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http://www.islamchristianforum.com/index.php?topic=56.0Gal 4:6
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.Often Muslims will try to obfuscate their denial that Jesus is THE ONLY begotten Son of God, by saying that there were lots of sons of God.
Indeed there is reference to "sons" of God BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, as revealed in at least 10 verses.
http://www.islamchristianforum.com/index.php?topic=55.0The term
"the Son of God" occurs 44 times in the KJV in reference to Jesus Christ. The definite article "the" occurs in the Koine Greek. Please peruse the verses below.
http://www.islamandthetruth.com/jesus.htmThe term
"Son" in reference to Jesus being the distinct Son of God, often being preceded by the article "
the",
occurs at least 63 more times. http://www.islamandthetruth.com/jesus.htm#son(second post below) as in this example:
1 John 2:22
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also].
It is true scripture refers to sons of God in the Old Testament, missing THE prophesied Son of God in these (and other) Old Testament verses:
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Psalms 2:7
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.ImmanuelOld Testament Hebrew Definition:
0410 'el {ale}
shortened from 0352; TWOT - 93a; n m
AV -
God 213, god 16, power 4, mighty 5, goodly 1, great 1, idols 1,
Immanuel + 06005 2, might 1, strong 1; 245
1) god, god-like one, mighty one
PDF tract of these verses with folding instructions: "Jesus"
http://www.islamandthetruth.com/christian_testimonies.htm#tract_m4YouTube of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUUXG0z0bPEThe first verse is a Christophany where Jesus showed Himself hundreds of years before He was made manifest to the world:
Daniel 3:25
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.Some verses from the New Testament:
Mat 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said,
If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Mat 4:6 And saith unto him,
If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Mat 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying,
Of a truth thou art the Son of God.Mat 26:63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether
thou be the Christ, the Son of God.Mat 27:40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be
the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Mat 27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him:
for he said, I am the Son of God.Mat 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying,
Truly this was the Son of God.Mar 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of
Jesus Christ, the Son of God;Mar 3:11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying,
Thou art the Son of God.Mar 15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said,
Truly this man was the Son of God.Luk 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.Luk 4:3
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.Luk 4:9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him,
If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:Luk 4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying,
Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking [them] suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
Luk 22:70 Then said they all,
Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.Jhn 1:34
And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.Jhn 1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him,
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
Jhn 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Jhn 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him,
Dost thou believe on the Son of God?Jhn 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world,
Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?Jhn 11:4 When Jesus heard [that], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God,
that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.Jhn 11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord:
I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Jhn 19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die,
because he made himself the Son of God.Jhn 20:31
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
Act 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said,
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.Act 9:20
And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.Rom 1:4
And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
2Cr 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.Eph 4:13
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Hbr 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens,
Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession.
Hbr 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing
they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.Hbr 10:29
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
1Jo 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.1Jo 4:15
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.1Jo 5:5
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?1Jo 5:10 He that believeth on
the Son of God hath the witness in himself:
he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.1Jo 5:12
He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.1Jo 5:13
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the
Son of God.
1Jo 5:20
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Rev 2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write;
These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet [are] like fine brass;
And, as channeled through the false prophet:Quran Sura 19:88
They say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten a son!" 89 Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!Rewarded by virgins to defile in Muhammad's
chicken and wine serving bordello he called "paradise" or......
Jhn 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.