Chapter 2. 2
Islam vs; Christianity
Common Beliefs, Different Beliefs, Unity verses
Trinity
Allah, Prophets, Muhammad, Holy Spirit Gabriel,
The Hadith, Five Pillars, Five Doctrines of Islam
Two Abodes, Holy Jihad
First Word
Islam means “Submission” to the will of Allah; a
follower of Islam is called a Muslim. It was founded by Muhammad who was an Arabian Trader from Mecca born around 570 A.D. and died in
632 A.D. While in Mecca, he lived like a priest with a
life of prayer and his teachings allowed the co-existence of Jews and
Christians with Muslims. He left Mecca
and went to Medina in the year 622 proclaiming
a revelation from God that he was the “Last Prophet” in a succession of
prophets superseding that of Jesus Christ.
When he moved to Medina he became a military commander, personally
leading 27 attacks and changed Islam into a POLITICAL
MOVEMENT.
Muhammad believed in the ONE AND ONLY GOD ALLAH and that the
worship of THREE; the Christians
TRINITY GOD JEHOVAH was idolatry and
blasphemy.
Prophets the teachings
The Prophet Muhammad
taught “God is above us”.
The Prophet Moses
taught “God is above us and with us”.
The Prophet Jesus
taught “God is above us, with us and in
us”.
We think of Jesus as the Son of God, but
not as a prophet; but He was. He was a
prophet, priest and King after the order of Melchizedek.[1]
There certainly can be prophets today,[2]
but they will not present any new revelation only new enlightenment from what
has already been written by God in the Holy Scripture. It is interesting to me that Islam makes
reference to Jesus Christ and the Bible writings often, but the Bible never
mentions Islam nor Muhammad. Maybe it’s
because the PROPHET Muhammad (Mohammad) came along about
500 years later and he read the Bible.
God says there will be prophets to come along who will steal one another
words saying that they are supposedly from ME and lead my
people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send them or appoint
them.[3] It’s in the Book
The
scriptures present concepts and precepts that ALL line up like
fence posts all in a row. If a prophet’s words do not line up with the other
fence post in scripture,[4] it
should give you pause to ASK WHY?
Qur’an
The Bible;
Islam claims that the Christian Bible is
corrupt and that the Qur’an; (Quran, Koran) is the “final
word” of God.
The Qur’an is a series of divine messages that
was verbally revealed by God to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel,
gradually over a period of approximately 22 years, beginning in 610 and is the
only revealed book that has been protected by God from distortion or
corruption.
It is divided into 114 Chapters called Suras.
Some passages are not fully understood
without the aid of “the Hadith” which clarifies their intent.
Hadith
The
Hadith is a companion book to
the Qur’an
that shows how to put the guidance of the Qur’an into practice. It’s a collection of sayings, deeds and
behavior of Muhammad including; eating, sleeping, praying, mating, planning
revenge on his enemies and dispensing justice. These actions of Muhammad were not ordinary
acts; but were considered the actions of “Allah”.
They were handed down through the generations verbally and then about
200 years after Muhammad’s death they were written down.
If you believe in the holy Qur’an then you MUST uphold the
Hadith and its prophet Muhammad. A good
Muslim will do ALL these same
things as well as name their children Mohammad.
The Hadith in some sects is followed more closely than the Qur’an and
its sayings can supersede the Qur’an.
Note: the term “jinn” appears in the writings
and means a spirit being and it can be either a good or a bad spirit depending
on the context it is written.
Sura
33:21 – Look to Muhammad as an example of living life
21 Verily in THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (MUHAMMAD) ye have a good
example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah
much.
Hadith
8:120 – The Hadith is the best guide to the Qur’an
120 Abdullah
said, THE BEST TALK
IS ALLAH’S BOOK (QUR’AN) and THE BEST GUIDANCE IS THE GUIDANCE OF MUHAMMAD.
Doctrines and Pillars
DOCTRINES - There
are five basic doctrines
1)
One God: There is ONE and only ONE God; Allah.
2)
Last Prophet: There has been
a succession of prophets including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and finally the
Last Prophet Muhammad.
3)
Angels: God Created
both Good and Evil Angels.
4)
The Qur’an: The Qur’an is
God’s full and final revelation.
5)
Judgment Day: A final Day of
Judgment is coming; followed by heaven for the faithful and Hell for the Lost.
PILLARS - There are five pillars of
Islamic belief and practice
1)
Confession: To be a Muslim
you only need to confess the “shahadah”… “There is no God but Allah and
Muhammad is his messenger”.
2)
Obligatory worship: You must pray
the “salat”;
usually five times a day which includes bowing, paying homage, worship, and prayer. They recite "The Opening",
the first Sura chapter of the Quran, as required in all daily worship; then the worshipper
can then stand before God, thank and praise him, and to ask for guidance along
the "Straight Path”.
3)
Obligatory Fast: During the ninth lunar month; you must keep the annual
fast called “sawm” in observance of the Islamic
holy month of Ramadan; abstaining
from eating and drinking (including water) during the daylight hours.
4)
Alms: You must give alms (sakat)
to the needy, equal to one-fortieth of one’s income
5)
Pilgrimage: Every able Muslim must make one
pilgrimage during his lifetime to Mecca.
Allah - Absolute Unity
Islam has 99 names for God
with the word Allah connected to it. I
will not list them here, but most speak of His Sovereignty while other speak of
his majesty and absolute justice. Allah
is described with the attribute of absolute
Unity; he cannot be divided; denying this is blasphemous.
The Qur’an uses two words describing the ONENESS of God; “ahad”, denying that God has any
companion or partner and “wahid” meaning; The One; the Same God for all.
God is the same God of all people; He is
a unity and a singularity. The distinguishing Characteristic of Islam is the
declaration of “The Unity of Allah”.
The GREATEST
SIN
is “shirk”
the assigning of partners to God. (God the Father,
God the Son, God the Holy Spirit) This is the un-pardonable
Sin. You can now see why a Muslim would
hate a Christian.
NOTE: Some Muslims
believe in Jihad or Holy War, exalting it to the level of a
“PILLAR”. Some Muslims think of a Jihad as a sacred “Struggle with
the Word” other think of it as a “Struggle with the Sword”.
Absolute Ruler: Allah needs nothing from creation, but creation needs
everything from Him. It is His will that
brings everything into existence and nothing happens apart from His will. His knowledge encompasses the whole universe
which He created and which He alone sustains. He is sovereign over all creation. NOTE: The (Arabic) term Allah is a contraction of “Al” meaning sole or only, and “lah”
meaning God. Before the birth of Islam,
Allah was a term used by pagan religions for their different gods. This term provided a common ground between
pagan Arabs, Muslims, Jews and Christians.
Muslims insist that Allah is the same
God as of the Jews; the God of Abraham.
The name Allah is deemed more powerful than the name YAHWEH. Christianity rejects this. The heart of Islam is not to know God, but to obey Him. It is not to meditate on His essence, but to summit to His will.
Sura 112 – Allah has no
begotten Son
112 He is God,
The One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He BEGETTETH NOT, nor is he begotten;
and there is none like unto Him
Sura 4:116 – Un-pardonable Sin
join Allah with Father Son Spirit
116 God
forgiveth NOT (the
sin of)
joining other gods with Him; but He forgiveth whom He pleaseth other sins than
this; one who joins other gods with God, hath strayed far, far away (from the right).
Sura 2:255 – There is no God but
Allah; the Self-Subsisting God
255 God – There
is no god but He – The Living, the Self-subsisting, eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on the
earth. Who is there that can intercede
in His presence except as he permitteth?
He knoweth what (appears to his creatures as) before or after
or behind then. Nor shall they compass
aught His knowledge except as He willith.
His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no
fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is Most High, The Supreme (in glory).
Beliefs in Common
Muslims, Jews and Christians all believe in; the creation, angels,
heaven, hell and the resurrection of all people. Islam and Christianity agree on a number of
beliefs about God and His characteristics, but disagree on How God performs all of His attributes.
There are a
number of Common
Beliefs.
a)
One God; Sura 4:171 and Deuteronomy 6:4
b)
God is Sovereign; Sura 50:38 and Genesis 1:1
c)
God’s “will”
revealed through the prophets; Sura
16:36 and Matthew 2:15
d)
God wants to
forgive;
Sura 2:218 and Deuteronomy 4:31
e)
All creation has
the privilege and duty to worship God; Sura 1:4 and Psalms 66:4
f)
God will judge
all men;
Sura 1:3 and Ecclesiastes 12:14
g)
We can pray to
God for our needs; Sura 2:153 and Philippians
4:6.
THE
DIFFERENCES
The Faith
Muhammad Fight against
those that do not believe in Allah
Jesus Blessed are the peacemakers
Muhammad Convert to Islam
or die
Jesus Believe in Christ and never die
Muhammad If you walk away
from the Islamic faith, you must die.
Jesus expected and accepted that some would walk away and
reject the Christian Faith
Muhammad Mission is to
conquer the world and mandate the political teachings of Islam as the only
authority.
Jesus Mission is to conquer sin and its penalty of
death, and bring the believer to God.
NOTICE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE QUR’AN/HADITH
AND THE BIBLE
Sura 9:29 – Fight against those who do not believe
29 Fight against
such of those who have been given the Scripture as believed not in Allah nor
the Last Day
1 Peter 3:11 – Work and
Search for peace
11 Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
Matthew 5:9 - Blessed are the peacemakers
9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they will be called children of God. (NLT)
(NIV2011)
Hadith 9:57 – Convert or die
57 I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight the
people till they say; None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and
whoever said it then he will save his life and property.
John 11:25-26 – Believe and
never die
25 Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in
me will live, even though they die;
26 and
whoever lives by believing in me will never die (NIV2011)
Hadith 9:57 – If you walk
away from Islam; you must die
57 Whoever
changed his Islamic Religion, then kill him.
John 6:63-66 – Jesus accepted
some would walk away
63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh
counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you, they are full of the Spirit
and life.
64 Yet there are some of you who do
not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not
believe and who would betray him.
65 He went on to say, “This
is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled
them.”
66 From this time many of his
disciples turned back and no longer followed him. (NIV2011)
Hadith 9:459 – Mission: Conquer
the World
459 Allah guarantees anyone who engages in
holy war (jihad) for the cause of jihad alone with belief in (Allah’s) words, that He will either admit him into
paradise or return him with his reward or the booty he as earned to his
residence from where he went out.
2 Corinthians 5:21 – Mission:
Conquer SIN in the World
21 God made him who had no sin to
be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (NIV2011)
1 Peter 3:18 – Mission: To
bring us to God
18 For Christ also suffered once
for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to
death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. (NIV2011)
Two Abodes
Islam divides
the people on earth into TWO abodes;
1) The abode of Islam are those that
have submitted to the will of Allah and
2)
The abode of War which are those
who are still resisting Islam.
Those who die in
the struggle against those that resist Islam are immediately translated into
paradise.
Attributes
of God
Comparison;
Compare the different THOUGHTS;
Muhammad Allah has no law of righteous, he does as he
pleases, creating some for heaven and creating some for hell. Allah suffers no loss or gain whether you live
or die or believe or not.
Jesus God’ Law is righteous and just in His treatment
of His creatures, mercy and truth go before His face.
Muhammad Allah’s love is conditional depending on your
good works. God shows no affection and needs no affection to exist; he is
totally self-sufficient; complete.
Jesus God un-conditionally loves all His creations so
much He gave his one and only begotten Son for us. God is Love.
Muhammad Allah does not make covenants. He can
and does change His mind.
Jesus God is a covenant keeping God. He is not a God that changes His mind.
Comparison;
Compare the SCRIPTURES;
Sura 32:13 – Allah creates some people just for Hell fire.
13 I will fill
hell with the jinn
(evil spirits) and mankind
together.
Psalm 7:11 – God is
righteous and Just
11 God is a just judge, and
God is angry with the wicked every day. (NKJV)
Psalm 89:14 - Righteousness and justice are God’s
foundation
14 Righteousness and justice are
the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.
(NKJV)
Sura 19:96- If you do good works, you will receive love
from Allah
96 Lo those who
believe and do good works, the Beneficent will appoint for them love.
1 John 4:8 - God is love
8 He who does not love does not
know God, for God is love. (NKJV)
John 3:16 - God loved so much that He gave His only
Son
16 For
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
(NKJV)
Sura 16:101 – Allah makes No
Covenant; he can change his mind
101 And when we
put a revelation in place (change) of (another) revelation and Allah knowest best what He revealeth.
Deuteronomy 7:9 – Keeps His covenants for a Thousand generations
9 Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is
God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations
with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
(NKJV)
James 1:16-17 – God does not
change His mind
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved
brethren.
17 Every good gift and every
perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom
there is NO VARIATION or shadow of
turning.
(NKJV)
Unity or Trinity
Islam;
Allah is Unitary, he is complete
without persons and does not have a son.
Christianity;
God is Triune; that is, He is
ONE GOD that is in three persons;
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Consider
the composition of H2O;
it can take on the form of Ice, Liquid or Steam. Ice is
not liquid, nor steam, but they all three are H2O.
1)
The Father is
God;
but, the Father is not the Son, nor the Holy Spirit.
2)
The Son is God; but, the Son
is not the Father, nor the Holy Spirit.
3)
The Holy Spirit
is God;
but, the Holy Spirit is not the Father, nor the Son.
Color; there is a trinity in the three primary colors of
Red, Green, and Blue: All the rest of the colors are a derivation from them. Pure
White is made up of all colors. Darkness is the absence of all colors. God’s word contains all the colors. The more we read God’s Word, the further from
darkness we get and the closer to pure light we become.
1)
The Father is whom the
revelation of light proceeds
2)
The Son incarnates the
revelation of light.
3)
The Holy Spirit applies the
revelation of light to man.
The Holy Spirit mentioned in the
Qur’an is the angel Gabriel, not the Holy Spirit of God.
Trinity: Many Muslims
mistakenly believe the Christian Trinity is made up of God, Jesus & Mary.
Assigning partners to God; (God
the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit) blasphemes ALLAH and is the
Un-pardonable Sin. You can now see why a
Muslim would reject and hate a Christian.
Compare the SCRIPTURES
Sura 4:171- Allah is NOT THREE – He does not have a son
171 So believe
in Allah and His messengers and say NOT THREE. Cease! (It is) better for you! Allah is one God. For is it removed from His transcendent
majesty that He should have a son.
Deuteronomy
6:4 -
Our God, the LORD is
ONE
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! (NKJV)
Sura
5:116 –
Trinity is God, Jesus and Mary
116 And when Allah saith; O JESUS, SON OF MARY! Didst thou say unto mankind: Take
ME and my MOTHER for TWO
GODS besides Allah?
He saith; be glorified! It was
not mine to utter that to which I no right.
Matthew
28:19 –
Trinity is; God, Jesus and Holy Spirit
19 Therefore,
go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. (NLT)
1
John 5:19-20 – Jesus is Second in the God head
19 We know that we are of God, and
the whole world lieth in the evil one.
20 And we know that the Son of God
is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and
we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the
true God, and eternal life. (ASV)
Sura
16:102 –
The holy spirit is Gabriel who reveals to men
102 Say: the holy spirit (Gabriel) hath revealed it from the Lord.
Acts 5:3-4 – The Holy
Spirit is God
3 Peter said, Ananias, why hath
Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part
of the price of the land? While
it remained, did it not remain thine own?
4 and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? How is it
that thou hast conceived this thing in thy heart? thou has not lied unto men,
but unto God. (ASV)
Sura
42:11 –
Allah is NOT a person or a
spirit
11 Naught is as
His likeness; and He is the Hearer, the Seer
John
4:24 –
God is a Spirit
24 God
is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
(ASV)
Holy Spirit
Compare the DOCTRINE
Islam The holy spirit
is the Angel Gabriel.
Christianity The Holy Spirit is the 3rd person of the Trinity; There is
only One God, but in three persons.
Islam The holy spirit
is the breath of Allah and comes to create.
Christianity The Holy Spirit comes to convict and draw men to God. The Holy Spirit does not create.
Islam Allah wrote the
Torah with his own hand.
Christianity Men wrote the Torah as they were carried along by the inspiration of the
Holy Spirit.
Islam The Comforter (Paraclete) who comes after
Jesus is Muhammad.
Christianity The Comforter (Paraclete) who comes after Jesus is The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is like unto HOT WATER which causes an egg to get HARD; and wax
to get SOFT, NOTE: it was the same hot water acting on both; IT’S WHAT’S ON THE INSIDE THAT
MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.
Rain falls on both the Just and
the Un-Just alike; God made them both; their decisions make the difference. The Same Rain falls on both spirits. LIFE IS CHOICE DRIVEN. IT’S
IN THE BOOK
Compare
the SCRIPTURES
Sura 2:253 – The holy
spirit is Gabriel
253 We gave Jesus…
clear proofs (of Allah’s sovereignty) and we supported him with the holy spirit. (Gabriel)
Acts 5:3-4 – The Holy
Spirit is God in the 3rd person
3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, why
have you let Satan fill your heart?
You
lied to the Holy
Spirit,
and you kept some of the money for yourself.
4 The property was yours to sell or
not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give
away. How could you do a thing like this?
You
weren’t lying to us but to God!” (NLT)
Sura 15:29 – The holy
spirit is the creative breath of God
29 So, when I
have made him (Adam) and have breathed unto him of my Spirit.
John 16:7 – The Holy
Spirit is from God
7 But in
fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t
come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. (NLT)
John 16:8 – The Holy
Spirit is the Convictor of sin
8 And
when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and
of judgment: (NKJV)
Hadith 8:611 – Allah wrote
the Torah with his own hand
611 Adam said to… Moses, Allah favored you
with His talk and He (Allah) wrote (the Torah) for you with his own hand.
2 Peter 1:21 – Holy Spirit
wrote the Torah through men
21 For prophecy never had its
origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they
were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (NIV2011)
Sura 61:6 - Muhammad is
the comforter
6 And when Jesus son of Mary said; O children of Israel! Lo! I am the
messenger of Allah unto you, and bring good
tidings of a messenger who cometh after me whose name is the Praised one. (Muhammad).
John 14:25-26 - The Holy
Spirit is the Comforter.
25 These
things have I spoken unto you, while yet abiding with you.
26 But the Comforter,
even the
Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach
you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you. (ASV)
Islam on Jesus
Islam
embraces and believes in the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ, His
sinlessness, miracles, prophet-hood, Messiahship, physical ascension into
heaven, and His second coming.
a) The Angel
Gabriel performed the Miracle of the Virgin birth with Mary, not the Holy
Spirit.
b) Jesus spoke from
the cradle and said He Himself was only a Prophet of Allah.
c) Jesus was
righteous; sinless and performed miracles of healing and raised the dead.
d) At the Death of
Jesus, Allah will send the Prophet Muhammad; Not the Holy Spirit.
e) Jesus said He is
not worthy to intercede to God for us; we should go to Muhammad.
f)
Jesus did not actually die on the cross by
crucifixion, but it was made to look like it.
g) When Jesus did
die, he was taken up to be with Allah as Enoch and Elijah before him was.
h)
Jesus will return and punish the Jews and
Christians for not accepting Muhammad.
i)
Jesus will judge by the Law of the Qur’an, not by
the Law of the Gospel.
j)
Islam denies that Jesus was the Son of God; that
He died on the cross for our sins and three days later rose physically from the
grave; which is the heart of the Christian Message.
I JUST DON’T GET IT. Why does Islam devote so much space in the “Qur’an”
and in the “Hadith”
to discussing JESUS and so little space to MUHAMMAD? Why mention Jesus
at all? All it does is VALIDATE that Jesus actually existed; was born of a
virgin named Mary, was a prophet, was sinless, performed miracles, raised the
dead, interceded for men, was translated to heaven; and will return with
judgment. He was even considered by some
to be the Son of God and a part of the Christian Trinity. I DON’T GET THIS unless the whole purpose is a SMOKE SCREEN used to validate and legitimize Muhammad as the “last” prophet.
As
I study the Qur’an and the Hadith, it reminds me of THE ELECTIONS which are going
on at this writing. I watch the
candidates throw mud at the others who are in power, desiring to take their
place. They assassinate their character
when they can’t find anything else wrong with what they have accomplished. It seems to me Muhammad is running for the Office of PROPHET.
VIRGIN
BIRTH
Sura 3:42 – Allah sent the
Angel Gabriel to Mary.
42 O Mary! Lo! Allah had chosen thee…. She
said; My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal has touched me?
Sura 3:47 - Gabriel
performed the miracle with the Virgin Mary
47… When the angel Gabriel blew up her
garment. (The virgin conceived)
Luke 1:26-27 – God sent the
Angel Gabriel to Mary
26 God sent the angel Gabriel to
Nazareth, a town in Galilee,
27 to a virgin pledged to be
married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was
Mary.
(NIV2011)
Luke 1:35 – Gabriel said -
Holy Spirit would come upon her
35 The angel answered, “The Holy
Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So
the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. (NIV2011)
SON OF GOD
Sura 19:29-30 – Jesus said He was the Prophet of Allah,
not the Son of God
29
How can we talk to the one who is in the cradle, a young boy? He spake; Lo! I am the slave of Allah. He had given me the Scriptures and hath
appointed me a Prophet.
Matthew 26:63-64 – Jesus said He
was the Son of God
63 But Jesus remained silent. The
high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if
you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
64 You have said so,” Jesus
replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man
sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of
heaven.” (NIV2011)
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Sura 6:86 – Jesus was righteous
86 John (the Baptist) and Jesus and
Elias (Elijah). Each one (of them) was of the
righteous
1 Peter 2:21-22 – Jesus was
righteous
21To this you were called, because
Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his
steps.
22 He committed no sin, and no
deceit was found in his mouth.”
(NIV2011)
MIRACLES
Sura 5:110 – Jesus performed miracles of healing; Raised the
dead
110
When Allah saith; O Jesus… thou didst
shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird… heal him who was born
blind and the leper… raised the dead, by my (Allah) permission. (NOTE: Jesus as a child, making LIVE pigeons
out of clay is in the Apocrypha, but it’s NOT
in the Bible.)
Mark 2:10-12 - Jesus -
Miracles of Healing; Forgave sins
10 So I will prove to you that the
Son of Man has the AUTHORITY on earth to
forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said,
11 Stand up, pick up your mat, and
go home!”
12 And the man jumped up, grabbed
his mat, and walked out through the stunned onlookers. They were all amazed and
praised God, exclaiming, “We’ve never seen anything like this before!”
(NLT)
THE ONE TO COME
Sura 61:6 – Muhammad will come after me.
6 Jesus son of Mary said.. I am the messenger of
Allah… bringing good tiding of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is
the Praised One Ahmad. (Muhammad)
John 14:16 Another
Counselor
will come after me
16 And I
will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be
with you forever—(NIV2011)
John 14:26 – The Counselor
will be the Holy Spirit
26 But
the Advocate, 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.
(NIV2011)
INTERCESSION
Hadith 8:570 – Jesus is not worthy to intercede; go to
Muhammad
570 Let us request someone to intercede for us with
our Lord… They will go to him (Jesus), and he will
say, I am not fit for this undertaking go to Muhammad.
Hebrews 7:24-25 – Jesus
intercedes for us forever
24 But He, because He continues
forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.
25 Therefore He is also able to
save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives
to make intercession for them.
(NKJV)
DEATH OF JESUS
Sura 54:157 – Jesus was not killed nor did He die on the
cross
157 They slew him not nor crucified, but it appeared
so unto them.
Isaiah 53:6 - God laid on Jesus the sins of all of us
6 All we like sheep have gone
astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him
the iniquity of us all. (NKJV)
Acts 17:3 – Jesus
suffered and rose from the dead
3 Explaining and demonstrating that
the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying,
"This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ."
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RESURRECTION
Sura 4:158 – Allah took Jesus to Himself like Enoch and
Elijah
158 But Allah took him (Jesus) unto Himself.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 – Jesus died and
rose the 3rd day
3 For I delivered to you
first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures,
4 and that He was buried, and
that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
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THE RETURN
Hadith 3:425 – Jesus will return and punish the Jews.
425 By Him in whose hands my soul is, son of Mary (Jesus) will shortly descend amongst you people (Muslims) as a just ruler and will break the Cross and Kill the pig.
Revelation 1:5-7 – Jesus will
Return and Rule
5 Jesus Christ, the faithful
witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the
earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
7 Behold, He is coming with clouds (the
saved), and
every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him.
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JUDGMENT
Hadith
4:658- Jesus will judge by the Law of the
Qur’an
658
Allah’s Apostle said, how will you be when the son of Mary (Jesus) descends amongst you and he will judge
people by the Law of the Qur’an and not by the Law of the Gospel?
2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 - Jesus will
judge by the Gospel
6 since it is a righteous
thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you,
7 … Jesus is revealed from heaven
with His mighty angels,
8 in flaming fire taking vengeance
on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
(NKJV)
Born
a Muslim
A few years ago in my Bible Study
group, Majid
my Muslim friend asked that one meeting be set aside and devoted to how we came
to accept the Christian Faith. Obviously
this meant a lot to him, I couldn’t even remember when I wasn’t a Christian; I
just always was.
Majid gave his testimony about how he came to embrace the Christian
Faith and he made this STUNNING statement that
took me back; “YOU
The Five Pillars of Islam are five basic acts
considered mandatory by believers and are the foundation
of Muslim life. They are summarized in the famous Hadith.
They make up Muslim life, prayer, concern for the needy, self-purification and the
pilgrimage to Mecca. They are:
1)
Shahadah: declaring
there is no god except God, and Muhammad is God's Messenger
2)
Salat: ritual prayer
five times a day
3)
Sawm: fasting and
self-control during the blessed month of Ramadan
4)
Zakat: giving 2.5% of
one’s income to the poor and needy
5)
Hajj: pilgrimage
to Mecca at least once in a lifetime if he/she is able to do so.
MUSLIMS worship the God
of Ishmael, the son of Abraham and
Hagar; a slave woman.
CHRISTIANS worship the God
of Isaac the son of Abraham and
Sarah his wife – Both claim the Covenant Promise of God - Majid thought; “BOTH CAN’T BE
Majid bought a Bible and
studied in SECRET to see what
Christianity was all about. What Majid
found was far different than that of the Qur’an and he went back and forth trying to
grasp the simplicity of Christianity and its teaching to love your enemies. At some point Majid came to believe that the Bible held the MOST
TRUTH and
knowing the cost, he gave his heart to Jesus Christ. For the Muslim to convert to Christianity was
considered blasphemy and he was worse than an INFINDEL and the penalty was DEATH.
Majid made a PUBLIC PROFESSION of his faith
and took a Christian wife. His family disowned
him and he received death threats. What
he had to give up to become a Christian made me sit back in my chair STUNNED; I gave up
nothing; obviously this was a BIG DEAL. Think about the family you were born into; if
your family believes in a god, you would believe in the same god as that they
did.
I don’t have a testimony of redemption.
I was born into a Christian family and knew I wanted Christ at the age
of TEN although I didn’t fully understand the
Virgin Birth of Jesus; His death and resurrection or even how His dying on the
cross could take away my sins; BUT I believed it did. I
would be 35 before I put it all together.
I was born DEAD IN MY SINS and God put the
Holy Spirit in me and opened up my heart TO BE ABLE DESIRE HIM.
It was GOD that PUT THE DESIRE in Majid’s heart; and he accepted knowing
the cost could be his very own life. What an INCREDABLE DESIRE for God; it cost Majid everything.
The Qur’an teaches to KILL the infidel and all unbelievers of Allah
The Bible teaches to love
God and love your enemies.
Hadith
57 Whoever changes his Islamic religion should be
killed.
Sura
9:5 –
Slay the idolaters wherever you find
them.
5 When
the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, seize
them; lie in wait for them.
Matthew
22:37-40 – Only TWO Commandments;
love
37 Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the FIRST and greatest
commandment
39 And the SECOND is like it:
`Love your neighbor as yourself.'
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on
these two commandments
Luke
27 "But I tell you who hear me: Love your
enemies, do good to those who hate you,
NIV
Urgent
Today in
America,
we have five to six million Muslims who are living in local neighborhoods,
attending schools and are active in the workplace, in our culture and politics. They were born into a Muslim family and are
truly dedicated to Allah. We should pray
for Muslims to have a REAL OPPORTUNITY to learn the TRUTH about Jesus Christ
who is The
Way, The Truth and The Life. No one comes to God except through Jesus
Christ. There is just NO OTHER WAY.
If you are a Muslim and still have a
yearning in your heart; seeking more of God, then I urge you to read Book II,
Chapter One; the Case for Christianity.
John 14:6 - I am the way, the truth, and the life
6 Jesus said to him, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER
EXCEPT THROUGH ME.
(NKJV)
Acts 4:11-12 –
There is NO
OTHER WAY
11 JESUS is 'the stone
you masons threw out, which is now the cornerstone
12 SALVATION
COMES NO OTHER WAY; NO OTHER NAME
has been or will
be given to us by which we can be saved,
only this one."
(MSG)
The
Take Away Muslim Messiah
Louis Farrakhan, leader of the
Black Muslim movement said that Elijah Mohammed had risen up inside of him; in
essence he claims to be “the second
Messiah”.
Muslims believe Jesus, the son of Mary said, “I am
a messenger of “Allah”, bringing good tidings of a messenger who comes after
me, whose name is ‘the praised one”, Mohammad”.
Sura 19:96: Allah has no
affection for any creature. Love is
conditional on good works.
Sura 5:75: Christ, the son
of Mary was no more than a messenger. Many were the messengers that passed away
before him.
Sura 4:157: Christ did not die on the cross, but was made
to appear so.
Sura 3:129: Allah has predestined some to paradise and
some to hell.
Sura 32:13: Allah sends to hell whomever he wants. He created a multitude of spirits and men
specifically for the purpose of sending them to hell.
Sura 9:5: When the sacred months have passed, slay the
idolaters wherever ye find them, seize them; lie in wait for them in every
stratagem (of war).
Hadith 2:483: I have been
ordered to fight the people till they say, Allah be worshipped.
Sura 9:29: Muslims are inspired to fight people who do
not accept the religion of Islam.
Sura 5:33: Those who wage war against Allah and his
messenger (there fate) is execution or
crucifixion or the cutting off of hands and feet on opposite sides or exile.
Hadith 9:57: Whoever
changes his Islamic religion should be killed.
The Quran given to the
“Last Prophet” Mohammad, is the perfect revelation of Allah.
The Hadith is a collection
of sayings, deeds and behavior of Mohammad including; eating, sleeping,
praying, mating, planning revenge on his enemies and dispensing justice. These actions were considered the actions of
“Allah”. A good Muslim will do all these
same things as well as name their children Mohammad. The Hadith in some sects is followed more
than the Quran and its sayings can supersede the Quran.
Mohammad: “He, who
relinquishes his faith; kill him. I have
been ordered by Allah to fight with people till they testify there is no god
but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger”.
Hadith 1:505: Anyone who dies in a Jihad will have a
prominent place in paradise.
Hadith 9:459: Anyone who engages in a holy war (jihad) will be admitted into paradise
with his reward of booty.
Sura 78:33: In paradise man can have many women.
Ayatollah Khomeini:
“The
purest joy in Islam is to kill and to be killed for Allah”.
There can be no peace with the Jews or
Christians or any other non-Islamic people; and that if peace must be made,
only a truce is permissible and that “for a maximum of 10 years as an expedient
to hone our swords, whet our blood and strengthen our will.”
Islamic Extremist is a misnomer;
if you follow Islam,
the Quran
and the Hadith,
then none are extremist, they ALL hate non-Muslims;
their mission is to convert or kill us in the name of Allah.
NOTE: Muslims believe it is the will of God for
Islam to rule the world. Islamic law
stipulates that to fulfill Muhammad’s task, every “infidel domain” must be
considered a territory of war.
Moris
Farhi author The Last Days
[1] Hebrews 5:6 – Jesus was a Priest forever after the order of Melchisedec
-- Matthew 21:11 – Jesus was a Prophet -- John 1:18 – God the Son is our Prophet is in close relationship with the
Father --
[2] 1 Corinthians 12:28 – God has appointed Prophets TODAY
-- Hebrews 1:1-2 – God reveals Himself through the Prophets
[3] Jeremiah 23:30-32 – False Prophet steals testimony of others
[4] Isaiah 28:10 – Fence Post Precept upon precept, line upon line
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