Christian/Muslim ThreadsHow Powerful Is God?Hi Apple Pie, You are attempting to read the Qur'an like it was the Bible - thus you're not reading the Qur'an correctly... It is not a narrative of Jesus' birth or life, the Gospels relate that information to us - rather the Qur'an CONFIRMS the good news of the Gospels. In the verses above, Jesus' mention is followed by a statement from God explaining one of Jesus' tasks as a teacher. If the Qur'an truly confirms the Gospels as the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) said that it did, then you can ease up on the critical nature of comparison and search for those connections obviously placed there by Inspiration. After all, the story of Jesus' birth is in the Gospels of the Bible. The divisiveness purposely introduced into Judeo-Christianity by Jesus' teachings is one of those undeniable connections: For the Prophet to have understood the goal of these teachings by himself would be extremely extraordinary, since God's intention of fragmenting Judeo-Christian religions using the preaching and self-exaltation that men enjoy so much had not manifested itself fully in the Prophet's day. Thus the acknowledgment in the Qur'an of the divisions and disagreements that Christians were to devolve into based on Jesus' teachings must indeed have been inspired by God, to Whom all will return anyway. According to the Christian Encyclopedia there are currently over 34,000 schisms within the Body of Christ, ie. His admitted followers. There are at least three separate references in the Qur'an to this intention of God's to break the power of the "righteous" of Judeo-Christian religions or denominations, who, like the Pharisees, once they group together after a time always become self-righteous and begin oppressing the poor and casting others out - consigning them to hell or whatever. Understanding this intention in the Qur'an where it is stated clearly helps to understand the same in the Bible when Jesus speaks of bringing a sword rather than peace, and especially in the prophetic books where this intention is clearly laid out in metaphor. We followers of Christ have been given much through teachings that basically allow us to rely completely on God's Mercy while seeking God. Jesus forgave us blasphemy against Himself and the Father, forbidding only blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. We know God's Mercy saves us if we believe in Jesus Christ, thus our doctrinal disputes are completely unnecessary and fabricated by men who would lead us into their paths rather than the path of Jesus - who is the only WAY through which Knowledge of God is gained. All other men are hirelings, thieves, or wolves, according to Jesus. That should be obvious to us today as we have followed man after man and our world situation as Christians has not improved one iota - it's deteriorated, in fact. If Jesus set us free, let's take Him up on that. Let's find out what other flocks Jesus has that will be under One Shepherd when He returns, because those flocks will hear His voice too. If you read the Qur'an with the intention of searching out the righteousness taught within it, you can't help but come to the conclusion that Islam will hear His voice when He comes. More than anything else the Qur'an stresses compassion towards the poor, widows, destitute, orphans, and strangers among God's people. It stresses Mercy and Allah as Most Merciful of all, Oft-Forgiving. How did Jesus say we would be judged on His return?
This is the voice of Jesus that reverberates throughout the Qur'an, though through the words and person of the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). Jesus, after all, witnessed to us the Character of God, so whether Jesus, whom the Gospel says is One with God, or God Himself inspired the Qur'an, we do know it is more consistent with God's Character than our own Old Testament is. Give it a chance, please, Apple Pie, you may be wonderfully suprised as I was. Two years ago in my ignorance of Islam I was looking to see if Muhammed (pbuh) was the expected "Anti-Christ". Since then I've learned the definition of antichrist from John and glimpsed the character of Muhammed (pbuh) as a righteous man and Prophet, all by just reading what Jesus has led me to read through the Holy Spirit that keeps kicking my rear end to understand what's happening around me today. Genocide by war was something I though impossible for my country to do before. When it began happening, and I learned that it was happening to righteous people who could be negotiated with because under Christ we are brothers, Jesus answered my prayers for Knowledge of God as He's always promised He would do. He'll answer all of us. Christians have been given much - as free peoples through Christ much is also expected today. Casey |
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