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Christians Must Heed
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                       to this great danger of ascribing part-
                       ners to God by ascribing divine status to
                     Jesus (surely God is beyond that). This dan-
                         ger of ascribing partners to God is not an
                              issue that can be ignored. Almighty God says
                                this in the Koran regarding this great danger: "The
                                  heavens are all but rent apart and the Earth split
                                 open" (Koran, 19:90). Ascribing partners to God is
                                 a great sin in God’s Sight. In the Koran, God threat-
                                 ens those who commit this sin:

                                God does not forgive anything being associated
                                with Him but He forgives whoever He wills for any-
                               thing other than that. Anyone who associates some-
                      thing with God has committed a terrible crime. (Koran, 4:48)

                       In the Gospel, Christians are forbidden to ascribe partners to
               God:
                   And [they] exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to
                   look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles [surely God is be-
                   yond that]… They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and
                   served created things rather than the Creator [surely God is beyond
                   that]—Who is forever praised. (Romans, 1:23-25)
                   Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve Him
                   only.'" (Luke, 4:8)

                   Christians who claim they in fact worship a single deity under the
               name of the Trinity (surely God is beyond that) and
               claim that He is manifested in three forms, as body,
               soul and consciousness must not regard this as
               anything but danger of polytheism. Living in such a

               state of disorder rather than believing in One God as
               the Creator of All, Who is with us at all times, means




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