“THE HISTORY OF ISLAM”
“THE HISTORY OF ISLAM”
The Muslim
believes if Jesus were God, it would have been unjust for God to have
punished his
own nature. Hence “the grace of God” is an unknown and foreign idea
to a
Muslim.
Allah
demands absolute obedience but he offers no guarantee of
forgiveness of sins
in return.
The Muslim
awaits the Day of Judgment when works, not grace, will
determine his
destination in the next life.
A God of
grace, mercy and forgiveness is foreign to the Muslim - a God who
himself paid
the price to redeem man from his wrath and hell.
The Christian God is as
follows:
“For God SO LOVED THE
WORLD, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
him
should not perish, but everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
Muhammad, born 570 AD
founded this
strict monotheistic religion of Islam (Mohammedanism), claiming a line
back
through Abraham and Moses. The symbols are the crescent moon and the
star. It’s
a religion which professes salvation by good deeds and ardent outward
displays
of piety without having to experience a spiritual rebirth of their
inner
nature. All other religions are seen as Satanic, with Allah alone to be
praised
and worshipped. All Muslims have a sacred mission - by force of
persuasion to
bring the entire world under the dominion of Allah.
Allah is the monotheistic
God to the Muslim.
The Christian view of the Trinity is rejected as the Koran states that
it is
not proper for God to have children. Justice is the most important
attribute
for Allah to have. Allah is merciful but only to those who will
live
according to his dictates.
What’s
God got to say about all this?
“For
there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and
the Holy
Ghost: and these three are one” (1 John 5:7)
“Looking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and
our
Saviour Jesus Christ.” (Titus2:13)
Comment:
Christians
also have a monotheistic God consisting of three persons – The Father,
the Word
who became Jesus on earth, the Holy Ghost.
Allah is
not God as history shows before Islam came into existence, the Sabeans
in
Arabia worshipped the moon god, a stone idol, who married the sun
goddess. The
moon god (the crescent moon) was just one of the 360 idols that were
thrown out
of the Kabah in Mecca in 630 AD.
Muhammad
wanted to create his own religion and needed the backing of this
powerful
tribe, so he picked Allah, the idol shaped like a crescent moon and the
one
they worshipped, to be the one true god and he declared himself to be
Allah’s
prophet.
Moslems see the world as
created by a
deliberate act of Allah, a personal and omnipresent God. Muhammad
didn’t do
miracles but merely proclaimed the will of Allah.
Muslems don’t expect
deliverance from
the suffering of this world but believe good deeds will be rewarded in
the
next.
Man is seen as a
vice-regent in charge
of creation under Allah, whose purpose is to make a moral order in the
world.
Man has a divine spark (taqua) manifested in his conscience which
enables him
to perceive the truth and act on it. A man’s conscience is thus the
greatest
value in Islam.
What’s
God got to say about all this?
“In the beginning God (this is plural of the
Hebrew word ‘Elohim’
… the Father, the Word Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost - not Allah)
created
the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1)
“For
there
are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the
Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.” (1 John 5:7)
“
... and by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin...” (Romans 5:12)
“...
having their conscience seared with a hot iron...” (1 Timothy 4: 2)
Comment:
Whose
conscience are we going to follow? Yours or mine. The Bible says that
neither
is wise. The Christian has the Holy Spirit living inside of them and
the Spirit
agrees with the Word of God. A saved man is one who trusts in the work
of Jesus
Christ in dying for his sins.
Martin
Luther said that a Christian is one that is righteous before God but
still
sinful - going to heaven on the merits of Jesus alone not on his good
works.
Good works
will take you to hell, as the Bible says that “our righteousnesses (our
good
deeds/the best we can do) are as filthy rags” not our bad deeds.
A good deed
to a Muslim is to kill Jews and infidels i.e. those who won’t convert.
On
the last day, Moslems believe that “Every
man’s actions shall be laid before him like an open book”. There is
no
repentance in this life based upon the work of an external God.
Depending
upon the insight given by Allah to a man, so he shall be judged -
according to
the truth he knows and to the best of his abilities. Infidels who are presented with the truth of the Koran will be
given no mercy at the judgment. Torments of hell are graphic and heaven
is
depicted according to earthly delights. Moslems disagree as to whether
they are
literal or not.
Islam
teaches that Judas died on the cross instead of Jesus.
What’s
God got to say about all this?
“Neither is there salvation
in any other: for there
is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved” (Acts
4:12)
“...that God was in Christ,
reconciling the world
unto himself, not imputing their trespasses to them... “ (2 Corinthians
5:19)
“He that believeth on the
Son hath everlasting
life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the
wrath of
God abideth on him.“ (John 3:36)
Comment: All rather
plain isn’t it? It’s God’s way or the highway! You see if Allah created
the
world and if he died on the cross for everyone’s sins then I guess he
can make
the rules about life and death, salvation and hell - but until then
he’s just a
naughty little stone idol.
There are clear cut duties
and
commands to be followed. Islamic morals are a combination of genuine
acts of
love and justice, and legalistic performances on the other hand.
However the world
sees much violence done by the Muslim because he believes he has the
truth.
Although Muslims have elevated the position of women, they are seen a
little
more than temptations to sin for men.
What’s
God got to say about all this?
“...whatsoever
things that are true.. honest.. just.. pure.. lovely.. good.. report..
virtue..
think on these things,” (Colossians 4:8)
“Let
all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking,
be put
away from you... and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one
another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” (Ephesians
4:31-32)
WORSHIP
Muhammad is not worshipped,
only Allah
is. There is little or no worship of gods or idols, pictures or statues
in
Islam. Allah is worshipped for his power and majesty but can’t be
leaned on
for salvation as that is man’s responsibility. His guidance comes
in the form
of words not persons - in the form of the Koran.
There are Five Pillars
of worship
in Islam:
1. Reciting the basic
creed, “There is
no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet.” 2. Recite prayers in
praise of
Allah 5 times daily while facing Mecca 3. Give money to the poor 4.
Fast for
one month a year (called Ramadan) 5. Make a pilgrimage at least one in
his life
to Mecca, the city to where Allah revealed the Koran to Muhammad.
What’s
God got to say about all this?
“Wherefore God hath also highly exalted
him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name
of Jesus
every knee should bow ...and that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:9-11)
“But
the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting
king...” (Jeremiah
10:10) “...for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is
none
like me...” (Isaiah 46:9)
Comment:
Once again,
DIY’ers (Do-It-Yourselfers) won’t believe the Bible but have their own
traditions. The descendants of Ishmael (the Arabs) show their rebellion
by
having their own god and sets of rules on how to enter heaven.That’s
the
problem - you have to make sure that they’re the right set of rules.
When you’re
dead it’s forever - you can’t afford to be wrong. When you enter
eternity,
everything you ever thought or did here on earth counts for zero. The
only
question you’ll be asked is “Did you receive Jesus as your Saviour, as
having
paid the price for your sins, did you trust in his work on the cross.”
The reason
that Islam finds acceptance with the Roman Catholics and vice versa is
that
they both hate the Jews with a passion and vengeance, however, the Jews
remind
the Catholics that the Jews are Gods’ people and that Jesus Christ is
coming
back again to sit on the throne of David, to establish His kingdom here
again
on earth. This kingdom will be real, visible and physical.
The
Catholics think that they are God’s kingdom here on earth and that’s
one of the
reasons they wish to remove the books of Daniel and Revelation from the
Bible.
The next edition of the NIV will have Revelation removed and the
Shepherd of
Hermes as a substitute or the Epistle of Barnabas.
All the top
Nazis, including Hitler, were confirmed Roman Catholics and
were bankrolled by the Vatican to exterminate the Jews. Pius XII on
the
surface seemed to support the Jews in WWII but did nothing to protest
the death
camps. A close attendant of Pius XII said that for a couple of hours
before his
death in his bed, they heard him screaming his way into hell.
Yes, Islam
and Rome hate the Jew and that is what attracts them to each other. The
Roman
Catholics similarly have shown themselves also to hold the creed of
“convert or
die”.
Isn’t it
good to know, that Jesus Christ is coming back for his own very shortly
(this
year -2023 or 2024 or in ten years time). This is called the Rapture
of
the saints (those who have trusted Jesus alone as having paid for
their
sins 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18).
Dear
Friend, will you be one of those or will you enter the time of God’s
wrath on
the earth - the 7 year tribulation? To get right with God during that
time, you
will pay with your life because of the persecution.
Harley Hitchcock
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
