Our One & ONLY Savior
According to
Judaisim,Christianity & Islam
by unknown Author
We have been receiving many e-mails from our Christian brothers and sisters in which they preach to us that Jesus Christ is the Savior and the way. With due respect to them, we cannot accept their notion as it contradicts every known divine scripture including the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Final Testament (Quran). Any sincere student of the scripture will find out that the ONE and ONLY Savior and Redeemer is the One God , the Almighty, the God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammed.
In the NEW TESTAMENT we see that the idea of every one
responsible for his own
deed were expressed in Galatians 6:4-7, which states
Each man should look to his conduct; if he has reason to
boast of anything, it will
be because the achievement is his and not anothers.
.........
A man will REAP ONLY what he SOWS. Galatians 6:4 - 7
Also,
"Each of us shall give an account of himself to God."
Romans 14:12
"Each one will receive his own reward according to his own
labour."
1Corinthians 3:8
And in the OLD TESTAMENT;
"Also to you O Lord, belong mercy; for you render to each
one according
to his work." Psalms 62:12
"And will he not render to each man according to his
deeds?" Proverbs 24:12
"The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself,
and the
wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself." Ezekiel
18:20
If each man reaps what he sows, how can Jesus be the savior ? How
could he have taken on the sins of mankind and negated them ?
Only the One who accepts repentance and wipes out sins can do
that. Indeed throughout the Old Testament, God ALONE is referred
to as the SAVIOR. See , 2 Samuel 22:1-3 , and Isaiah 43:3-11
In Isaiah, God Himself speaks, saying clearly that He ALONE is
the SAVIOR:
For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your
SAVIOR....It is I, the
Lord; there is NO SAVIOR BUT ME... Isaiah 43:3 &11
HE repeats this categorical statement in Hosea:
I am the Lord, your God, since the land of Egypt; You know
no God besides me,
and there is NO SAVIOR but me. Hosea 13:4
There is also a related concept, the idea of a REDEEMER.
This word has also been
exclusively used for God in the Old Testament, e.g. Isaiah 44:24
and Isaiah 60:16
You shall know that I, the Lord am your SAVIOR, your
REDEEMER, the mighty one
of Jacob. Isaiah 60:16
The created idea of Jesus being the Savior can only be witnessed
in the New Testament
where the alteration has been highly suspected because of its
complete contradiction to
the Old Testament that came from the same God. God does not
change His mind. God
does not call Himself the ONLY SAVIOR then decides to change that
and call Jesus the
Savior. This term describing Jesus as the Savior was used only
twice in the N.T. This is
noted in Lk.ii 11 and in Jn. iv 42. Besides these two occurrences
, the only other
occurrence in the Gospels clearly refers to God, not Jesus :
Then Mary said: My being proclaims the greatness of
the Lord. My spirit finds joy
in God , MY SAVIOR, For He has looked upon his servant in her
lowliness... Luke
1: 46-48
We cannot ignore the reminder in Isaiah 46:9 where God speaks of
Himself
I am God, there is no other;, I am God, there is none like
me. (La Elaha Ella Allah).
In the Final Testament, the Quran, God clearly calls Himself the
Redeemer and no savior
besides Him;
[2:160.15] As for those who repent, reform, and proclaim, I
redeem them. I am the
Redeemer, Most Merciful.
[ 4:173.46] As for those who believe and lead a righteous life,
He will fully
recompense them, and shower them with His grace. As for those who
disdain and
turn arrogant, He will commit them to painful retribution. They
will find no lord
beside GOD, nor a savior.
[9:104.22] Do they not realize that GOD accepts the repentance of
His worshipers,
and takes the charities, and that GOD is the Redeemer, Most
Merciful?
[ 24:10.11] This is GOD's grace and mercy towards you. GOD is
Redeemer, Most
Wise.
[ 49:12.54] .....You shall observe GOD. GOD is Redeemer, Most
Merciful.
[ 110:3.16] You shall glorify and praise your Lord, and implore
Him for forgiveness.
He is the Redeemer.
Quran (The Final Testament) confirms the basic principle in the
Old and New
Testaments, that a man will reap only what he sows.
"Every soul is responsible only for his/her own work"
53:39
".............no soul benefits except from its own work,
and none bears the burden of
another......" 6:164
We have Only One God who can redeem us, He is the same God who
spoke in the
Bible, the Gospel and the Quran reminding us that there is no god
besides Him.
[Quran 112:1-4] Proclaim, "He is the One and only GOD.
"The Absolute GOD. "Never did He beget. Nor was He
begotten.
"None equals Him."