Page 171 - Prophet Jesus (Pbuh): A Prophet Not A Son, Of God

HARUN YAHYA 169

Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become
blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and de-
praved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold
out the word of life. (Philippians 2:14-16)
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called
children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not
know us is that it did not know Him. Dear friends, now we are children of
God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. (John 3:1-2)

This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of
the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God,
nor is anyone who does not love his brother. (John 3:10)
This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and
carrying out his commands. (John 5:2)

Clearly, the use of father and son in these statements do not impart
any kind of divine status. (Surely God is beyond that!) People who are
obedient and loyal to God, who take Him as their friend and live in a
way designed to earn His good pleasure, are referred to as children of God
in the New Testament. Thus, in accordance with the contemporaneous
Jewish understanding of these terms, the people beseeched God by say-
ing father, out of love and respect. These figurative terms were under-
stood within the monotheistic framework of "Hear, O Israel: The LORD
our God, the LORD is One." (Deuteronomy, 6:4)

They may have used it in the sense of God is the Lord of all

Prophet Jesus (pbuh), who possessed deep faith and superior moral
values, trained his disciples and the first Christians to be his helpers on
God's path. Therefore, they interpreted everything that happened to
them and his message according to their deep faith. They were perfectly

aware that God possesses infinite might and power, is the Sole Lord of