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CONGRUITIES AND INCONGRUITIES BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN |
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In Synoptic Gospels and the Acts it is written that only God must be served. In the Pauline letters the following is added: “You shall also serve Jesus, Son of God.”
SERVICE ACCORDING TO PAUL
« Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,» (Romans 1/1)
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; (Romans 16/18)
« Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;» (Colossians 3/23, 24)
SERVICE ACCORDING TO SYNOPTIC GOSPELS
« Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.» (Matthew 4/10)
« And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. »(Mark 12/29, 30)
« No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.» (Luke 16/13)
In synoptic Gospels and in the Acts it is preached that "only God shall be served."
The fact that Jesus was the servant of God was announced in the Gospel of Matthew as follows: « Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. »(Matthew 12/18)
« And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? »(Acts 3/12, 13)»
The fact that Jesus Christ was but a servant of God is stressed in the Acts as one can see plainly.
SERVICE TO GOD IN THE QUR'AN