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A SPECIAL STUDY IN THE SERIES “ASK YOUR PREACHER/PASTOR/PRIEST

A SPECIAL STUDY IN THE SERIES “ASK YOUR PREACHER/PASTOR/PRIEST. WHY DO CHRISTIANS FEEL THE NEED TO TOLERATE OTHER RELIGIONS WHEN WE SEE FROM SCRIPTURES THAT GOD DOES NOT? Part Two. THE SCRIPTURES TEACH…. Deuteronomy 18:20-22

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A SPECIAL STUDY IN THE SERIES “ASK YOUR PREACHER/PASTOR/PRIEST

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  1. A SPECIAL STUDY IN THE SERIES “ASK YOUR PREACHER/PASTOR/PRIEST WHY DO CHRISTIANS FEEL THE NEED TO TOLERATE OTHER RELIGIONS WHEN WE SEE FROM SCRIPTURES THAT GOD DOES NOT? Part Two

  2. THE SCRIPTURES TEACH…. • Deuteronomy 18:20-22 • “But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.” • The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

  3. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • Gospel Confirmed by Miracles • cf. John 20:30-31; Acts 1:3; 4:16; 2 Cor. 12:12; Rev. 2:2 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • "God Has Not Sent Me to Work Wonders" --- (Muhammad)

  4. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • Gospel warns Against Pretended Revelations From Angels • cf. Galatians 1:8-9 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Muhammad Pretended To Receive His Revelations From The Angel Gabriel

  5. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • Jesus Claimed to Be the Very Son of God, Divine in Nature. • cf. John 8:58; 10:30-32, 36; 20:28-29 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Jesus Never Claimed to Be The Son of God or Deity

  6. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: Jesus Said He Would Be Crucified and Raised • cf. Matthew 16:21 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Jesus Was Taken to Heaven Without Death

  7. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • Judas Committed Suicide • cf. Matthew 27:5 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Judas Died on the Cross, Appearing to be Jesus

  8. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • Jesus Promised a Complete Revelation in the First Century • cf. John 16:13 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Christ Prophesied and Muhammad Completed a New and Final Revelation

  9. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • God Promised to Protect and Preserve the Gospel • cf. Matthew 5:17-18; 1 Peter 1:24-25 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Parts of the Bible are Lost and Corrupted

  10. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • The Gospel Defines True Marriage As One Man for One Woman for life with Only One Exception • cf. Matthew 5:31-32; Matthew 19:1-9 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Muhammad Had 10 wives and Limited Other Muslims to 4; Concubines Permitted; Divorce for Any Cause

  11. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • No Forgiveness Without Blood Sacrifice • cf. Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 9:22 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Islam Promises Pardon Without Atoning Blood

  12. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • Man Cannot Work and Earn His Way To Heaven • cf. Romans 3:23; Ephesians 2:8-9 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Man Earns His Way to Heaven by the 5 Articles and 5 Pillars of Faith

  13. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • Christ Ever Liveth • cf. Hebrews 7:25; Revelation 1:18 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Christ Will Return, Die, and Be Buried Next To Muhammad

  14. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • Jesus taught Fully and Perfectly How to Love Our Neighbor • cf. John 16:13; Luke 10:29-37; Romans 13:8-10 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Islam claims a Final Prophet Was Needed to Explain How To Love Our Neighbor --- The Unfinished Work of Christ

  15. THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DESTROY THE FABLES OF ISLAM • THE FACTS OF THE GOSPEL: • None is Greater than Christ --- All must Come To God Through Him • cf. John 8:58; 14:6 • THE FABELS OF ISLAM: • Muhammad Is a Greater Prophet Than Jesus Christ

  16. 10 FACTS OF THE SCRIPTURES! • The Gospel of Christ • Only One Right religion --- (Eph. 4:4-6) • Only those who Obey Are Saved --- (Mk. 16:16) • Absolute Standard of Truth --- (2 John 9) • Must Accept Christ --- (John 8:24) • Only One True Church --- (Matthew 16:18) • Expose and Oppose Error --- (Eph. 5:11) • Test, Name, oppose False Teacher --- (Matthew 16:6) • Specify and Condemn Sin --- (Acts 2:23) • Baptism is Essential --- (Acts 2:38) • Bible is the Pattern For the Church --- (1 Timothy 3:14-15)

  17. Things Found In Christ, Not Found In Islam • Things Concerning The Resurrection Of Jesus • The Bible clearly teaches that "God" raised up Jesus from the dead (read Acts 2:24). Furthermore, this information is found only in the Gospel (read 2 Timothy 2:8). Believing that God raised up Jesus from the dead is important enough that man cannot be saved without this belief: Romans 10:9-10 • "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

  18. Things Found In Christ, Not Found In Islam • Things Concerning The Blood Of Jesus • A. The "Propitiation" • God accepted Christ’’s blood as an appeasement of His justifiable wrath. 1 John 2:2 states, " and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world." Notice that the scope of the propitiation is the whole world! It is not man’’s obedience ( which is certainly necessary on man’’s part for salvation, Heb. 5:9) that satisfies the penalty for sin but the blood of Christ. God Himself declares Christ’’s death to be the acceptable sacrifice for Sin. This does not mean that everyone has been saved by Christ’’s death, but that "the way" has been provided for anyone who desires to be saved through Christ’’s death (John 14:6; Rom. 3:25-26). In this propitiation we see God’’s love for man (John 3:16; Rom. 5:8-10; I John 4:9; I John 4:9-10). This means that those who do not understand this have not seen God’’s love. Have you?

  19. Things Found In Christ, Not Found In Islam • We have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of our sins • Eph. 1:7 states, "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;" • Whatever method that Islam prescribes for forgiveness of sins is sorely lacking in effectiveness or ability. The meaning of redemption is "to release on payment of ransom" and the price paid was the life of Christ (read Romans 4:25; Matt. 20:28). • C. Ratified the New Covenant • Jesus blood, that appeases God’’s wrath and saves man, is the blood of the New Testament (Matt. 26:28). And that’’s not the Koran! In His new covenant He states all that is necessary for man to do in order that he might have eternal life (2 Pet. 1:2-3; 2 Tim. 3:16-18; Heb. 13:20-21). As christians we are "complete" in Him (Col. 2:10). • D. Purchased the Church, Acts 20:28 • The church, His body (Ephes. 1:22-23) belongs to Him. (see I Cor. 6:20). "How" one receives the remission of their sins and becomes a member of Christ’’s church is explained in I Peter 1:18-22. They had purified their souls "by obeying the truth" (I Pet. 1:22). The blood of Christ provides the "way" of salvation, but we must obey the truth if we want salvation. (What is the truth? It is "the gospel" as stated in Eph. 1:13, and Col. 1:5.) Later, in I Pet. 3:21, Peter identifies "when" or at what point this cleansing of all our sins takes place ~ at Baptism (I Pet. 3:21). Reading Acts 2:38 along with 2:41 will show when one is baptized for the remission of their sins that they are added to Christ’’s church. Jesus is the head of the church, and the "savior of the body" (Col. 1:18). The "body" that makes up the saved is the church (Eph. 1:22-23). The church is the saved here on this earth! Can one be saved without being a part of that which is the saved? When one is baptized they put on Christ and become spiritually a child of God (Gal. 3:26-27). Unlike Christians, Muslims are not baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins (Acts 2:38).

  20. Things Found In Christ, Not Found In Islam • Destroyed Satan’’s power, Heb. 2:14 • Jesus’’ through death and the resurrection destroyed Satan’’s "power of death" because of sin (Heb. 2:14; read I Cor. 15:56-57) • F. Gives us Boldness in Prayer • Muslims pray several times a day. Christians can approach God’’s presence any time knowing Christ ever lives there to make intercession for us (Romans 8:34). • G. Cleanses Christians As Long As They Walk In The Light, 1 John 1:7 • Muslims are not baptized for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38), nor do they walk in the light of Christ’’s Word the New Testament.

  21. Things Found In Christ, Not Found In Islam • Islam Denies The Purpose Of Jesus’’ Ascension To Heaven • A. That repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name, Lk.24:44-49 • This is what Peter preached as recorded in Acts 2:38, "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." • B. To Receive Glory, 1 Peter 1:18-23 • God raised Jesus and "gave Him glory" that man’’s faith and hope might be in the God who raised him! Notice that the distinct belief in God that offers the hope of redemption (read all these verses) is a belief wherein one comes by or through Christ to believe in God. John 5:24, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." Again, in John 12:44 "Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me." And in John 14:6, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Did God impose upon all the world the obligation to seek Christ? It says "no man"!

  22. Things Found In Christ, Not Found In Islam • Things Concerning Christ And The Resurrection Day, John 11:25 • Islam says that it believes in a resurrection day. The Bible teaches that Jesus is the resurrection and the life ( John 11:25; 2 Cor. 4:14; Col. 3:1-4). Those who do not obey the Gospel will be ashamed on that Day the Lord comes again (2 Th. 1:8-9; I John 2:28).

  23. Things Found In Christ, Not Found In Islam • Things Concerning Jesus And The Wrath To Come, Rom. 5:9 • "Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him." (John 3:16; I Thes. 1:10; 2 Th. 1:7-9).

  24. Islam Does Not Mean Peace • Islam only means peace to Muslims who blindly submit. To Christians Islam means war, persecution and death. • The Qur'an says: "Fight and slay the pagans [Christians] wherever ye find them and seize them, confine them, and lie in wait for them in every place of ambush" (Surah 9:5)

  25. According to A Basic Dictionary of Islamic Words by M Zakiuddin Sharfi, Islam means, "Submission or resignation to the will of Allah, completely. He does not define salaam, but does note that one of the ninety-nine attributes of Allah is as-Salam, meaning "The Peaceful One’’ • A common greeting is Arabic is "as-Salam-u’’Alaikum." This means "Peace be upon you." It is easy to see that it is not Islam, but Salam. • Do not be deceived by claims that Islam means peace. It means submission. Islam has always been a religion of violence.

  26. Notice the teaching of the Qur’’an: • "Fight and slay the pagans [Christians] wherever ye find them and seize them, confine them, and lie in wait for them in every place of ambush" (Surah 9:5) • . "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the last day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and his apostle nor acknowledge the religion of truth of the people of the Book (the Jews and the Christians) until they pay the Jizya [tax on non-Muslims] with willing submission and feel themselves subdued." (Surah 9:29) • . "Those who follow Muhammad are merciless for the unbelievers but kind to each other." (Qur'an 48:29) • . "Enmity and hatred will reign between us until ye believe in Allah alone." (Qur'an 60:4)

  27. Notice the teaching of the Qur’’an: • Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already (a matter of warning for them). And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God altogether and everywhere; but if they cease, verily God doth see all that they do. (Qur'an 8:37-39) • . And fight them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God; but if they cease, Let there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression. (Qur'an 2:193) • . "Fight the unbelievers in your surroundings, and let them find harshness in you." (Qur'an 9:123) • . "For he who believes in the Trinity, "the Fire will be his abode …… a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemer." Qur'an (5:72-73)

  28. Notice the teaching from the Hadith: • "You (the Jews) should know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle and I wish to expel you from this land (Arabia) (Hadith, 4363) • . "I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslims." (Hadith Sahih 4366)

  29. 3 Reasons Islam Is Not From God • Islam cannot be from God because the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, did not pass God's first test for a prophet. Deuteronomy 18:21-22 tells us that God will authenticate those He sends as a prophet by having them perform signs. Muhammad gave no sign as required by God. • Muslims recognize this and try to overcome the principle of God confirming his revelation with signs by asserting that the revelation of the Qur’’an itself is a sign. When Muhammad was challenged by the Jews and Christians to produce a sign, he received a special revelation from Allah. • Qur'an 6:37-39, 36. And they said: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "Allââh is certainly Able to send down a sign, but most of them know not." 38. There is not a moving (living) creature on earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings, but are communitie like you. We have neglected nothing in the Book, then unto their Lord they (all) shall be gathered. 39. Those who reject Our Ayâât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) are deaf and dumb in darkness. Allââh sends astray whom He wills and He guides on the Straight Path whom He wills. • Muslims claim that the Qur'an itself is the sign God gave Muhammad

  30. 3 Reasons Islam Is Not From God • Islam cannot be from God because Muhammad's teaching does not pass the second test God gave for a prophet. Deuteronomy 13:1-4 tells us that no prophet will bring a revelation that is in conflict with previous revelation. His revelation must agree with the previous revelation of God. Deuteronomy 13:1-4 • Consider the differences in the facts presented about the lives of the Biblical characters. In the Qur’’an Potiphar was at the door when Joseph fled. He wasn’’t at home in the Bible Account. In the Qur’’an, Potiphar believed Joseph while in the Bible Potiphar believed his wife. In the Qur’’an, Joseph requested that he be put in prison so that he might avoid the temptation of women and in the Bible, he was imprisoned by Potiphar for accosting his wife. Surely it is easy to see the differences. Joseph is just a sample. There are other contradictions in almost every account of the lives of Bible people. In the Qur’’an, one of Noah’’s sons died in the flood while in the Bible, all of them were on the ark. Compare the Biblical account of Lot with the Qur’’an’’s account of Lot (Lut in the Qur’’an-NR). In the Qur’’an, Abraham’’s father was an idolater and forced Abraham to leave home for trying to teach monotheism, while the Biblical account has Abraham leaving after his father’’s death.

  31. 3 Reasons Islam Is Not From God • Islam cannot be from God because it denies the Godhood of Jesus. In the Qur’’an, Muhammad takes great pains to deny the deity of Jesus. It demeans Jesus and makes him just a man. In Philippians, Paul asserts that Jesus existed in the form of God. • Qur'an 4:171 "O people of the book! Commit no excesses in your religion: nor say of God naught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of God, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: So believe in God and His messengers..." • (Philippians 2:5-9, NAS95) 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

  32. In Conclusion…. • Islam has the wrong starting Date! • Islam has the wrong starting Place! • Islam has the wrong doctrine! • Islam has no atonement for sins! • Islam is a meritorious system of faith! • ISLAM IS NOT OF GOD – IT IS OF MAN

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