John 17:1–5

17:1 Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;

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17:2 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

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17:3 This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

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17:4 I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

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17:5 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

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John 17:1

Dialogue: The One Sent, is the Lord himself

Christian and Sana chat at work over lunch. Sana is a thoughtful Muslim colleague who has begun reading the Gospels for herself. She raises the objection if the Jesus of the Gospels is sent, prays to God, obeys the Father, and is anointed by the Spirit - surely that is...

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John 17:1

A Comparison of the Biblical and Islamic Views of the States of Christ Part 1: The State of Humiliation (ii)

Gerry Redman Back to Redman paper Introduction In this second paper we will continue our comparison of the Biblical and Islamic presentations of the states of Christ, reviewing the crucial stages in…

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John 17:1–5

The Father who sends His Son in the power of the Spirit

The claim that the Trinity was invented at Nicaea under Greek influence is almost the exact reverse of the truth: it was Arius's denial of the Trinity that came from Greek philosophy, and Nicaea was a rescue of the ancient biblical faith. In the Gospels the highest possible claims stand at the very beginning, on the lips of Jesus Himself - and His enemies understood Him perfectly, which is why they crucified Him. Jesus never pronounced the bare sentence “I am God,” and there is a profound biblical reason why: He said instead exactly what the eternal Son should say.

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Delighting in the Trinity

The trinity is the foundational teaching of the Bible that God is one God, who has eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son and Sprit who each are fully God. This idea is denied by the Quran, which states that God is an indivisible unity, who can have no partners. The Trinity, while mysterious, is simple to define and a beautiful truth we can confidently hold to and reference in reaching out to others.

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John 17

Key Source: An example to follow

It's hard to underestimate the central role Muhammed plays in the lives of Muslims. He is not just said to be the founder of Islam and the one to whom the Quran was revealed, but he is also a central example to follow in order to put the Islamic faith...

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John 17:2

Jesus - the Eternal Son of the Living God

Christ in Islam and Christianity, John Gilchrist

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John 17:2–9

Qur’anic Introduction

The Qur’an itself I. Introduction In this time I am going to give a brief overview of the orthodox Islamic view of the Qur’an and, in addition to this I want to concentrate on why it has such a place…

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John 17:3
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John 17:3

200 Questions

Q115: Is it accepted that belief in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord is the only way which God has provided for a person’s sins to be forgiven and to obtain eternal life?

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John 17:3

Dialogue: The Only True God

Christian and Yusuf meet at the book table. Yusuf opens with a classic dawah argument from John 17:3. Christian stays robust and respectful — and keeps Yusuf on the one verse he raised, rather than chasing every change of subject.

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John 17:3

But Wasn’t Jesus a Muslim?

Peter Saunders This is the transcript of a talk given by Peter Saunders, Student Secretary of the UK Christian Medical Fellowship, at Manchester University on Tuesday 24th February 1998. I didn’t…

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John 17:4

The Purpose of His First Coming to Earth

Nuzul-i-Isa: The Second Coming of Jesus Christ, John Gilchrist

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John 17:4

101 Cleared-up Contradictions in the Bible

By: Jay Smith, Alex Chowdhry, Toby Jepson, James Schaeffer “The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him.” (Proverbs 18:17) The Charge of Contradiction…

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John 17:4–5

The Ascension of Jesus

The Uniqueness of Jesus in the Qur'an and the Bible, John Gilchrist

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John 17:5

Is Jesus the biological child of God?

Muslims think that Jesus' title of 'Son' means God entered into a biological relationship with Mary, yet in the OT 'Son' is a title rooted in kingship and deity.

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John 17:5

The Implications of the Second Coming

Nuzul-i-Isa: The Second Coming of Jesus Christ, John Gilchrist

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John 17:5

Promises: Jesus Messiah - The Messiah's mission

Jesus told his disciples: "all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled... thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins...

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John 17:5

200 Questions

Q73: Is it accepted that Christ pre-existed as the Word of God before he was born?

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John 17:5

Key Source: Jesus' divinity in the New Testament

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