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? 137 him) answered back "Why callest thou me good: there is none good but one that is God. " 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. e. , 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 24:32-37) The above quotation is clear on the point that Messiah