Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 105
105. JESUS LACKED FORE-KNOWLEDGE. Two points emerge from this quotation: Firstly, God has goodness, for, without goodness, He cannot be God. Secondly,. Jesus lacks goodness and the two premises lead to the conclusion that since Jesus lacks goodness, he is not God. . Similarly, it is mentioned in the New Testament: "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise, ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the door (i. c. , the second advent of the. Messiah); verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that. Day (of the second coming of Messiah) and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, nor the son, but the father only. " (Matthew, Ch: 24:32-37),. The above quotation is clear on the point that Messiah. (peace be on him) denies fore-knowledge of the future while such knowledge is an attribute of God the Great. When therefore Messiah says he has no knowledge of the hidden and no knowledge of the future events, he admits in other words that his use of the expression Son of God in respect of himself is not in its literal sense, but in a metaphoric sense; that is to say that all that he means thereby is that he is a favourite of. God. . The New Testament has also laid great stress on the expression "One God. " It is said in St. John: "How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?" (Ch. 5: 44). . Christianity stands for Trinity but Jesus clearly uses the expression "the Only God" and says that those who honour