As
promised, here is my reply where I will now use Williams’ own
words to prove that Jesus is God.
In his recent tirade against the Holy Bible, Williams
writes the following:
“In response: ONLY God is perfect, ONLY God is unable to
make mistakes. Human beings by definition are fallible, not perfect. Part of
the human condition is that we make ‘mistakes’ (a Biblical term for sin). The
Bible teaches that just because we make mistakes it does not mean we cannot be
righteous. As Solomon says in Ecclesiastes 7:20:
‘Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who
continually does good and who never sins.’
“Meaning even righteous people sometimes sin…” (Capital
emphasis ours)
Note what he says carefully: Only God is perfect and is
unable to make mistakes. Now before I show how this proves that Jesus is God
Almighty, I want to first take a moment to show that Williams’ false prophet
was an imperfect, fallible sinner who was often reprimanded by his god, who
even went as far as to threaten to kill and damn Muhammad to hell if he ever
failed or compromised his mission. The following verses are all taken from the
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall’s version of the Quran:
And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is ever Forgiving,
Merciful. And plead not on behalf of (people) who deceive themselves. Lo! Allah
loveth not one who is treacherous and sinful. S. 4:106-107
Allah forgive thee (O Muhammad)! Wherefor didst thou grant
them leave ere those who told the truth were manifest to thee and thou didst
know the liars? S. 9:43
And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, they
who look not for the meeting with Us say: Bring a Lecture other than this, or
change it. Say (O Muhammad): It is not for me to change it of my accord. I only
follow that which is inspired in me. Lo! if I disobey my Lord I FEAR THE
RETRIBUTION OF AN AWFUL DAY. S. 10:15
And they indeed strove hard to beguile thee (Muhammad) away
from that wherewith We have inspired thee, that thou shouldst invent other than
it against Us; and then would they have accepted thee as a friend. And if We
had not made thee wholly firm thou mightest almost have inclined unto them a
little. THEN HAD WE MADE THEE TASTE A DOUBLE (PUNISHMENT) OF LIVING AND A
DOUBLE (PUNISHMENT) OF DYING, THEN HADST THOU FOUND NO HELPER AGAINST US. S.
17:73-75
Or thou have a house of gold; or thou ascend up into
heaven, and even then we will put no faith in thine ascension till thou bring
down for us a book that we can read. Say (O Muhammad): My Lord be Glorified! Am
I aught save A MORTAL MESSENGER? S. 17:93
Say: I AM ONLY A MORTAL LIKE YOU. My Lord inspireth in me
that your God is only One God. And whoever hopeth for the meeting with his
Lord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer of the worship due unto
his Lord. S. 18:110
O Prophet! Keep thy duty to Allah and obey not the
disbelievers and the hypocrites. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise. S. 33:1
And verily it hath been revealed unto thee as unto those
before thee (saying): If thou ascribe a partner to Allah thy work will fail and
thou indeed wilt be among the losers. S. 39:65
Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah
is true. And ask forgiveness of thy sin, and hymn the praise of thy Lord at
fall of night and in the early hours. S. 40:55
Say (unto them O Muhammad): I AM ONLY A MORTAL LIKE YOU. It
is inspired in me that your God is One God, therefor take the straight path
unto Him and seek forgiveness of Him. And woe unto the idolaters, S. 41:6
So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save Allah, and
ask forgiveness for thy sin and for believing men and believing women. Allah
knoweth (both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest. S. 47:19
Lo! We have given thee (O Muhammad) a signal victory, That
Allah may forgive thee of thy sin that which is past and that which is to come,
and may perfect His favour unto thee, and may guide thee on a right path, S.
48:1-2
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us, We
assuredly had taken him by the right hand AND THEN SEVERED HIS LIFE-ARTERY, AND
NOT ONE OF YOU COULD HAVE HELD US OFF FROM HIM. And lo! it is a warrant unto
those who ward off (evil). S. 69:44-48
Then hymn the praises of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness of
Him. Lo! He is ever ready to show mercy. S. 110:3
This explains why Muhammad had doubts concerning his ultimate
destiny and why he couldn’t give assurance to anyone else:
Say: FOR MYSELF I HAVE NO POWER TO BENEFIT, NOR POWER TO
HURT, save that which Allah willeth. Had I knowledge of the Unseen, I should
have abundance of wealth, and adversity would not touch me. I am but a warner,
and a bearer of good tidings unto folk who believe. S. 7:188
Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), NOR
KNOW I WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH ME OR WITH YOU. I do but follow that which is
inspired in me, and I am but a plain warner. S. 46:9
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I pray unto Allah only, and
ascribe unto Him no partner. Say: Lo! I CONTROL NOT HURT NOR BENEFIT FOR YOU.
Say: Lo! NONE CAN PROTECT ME FROM ALLAH, nor can I find any refuge beside Him
(Mine is) but conveyance (of the Truth) from Allah, and His messages; and whoso
disobeyeth Allah and His messenger, lo! his is fire of hell, wherein such dwell
for ever. Till (the day) when they shall behold that which they are promised
(they may doubt); but then they will know (for certain) who is weaker in allies
and less in multitude. Say (O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers): I KNOW NOT
WHETHER THAT WHICH YE ARE PROMISED IS NIGH, or if my Lord hath set a distant
term for it. S. 72:20-25
Further notice what the following hadiths say:
Narrated ‘Um al-’Ala:
An Ansari woman who gave the pledge of allegiance to the
Prophet that the Ansar drew lots concerning the dwelling of the Emigrants.
‘Uthman bin Maz’un was decided to dwell with them (i.e. Um al-’Ala’s family),
‘Uthman fell ill and I nursed him till he died, and we covered him with his
clothes. Then the Prophet came to us and I (addressing the dead body) said, “O
Abu As-Sa’ib, may Allah’s Mercy be on you! I bear witness that Allah has
honored you.” On that the Prophet said, “How do you know that Allah has honored
him?” I replied, “I do not know. May my father and my mother be sacrificed for
you, O Allah’s Apostle! But who else is worthy of it (if not ‘Uthman)?” He
said, “As to him, by Allah, death has overtaken him, and I hope the best for
him. By Allah, though I am the Apostle of Allah, YET I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ALLAH
WILL DO TO ME,” By Allah, I will never assert the piety of anyone after him.
That made me sad, and when I slept I saw in a dream a flowing stream for
‘Uthman bin Maz’un. I went to Allah’s Apostle and told him of it. He remarked,
“That symbolizes his (good) deeds.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 5, Book
58, Number
266)
And:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
When Allah revealed the Verse: “Warn your nearest kinsmen,”
Allah’s Apostle got up and said, “O people of Quraish (or said similar words)!
Buy (i.e. save) yourselves (from the Hellfire) AS I CANNOT SAVE YOU FROM
ALLAH’S PUNISHMENT; O Bani Abd Manaf! I CANNOT SAVE YOU FROM ALLAH’S
PUNISHMENT, O Safiya, the Aunt of Allah’s Apostle! I CANNOT SAVE YOU FROM
ALLAH’S PUNISHMENT; O Fatima bint Muhammad [Muhammad's own daughter]! Ask me
anything from my wealth, BUT I CANNOT SAVE YOU FROM ALLAH’S PUNISHMENT.” (Sahih
al-Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 51, Number
16)
These texts depict Allah as a schizophrenic god who at
times reassures Muhammad that his sins are forgiven but then at other times
threatens to kill him and damn him to hell if he fails to carry out his
mission.
Can any Christian even imagine God speaking this way to the
beloved Apostles, or the Father ever threatening his glorious Son in this
manner? Moreover, doesn’t this stand in stark contrast to the perfect
confidence and assurance which the Lord Jesus and his blessed disciples spoke
with when discussing salvation and eternal life?
“‘Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the
food which endures to everlasting life, which
the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.’
Then they said to Him, ‘What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?’
Jesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He
sent.’… And Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never
hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. But I
said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. All
that the Father gives Me will come to Me,and the one who comes to Me I will
by no means cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not
to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the
will of the Father who sent Me, that
of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the
last day. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and
believes in Him may have everlasting life; AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST
DAY… Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has
everlasting life.’” John 6:27-29, 35-40, 47 New King James Version (NKJV)
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and
believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into
judgment, but has passed from death into life. Most
assuredly, I say to you, the
hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear THE VOICE OF THE SON OF
GOD; and those who hear will live. For as the Father has
life in Himself, so He has
granted the Son to have life in Himself, and has given Him
authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. Do
not marvel at this; for the
hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear HIS [the Son’s]
VOICE and come forth—those who have done good, to the
resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of
condemnation.” John 5:24-29 NKJV
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow
Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never
perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My
Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them
out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.” John 10:27-30 NKJV
“Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ Martha
said to Him, ‘I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last
day.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who
believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever
lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?’ She said to
Him, ‘Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to
come into the world.’” John 11:23-27 NKJV
“‘Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God,
believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to
Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I
go you know, and the way you know.’ Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we do not know
where You are going, and how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am
the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and
have seen Him.’” John 14:1-7 NKJV
“To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes
in Him will receive remission of sins.” Acts 10:43
“And he brought them out and said, ‘Sirs, what must I do to
be saved?’ So they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be
saved, you and your household.’” Acts 16:30-31
“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ… But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that
while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more
then, having now been justified by His blood, we
shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were
enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled,
we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our
Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.”
Romans 5:1, 8-11 NKJV
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in
Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the
Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has
made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law
could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in
the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the
flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be
fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the
Spirit.” Romans 8:1-4 NKJV
“For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of
entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living
and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the
wrath to come.” 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
“For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain
salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us,
that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.” 1 Thessalonians
5:9-10
“Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,
nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel
according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to
our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in
Christ Jesus before time began, but has now been revealed by the appearing of
our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life
and immortality to light through the gospel, to which I was
appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. For
this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and
am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that
Day.” 2 Timothy 1:8-12
“I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you
for His name’s sake. I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you,
young men, Because you have
overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have
known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to
you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked
one.” 1 John 2:12-14
“Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of
God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of
Him… For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And
this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who
is he who overcomes the world, but
he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?... If we receive the witness
of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has
testified of His Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in
himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not
believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the
testimony: that God has given us
eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He
who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have
life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son
of God, that you may know that
you have eternal life, and that you may continue
to believe in the name of the
Son of God… We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has
been born of God keeps himself, and
the wicked one does not touch him.” 1 John 5:1, 4-5, 9-13, 18 NKJV
To think that Williams would have the audacity to try and
get Christians to abandon all of this for a false prophet who lived in fear and
doubt concerning his own destiny!
Now that we have gotten that out of the way and proven that
Muhammad was an imperfect transgressor who lived under the constant threat and
fear of his god, we
can proceed to the next section where I will use Williams' own words
to prove that Jesus is his Lord and God, as well as ours.
IHS
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