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[QUOTE]Originally posted by vwwvv: [QB] [QUOTE]Excuse me? I do NOT believe that God EVER made any mistakes! I do believe that PEOPLE make mistakes and God sent a later message to correct those PEOPLE[/QUOTE]Jesus states that God has given his personal seal of approval, backing up all of Christ's words and deeds: "Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which [b]the Son of Man[/b] will give you. [b]On him God the Father has placed HIS SEAL OF APPROVAL."[/b] John 6:27 "Jesus answered: ‘Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, "Show us the Father"? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? [b]The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.[/b] Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.’" John 14:9-11 Part of Jesus' claims, which God has given his approval to, includes [b]Christ's statement that he is the final messenger.[/b] This essentially means that the Lord Jesus is God's final and only perfect commentary in relation to the things pertaining to God: "He then began to speak to them in parables: ‘A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed. HE HAD [b]ONE LEFT TO SEND[/b], A SON, WHOM HE LOVED. He sent him LAST OF ALL, saying, "They will respect my son." But the tenants said to one another, [b]"THIS IS THE HEIR.[/b] Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours." So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.’" Mark 12:1-8 After sending his servants the prophets, God sent his beloved Son last of all. This indicates that Christ believed that he was not just the last spokesperson sent by God to the people, but that he was also God's beloved Son and the Heir of all things. "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: 'Do not be afraid. [b]I am the First and the Last.[/b] I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.'" Revelation 1:17-18 The Lord Jesus claims to be the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, as well as the First and the Last. This implies that Jesus is both the source of all creation and the consummation of all things. Christ sovereignly controls and guides all creation to accomplish all he intends and desires. In light of its Old Testament background, the title "the First and the Last" indicates that the Lord Jesus Christ is the only true God: "This is what the LORD says - Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: [b]I am the first and I am the last;[/b] apart from me there is no God." Isaiah 44:6 "Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; [b]I am the first and I am the last."[/b] Isaiah 48:12 Muhammad denied that Jesus is the source and consummation of all things and that Christ, along with the Father and the Holy Spirit, is the only true God. This means that Muhammad was not God's seal nor was he a true prophet sent by the true God. Both the Old and New Testament emphatically state that with Christ's advent both prophecy and vision have been consummated: "[b]In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, BUT IN THESE LAST DAYS HE HAS SPOKEN TO US BY HIS SON, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.[/b] The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven." Hebrews 1:1-3 After having spoken to the people through the prophets, God has given his final revelation through his incarnation. According to Jesus, the function of the Holy Spirit is to testify about Christ. [b]Any prophet that does not testify about the person and work of the Lord Jesus is a false prophet.[/b] In fact, the entire focus of prophecy centers on the person of Christ: "He commands us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as the judge of the living and the dead.[b] All the prophets testify about him[/b] that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name." Acts 10:42-43 [URL=http://www.answering-islam.org/Shamoun/true_seal.htm]Jesus or Muhammad: Who is God's True Seal of Prophethood?[/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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