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Christians Must Heed
Jesus

blind and the leper by My permission; and when you
brought forth the dead by My permission; and when I
held back the tribe of Israel from you, when you brought
them the clear signs and those of them who were unbe-
lievers said, 'This is nothing but downright magic.'"
(Koran, 5:110)
In another verse, Almighty God reminds the
proponents of the Trinity that, like all other human
beings, Jesus had no power to do anything unless
God so willed it.

Those who say, "God is the Messiah, son of Mary," are
unbelievers. Say: "Who possesses any power at all over God
if He desires to destroy the Messiah, son of Mary, and his
mother, and everyone else on Earth?" The kingdom of the
heavens and the Earth and everything between them belongs
to God. He creates whatever He wills. God has power over all
things. (Koran, 5:17)

Of course Jesus is a human being much beloved of God, who
is honored and selected by Him; he is His prophet. But ultimately he
is a servant. In the Koran, Jesus calls on the children of Israel to wor-
ship the One God, against those who would deify him:

Those who say that the Messiah, son of Mary, is God are un-
believers. The Messiah said, "Tribe of Israel! Worship God, my
Lord and your Lord. If anyone associates any-
thing with God, God has forbidden him

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