Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 103
103 relation. It does not seem nice to us to give you a beating. . Better pack off quietly from here; for, we never heard it said before that Muhammad the blessed Prophet of Allah was a human being, but you have said it today!". There are some ignorant persons of this type among the. Muslims, but the intelligent element among them has ever held the view that, notwithstanding that Muhammad the. Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be on him) is the chief of mankind, chief of all the Prophets and the beloved of. Allah, he is a human being. Therefore when the Messiah says that he is the Son of God, we must see whether he lays claim to the distinctive attributes of the Divine. . So far as partaking of food and drink are concerned,. Christians say that since the Messiah came in the human form, he used to eat and drink. We need not go into an argument over this. . But at the least, spiritual properties must inhere in God. It cannot come to pass that He would lose the excellences which He should possess as God, when coming into this world. It is said in St. Mark: "And when he was gone forth into the way there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that. I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, why callest thou me good there is none good but one, that is. God" (Ch. 10: 17-18). . The first attribute of God is His goodness, for, a defective being cannot be God. But the Messiah denies having the primary attribute of God and says, "why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is God. ". RECENT ALTERATIONS IN BIBLE. I would like to alert friends here that Christians have made quite a few changes in the New Testament following