, and Jesus
straightly charged them and commanded them
to tell no man that thing."
Furthermore, verses like John 3:2, John 6:14;
John 7:40, Matthew 21:11, Luke 7:16 and 24:19
confirm that Jesus accepted the title of teacher,
prophet and called himself the son of man in
Matthew 8:20, 12:40, 17:9 & 12, 26:24, Luke
9:26, 22:48, 22:69, and 24:7.
The most conclusive verse that says Jesus is the
son (servant) of man is Mark 14:62 where Jesus
mentions his position on the Day of Reckoning.
Jesus specifically said we would see the son of
man, not the son of God, sitting on the right hand
of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
The act of begetting is a physical act and such act
is against God's nature.9 The Quran 19:35 says:
"It is not, befitting to [the majesty on Allah that
He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When
He determines a matter He only says to it "Be,"
and it is. "
The teachings of Jesus as the Son of God was not
preached by Jesus nor accepted by Jesus, but was
taught by Paul as supported in Acts 9:20:
"And straightway he preached Christ In the
synagogues, that he is the Son of God."
Did Jesus ever claim to be God or say, "Here am I,
your God, worship me? The answer is no. For
there is no single, unequivocal statement in the
Bible whereby Jesus himself declares, "I am God,
therefore worship me." Virtually all of the more
than two thousand verses of the epistles of Paul
are his own fabrications to include Romans 9:5
that says, depending upon which Bible you read:
" ... Christ came, who is overall, the eternally
blessed God."]
Christians should know that Paul himself mentions
his own gospel, not Jesus', in his epistle to the
Romans when he says in Romans 2:16:
"In the day when God will judge the secrets of
men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel."
In fact, the Pauline epistle to the Romans serves as
the foundation of today's Christianity.13 Thus, it is
t~e Christians whose efforts will be wasted in this
life as they think they were acquiring good by
their works when they attribute partners to God, as
stated in Chapter 18:103-106 of the Quran:
"Say: Shall we tell you of those who lost most in
respect of their deeds? Those whose efforts have
been wasted in this life, while they thought that
they were acquiring good by their works?" They
are those who deny the Signs of their Lord and
the fact of their having to meet Him (in the
Hereafter): vain will be their works, nor shall
We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any
weight. That is their reward, Hell; because they
rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My
Messengers by way of jest.
Indeed, it is so strange and ironic, knowing that
none of Paul's epistle to the Romans, more than
430 verses, \\'ere ever formulated by Jesus. Paul
should have made direct reference to the pristine
teachings of Jesus, if only the former claim for
apostleship by divine inspiration was indeed true.
Instead, large parts of his epistles' biblical
quotations (notably those in the Epistle to the
Romans) were taken from the Old Testament Genesis,
Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, 2
Samuel, 1 Kings, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Ezekiel
and Bosea. His epistles were, indeed, a "product of
tedious efforts, hut that does not make Paul far
better than any of the other men who authored the
Bible, nor does it make him a prophet.
Other practices that were adopted under Paul
included the following: the Roman Sun-day as the
Christian Sabbath; the traditional birthday of the
Sun-god as the birthday of Jesus; the emblem of
the Sun-god (the cross of light) to be the emblem
of Christians; and, the incorporation of all the
ceremonies which were performed at the Sungod's
birthday celebrations.
As I come to a close concerning the position of
Christ, I would like to ask my Christian reader to
bow down and pray earnestly to God and ask Him
to invoke His curse on you, your wife, your sons,
and your daughters if what you believe about
Christ (Christ is God, Son of God or part of a
trinity of God) are false. Likewise, I have learned
that if you asked a Muslim to earnestly pray to
God to invoke His curse on him, his wife, his sons,
and his daughters if what he is saying about Christ
(Prophet, Messenger of God, A Word from God)
are false, the Muslim will not hesitate to bow
down and pray. Muslims are firm in their faith
knowing that Christ is not God, nor the Son of
God and not part of a trinity of God. This exercise
of asking God to invoke His curse on you and your
family may sound a bit cruel, but it would prove
two points: (1) you would know that you are on
the wrong path; and, (2) it would put you on the
right path.
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