Muslim RUNS UP On Elderly Christian & ATTACKS His Faith & Gets EXPOSED!

A conversation between popular Muslim apologist Shaykh Uthman Ibn Farooq and an elderly Christian quickly became a discussion about some of the most important questions surrounding the identity of Jesus Christ.

Is Jesus merely a prophet and servant of God? If Jesus prayed to the Father, can He really be God? Does God have a God? And how could Jesus be made lower than the angels if He is truly divine?

These are questions Christians should be prepared to answer from Scripture.

Why Did Jesus Pray to the Father?

Shaykh Uthman pointed the Christian to Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. His argument centered on a familiar Muslim objection: if Jesus is God, why is He praying to God?

“And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” – Matthew 26:39

He connected Jesus falling on His face with the way Muslims pray, and also shared a personal story about growing up attending Catholic church rather than growing up in the Muslim community.

He recalled wondering why God would pray to God and later seeing similarities between Jesus’ posture and Islamic prayer.

But there is an enormous detail that cannot be ignored: Jesus addresses God as “my Father.”

That does not support Islamic theology. Islam explicitly rejects the Father-Son relationship Christians find throughout Scripture. Jesus’ prayer therefore cannot simply be presented as evidence that He was practicing Islam.

God Is Called Father in the Old Testament

The discussion also raises Psalm 89, where God’s fatherhood appears long before the New Testament.

“He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.” – Psalm 89:26

The Psalm even connects this relationship with God’s discipline. God does not cease loving His people when they sin; He chastens them.

“If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.” – Psalm 89:30-32

This becomes particularly significant when comparing Biblical theology with Islamic objections to describing God as Father. The fatherhood language did not originate centuries after Jesus. It is rooted in the Scriptures Jesus Himself affirmed.

Does God Have a God?

Another objection appeared when Jesus referred to the Father as “my God.” The challenge sounds straightforward: If Jesus is God, how can Jesus have a God?

But Christians should not isolate one description of Jesus from everything else Scripture says about Him.

Jesus is called a prophet, Son of Man, Son of God, the Word of God, and God. These descriptions are not mutually exclusive. Share on X

This becomes especially clear in Hebrews 1.

“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.” – Hebrews 1:8

Notice who is speaking and who is being addressed. The Father addresses the Son as “O God.”

Therefore, Christians cannot construct their doctrine of Christ from only those passages describing His humanity, submission, or relationship with the Father.

Hebrews explicitly presents the Son in divine terms.

But Isn’t Jesus Called God’s Servant?

Shaykh Uthman also argued that Acts describes Jesus as God’s servant. That is true depending on the translation of the Greek pais, which the KJV renders as “Son” in the relevant passage.

“The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.” – Acts 3:13

The question is not whether Scripture describes Jesus in a subordinate role during His earthly mission. It clearly does. The question is whether those descriptions cancel passages affirming His divine identity.

They do not.

The Christian position is that the eternal Son truly became man. Therefore, His genuine humanity should not be treated as evidence against His deity.

Can God Be Lower Than the Angels?

This leads directly to another objection raised in the conversation. Hebrews says Jesus was made lower than the angels. How could God possibly become lower than His own creatures?

“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” – Hebrews 2:9

Notice what the verse actually says. Jesus “was made” lower than the angels, and the passage explains why: “for the suffering of death.”

Imagine a company owner voluntarily entering his own workplace and performing a lower-ranking job. His temporary position does not mean he has ceased being the owner. He possesses the authority to humble himself because the company already belongs to him.

That illustration points toward the Biblical doctrine of Christ’s voluntary humiliation.

“Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” – Philippians 2:6-8

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Read Everything the Bible Says About Jesus

The mistake Christians must avoid is allowing someone to select one Biblical description of Christ and use it to erase all the others.

Jesus can be a prophet without being merely a prophet. He can be a servant without being merely a servant. He can genuinely pray to His Father while still possessing the divine identity Scripture attributes to Him.

We have to allow the entire Biblical witness to speak. Share on X

For another encounter involving Shaykh Uthman Ibn Farooq and another elderly Christian, read this article.

It continues the discussion and gives Christians another opportunity to examine the arguments being used against the deity of Christ and how they can be answered from Scripture.

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