NO WITNESSES FOR MUHAMMAD

MUSLIMS have been UNABLE to SHOW ANY PROOF or WITNESSES that GOD HIMSELF CALLED, APPOINTED and SENT THEIR PROPHET.

THEY also CANNOT SHOW ANY WITNESSES that "ANGEL GABRIEL" GAVE the QURAN to THEIR PROPHET.

To ESCAPE this EMBARRASSING SITUATION, MUSLIMS TRY to TURN the TABLES by SEEKING VERSES in the BIBLE where WITNESSES were PRESENT when GOD APPOINTED PROPHETS or ISSUED REVELATIONS.

Sadly, and AS USUAL, MUSLIMS JUST DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

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First, let us address their demand for WITNESSES when GOD SENDS or APPOINTS a PROPHET.

A. MANY WITNESSES FOR MOSES

MUSLIMS CLAIM that THEIR PROPHET is the "PROPHET LIKE MOSES" as prophesied in DEUTERONOMY 18:18.

By CLAIMING THAT, MUSLIMS SHOULD PROVE that THEIR PROPHET was SENT IN THE SAME WAY that MOSES was SENT by GOD.

GOD GAVE MANY SIGNS and WONDERS that were WITNESSED BY THE ISRAELITES to PROVE that HE SENT MOSES. But let us just FOCUS on one where GOD PERSONALLY APPEARED to the LEADERS of ISRAEL to PROVE that HE WAS the ONE APPOINTING MOSES.

In EXODUS 24:1-11, GOD GAVE MOSES His COMMANDMENTS. And to PROVE to the PEOPLE of ISRAEL that HE WAS THE ONE GIVING the LAWS, HE PERSONALLY APPEARED to their LEADERS.

We will read this in EXODUS 24:1, 9-11.

"Then he [GOD] said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship at a distance."

"Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and THEY SAW THE GOD OF ISRAEL. Under his feet there was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.

"God did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; also THEY BEHELD GOD, and they ate and drank."

THIS is CLEAR PROOF that GOD ALLOWED WITNESSES to SEE and PROVE that HE WAS THE ONE who SENT MOSES and GAVE HIS COMMANDMENTS.

GOD ALLOWED MORE THAN 70 WITNESSES to SEE HIM.
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MUSLIMS CLAIM that THEIR PROPHET was the "PROPHET LIKE MOSES."

When GOD APPOINTED MOSES as the BRINGER of HIS LAWS to the ISRAELITES, HE SHOWED HIMSELF to MANY WITNESSES.

WHERE are the MANY WITNESSES who would TESTIFY that GOD ALSO SENT and APPOINTED the PROPHET of ISLAM as HIS BRINGER o MESSENGER of HIS LAWS?

MUSLIMS ADMIT that THERE ARE NONE.
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Well, there are TWO IMPORTANT POINTS HERE:

1. MUSLIMS ADMIT that THERE ARE NO WITNESSES that GOD HIMSELF CALLED, SENT and APPOINTED THEIR PROPHET.

2. The PROPHET of ISLAM is NOT A PROPHET LIKE MOSES, BELYING THEIR CLAIMS.

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B. MUSLIM EXCUSES

Again, WHEN MUSLIMS are CAUGHT in their FALSE CLAIMS, THEY TRY to WIGGLE THEMSELVES OUT by trying to TURN THE TABLES on PEOPLE QUESTIONING THEM.

In this case, MUSLIMS will ATTACK the BIBLE for being "CONTRADICTORY."

THEY will cite VERSES LIKE EXODUS 33:20, JOHN 1:18, JOHN 5:37, and 1TIMOTHY 6:16.

They say, these verses declare that "GOD CANNOT BE SEEN."

And that EXPOSES MORE LACK of UNDERSTANDING on the PART of MUSLIMS and THEIR LACK of KNOWLEDGE about BIBLICAL TRUTHS: specifically about the HOLY TRINITY or the ONE GOD with THREE PERSONS: The FATHER, The SON, and The HOLY SPIRIT.

For a FULLER EXPLANATION, please GO to THIS LINK: http://sagot-sa-balik-islam.blogspot.com/2009/08/ex-3320-di-puwedeng-makita-ang-diyos.html

THOSE VERSES talk about GOD THE FATHER. HE is the ONE WHO CANNOT BE SEEN or HEARD.

THERE is a PERSON in the ONE GOD who CAN BE SEEN. HE is GOD THE SON, the IMAGE of the LIVING GOD. (COLOSSIANS 1:15)

THIS VISIBLE IMAGE of GOD, THIS PERSON of the TRINITY, was WHO the ISRAELITES SAW in EXODUS 24:9-11.

THIS VISIBLE IMAGE of GOD was also the ONE referred to in EXODUS 33:11 as the GOD whom MOSES TALKED TO "FACE TO FACE."

EXODUS 33:11
"Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses FACE TO FACE, as one speaks to a friend."

MUSLIMS have a HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING these VERSES because THEY INSIST on their BELIEF that "THERE IS NO TRINITY." And that is why THEY MISTAKENLY THINK that certain verses in the Bible "CONTRADICT."

THERE are NO CONTRADICTIONS in the BIBLE. MUSLIMS just DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT the BIBLE is SAYING.

THEY also MAKE UP "CONTRADICTIONS" in a DESPERATE MOVE to HIDE THEIR INABILITY to PROVE that THEIR PROPHET was CALLED, SENT and APPOINTED BY GOD.

PAUL OR MUHAMMAD: Who Should We Believe?

MUSLIMS love to attack Paul.

They accuse the apostle of founding Christianity and misquote his words as if they understood them.

But I suspect that MUSLIMS are simply JEALOUS of PAUL because HE is a TRUE MESSENGER of GOD. GOD PERSONALLY CALLED and SENT PAUL to DELIVER HIS WORDS to PEOPLE.

On the contrary, MUSLIMS CANNOT PROVE that GOD PERSONALLY CALLED and SENT THEIR PROPHET as His messenger.

SAD.

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Now, it will surely ANGER MUSLIMS MORE if WE PROVE that PAUL was TRULY a CHOSEN MESSENGER of GOD.

But the TRUTH is a BURDEN that WE WILL GIVE to MUSLIMS in the HOPE that THEY WOULD OPEN THEIR EYES and FIND SALVATION through it.

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WHO should we BELIEVE: A MESSENGER whom GOD HIMSELF CALLED and SENT or one who CANNOT BE PROVEN to have been SENT BY GOD?

WE BELIEVE the TRUE MESSENGER of GOD.

BETWEEN PAUL and ISLAM'S PROPHET, PAUL is the TRUE MESSENGER.

Here's PROOF.

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A. GOD PERSONALLY CALLED PAUL

In ACTS 9:3-6
"Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

"He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

"He asked, "Who are you, Lord?" The reply came, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

"But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do."

CLEARLY, IT was GOD HIMSELF who CALLED PAUL.
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B. MANY WITNESSED THE CALLING OF PAUL

a. In ACTS 9:7, we see that PAUL'S COMPANIONS WITNESSED GOD'S CALLING of PAUL.

"The men who were traveling with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one."

The COMPANIONS of PAUL "HEARD THE VOICE" the GOD who CALLED him.

b. In ACTS 22:9, the Bible says, "Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the one who was speaking to me."

The WITNESSES SAW the LIGHT and HEARD the VOICE, although they did not understand what was being said.

So, CLEARLY, the CALLING of PAUL was NOT ONLY HIS CLAIM but IT WAS SEEN and HEARD by MANY WITNESSES.
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C. GOD TOLD EARLY CHRISTIANS ABOUT HIS CALLING OF PAUL

a. ANANIAS

Apart from PERSONALLY CALLING PAUL, GOD also TOLD the CHRISTIAN ANANIAS about HIS MISSION for the APOSTLE.

ACTS 9:10-16
"Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." He answered, "Here I am, Lord."

"The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. At this moment he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

"But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who invoke your name."

"But the Lord said to him, "Go, for HE IS AN INSTRUMENT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN to bring my name before Gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel; I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

b. CHURCH OF ANTIOCH

GOD even TOLD the CHURCH at ANTIOCH--MANY DISCIPLES--that HE had a SPECIAL MISSION for PAUL, who was then still called SAUL.

ACTS 13:1-2
"Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the ruler, and Saul.

"While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "SET APART FOR ME Barnabas and SAUL for the work to which I have called them."

CLEARLY, GOD REVEALED the SPECIAL CALLING of PAUL (SAUL) to MANY EARLY CHRISTIANS.

So, it was not only a CLAIM of PAUL.

The CALLING of PAUL was DECLARED BY GOD to MANY OTHERS.
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D. PETER ACKNOWLEDGED PAUL'S WORDS AS GOD'S WORDS

In 2PETER 3:15-16, the LEADER of the APOSTLES SAID:
"and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother PAUL WROTE to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters.

"There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the OTHER SCRIPTURES."

Here, Peter referred to the WRITINGS of PAUL as "SCRIPTURES," or HOLY WRITINGS or GOD'S WORDS. This is shown by Peter talking about PAUL'S WRITINGS and referring to SACRED TEXTS as "OTHER SCRIPTURES."

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So, EVIDENCE is ABUNDANT that PAUL was a TRUE MESSENGER of GOD.

1. HE was PERSONALLY CALLED and SENT BY GOD.

2. HIS CALLING was WITNESSED by MANY.

3. GOD also TOLD EARLY CHRISTIANS of HIS CALLING of PAUL.

4. PAUL was ACKNOWLEDGED by the LEADER of the EARLY CHURCH as SPEAKING the WORDS of GOD.

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DID GOD CALL, APPOINT AND SEND ISLAM'S PROPHET?

Now, ASK ANY MUSLIM to PRESENT SIMILAR PROOF that GOD CALLED and APPOINTED their PROPHET as a MESSENGER OF GOD.

MUSLIMS WILL NOT be ABLE to PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE.

1. THEY will NOT SHOW ANY CLAIM--NOT EVEN BY THEIR PROPHET--that GOD PERSONALLY TALKED TO HIM to SEND HIM as a PROPHET.

2. MUSLIMS WILL NOT be ABLE to PRESENT ANY WITNESS who SAW or HEARD GOD SEND THEIR PROPHET as a MESSENGER OF GOD.

3. MUSLIMS WILL NOT be ABLE to NAME ANYONE to whom GOD REVEALED that HE WAS SENDING THEIR PROPHET.

4. NO EARLY MUSLIM LEADER HIGHER THAN ISLAM'S PROPHET TESTIFIED that HIS WORDS were FROM GOD.

Simply put, MUSLIMS CANNOT GIVE EVIDENCE that THEIR PROPHET was INDEED CALLED, APPOINTED and SENT BY GOD.

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"EVIDENCE" FOR THE PROPHET OF ISLAM

UNABLE to GIVE CONCRETE EVIDENCE that GOD PERSONALLY CALLED, APPOINTED and SENT THEIR PROPHET, MUSLIMS CITE VERSES in the QURAN to "PROVE" that THEIR PROPHET was "TRUE."

Examples of verses used by Muslims are:
Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allah, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself. And we have sent you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) as a Messenger to mankind, and Allah is Sufficient as a Witness. (QURAN 4:79)

Verily, We have sent to you (O men) a Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to be a witness over you, as We did send a Messenger [Musa (Moses)] to Fir'aun (Pharaoh).  QURAN 73:15

But THERE IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM in regard to these VERSES: ASK ANY MUSLIM if THERE is PROOF that GOD HIMSELF SPOKE THOSE WORDS, HE WOULD AVOID the QUESTION.

Why?

Because MUSLIMS KNOW that GOD WAS NOT THE ONE who SPOKE the WORDS of the QURAN.

According to ISLAMIC TEACHING, the QURAN was "REVEALED" by the "ANGEL GABRIEL" to THEIR PROPHET MUHAMMAD. (QURAN 16:102 http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_display.php?chapter=16&translator=5#102)

MUSLIMS SAY that NO MAN COULD HEAR GOD. That was why God supposedly "spoke" the Quran "THROUGH" this "angel."

So, THEY UNWITTINGLY ADMIT that the QURAN was NOT THE WORDS of GOD but the WORDS of an "ANGEL."

But then ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM EMERGES: MUSLIMS WILL ADMIT that NO ONE ELSE SAW or HEARD THIS "ANGEL" when it "REVEALED" the QURAN to their PROPHET.

They will say that it "ONLY" THEIR PROPHET SAW and HEARD this "ANGEL."

And, IT WAS ONLY THEIR PROPHET who RECITED the VERSES of the QURAN to THEM.

Ultimately, therefore, MUSLIMS ADMIT that IT WAS ONLY THEIR PROPHET who TOLD THEM the QURAN. It was ONLY THE WORDS of THEIR PROPHET that THEY HEARD.

NO ONE HEARD GOD SPEAK the QURAN. NO ONE HEARD an "ANGEL" SAY the QURAN.

Basically, the QURAN was only the WORDS of THEIR PROPHET.

SEEING THAT, it can be said that the VERSES of the QURAN that MUSLIMS USE to PROVE their PROPHET are ONLY THE WORDS of THEIR PROPHET.

So, it becomes apparent that ONLY THEIR PROPHET GAVE the VERSES that SHOW THAT GOD APPOINTED HIM as a MESSENGER.

Some might call the verses as "SELF-SERVING."

Therefore, the VERSES USED by MUSLIMS are NOT REAL PROOF; NOT REAL EVIDENCE for their PROPHET.

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Now, COMPARE PAUL and ISLAM'S PROPHET. WHO would you BELIEVE to be GOD'S TRUE MESSENGER?

I CHOOSE PAUL who has SOLID EVIDENCE that GOD PERSONALLY CALLED, APPOINTED and SENT HIM as the MESSENGER of the ALMIGHTY.

Jesus Not God because He also "has a God"?

MUSLIM Ben Langcuyan has a problem with my assertion that GOD IS ALL POWERFUL THAT'S WHY HE BECAME MAN IN THE PERSON OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Ben Langcuyan said:
"Bibe presented above a VERY INCONSISTENT CLAIM --- that God became a man and that man is called Jesus.

Now, granting without conceding --- that God became a man and that man is called Jesus.

The problem Bibe is facing now is --- Jesus is still claiming that he has a God. Note of his following lines:

'... our God is one. ...'

'... my God, my God, why has Thou forsaken me?'

'... to my God and your God. To my Father and your Father.'

It's pretty clear now, using logic and Biblical claims, that the claim of Bibe that the God became a man --- completely BASELESS!!!

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There is NOTHING INCONSISTENT with the ALL-POWERFUL GOD BECOMING MAN.

The INCONSISTENCY is in the CLAIM of MUSLIMS that THEIR GOD is ALL-POWERFUL and YET IS POWERLESS to BECOME MAN.

Now, Ben Langcuyan cited several VERSES that he claimed SHOWS that the LORD JESUS CANNOT BE GOD.

Ben Langcuyan SIMPLY JUST DOES NOT UNDERSTAND the PROCLAMATION of the LORD JESUS that HE HAS a GOD.

HIS LACK of UNDERSTANDING SHOWS in the EXAMPLES HE GAVE.

1. '... our God is one. ...' is taken from the OLD TESTAMENT, where the LORD JESUS simply QUOTED DEUTERONOMY 6:4.

HE actually REFERRED to HIMSELF when HE CITED DEUT 6:4.

DEUT 6:4 refers to the GOD "I AM" who REVEALED HIS NAME to MOSES in EXODUS 3:13-14.

The LORD JESUS said that HE is the "I AM." (JOHN 8:58)

So, He was even PROCLAIMING HIS DIVINITY when He cited DEUT 6:4.

2. '... my God, my God, why has Thou forsaken me?' THIS is NOT a PRAYER of the LORD JESUS CALLING on GOD the FATHER.

This text from MATTHEW 27:46 was BORROWED by the LORD JESUS from PSALM 22:2, which is known as a PRAYER of the OPPRESSED.

The LORD JESUS used this verse to HIGHLIGHT HIMSELF as "GOD WITH US." (MATTHEW 1:23)

He was telling the OPPRESSED that GOD HIMSELF is WITH THOSE who are OPPRESSED, and that GOD was SUFFERING WITH THEM.

So, again, the LORD JESUS was only PROCLAIMING HIS OWN DIVINITY when He used PSALM 22:2 in MATTHEW 27:46.

3. '... to my God and your God. To my Father and your Father.' - In this verse from JOHN 20:17, the LORD JESUS STRESSED that HIS GOD is also HIS FATHER.

If GOD is the FATHER of the LORD JESUS, then the LORD JESUS is STRESSING HIS DIVINITY, for the SON of GOD naturally TAKES the NATURE of HIS FATHER.

Thus, if GOD is the FATHER of the LORD JESUS, then the LORD JESUS is also DECLARING that HE IS GOD.

So, INSTEAD of DIMINISHING the DIVINITY of the LORD JESUS, the VERSES that Ben Langcuyan CITED ONLY SUPPORT the belief that HE IS GOD.

Ben Langcuyan just DOES NOT UNDERSTAND the VERSES that HE USED.