Peace be to you. Dr. Zakir Naik has often challenged the Christians with this question:
Where did Jesus Christ say I am God or Worship Me?
By invoking US Fair Use Policy, let me play the video clip on the recorded speech of Dr.
Zakir Naik and I will rebuke him with the same standard of judgment on Allah that he
applies for Lord Jesus Christ.
Every listener should listen carefully the term of the challenge of Dr. Zakir Naik to
the Christians is to quote from the mouth of Lord Jesus Christ that He has ever said
I am God, or Worship Me.
I said: There is not a Single unequivocal statement
in the complete Bible. There is not a Single unequivocal statement in the complete Bible,
where Jesus Christ (pbuH) Himself said: That I am God or where He said: Worship Me.
I never said The Bible does not say Jesus
is the Son of God. What I said, There is not a single unambiguous statement, not a single
unequivocal statement in the complete Bible where Jesus Christ (pbuH) said:
I am God or Worship Me. If you point out any such
two statements, I am going to accept Christianity.
Hi, Dr. Zakir Naik. Where did Jesus Christ say I am God? But first of all, you should
not interpret the Holy Bible, in the light of Islam because the Holy Spirit of Truth
speaks for Jesus Christ alone and He did not speak for Allah based on John 16:13-15.
Until you come to this common term, you should hold your peace forever.
Let me restate the challenge of Dr. Zakir Naik, Where did Jesus Christ say: Worship Me?
In Matthew 15 : 9, Jesus said: But in vain
they do worship me, (while) teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. ' KJV. The two words
"Worship Me" did come from the mouth of Jesus Christ while He condemned the Scribes and
Pharisees of His time for teaching the commandments of men as if the commandments of Yahweh God.
For instance, the prostration towards the Qibla of the Kaaba in Mecca is the tradition
of the pagan Arabs which Muslims preach as if it is the commandment of God Almighty.
Lord Jesus Christ had warned that such kind of teaching on the tradition of the men incorporated
into the worship is a vanity.
Bear in mind that the Scribes of the Hebrews had always followed Yahweh Elohim and it was
the incorporation of the tradition of men which Lord Jesus Christ condemns. It is irrefutable
that the two words Worship Me, did come out from the mouth of Lord Jesus Christ and the
implied term is that the Hebrew Scribes "Worship Me" with their mouth but disobeyed His law.
When Jesus Christ said: I and My Father are One, in John 10 : 30, He meant I am Elohim,
as He further elaborated His statement in John 10 : 38, that everyone should believe
His works or miracles so "that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and
I (am) in the Father. '
The legal rights to interpret the Hebrew idiom of Jesus Christ about "I and My Father are
One" should be carried out independently by the Jews who lived at the time of Jesus Christ
as they understood the culture and idiom of that time. The Blasphemy law charges an offender
who commits the crime in term of spoken words, and not in term of deeds.
In John 10 : 33. The Jews said to him: It is not on account of good works, that we stone
thee: but because thou blaspheme; and, whilst thou art a Man, thou make thyself Elohim.
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As far as the Hebrew idiom is concerned, Lord Jesus Christ did not deny His claim of Divinity.
What is the point to quote the Law in John 10 : 34 when Jesus Christ can defend Himself
in explicit term in these words: Listen, Children of Israel, I did not mean I am Elohim, be
it far from me; I mean We are of one purpose for the good works. Again, the Blasphemy law
is about the crime in term of spoken words, and not of good or evil works.
All Muslims have tried to usurp the Jews who were experts in the native tongue of the Hebrews
by saying the Jews had misunderstood Jesus Christ. How ridiculous Muslims could become
today, just to disobey the words of Lord Jesus Christ?
Now, it is my turn to ask Dr. Zakir Naik and the Muslims in the world, Where did Allah
say to Muhammad directly in the Quran: I am Allah, or Worship Me ?.
Any phrase of "I am Allah" spoken to Moses and Hebrew Prophets has been proven false
as the word Yahweh came before Muhammad was given the Quran.
Quran Saba 34 : 44-45, Al-Qasas 28 : 46, As-Sajdah 32 : 2-3 and Hud 11 : 49 collectively confirm
that no scripture and no warner were sent to the forefathers of Muhammad prior to him.
But the Arab tradition says that the name of the father of Muhammad was Abdul Allah
bin Abdul Muttalib which means the word Allah predates the Quran and Islam.
So the word Allah came before the Quran. But nowhere in the Quran, Allah said to Muhammad:
I am Allah, there is no god except me. Angel Gabriel did not say to Muhammad as well: I
am Gabriel sent by Allah. So why Muslim are worshipping Allah the pre Islamic moon-god
when Allah did not speak to Muhammad: I am Allah ?.
Do Muslims have any common sense that before the Quran is written, the word Allah could
not have come from Angel Gabriel ?. How many times do I have to quote from the
aforesaid 4 verses to disprove the false claim of the Muslims that Abraham and Ishmael were
sent to Mecca to build the Kaaba for worship when Muhammad said no scripture was sent to
them before him?
May Yahweh Elohim open the eyes of all Muslims to behold that Allah never speaks to Muhammad
in the Quran: I am Allah but he spoke to Moses: I am Allah because Muhammad put words into
the mouth of Allah, during his narration of the story.
Shalom.