SINO BA ANG TUNAY NA COMFORTER, ANG HOLY SPIRIT O SI MOHAMMAD?

The Holy Spirit revealed Himself with the Father and the Son during the Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan.

Anonymous said...

Dear Father Abe,

May katanungan lang po ako tungkol sa Holy Spirit. Dito kasi sa saudi may ilan na rin akong nakakausap na mga religious muslims tulad ng mga Muttawwa (saudi religious police) at may dalawa pang pilipino na nakausap ko din dun sa Islamic Center na nangungumbinse sa akin na mag convert sa Islam. Ang kanilang pilit na pinagdidiinan na hindi Holy Spirit ang tinutukoy sa Bibliya na isang Comforter na darating kundi si Muhammad daw. Ang kanilang rason, may nakakaranas na raw po ng Holy Spirit bago pa man dumating si Kristo kaya malinaw daw po na nung nandito na si Kristo ay nandito na rin ang Holy Spirit. So hindi daw po un Holy Spirit ang tinutukoy na Comforter sa Bibliya kasi nandito na sya bago pa man dumating si Kristo kaya tugma daw po na si Muhammad daw po un.

Sana magbigyan nyo po ako ng kasagotan ng meron din akong maibato laban sa kanila kung meron mang ibang pagkakataon na magkakaharap kami.

Maraming Salamat Fr. Abe

Marcelo

Saudi Arabia

October 27, 2010 11:04 PM

Fr. Abe, CRS said...

DEAR BRO. MARCELO,

[Ang kanilang pilit na pinagdidiinan na hindi Holy Spirit ang tinutukoy sa Bibliya na isang Comforter na darating kundi si Muhammad daw.]

YAN AY ISANG KABALIWAN DAHIL HINDI MAN LAMANG NABANGGIT SI MOHAMMAD SA BIBLIA. HINGGIL SA IDENTITY NG COMFORTER ITO ANG MALINAW NA ISINASAAD NG BANAL NA KASULATAN:

JOHN 14:15-17 "If you love me you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father and He will give you another Comforter to be with you forever - the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him for he lives with you and will be in you."

JOHN 14:25,26 "All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."

JOHN 15:26 "When the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me."

JOHN 16:7,8 "But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment...."

JOHN 16:13-15 "But when he, the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own, he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it know to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you."

[Ang kanilang rason, may nakakaranas na raw po ng Holy Spirit bago pa man dumating si Kristo kaya malinaw daw po na nung nandito na si Kristo ay nandito na rin ang Holy Spirit.]

MAS PABOR ITO SA ATIN. KASI PARA SA CATHOLIC THEOLOGY ANG HOLY SPIRIT AY

* ANG ESPIRITU NG DIOS AMA [1 Cor 6:11].

* ANG ESPIRITU SANTO AY DIOS [1 Cor 3:16-17].

SO, IT IS BUT NATURAL THAT BEFORE THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS ALREADY PRESENT IN THE WORLD BECAUSE HE IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD [Genesis 1:1-2]. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THIS SAME HOLY SPIRIT IS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST BECAUSE JESUS IS GOD:

* Galatian 4:6 "The Spirit of the Son"

* 1 Peter 1:11 "The Spirit of Christ"

SO, THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS PRESENT BEFORE CHRIST AS THE TRANSCENDENTAL SPIRIT OF GOD BUT WHEN JESUS WAS HERE ON EARTH THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS PRESENT IN HIS PERSON IN A PERFECT AND ABSOLUTE MANNER. AND WHEN JESUS WENT UP TO HEAVEN AGAIN HE PROMISED TO REMAIN WITH US UNTIL THE END OF TIME [cf. Matthew 28:19-20] THROUGH HIS SPIRIT.

ANG TANONG:

KUNG SI MOHAMMAD ANG COMFORTER PAPANO SIYA NAGING NAUNA KAY CRISTO?

KUNG SI MOHAMMAD ANG COMFORTER IBIG SABIHIN BEFORE MOHAMMAD WALANG COMFORTER?

ABA'Y HINDI PWEDE YAN. KASI ANG PRESENCE OF GOD AS A COMFORTER, GUIDE AND PROVIDER OF THE WORLD AY PRESENT NA NUON PA MAN. KAYA MALI NA SABIHING SI MOHAMMAD ANG COMFORTER.

[ So hindi daw po un Holy Spirit ang tinutukoy na Comforter sa Bibliya kasi nandito na sya bago pa man dumating si Kristo kaya tugma daw po na si Muhammad daw po un.]

PALPAK. ANG COMFORTER AY IPINANGAKO NI CRISTO SA KANYANG MGA APOSTOLES HINDI SA MGA ARABO HUNDREDS OF YEARS LATER. NO, NO, NO... ISA PA, ANO BANG COMFORT ANG IBINIGAY NI MOHAMMAD SA ATIN? WALA NAMAN A. ANG TUNAY NA COMFORT AY MATATAGPUAN SA PILING NG DIOS. SI ALLAH ANG COMFORTER HINDI SI MOHAMMAD. PAPANO MAGIGING COMFORTER NG LAHAT NG TAO ANG ISANG TAONG NAMATAY DIN?

[Sana magbigyan nyo po ako ng kasagotan ng meron din akong maibato laban sa kanila kung meron mang ibang pagkakataon na magkakaharap kami.]

I HOPE MAKATULONG ITO SA IYO.

October 28, 2010 7:41 AM