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ISLAM

Muslims reject the full deity of Christ - the only means of salvation  

However, aside from the biblical passages where Jesus claims that He is God (e.g., John 5:17-18; the "I AM" affirmations: 8:24, 58; 10:30; 13:19; 18:5-6, 8; 10:30; etc.) and the passages where He is presented as God by His apostles (as seen below), the Son possesses the very attributes of God:

He has power to forgive sins (cf. Matt. 9:6)

He is greater than the temple (cf. Matt. 12:6)

He is Lord of the Sabbath (cf. Matt. 12:8)

He is the King of a kingdom and the angels are His gathering His elect (cf. Matt. 13:41; Mark 13:27)

 He is the Messiah, the Son of the living God (cf. Matt. 16:13-17)

He was to be killed and raised from the dead (cf. Matt. 17:9, 22-23; 19;26:2; Mark 8:31; 9:31; Luke 9:22; 18:31-33; John 2:19ff.)

He is omnipresent (cf. Matt. 28:20; John 14:23)

He is omniscient (cf. John 2:24-25; 6:64; 16:30; 21:17)

His is omnipotent (cf. Matt. 8:27; 9:6; 28:18; Heb. 7:25)

He gave His life as a ransom for many (cf. Mark. 10:45)

He gives eternal life (cf. Luke 10:21-22; John 5:21; 10:27-28)

He is the monogenēs theos, “unique/one and only God” that came from heaven (cf. John 1:18; 3:13)

He pre-existed with and shared glory with the Father (cf. Micah 5:2; John 1:1; 17:5; as will be shown in chap. 4)

He is Immutable (cf. Heb. 13:8)

He was worshiped as God (cf. John 9:35-38; Heb. 1:6; Rev. 5:13-14)

Virtually every New Testament book teaches the full deity of the Son, Jesus Christ, explicitly or implicitly. This is exegetically seen in passages such as Matthew 1:23; Luke 10:21-22; John 1:1, 18; 5:17-23; Jesus’ seven absolute egō eimi, “I am” statements (viz. John 8:24, 28, 58; 13:19; 18:5-6, 8); John 20:28; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 2:8; 16:22; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Philippians 2:6-11; Colossians 2:9; 1 Timothy 3:16; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:3, 8-10; 2 Peter 1:1; 1 John 5:20; Jude 4; Revelation 1:8; and 5:13-14. The biblical evidence is massive.

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