Test Your Knowledge of Jesus' Teachings & Consider the 13 Interesting Questions
(And Introduction to the Message of the Prophets And The Last Testament)
1). Did Jesus teach eternal life was conditioned on obeying the commandments?
Yes ___ No __
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 do you read?" And he answered saying, "Thou shall 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 neighbor as thyself. And he said unto him. You have answered right; do this, and you shall live."
Luke 10: 25-28
Read what the "Last Testament" says on this same subject. Does it agree?
Yes ___ No ___
God has only created us to worship Him (without partners).
Read Last Testament 51:56
2). Did Jesus teach his followers to worship no other, except Almighty God, without any partners?
Yes ___ No ___
And Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments is, "Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord, and you shall worship Him with all your strength and all your might and all your soul and all your heart."
Mark 12:29
He also replied to the devil who was trying to tempt him:
"Get thee behind me, Satan; for it is written, Thou shall worship the Lord they God, and Him only shall you serve."
Matthew 4:10
Read from the Last Testament.
God tells us that He never forgives anyone making partners in worship with Him, but anything less than this, He forgives whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Him in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin.
Read Last Testament 4:48
3). Did Jesus order us to obey all the commandments?
Yes ___ No ___
According to the New Testament in Matthew, he did.
"Think not that I came to destroy the Law and the Prophets. I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily, I say unto you that until Heaven and earth pass away not a jot or one tittle shall no wise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled."
Matthew 5:17-18
"And behold one came and said to him, Good teacher, what good things shall I do that I may have eternal life? So he said, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but One, this God. But if you want to enter into eternal life, keep the commandments."
Matthew 19:16-17
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:12
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Matthew 22:36-40
While ordering us to obey the "Law" it becomes obvious that he ordered his followers to obey the commandments of Almighty God.
4.) Did Jesus forbid bowing down to statues
Yes ___ No ___
By insisting on following the "Law" (Old Testament), Jesus did in fact endorse the message that Moses had brought down to the children of Israel from Almighty God;
"Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them."
5.) Did Jesus forbid anyone to worship him?
Yes ___ No ___
"But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."
Matthew 15:19
And in prophesying the Last Days, he clearly taught the same message:
"But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: For the Father seeks such to worship Him. God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth."
John 4:23-24
6.) Did Jesus openly deny divinity (said he was not God)?
Yes___ No ___
"The Father is greater than I." - John 14:28
7.) Did Jesus deny that he had the power of God to do his miracles?
Yes ___ No ___
"I do nothing of myself" - John 8:28
"Men of Israel listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you know."
Acts 2:22
8.) Did Jesus deny any partners (Trinity) with Almighty God?
Yes ___ No ___
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
John 8:42
Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that honors me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
John 8:54
…and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
John 20:17
9.) Did Jesus forbid the Christmas tree?
Yes ___ No ___
"Thus says the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not."
Jeremiah 10:2-4
10.) Did Jesus teach that males should be circumcised?
Yes ___ No ___
Genesis 17:10-11 says he did. "This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every man child among you shall be circumcised. Any you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you."
John the Baptist was circumcised (Luke 1:59) as was Jesus himself (Luke 2:21)
11.) Did Jesus forbid eating pork?
Yes ___ No ___
"And swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he chews not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their carcass shall you not touch, they are unclean to you."
Leviticus 11:7-8 And Exodus 20:4-5
12.) Was Jesus a prophet?
Yes ___ No ___
And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people.
Luke 24:19
The woman said unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
John 4:19
They say unto the blind man again, What do you say of him, that he has opened your eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
John 9:17
13.) Did Jesus predict the coming of another prophet, like unto him?
Yes ___ No ___
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
John 16:7-8
I was not talking about the people that believed in Jesus or the prophets, but why other people did not believe in them.
You state in the same sentence that you believe in Jesus' miracles but that you do not believe in Jesus as Christians understand it. That does not give you a position to give lessons on believing.
As Muslims we believe in the miracles of Jesus because we believe in the miracle of the Quran (I have seen the points you've made on another thread about the Quran and insha'Allah, we will discuss the Quran there). Since the Quran can be prooved (again, will prove on the other thread) we believe in the miracles of Jesus.
However, can I ask what your beliefs are? Since you can make such judgemental comments about other peoples beliefs without the spirit of dicussion or understanding in mind, I think it is fair to know what you believe.
If God so loved us to give us his only begotten son... why did he do it against his will? It didn't seem like Jesus had "get cruxified..." in his agenda book...
God so loved us to give us his only begotten son... why did he do it against his will?
This might not sound logical to you but I sense you are thinking more in human terms than the divine will of God.
Would God have a plan for the creation of the universe before creation began?
If God had a plan which involved the life and death of his son as a human, would he ask Jesus if he was willing to go through with it before creation began?
If Jesus accepted the will of his Father before creation began, then it would be the choice of Jesus to go ahead with creation according to his Fathers plan.
This makes more sense than for God to create the universe, see the mess that mankind are making of it; and then say to his son this is what you will have to do to put things right.
When you do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, which is supposed to be one of those, if not the main, "irrefutable proofs of Jesus and the prophets", you are just an unbeliever as any other unbeliever
I honestly do not know how faith works, but I look at my own faith as a gift from God; and when I talk to people of other faiths I also sense that their faith is a gift from the same God.
I cannot understand why God should choose to give us faith in so many apparently conflicting ways.
Maybe there is some greater divine purpose of God that goes beyond trying to convert everyone to the same faith.
In the spirit of seeking greater interfaith relations
May Allah bless you, You have said something which should be heard by everyone on this forum..........May Allah give you a good Reward, Hudaa, guidance...........
Faith is sometimes something very difficult to understand for unbelievers and believers.
But we have some clues as to how it can work. For example faith, in most cases, does not depend on the believer but on his parents and the place where he was born.
When you say that you do not understand why God should choose to give us faith in so many apparently conflicting ways, you omit an other possibility, that God gives faith to some and Satan leads the others astray.
This might not sound logical to you but I sense you are thinking more in human terms than the divine will of God.
Would God have a plan for the creation of the universe before creation began?
If God had a plan which involved the life and death of his son as a human, would he ask Jesus if he was willing to go through with it before creation began?
If Jesus accepted the will of his Father before creation began, then it would be the choice of Jesus to go ahead with creation according to his Fathers plan.
This makes more sense than for God to create the universe, see the mess that mankind are making of it; and then say to his son this is what you will have to do to put things right.
In the spirit of seeking interfaith relations.
Eric
Thank you for your answer to my question, but still I find that rather confusing. Why is Jesus worshiped? I mean, how did he end up becoming God?
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