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” |
6.9 Thomas addressed Jesus as: My Lord and my God
The Apostle Thomas saying to Jesus: “My Lord and my God.” (John 20:28, NLT) Muslim Answer: Dr Gary Miller: “We would have no objection to the term “Lord” for Jesus, as the Bible explain the word means “Master” (1 Peter 3:6). But the suggestion that Thomas addressing Jesus as literally being God is a different matter. Jesus had already pointed out that the Hebrew Scriptures themselves address men as gods: “I say, You are Gods and the children of the Most High.” (Psalms 82:6, NLT). This would allow for Thomas’s use of the term “God”.[1] However Christians prefer to use the explanation given by Paul in 1 Corinthians: chapter 8: “But we know that there is one God, the Father, who created everything. And we exist for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ.” (NLT) But the difficulty with applying this verse is obvious. Namely, that Jesus is the Father. If he is, then we can refer back to (John 5:37) where Jesus said concerning the Father: “And the Father… You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face.” (NLT)[2] Jehovah Witnesses comments is also important: “Some scholars suggest that Thomas may simply have made an emotional exclamation of astonishment, spoken to Jesus but directed to God… Thomas did not think that Jesus was Almighty God, for he and all the other apostles knew that Jesus never claimed to be God but taught that Yahweh[3] alone is “the only true God” as stated in John 17:3: “And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.” (NLT) [4] |
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