baddies caribbean Mary Challenges Dr Zakir that Bible mentions Jesus (pbuh) is God in Gospel of John 3-16 Mary Challenges Dr Zakir that Bible mentions Jesus (pbuh) is God in Gospel of John 3-16

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00:00Good evening Dr. Zakir Naik. This is Mary. I'm a Christian and a banker by profession.

00:09My question for you is based on your statement that nowhere in the Bible it's mentioned that

00:17Jesus Christ is the son of God. And based on my knowledge and understanding of Bible,

00:24I have picked up two verses to quote and I would like only your clarification in the

00:30light of Islam. The first one is Matthew chapter 3 verse number 17. And blow a voice from heaven

00:39saying this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. The second is John chapter 3

00:48verse number 16. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. So whosoever

00:56shall believe in him shall not die but have everlasting life. Sister, just to correct your

01:10statement, you made a question saying that I said that nowhere in the Bible it says that Jesus son

01:16of God. I never said that nowhere in the Bible is it mentioned that Jesus is son of God. I said

01:22there is not a single unequivocal statement in the complete Bible. There is not a single

01:29unambiguous statement in the complete Bible where Jesus Christ peace be upon him says that I am God

01:35always and worship me. I never said the Bible does not say Jesus is son of God. What I said,

01:42there is not a single unambiguous statement, not a single unequivocal statement in the complete

01:49Bible where Jesus Christ peace be upon him says that I am God always and worship me. If you point

01:55out any such two statements, I'm ready to accept Christianity. If your question assumes that son

02:01of God means Jesus is God, very well I'll reply to your question. Many Christians think that just by

02:07the statement son of God means Jesus is God. Sister, do you know in the Bible Adam is son of

02:14God, Ephraim is son of God, Israel is son of God. God has got sons by the tons in the Bible. That

02:20means you haven't read your Bible sister. So do you mean to say all of them are gods? Is Adam God?

02:25Is Ephraim God? Is Israel God? No. Son of God sister is a statement used if you read Romans

02:34verse number 14. All those that are led by the spirit of God, they are sons of God. Means if

02:40you follow the commandment of God, if I follow the commandment of God, I am a son of God. In

02:44this way undoubtedly Jesus Christ peace be upon him verily is the most beloved son of God. Meaning

02:52he's following the commandment of God. I have got no problem at all. If you say son of God means

02:58persons who follow the commandments of God like it's mentioned in Romans. All those are led by

03:03the spirit of God, they are sons of God. If I follow the commandment of God, you follow the

03:08commandment of God, we are all children of God. Very innocent statement, no problem. So as far as

03:13your Matthew is concerned 317 I have clarified. Now coming to your second quotation of Gospel of

03:18John chapter 3 verse number 16. But what the Christian missionaries say, no no no brother

03:23Zakir, Jesus Christ peace be upon him is not a normal son, he is the begotten son of God and

03:30they quote Gospel of John chapter number 3 verse number 16. For God's whole of the world that he

03:35gave his only begotten son, whosoever believeth in him shall not die but have everlasting life.

03:41Sister simple question, what is the meaning of the word begotten? He has given it? No what is the

03:47meaning of begotten? He has given his son to the people. No no sister, begotten doesn't mean he's

03:53given his son. You know English, I know English. Your English is Mashallah very good. Begotten

03:58doesn't mean he's given his son. If I say you have begotten a son. Sorry sorry to interrupt.

04:05Don't give metaphorical meaning. I'm not a scholar. You're not a scholar but your English is very good.

04:10I'm a layman person. If I say you have begotten a son, what does it mean?

04:15That means you have had sexual relationship with your husband and you begot a son. Begetting is a

04:22function of lower animals of sex. How can I attribute this function to Almighty God?

04:28Who did God have sex with? Who? That's the reason the scholars of Christianity, if you read the

04:37Revised Standard Edition, Revised Standard Version of the Bible, revised by 32 scholars,

04:43Christian scholars of the highest eminence, backed by 50 different corporate denominations, they say

04:49this word begotten in Gospel of John chapter number 3 verse number 16 is an interpolation,

04:54is a fabrication, is a concoction and they're throwing it out of the Bible. So if you read the

04:59Bible, if you read the Revised Standard Version, it is the best seller in the world. Revised Standard

05:05Version revised by not Muslims, not Hindus, 32 Christian scholars of the highest eminence,

05:11backed by 50 different corporate denominations, they say this word begotten is not present in the

05:17original manuscript of Gospel of John chapter 3 verse 16. What they say, it's an interpolation,

05:22it's a fabrication, it's a concoction, it's an alteration. So Jesus is just like a son,

05:29like Adam a son of God, Ephraim a son of God, Israel a son of God, he's a prophet of God.

05:34So I've got no problem in accepting that verily Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, was a prophet

05:40and a messenger of God but he was not God. Hope that answers the question sister. So now sister,

05:46thank you very much. Sister can we reverse the role now? Yes. I said I was ready to accept

05:50Christianity if you proved this was God. Would you accept Islam now? Would you agree that Jesus is

05:57the prophet of God? I have still a few more things to clarify. You're most welcome sister. Why do

06:02Muslims refrain from the statement son of God? Why? Yes. If I answer the question, will you accept

06:10Islam? It's not a compulsion. I think we have a huge population of Muslims in the world. We need

06:18believers, we do not need only Muslims by name. Yes, so we want Muslim by deed, so we want to

06:24become Muslim by deed, not by name sister. Okay coming to your question, that why do Muslims

06:29refrain from using son of God as a phrase? Very good question and that is the reason sister, if

06:35you read the Qur'an, Qur'an has got 99 attributes to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Ar-Rahman, Ar-Raheem,

06:40Al-Aqeem, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, Most Wise but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in his last and

06:47final revelation, if there's something like old testament and new testament, Qur'an is the last

06:51testament. In his last testament, he has not used the word Ab. In Arabic, Ab means father. Why? He has

07:01used the more difficult word Rab. Rab is more difficult to pronounce than Ab which means the

07:06Lord, the Cherisher, the Sustainer. He has used Rab as an attribute but not Ab. Why? Because in the previous

07:14revelations, previous revelation which was changed, Bible is the changed form of the Injil. People have

07:20misunderstood the meaning of son of God. They started thinking to be begotten son. For example,

07:26if I tell, you know, young son, you know, son, you have asked a very good question. If a son

07:33asked a question of the age of 10, son, you have asked a good question. But if I say, you begotten son,

07:38you have asked a very good question, he may punch me. He'll not say, oh, the kid is elderly. He may

07:42punch me. That means I'm abusing his mother. If I say, my begotten son, he'll get angry. I'm insinuating

07:50that I had sex with his mother. So, son is innocent word. Begotten son is not innocent. Same way,

07:59the son is a very good word but people started misunderstanding. So, to remove this confusion,

08:04that is the reason the Quran does not use the word father as attribute to Almighty God. Otherwise,

08:09it's a good word. So, same way, we refrain from using son of God because people start thinking

08:14that he's God. No Christian ever comes and tells me Adam is son of God. If I'm a son of God, why?

08:21Bible says Israel is son of God. Why don't you come and tell me? Because they're programmed.

08:26No Christian has come and told me that the Bible says Ephraim is son of God. No. Why?

08:30Because they're programmed to believe that Jesus Christ is Almighty God. He never said he's Almighty

08:36God and I told you earlier in my earlier answer. He never claimed divinity. That means you're

08:41insulting Almighty God. That means they're insulting Jesus Christ peace be upon him.

08:46That's what I say. If Christian means a person who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ peace

08:52be upon him, we Muslims are more Christian than the Christians themselves. You know why? Because

08:58if we read the Bible, Jesus Christ peace be upon him, it's mentioned in the Gospel of John,

09:02he was circumcised on the eighth day. We Muslims are circumcised, Christians are uncircumcised.

09:07Jesus Christ peace be upon him said that you have to follow each and every law of the Bible,

09:11each and every commandment, Gospel of Matthew chapter 5 verse number 17 to 20.

09:15If you break one law or jitter from the commandment, you shall not enter the kingdom

09:18of heaven. If you go to the Old Testament, it clearly says in the book of Leviticus

09:22chapter number 11 verse number 7 to 8, in the book of Deuteronomy chapter number 14 verse number 8,

09:26in the book of Isaiah chapter 65 verse number 2 to 5 that you shall not have pork. Muslims don't

09:31have pork but Christians have pork. So if Christian means a person who follows the teachings of Jesus

09:37Christ peace be upon him, we Muslims are more Christian than the Christians themselves.

09:42The Bible says in the book of Ephesians chapter number 5 verse number 18 that thou shall not

09:46have wine. It's mentioned in the book of Proverbs chapter number 20 verse number 1.

09:50Wine is a mocker, you should not have wine. Muslims don't have alcohol but the Christians

09:55have alcohol. Further if you analyze, there are various references I can give you. So if

10:01Christian means one who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ peace be upon him, I say that

10:06I'm more Christian than the Christians themselves. If you become a Muslim,

10:11you are a more better practicing Christian than the so-called namesake Christians.

10:18Yes sister. Can I ask something? Sure, you're most welcome sister. I would not like to cross

10:26question or criticize your statement. Sister you're most welcome to cross question me,

10:31you're most welcome to criticize me, I love it. Unless a person doesn't cross examine. See

10:36suppose I want to prove something. If I say this is the best, I want to check it out whether it's

10:40best or not. That's right. Because I'm a logical person. So please sister, cross examine me,

10:45criticize me, attack me. Once you're convinced then you accept it. Yes sister, go ahead.

10:53I will definitely not intend to do something like this. The object of questioning more

11:00is to know more so that I know what I follow is right. That's all. Thank you very much.

11:08Sister you can ask any question, no problem. You're most welcome. Whether your intention,

11:12your intention is very good. But I went to the extent of saying even your intention is bad,

11:17no problem. But your intention is very good sister. You can ask any questions and you don't

11:22have to accept Islam. No one can force you. Quran says there's no compulsion in religion. Truth

11:28stands out clear from error. So don't think that if I answer your question, you have to accept.

11:32On the day of judgment, only give the evidence that I gave you the answer. Yes sister, any

11:36questions. Thank you very much. Yes sister. You said that we Muslims are better Christians than

11:44the actual Christians. So the complete statement I made, if Christian means a person who follows

11:51the teachings of Jesus Christ peace be upon him, we Muslims are more Christian than the Christian

11:56themselves. Yes sister, your question. But this is not a layman statement. I do not have a

12:02specialized knowledge of Islam and as well as Christianity. You can ask the doctors of divinity

12:07that whether I'm saying is right or wrong. Yes sister. Thank you very much Dr. Zainal.

12:12What was the question? That was my question that why did you mention that we Muslims are

12:17better Christians than the actual Christians. When I said that, why did I say that? I think

12:21this is beyond my thinking that why would a Muslim call himself a Christian? No, correct. Why?

12:27Because we love Jesus Christ peace be upon him. We love him more than you. We love him. We respect

12:32him. We revere him, but we don't worship him. The reason I said this because I love Jesus Christ

12:38peace be upon him. I respect him. I revere him, but I don't worship him because he never told me

12:43to worship him. If he would have told me to worship him, I would have worshipped him.

12:47So that is the reason I say if Christian means a person who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ

12:53peace be upon him, I'm more Christian than the Christians themselves because I love Jesus Christ

12:57peace be upon him. I respect him. I revere him, but I don't worship him. So I hope that answers

13:01the question sister. Thank you very much.

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