Prophet Ya’qub [Jacob] was nearly killed

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• OZA 11 years ago

  SO WHAT IS THE POINT IN ALL THIS RATATATATATA?

  SO WHAT IS THE POINT IN ALL THIS RATATATATATA?

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• SERVANT OF GOD 11 years ago

  THERE IS NP PROOF THAT A HUMAN BEING LIVED TO BE 180 YRS. IT IS ALL A LIE, IT IS MYTHOLOGY. NO ONE CAN LIVE TO BE 180 AND NO NE HAS LIVED TO BE I80.

  THERE IS NP PROOF THAT A HUMAN BEING LIVED TO BE 180 YRS. IT IS ALL A LIE, IT IS MYTHOLOGY. NO ONE CAN LIVE TO BE 180 AND NO NE HAS LIVED TO BE I80.

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• Quaqua 11 years ago

  Every house of Allah on earth is a rock. Stop worship stones and rather worship the only true God who paid for your sins with his own blood, not the blood of jihadists.

  Every house of Allah on earth is a rock. Stop worship stones and rather worship the only true God who paid for your sins with his own blood, not the blood of jihadists.

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• Uncle Oyibo 11 years ago

  Babal Waiz, I am sure most Moslems who come to the Ghanaforum are mature enough to think beyond the level of narratives. Don't you think it will be wise to give them a little intellectual fodder to stimulate their thinking--f ...
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  Babal Waiz, I am sure most Moslems who come to the Ghanaforum are mature enough to think beyond the level of narratives. Don't you think it will be wise to give them a little intellectual fodder to stimulate their thinking--from the low level narrative to abstracts and applications?
  
  Profuse moral and commendable acts can be seen in this narrative; please seize the opportunity to draw the attention of your readers with a comment.

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• FRONT FIGHTER 11 years ago

  BULL SHIT !

  BULL SHIT !

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• Musa Kano 11 years ago

  I beg to differ with you, Imam Faisal. You err not knowing the Scriptures. All the texts you have quoted were spoken by the preincarnate Christ. While living in his incarnate state, as his custom was, he would engage a conver ...
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  I beg to differ with you, Imam Faisal. You err not knowing the Scriptures. All the texts you have quoted were spoken by the preincarnate Christ. While living in his incarnate state, as his custom was, he would engage a conversation with people who wanted to know about his mission. One day he happened to engage the Pharisees and Scribes in a conversation. Observe well to understand:
  
  "Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am (I "am" from the infinitive verb "to be" --an indication of his preexistence)." John 8:58. No human being can claim preexistence.
  
  Cover-to-cover, the Bible reveals Christ as the Initiator and Ratifier of God's covenant of grace (Isaiah 40:6; 1 Corinthians 11:25). Note well: God is more than the mathematical axiom of 1+1+1=3, which we know from school. All natural laws, the language of mathematics and its laws originated from him. Simply put, He is above all that He created, its knowledge and all which he had given to humans. He has revealed himself in various ways in the past and the present.
  
  "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high"
  Hebrews 1:1-3.
  
  A love Stronger than Death
  
  In the Bible we see God saving man in the revealed image of a "Son", who will do for man what he cannot do for himself as a sinner (Romans 8:7-8). Christ the sinless One-- without the weakness of sin--will stake his deity to redeem man without ever sinning, and leave man an example of how to live before God. He will shed his blood as a token that he fulfilled the charge of the covenant which his father assigned him. Throughout eternity Jesus will still have the nail prints in his hands to show to the redeemed the cost of their redemption.
  
  "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
  John 5:38.
  
  The greatest proof of Christ's life as God-- his preexistence as God, his sinless life, his presence in heaven as man's redeemer and advocate (lawyer) for his people in heaven's law court.
  
  Many Witnesses of the Savior's ministry. Unlike many eastern religions which have only one prophet whom their god revealed his will, Christianity had many witnesses, and prophets.
  
  "Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus" Luke 1:1-3.
  
  "And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name" John 20:30-31.

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• Imam Faisal 11 years ago

  MASTER I ALSO BEG TO DIFFER DUE TO THE FOLLOWING REASONS
  First of all I thought you would have said that Jesus said “Before Adam, I am” because we all know that Adam was the first man to be created by God not Abraham, an ...
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  MASTER I ALSO BEG TO DIFFER DUE TO THE FOLLOWING REASONS
  First of all I thought you would have said that Jesus said “Before Adam, I am” because we all know that Adam was the first man to be created by God not Abraham, any way that is just by the way.
  For a proper understanding of the teachings of Jesus, it is important to examine properly who he was, in what capacity he taught and what his mission was. The answers are given by Jesus himself as recorded the Gospel writings of the new testament; I will mention some points I have come across in the Bible concerning who Jesus really was.
  The New Testament refers many times to Jesus as God's servant (see Matthew. 12:18 for example). Now read Acts 2:22: "Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know." How then could Jesus be God's servant and God at the same time? Read John 17:21, “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me”, and you will deduce that if God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost form one unity of the Trinity, then with the disciples included they should form a God unity of fifteen (15).
  
  Some Christians do quote John 14:9 to support their argument that Jesus is God; " ...he that hath seen me hath seen the Father." Now let's read John 4:24: "God is a Spirit..." and John 5:37: " ...ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape." And 1 Timothy 6:16: " ...whom no man hath seen nor can see...."
  
  What the disciples saw was Jesus, the Prophet, and not God. John 5:37: " ...ye have neither heard His (God) voice at any time, nor seen His shape," also contradicts Matthew 3:17 in which it is said that God was heard saying "this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
  
  At this point let me mention what the Quran (5:73) says about the Trinity: "They disbelieve who say: Allah is one ofthree (In a Trinity) for there is no god except One God.If they desist notfrom their word (ofblasphemy), verily a grievous chastisement will befall the disbelievers among them. "
  
  It is common knowledge that the divinity of Jesus was introduced by Paul, who never met Jesus or his followers,
  
  In the New Testament, Jesus specifically said (Matthew 5:17 & 18): "Think not that I come to destroy the law or the prophets, I come not to destroy but to fulfill..." he came not to destroy the law, and he confirms that in relationship to the oneness of God in Mark 12:29: "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, 0 Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." And 1 Corinthians 8:4: " ...none other God but one."
  
  Jesus made it very clear that Salvation is through keeping God's commandments, following his teachings, doing righteous deeds and repentance from sin. These are the only requirements of salvation. If we read in Mathew 19:17 a man who wants to go to heaven asked Jesus, 'Good master, what things must I do to enter life eternally (in paradise), Jesus rebuked the man and said "why do you call me good? There is only one who is good, but if you wish to enter in to life eternally in heaven, keep the commandments" Here Jesus did not the tell the man that he (Jesus) will die for him but rather to keep the commandments. It means that salvation is dependent on one’s actions and not on the death of somebody.
  We also read in John 17:3 "And this is life eternal, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent". Also in Mathew 5:20 "For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and the pharasees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" and in Luke 13:3 "No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did".
  But Paul presented a very simplistic formula to attain salvation , which is in sharp contrast to the teachings of Jesus Christ as we read in Romans 10:9 " That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord' and believe in your heart that God raised him from dead, you will be saved" this means you need not do any work, you can commit Robbery, fornicate, or do anything evil, the sin involved in all these crimes have been paid for already by Jesus Christ, the only condition for you to be saved is to confess that Jesus died for you. But Jesus warned those 'Christians' who do not follow him in Mathew 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my father in heaven. On that day (i.e. Judgment day) many will say to me 'Lord, Lord', did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name? Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; go away from me, you evil doers".
  It is clear that Jesus never claimed divinity to God but referred to himself as ‘son of man’: "When you have lifted up the son of man, then you will realize that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own, ...(John 8:28). "For the son of man came to seek out and to save the lost" (Luke 19:10). "My Father is greater that I," (John 14:28); In John 5:30 “ I can’t of my own self do nothing…”. Then Further, Luke 4:1-13 tell us that Jesus was tempted by Satan for forty days. In James 1:13, it says: " ...for God cannot be tempted with evil..."
  Jesus also referred himself as 'a man' "but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth" (John 8:40).
  Jesus presented himself as a prophet and a messenger of God, and a representative of the kingdom of heaven. He invited his people to follow him in that capacity only: "Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a PROPHET to be killed outside of Jerusalem" (Luke 13:33). "But Jesus said to the 'A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown, and among his own kin, and in his own house' (Mark 6:4). Also, his people did recognize him as a prophet of God "The crowds answered 'This is Jesus, the PROPHET form Nazareth in Galilee" (Mathew 21:11).
  "Jesus answered them, 'My teaching is not mine, but his who SENT ME' (John 7:16). and in Mark 9:37 "...and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me, but the one who SENT ME". and in John 12:49 "...for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who SENT ME has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak".
  Jesus believed in the worship of God alone, and made it the ultimate aim of all his activities. For example, in Mathew 4:10 "Worship the Lord your God and serve him only". Also, in John 4:34 "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work".
  Before closing this subject, let me present one more thought. In Luke 5:16, when Jesus withdrew himself into the wilderness to pray, who did he pray to? Himself or God? Read Luke 11 :24: And he said unto them, "W'hen ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done,as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil."
  
  Is there anywhere in this prayer that Jesus said to say, "In Jesus name" when you pray? For this prayer was the answer to the question; how should we pray? Everything a God fearing person could ever need or ask of God is in this prayer. Most importantly, the forgiveness of our trespasses (sins). This prayer supports the good news of Jesus that sins are forgiven by God only if a person repents and stop their wrong doings. This message was the beginning of Jesus' ministry as stated in Matthew 4:17: From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

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• Musa Kano 11 years ago

  Mr. Imam Faisal, I see you quote texts very easily without an understanding of the contexts. The texts in the Bible are like links in a composite chain. Sometimes a text/passage given by one prophet will be amplified with exp ...
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  Mr. Imam Faisal, I see you quote texts very easily without an understanding of the contexts. The texts in the Bible are like links in a composite chain. Sometimes a text/passage given by one prophet will be amplified with explanation to another prophet years later such as we see the Books of Daniel and the Revelation regarding the 1260 day prophecy. Unlike the Koran, the Bible is studied to ascertain the thought God has put in the various texts, so that one can inculcate the teaching in the lifestyle.
  
  As the word of God, one prays for an understanding before it is studied --"For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little" Isaiah 28:10.
  
  Please read my commentary again. Take time to familiarize yourself with the contexts and you will agree with me that in Christ, God proved to the animate universe that His love is greater than death.

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• Imam Faisal 11 years ago

  May Allah richly bless you for the effort (Jihad)you are making. May Allah help in all your endeavors and bless your entire family.

  May Allah richly bless you for the effort (Jihad)you are making. May Allah help in all your endeavors and bless your entire family.

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