Which of Muhammad's Four Callings Are True?

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For those in Islam: which of the four callings of Muhammad is true?

Muhammad described his initial calling to be a prophet and an apostle by stating that Allah personally appeared to Muhammad in the form of a man and that Muhammad saw and heard him in Sura 53:2-18 and Sura 81:19-24.

Then we have Muhammad's original calling being issued by the Holy Spirit: Sura 16:102 and Sura 26:192-194

Then we have Muhammad's original calling as being done by angels that came down and announced to Muhammad that Allah had called him to be a prophet in Sura 15:8.

Then we have the widely accepted belief by the muslims of Muhammad's original calling to be only from the angel, Gabriel, who issues the call to Muhammad and hands down the Quran to him in Sura 2:97.

Since they all cannot be true, which one is the true account of the original calling of Muhammad's?

Or is this one of those questions that a muslim is not allowed to ask because he will be seen as sowing confusion and doubts?

Then I guess this would be the only site to ask such questions then.

If any muslim have any forbidden questions about Islam, feel free to ask here. Maybe another muslim can answer the question.

FYI: I am not a muslim just so you should know.

I believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God Whom is My Good Shepherd as well as My Saviour. If any muslim wants to know what christianity is really all about: learn of Jesus Christ and why He is the Good News to man.

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For those muslims that would prefer to ask a muslim about this question, may God protect you from evil in finding the answer as well as the truth.

Do know that Jesus is waiting for you to call on Him to save you as only God can.

God Who created us is the only God that can redeem us as God the Father will by means of the Son of God bring us to Himself to live with God forever.

As the Quran gives authority to the Bible and the Gospel and the scriptures cannot be broken as Jesus said in referring to them.... here is the oversight the Jews had in knowing their One God.

Genesis 1: 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Note how verse 26 has God addressing Himself in the plural for the act of creation BUT in the performing in the act of creation, God is in the singular.

Why is it important to believe that Jesus is the Son of God hence God?

John 8: 19Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. 20These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. 21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 22Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

Isaiah 43:10Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 12I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. 13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

John 10: 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30I and my Father are one. 31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

Jesus and the Father share the same hand that saves as God is the Saviour.

Philippians 2: 5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

So as God will not share His glory as Saviour with none other, Jesus is God.

John 8: 56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

So as difficult for any muslim believer to accept this, remember, this is the reason why the Jews crucified Him. The irony is it was prophesied that the Jews would do this, and yet God is still using the Jews in being witnesses of God, even though indirectly, of Jesus being the Son of God.

The only way anyone can know God and His love for you is to learn of Jesus Christ.

Matthew 11: 28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

John 3: 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Ephesians 2: 8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

What good works should we walk in by His grace and help so that others may know we are His?

Romans 13: 8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Galatians 5: 13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

So that is how we can rest in Jesus Christ for our salvation as we hope in God to help us to love one another, even our enemies. We rejoice in the joy of our salvation now for we know we have been bought witha price and sealed as His for taking God at His Word and trusting in Him which is to His glory.

Colossians 1: 20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Jude 1: 24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Romans 10: 8But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

This is why Jesus Christ is the Good News to man and why we can say how much God loves us... for no greater love is this.. he who lays his life down for his friends. Now He is risen and with Him all the promises of eternal life for those that believe in Him. Amen.