Note: Find
additional information on this very topic, with expansion of the main points
below at “The Quran On Jesus” Series ~ http://www.yumavalleychurchofchrist.com/articles/QuranonJesus.htm
Christianity Is Not Islam
The “intolerance” of Muslims for others’ faiths in limited parts of the
world is highlighting world news. The many recurring atrocities show why the irrational
intolerance of Islam must be kept out of America, and elsewhere. This is of
great concern for every true Christian willing to confess Christ as “My Lord
and my God!” (cf. Jo. 20:28; Matt. 10:32-33).
Unlike Muslims we do not deny Jesus’ deity but believe that He is God
(cf. John 1:1-4, 14). Jesus was not blaspheming when He said He was God being
the Son of God (cf. Lk. 1:35, 22:70; Jo. 5:18,
10:36). He was more than a servant or prophet and received worship because He
was God (cf. Matt. 2:11, 4:10, 14:33; Rev. 22:9; Acts 10:26). The Lord Jesus
Christ existed before the world and He created all things, even Adam (cf. Jo.
1:1-3, 14; Gen. 2:26-27). Jesus died on the Cross by the predetermined plan of
God and shed His blood, just as He said, for our sins (cf. Acts 2:23; Matt.
26:28; Heb. 9:28). We do not believe He will return to win the world for
Muslims (cf. Acts 1:11; 2 Pet. 3:10-13).
Muslims who deny Jesus’ deity and the basic principles of Christianity
can in turn live civilly with Christians stating that they do not believe in
Muhammad or Islam. Government should not participate in the destruction of the
will to confess Christ. What others think of our belief is not as important in
this context as what they cannot do to Christians in the United States or
elsewhere. Christianity is certainly not a religion that endorses the senseless
murder of individuals for either leaving or disagreeing!
Valley Church of Christ
2375 W. 8th Street, Yuma, AZ 85364
(928) 782-5058 ~ http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com
Sunday Services – Classes ~10:00; Assembly 10:50 am; Evening:
6:00 pm.
Wednesday evening – 7:00 pm
Christianity
Is Not Islam #2
(Jesus
Did Die On The Cross!)
The “intolerance” of Muslims for others’ faiths in limited parts of the
world is highlighting world news. The many recurring atrocities show why the
irrational intolerance of Islam must be kept out of America, and elsewhere. The
truth is that Muslims themselves deny the basic principles of Christianity.
Thus, they can in turn live civilly with Christians stating that they do not
believe in Muhammad or Islam.
Muslims not only deny the deity of Jesus but
also claim God’s plan was that He should not die on the cross. They say the
Jews had planned that He die on the cross, but God’s plan was to save Him from
that death. They claim that the Jews’ plan miscarried and God’s plan succeeded.
Some teach that He died a natural death in Kashmir.
Peter preached that Jesus was delivered over
and put to death by predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, but God raised
Him up (Acts 2:23-24). Those responsible for crucifying Him did what God’s hand
and purpose predestined to occur (Acts 4:23-28). John himself said he witnessed
His death (John 19:35). Islam denies that Jesus was who He said He was that
made the Jews want to kill Him, i.e. the Son of God (Lk.
22:70; John 10:36, 33; 19:7). God’s eternal plan involved His death in
Jerusalem. Afterwards it was proclaimed in the very city where it happened as
proof of the Resurrected Christ! (cf. Acts 2:22-36). God’s plan through Christ
is a permanent arrangement (cf. Eph. 4:4-14). We are complete in Him and He is
the head over all rule and authority (cf. Col. 1:15-20; 2:8-12).
Valley Church of Christ
2375 W. 8th Street, Yuma, AZ 85364
(928) 782-5058 ~ http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com
Sunday Services – Classes ~10:00; Assembly 10:50 am; Evening:
6:00 pm.
Wednesday evening – 7:00 pm
Christianity
Is Not Islam #3
(Jesus
Is the Son of God thus Himself God)
No one should disregard or deny the “intolerance” of radical Muslims for
others’ faiths as shown in current news from Egypt and Iraq. This shows why
such intolerance must be kept out of America and elsewhere. The truth is that
Muslims themselves deny the basic principles of Christianity. Thus, they can in turn live civilly with
Christians stating that they do not believe in Muhammad or Islam. Muslims teach
that Jesus was a messenger of God as a servant but He did not share in deity.
The New Testament teaches that Jesus is the Son of God, thus Himself God as
stated in John 1:1-3,14 --- not just a “messenger” sent by God.
The angel Gabriel told Mary that Jesus would be called “the Son of God”
(cf. Lk. 1:35). The Jewish council heard Jesus reply
that He was from His own mouth: “Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of
God? And he said unto them,Ye
say that I am. And they said, What need we any further
witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth”
(Lk.22:70-71). When men were saying that Jesus was just one of the prophets the
Father revealed that Jesus was the Son of the living God: “He saith unto them, But whom say ye
that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art
the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood
hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven” (cf.
Matt. 16:13-17). These articles at: http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com/articles/christianitynotislam.htm.
Valley Church of Christ
2375 W. 8th Street, Yuma, AZ 85364
(928) 782-5058 ~ http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com
Sunday Services – Classes ~10:00; Assembly 10:50 am; Evening:
6:00 pm.
Wednesday evening – 7:00 pm
Christianity
Is Not Islam #4
(The
Significance of the Birth of Jesus)
No one should disregard or deny the “intolerance” of radical Muslims for
those not believing in Islam. This is why such intolerance must be kept out of America.
The truth is that Muslims themselves deny the basic principles of
Christianity. Thus, they can in turn
live civilly with Christians stating that they do not believe in Muhammad or
Islam.
The plan in eternity that predetermined Jesus’ death (cf. Acts 2:22-24)
also produced His birth (cf. Matt. 1:18-25; Gal. 4:4-5; Eph. 3:1-12; Phil.
2:5-11). Though most Muslims believe His birth was miraculous they see Him as
just a man and a prophet. Jesus’ birth is said by some to be a warning that
prophet hood, according to God’s covenant they say with Abraham, was
transferred from Israel to the house of Ishmael. The Bible teaches it is “in
Christ Jesus” that the blessing of Abraham comes to the Gentiles as well as the
Jews (cf. Gal. 3:14). There is no covenant with Abraham in the Bible whereby
through Ishmael one would give a law that supersedes Christ’s law, the New
Testament, and the fulfillment of the Seed Promise to Abraham (cf. Jude 3). The
Seed Promise was by Abraham through Isaac and the descendants of Jacob
including David: cf. Gen. 3:15; Gen. 12:3, 22:18; Gen. 26:4; Gen. 28:14; Matt.
1:1-17. It was “in Christ Jesus” that the blessing of Abraham came to all men
(Gal. 3:8-9, 13-16, 22, 26-29). His blood is that of the New Covenant --- the
Gospel is God’s power unto salvation for all (Matt. 26:28; Mk. 16:15-16; Rom.
1:16-17). These articles at:
http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com/articles/christianitynotislam.htm
.
Valley Church of Christ
2375 W. 8th Street, Yuma, AZ 85364
(928) 782-5058 ~ http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com
Sunday Services – Classes ~10:00; Assembly 10:50 am; Evening:
6:00 pm.
Wednesday evening – 7:00 pm
Christianity
Is Not Islam #5
(There
Is No Compromising the Truths of the New Testament)
The “intolerance” of radical Muslims for those not believing in Islam
must be kept out of America and elsewhere. The truth is that Muslims themselves
deny the basic truths of the New Testament. Thus, they can in turn live civilly
with Christians stating that they do not believe in Muhammad or Islam. The gospel
of Christ is the one way of salvation for all men (Jo. 14:6; Mk. 16:15-16; Rom.
1:16-17). Basic
doctrines that Islam
denies are:
1. Jesus’ deity -- that He is God (cf. John 1:1-4, 14). Jesus being God
existed before the world and He created all things (cf. Jo. 1:1-3; Col.
1:15-18). Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God (cf. Matt. 16:13-17).
Jesus was more than a prophet and received worship because He is God (cf. Matt.
2:11, 4:10, 14:33).
2. Jesus died on the Cross by the predetermined plan of God and shed His
blood for our sins (cf. Matt. 27:50; Matt. 26:28; Acts 2:23-24. God raised Him
up from the dead (Acts 2:23-24). God’s eternal plan that predetermined Jesus’ death also
produced His birth (cf. Matt. 1:18-25; Eph. 3:1-12; Phil. 2:5-11).
3. Christians are complete in Him and He, being God’s Son, is the head
of all rule and authority (cf. Col. 1:13-20, 2:8-12; I Cor. 15:27).
4. God’s plan through Christ, the
Son of God, is a permanent arrangement (cf. Jo. 14:6; Gal. 1:8-9; Jude 3). It
is “in Christ Jesus” the Son of God that the blessing of Abraham came to all
men (Gal. 3:8-9, 13-16, 22, 26-29). Points developed more fully in these
articles at: http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com/articles/christianitynotislam.htm
.
Christianity
Is Not Islam #6
(The
Reign and Kingdom of Christ)
An earthly concept of world dominion by an Islamic messiah was
introduced to unknowing Americans via “The Coming is Near”
video. This shared video, said to be Iranian in nature, was used by a CBN
terrorist analyst to present a “last days” Muslim belief. Supposedly Middle
East unrest signals that the mahdi or Islamic messiah
is about to appear --- this messiah “figure” is supposed to lead the armies of
Islam to victory over all non-Muslims in the last days --- the mahdi will one day soon rule the world from Iraq. Iran, it
says, is the power in the last days that will help defeat America and Israel.
The goal of imposing Islam upon and ruling the West is clear. Encyclopedia
Britannica states that the mahdi in Islamic
eschatology is a messianic deliverer who will fill the Earth with justice and
equity, restore true religion, and usher in a short golden age lasting seven,
eight, or nine years before the end of the world. It says Mahdist
beliefs form a necessary part of Shii doctrine. It
also points out that the title has already been claimed by men in past times of
social upheaval in Islamic societies.
World dominion eschatological beliefs are nothing new elsewhere i.e.
outside of Islam. The false doctrine of Premillennialism
teaches Christ comes back to the earth to reign from a new Temple from
Jerusalem. However, Jesus Christ now rules from Heaven over all things (cf.
Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 2:36; Eph. 1:18-21). He belongs not with the earthly, but
the true tabernacle in Heaven which the Lord pitched not man (Heb. 1:3; 8:1-2).
These articles at: http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com/articles/christianitynotislam.htm
.
Valley Church of Christ
2375 W. 8th Street, Yuma, AZ 85364
(928) 782-5058 ~ http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com
Sunday Services – Classes ~10:00; Assembly 10:50 am; Evening:
6:00 pm.
Wednesday evening – 7:00 pm
Christianity
Is Not Islam #7
(Jesus’
Present Kingdom and Reign)
Christ’s reign is not like the supposed earthly reign – world dominion
rule – of the recently predicted Islamic messiah figure, the Madhi ruling from Iraq. Jesus now rules from Heaven over
all things (cf. Jo. 18:36; Matt. 28:18-20; Eph. 1:18-21). He belongs with the
true tabernacle in Heaven which the Lord pitched not man (Heb. 1:3; 8:1-2).
Consider these fundamentals:
1. The Kingdom has come. At baptism Christians
are delivered out of darkness and translated “into the kingdom” of God’s Son (Acts
2:38; Col. 1:13, 2:9-12).
2. The Second Coming of Christ follows.
Hebrews 9:27-28 teaches Jesus will come “a second time” meaning “a second time”
which follows His having come the first time when He offered Himself. This is
the “end” of Christ’s reign not the beginning! (I Cor. 15:23-24).
3. The Resurrection Day is the Day of
His Second Coming. Those who are fallen asleep in Christ will rise first and
come with Christ (I Thess. 4:13-16). Christians who are alive on earth will
meet the Lord in the air – not on earth-- and so shall we ever be with Him (I
Thess. 4:17-18).
4. The Judgment Day is the Resurrection
Day. All in the graves come forth (John 5:28-29). “All” the nations are
gathered before Him for judgment when He comes (Matt. 24:31-36). Those on His
left hand go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life
(Matt. 25:46).
5. The Resurrection Day is also the
End of the Word -- the day the heavens will pass away and the elements will be
destroyed, and the earth and its works will be burned up (2 Pet. 3:10-13). These
articles at: http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com/articles/christianitynotislam.htm
.
Valley Church of Christ
2375 W. 8th Street, Yuma, AZ 85364
(928) 782-5058 ~ http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com
Sunday Services – Classes ~10:00; Assembly 10:50 am; Evening:
6:00 pm.
Wednesday evening – 7:00 pm
Note: Find
additional information on this very topic with expansion of the main points at “The Quran On Jesus” Series ~ http://www.yumavalleychurchofchrist.com/articles/QuranonJesus.htm