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It is also said that there are people of God who are predestined even before birth, that is, believing people. They are all endowed with the Spirit of God and are also called the sons of God in the Bible.

If the Bible calls all these people sons, what confuses those who think it is unacceptable to call Jesus the Son of the only God, after all, He proved by His deeds that they were accomplished by the power given from above, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

King David said in the PSALMS (one of the books of the Bible) that the Lord also called him a son.

Even the most important prayer in the Bible begins with the words "Our Father," indicating that all who believe and turn to God are children of God (not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit).

In the Gospel, Jesus commented on David's phrase about Him ("The Lord said to my Lord"): "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, 'You are gods'?" This law is the Law of Moses, the first books of the Bible, which are also recognized by Islam and Judaism. If the Almighty called those to whom the Word of God (the Bible) was given "gods," should the One whom the Lord sanctified by the power of the Holy Spirit and sent into the world (Jesus) be accused of blasphemy for saying, "I am the Son of God"?

"Though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know," says Jesus. And there is certainly logic in this because the miracles that Jesus did are certainly from God. Both the Bible and the Qur'an talk about these miracles. The Qur'an says, "We gave Jesus, son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Holy Spirit."

How can you quibble with the fact that the Bible calls Jesus "the Son"?

What about the fact that the Bible, back in the Torah, through Moses, calls Jesus a prophet, that all are brothers and sisters in faith, and that Jesus is the Teacher? Isn't that what the Holy Qur'an says? And that prophets are to be listened to and obeyed?

Jesus equates the word "son" with the word "servant" and says, "Servant does not know what his master is doing," but what the Lord is doing, no one knows in advance. So all are servants before the Lord, and we can say that the word "son" is the equal of the word "servant". The only difference is that only acceptable slaves who did righteousness were called sons, and this removes one of the major stumbling blocks between Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.

All are servants of the Lord God, especially among believers, and it is the highest reward to be honored as an acceptable servant of the Most High God. In this regard, the Bible fully conveys the meanings of the Qur'an and vice versa, and unequivocally says that everyone is a servant of the Lord God, from ordinary people to Jesus.

The oldest religion, Judaism, recognizes and is based on the Tanakh (part of the Old Testament of the Bible) and does not deny the existence of Jesus. Judaism objects to Jesus being considered God. But, as noted above, Jesus did not call Himself God. On the contrary, He immediately corrected those who addressed Him incorrectly. He warned that there is only one God and that one should worship, give thanks, and pray only to Him.

If we follow the logic of Muslims who do not recognize Christianity, they, like Christians, confess the Trinity.

The Christian understanding of Jesus and the Islamic understanding of the Qur'an are similar.

Islam sees the recognition of Jesus as the Son of God and the belief in the Holy Trinity as a departure from monotheism. But this is only a superficial understanding.

There are more similarities than differences between Christians and Muslims as well as Jews.

The Holy Qur'an, like Jesus, who was born in the flesh, is sacred and eternal in nature.

For Muslims, Jesus is a prophet. For Christians, Jesus is not a prophet, but He is the Son of God. And that's a huge difference if you look at the words and not the meanings. Treating Christ as a prophet in the eyes of many Christians is about the same as calling the Qur'an a collection of Muhammad's sermons.

But the Bible itself calls Jesus the Servant, the Son, and the Word — with many definitions. The point is that all who have the Holy Spirit are one unity. It is the same Spirit, but each one has a different role: Moses had his, Abraham had his, Elijah had his, Jesus had his, and Mohammad had his. Why play human maximalism with words, who is greater, who is less, and sow discord among people of different religions who sincerely want to be with God? After all, many people do not choose a religion but are born into one or another, depending on the state or society in which they live.

The Trinity in Christianity does not mean pagan polytheism. God in three persons is like the three social roles of man: son-husband-father or daughter-wife-mother. The roles are different, but the person is one. Or like mind, thought, and spirit performing different functions in one person.

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