CHRISTIAN
AND MUSLIM ARGUMENT ON THE GODHEAD OF CHRIST 6.1 Jesus the Literal Son of God 6.2 Jesus Addressing God as “Father” 6.8 The Word Created Everything 6.9 Thomas Addressed Jesus as “My Lord and My God” 6.10 Matthew’s Trinity Formula
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6.5 Jesus Pre-Existence?
“Truly, truly, before Abraham was, I am.” (John 8:58, NLT) Compare it with: “God replied: I am the One who always is, just tell them I am has sent me to you.” (Exodus 3:14, NLT) By comparing these two verses, Christians kept insisting that Jesus is God. The reason is obvious. He was already existed before Abraham was, and he was the God who spoke to Moses from behind the burning bush. (Exodus 3:14) Muslim Answer: If Jesus existed before Abraham enough to say that he is God, then there are others who should be called God also because of their pre human existence: “The word of the Lord came to me saying … before I formed you in the womb … I appointed you as Prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:4-5, NLT) It seems here that Jeremiah was appointed as God's Prophet before his birth. He had pre human existence. Does this make him God? The Bible also mentioned a person whose attributes were even greater then Jesus or Jeremiah who had a pre human existence: “This Melchisedec king of Salem … without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life.” (Hebrew 7:1, NLT) The High Priest Melchisedec, King of Salem is also before Abraham. Why not consider him as God also? If we read on the Bible thoroughly, we find that “I am” in John is not the same as “I am” in Exodus (Jesus inferior to the Father). The book of John has: “So Jesus said… you will realize that I am he and that I do nothing of my own, but I speak what the father taught me.” (8.28, NLT)
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