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THE LORD’S PRAYER “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” “In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.” There is a prayer which is part of the service in almost every Christian denomination. It is called “the Lord’s prayer.” It is one of very few Christian prayers which does not either begin or end with “in Jesus’ name” or “in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.” I believe that this is because this is one prayer, perhaps the only one, which has survived intact from Jesus. It’s the prayer Jesus taught to his disciples when they asked him specifically what to say in prayer (Luke 11:1-4). What I find most interesting about the Lord’s prayer is its similarity to the prayer submitters are taught to pray in the Quran —Al-Fatehah (The Key). This should not come as a surprise to submitters. We know that Jesus was a true messenger who preached to his people the worship of God alone. We know that Jesus delivered the very same message as all messengers before and aft...

EPILOGUE TO JESUS’ TEACHINGS “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets. I have come, not to abolish them, but to fulfill them. Of this much I assure you; until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter of the law, not the smallest part of a letter, shall be done away with until it all comes true.” [Matthew 5:17-18] Jesus knew that there was much more to be delivered to mankind than what he had taught, and that all of God’s plan would be fulfilled. In John 16, when discussing the Paraclete to come, he said: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. When he comes, however, being the Spirit of truth he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but will speak only what he hears, and will announce to you the things to come. [John 16:12-13] Just as Jesus confirmed, corrected and fulfilled the previous scripture, the Quran confirms, corrects and fulfills the previous scriptures, the Torah and the Gospels. Even more significa...