RE: Do You Know That The Spirit of God Dwells in You?
Yes, I am Catholic. We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God,
Here is what the Catholic Church believes about Muslims. That the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator. In the first place amongst these there are the Muslims, who, professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind.
To answer your questions about what we believe I share this with you. It is called The Nicene Creed and processes our beliefs:
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
and of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
one in Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation,
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he was born of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified
under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered died and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in fulfillment of the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the
Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son
he is worshipped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy
catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one
baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Oh, I see now what you mean! I understand a bit better now.
You see, we Muslims believe in all the prophets and messengers, including Jesus and Moses.
But here is where we differ: We believe that Jesus was only a prophet, nothing more. He was not the Son of God, nor was he crucified. We believe that God, the only God, was not born and does not give birth to anyone or anything.
Allow me to briefly explain: Jesus, peace be upon him, was never crucified. Instead, one of his companions volunteered to be his "look-alike", so to speak. So God changed that companion's appearance, so that he was a replica of Jesus. That companion was killed, and not Jesus. Jesus ascended to the Heavens.