@tsoak

1 year ago

It is actually taught, and the belief is gaining ground, that when Jesus came he conducted matters upon his own responsibility, while God in some mysterious way stepped aside. But it is not so. God spoke by his Son. This is what he promised to do. The Lord said to Moses: "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him." Deut. 18:18, 19. Mind you, he spoke this to the Israelites, saying that someone among them would be the one to do so. Muhammad is not and never was an Israelite, so it cannot be him. God speaks by him, and whoever will not hearken to God's words so spoken must render his account to God. God will require it of him. "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God."
Thus God promised to do, thus Jesus says he did: "I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. . . . Whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak." John 12:49, 50. "The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself." "My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me." "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself." God spoke by the prophets, and he spoke by his Son, who was "that Prophet" above all prophets.
Yet, although God is the speaker both by the prophets and by his Son, there is an important difference in the manner in which he spoke by them and by him. While God spoke through the prophets by vision and dream, we never read of Jesus having either a vision or a dream. The prophets spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit, but, as we have seen, it was only upon occasion that the Holy Spirit moved them to speak. Jesus spoke also as he was moved by the Holy Ghost, but he was moved by the Holy Spirit all the time, "For God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him." John 3:34. God gave the Spirit by measure unto the prophets, and they spoke according to the measure given. But unto the Son God gave not the Spirit by measure, therefore he always spoke from the immeasurable fullness of the Spirit of God, and there was no room for either vision or dream. His whole life might be called on constant, limitless vision.
Jesus said in revelations 22:16

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

Before this, he also said,

“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

Even the Quran affirms that Jesus was the ONLY sinless man to have ever lived, not even Muhammad was sinless. Jesus is God, he even accepted worship from his apostles. Then when the same incident happened but with an Angel, the Angel replied in revelations 22:9

“Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!” Yet Jesus never denied the worship of his disciples when he was ascending to heaven.

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