Sprintcyclist wrote on Dec 30
th, 2008 at 1:51am:
I believe allah and Jahweh are the same being.
sprint,
What you have stated is a logical assumption to make, at first blush.
And i admit, when i first began to 'enquire' about ISLAM, i made that same assumption myself.
But sprint, read your bible!
And compare ISLAMIC doctrine, and claims, with what is stated within God's word.
After comparing ISLAM with Christianity, eventually, as Christians we must decide, do we accept the Christian and Jewish bibles as God's word?
OR, do you discard God's Word, the Bible?
.....because Allah has asserted, within the Koran, that the Bible is corrupted.
And the Koran is 'inerrant', don't you know?
/sarc off
And do we decide to give credence to the many statements made within the Koran/ISLAM, which conflict with what is stated within God's word?
For myself, it was a simple choice.
And i remind you of the Koran quotes in my 1st post in this thread.
i.e. ....the 'inerrant' Koran states you [and all Christians, and all Jews] are accurssed by Allah, and
.....that Allah has no son, and that
.....there is no purpose to life, but to worship a violent, narcissistic god, called Allah.
As a Christian [presumably having previously accepted Christ sacrifice], do you also believe [as Allah asserts] that as a Christian, you are accursed by 'our' God [Allah]?
And do you really believe that Israel [Jews] are accursed by God?
Which was the assertion of Muhammad, and is the assertion of ISLAM today.
On that point, a search in the KJV bible for the phrase, "God of Israel", gets 241 hits.
Can you easily conclude that muslims are actually worshipping the God of Israel, given how muslims have consistently treated Jews [and Christians!!] since Muhammads day?
....i.e. subjugation, enslavement, exploitation, murder.
Again, read your bible!
1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
This 1 John 4 verse [above] refers to a circumstance where,"....Jesus Christ is come in the flesh".
What does phrase that mean?
It means that, God himself, came in the flesh.
And this is stated elsewhere in scripture,
......
"And the Word was made flesh,"That is what the scripture [OT, Isaiah 7:14] prophesied, and that is what the scripture [NT, Matthew 1:23] declared in referring to Jesus ministry.
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:23
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Immanuel = = God with us.
Matthew 17:1
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
2
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them:
and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
sprint, as Christians, what we have to decide is if we wish to be led by the Spirit of God, or the spirit of bondage [the spirit of this world! aka SATAN]?
Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
sprint, do you believe the NT bible account of Jesus
death and resurrection?
Allah claims he did not resurrect Jesus.
MORE.....