Deity of Jesus Christ

What is it?  What do we mean by it?  How do we defend it?

Why is it important?

If the deity of Jesus Christ isn't true:

1. The Bible isn't true.  It is so well attested to in Scripture, that if untrue, the Bible cannot be believed. (don't forget we spoke about the Authenticity of the Bible last session).
   
2. The atonement is ineffective.  We are made from dust and therefore have limited value.   You can't possibly atone for the depth of my sin against the immutable and Holy God. Jesus Christ, being the Son of God has infinite value and alone can atone for our sin.

This article is updated if we find errors in our book Sharing the Gospel with Muslims.  As you can imagine, a book with more than 1300 references will contain some errors, we hope that they are very few.  We apologise for any errors and confusion.

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Sura 8:67 reads "Allah said, 'A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion.'"  This is incorrect.  Ibn Ishaq in his work Life of Muhammad made this statement on page 326-327.  Sura 8:67 reads, "It is not for any prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the land. Ye desire the lure of this world and Allah desireth (for you) the Hereafter, and Allah is Mighty, Wise."

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Reference 36 Romans 8:9-11 mistakenly quotes the Qur'an.  The text should read:

Many muslims say that Islam is not violent. Dr. Zakir Naik in his short work Islam and Terrorism gives "proof" that because 14 million coptic Christians exist and not all Spain was converted to Islam, that therefore Islam is not violent.  To be sure, he gives other examples, which have the same force of logic.  Of course by this reasoning, Hitler wasn't violent becuase he didn't kill all the Jews (he even kept some alive because it suited his purposes).  But using his logic, Dr. Naik cannot argue that Christianity wants to annihilate Islam.  Christians ruled Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, etc, and Muslims are still there. "Christians" rule England, the USA etc and Muslims are there; therefore Christianity wants peace with Islam.

Question:  If Islam is peaceful, why are thousands (if not millions) of Christians being persecuted in Islamic countries, being tortured and killed?  Where are Muslims being tortured and killed in Christian countries?

It's easy to be forgiven of your sin - just say 'amen'

Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 75, Hadith Number 411:

Nice.  Sin is completely dealt with, just say 'amen', Amen?