Muslims continue to use heretical Jehovah's Witness arguments even though they should know better by now. For instance, the JW misinterpretation of Luke 18:19.
Like JWs, Muslims will take this one verse and wrench it out of its Biblical context to try to reject Jesus' claim of deity in the passage.
And second, that they are claiming that Jesus, who calls Himself the Good Shepherd in John 10, is somehow saying here that He is not good. This is contrary even to Islamic teaching that, just like the Jesus of the Bible, Muhammad's "Isa" was sinless and righteous. If Muslims claim that the Lord Jesus was not good, then they reject Muhammad's teaching that He was sinless and pure. Sorry, Muslims, but you cannot eat your basbousa and have it, too.
Like JWs, Muslims also very conveniently but very dishonestly ignore the verses from the very same chapter which also proclaim the deity of Christ. For example:
8 I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?”
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16 Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these."
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22 When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
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31 Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.
32 For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and He will be mocked, insulted, spit on;
33 and after they flog Him, they will kill Him, and He will rise on the third day.”
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35 As He drew near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
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40 Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him. When he drew near, He asked him,
41 “What do you want Me to do for you?”
“Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”
42 “Receive your sight!” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.”
Luke 18
See also:
Why Are You Calling Me Good?
https://apologika.blogspot.com/2014/02/why-are-you-calling-me-good.html
Why Do You Call Me Good?"
https://apologika.blogspot.com/2014/01/why-do-you-call-me-good.html
Like JWs, Muslims will take this one verse and wrench it out of its Biblical context to try to reject Jesus' claim of deity in the passage.
(the original slide is from the slideshow titled "Counterfeit Christs" which may be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/schumacr/counterfeit-christs-cults )
When Muslims cite this verse to try and support their claim that Jesus is not God, they forget that first, by quoting Him, they are admitting that the Lord Jesus did, in fact, speak these words in the Bible. And second, that they are claiming that Jesus, who calls Himself the Good Shepherd in John 10, is somehow saying here that He is not good. This is contrary even to Islamic teaching that, just like the Jesus of the Bible, Muhammad's "Isa" was sinless and righteous. If Muslims claim that the Lord Jesus was not good, then they reject Muhammad's teaching that He was sinless and pure. Sorry, Muslims, but you cannot eat your basbousa and have it, too.
Like JWs, Muslims also very conveniently but very dishonestly ignore the verses from the very same chapter which also proclaim the deity of Christ. For example:
8 I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?”
...
16 Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these."
...
22 When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
...
31 Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.
32 For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and He will be mocked, insulted, spit on;
33 and after they flog Him, they will kill Him, and He will rise on the third day.”
...
35 As He drew near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
...
40 Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him. When he drew near, He asked him,
41 “What do you want Me to do for you?”
“Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”
42 “Receive your sight!” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.”
Luke 18
Jesus is LORD!
See also:
Why Are You Calling Me Good?
https://apologika.blogspot.com/2014/02/why-are-you-calling-me-good.html
Why Do You Call Me Good?"
https://apologika.blogspot.com/2014/01/why-do-you-call-me-good.html
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