A question

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Re: A question

@The Old Man

Firstly, I welcome you to Gupshup and hope you enjoy posting here.

Some Christian statements/views first:

1. Jesus Christ existed before creation - John.1v1-3

Does this mean that Christians believe that Jesus (AS) of Nazareth, born to a woman was more than just a man but lesser than God Who created him?

@The Old Man

2. All men can/could be saved because of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ no matter when the sacrifice took place - Tit.2v11

yes, I believe the same thing, but I also believe that all mankind can be saved whenever any man offers sacrifice for truth and in the way of God Almighty.

@The Old Man

3. God, when creating mankind, blew a part of His Spirit into man ensuring a yearning for Him by all

Quran agrees that God did breath into man His spirit. We can adopt truth, kindness and all other goodness which in its abslutness belongs only to Allah, Alhamdulillah.

Chapter : 15 (Al-Hijr)
[15:29] And remember when thy Lord said to the angels, I am about to create man of dry wringing clay, of black mud wrought into shape:
[15:30] So when I fashioned him in perfection and have breath into him of My spirit, fall ye down in submission to him.’
[15:31] So the angels submitted, all of them together.
[15:32] But Iblis did not; he refused to be among those who submit.

Chapter : 23 (Al-Mu’minun) Verse : 15 [Short Commentary]

Then We fashioned the sperm into a clot; then We fashioned the clot into a shapeless lump; then We fashioned bones out of this shapeless lump; Then We clothed the bones with flesh; Then We developed it into another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators.

@The Old Man

4. The Holy Spirit existed all through mankind’s existence as part of God
5. The Holy Spirit can influence any man anywhere to turn to God Almighty since it is everywhere on earth

If you interprate Holy Spirit to be goodness in men of all times and colors, then yes, goodness does exist in every man, and if it is nurtured it does turn a man towards his Lord one day.

@The Old Man

Each person will be held accountable for such knowledge of the truth as was accessible to them. Jews will be judged by the written Law they try to keep and their faith in the Messiah. Gentiles (non-Jews) will be judged according to the law of their conscience, reaction to the voice of the Holy Spirit in their lives and faith in the Almighty God. Christians will be saved through their faith in Jesus as Saviour.

Some Christian scholars teach that since Jesus’ time, only those with faith in him will be saved.

Jews will be saved if they believe in, and adhere to the teachings revealed to Moses (AS) and do good, Christions will be saved if they believe in, and adhere to the teachings revealed to Jesus (AS) and do good, Muslims will be saved if they believe in, and adhere to the teachings revealed to Muhammad (SA) and do good. No soul shell be wronged, all men are created equal.

Chapter : 2 (Al-Baqarah) Verse : 124 [Short Commentary]

And guard yourselves against the day when no soul shall serve as a substitute for another soul at all, nor shall any ransom be accepted from it, nor any intercession avail it, nor shall it be helped.

Chapter : 3 (Al-`Imran) Verse : 26 [Short Commentary]

How will it be with them when We will gather them together on the Day about which there is no doubt; and when every soul shall be paid in full what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged?