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"Mohammed
vs. Jesus, the Christ"
Comparison of Teachings of Mohammed With Teachings of
Jesus
- Mohammed was the
prophet of war; Christ is the Prince of Peace
(Isaiah 9:6-7).
- Mohammed's disciples
killed for the faith; Christ's disciples were killed
for their faith (Acts 12:2; 2 Timothy 4:7).
- Mohammed promoted
persecution against the "infidels"; Christ
forgave and converted the chief persecutor (1
Timothy 1:13-15).
- Mohammed was the
taker of life; Christ was the giver of life (John
10:27-28).
- Mohammed and his
fellow warriors murdered thousands; Christ murdered
none but saved many (compare John 12:48).
- Mohammed's method
was COMPULSION; Christ's aim was voluntary
CONVERSION (Acts 3:19).
- Mohammed practiced
FORCE; Christ preached FAITH (John 6:29, 35).
- Mohammed was a
WARRIOR; Christ is a DELIVERER (Col. 1:13; 1
Thessalonians 1:10).
- Mohammed conquered
his enemies with the sword; Christ conquered his
enemies with another kind of sword, the sword of the
Spirit which is the Word of God (Hebrews 4:12; Acts
2:37).
- Mohammed said to the
masses, "Convert or die!"; Christ said,
"Believe and live!" (John 6:47; 11:25-26).
- Mohammed was swift
to shed blood (Romans 3:15-17); Christ shed His own
blood for the salvation of many (Ephesians 1:7).
- Mohammed preached
"Death to the infidels!"; Christ prayed
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what
they do" (Luke 23:34).
- Mohammed declared a
holy war (Jihad) against infidels; Christ achieved a
holy victory on Calvary's cross (Colossians 2:14-15)
and His followers share in that victory (John
16:33).
- Mohammed constrained
people by conquest; Christ constrained people by
love (2 Corinthians 5:14).
- Modern terrorists
derive their inspiration from Mohammed and carry out
their despicable atrocities in the name of his god;
Christians derive their inspiration from the One who
said, "Blessed are the peacemakers"
(Matthew 5:9).
- Modern day disciples
of Mohammed respond to the terrorist attacks by
cheering in the streets; Modern day disciples of
Christ are deeply grieved at past atrocities carried
out by those who were "Christians" in name
only (the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, etc.).
- Many Muslims are
peaceful and peace-loving because they do not
strictly follow the teachings of their founder; Many
Christians are peaceful and peace-loving because
they do strictly follow the teachings of their
Founder (Romans 12:17-21).
- Mohammed said the
Koran is authoritative only in Arabic, and only in
his dialect; The Bible is authoritative in many
languages around the world, for God knows all things
and can inspire (and preserve) His Word in more than
one language.
- Mohammed hated
music; Jesus and His disciples sang hymns, and the
Apostle commanded the Lord's Church to sing.
(Matthew 26:30, Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16).
- Mohammed allowed
that a Mullah, Imam, or Mufti of Islam can be a
terrorist and an amoral animal like Osama bin Laden;
The Bible requires that a leader in the Church of
the Lord Jesus Christ must be above reproach, and
when this is not true, Christians demand such a
fallen leader be removed from leadership. (1 Timothy
3:1-7, 5:19-20).
- Islam calls on its
followers to observe Five Pillars, while all other
aspects of life can be vulgar and not affect the
Muslim's prospects in Paradise. The Bible calls on
the Christian to submit to the total change of his
life by the Spirit of God -- NO area of life and
thought is the choice of the follower. (Romans
12:1-2).
- The Muslim looks
forward to eternity in Paradise where there will be
virgins who are used for eternal perpetual
copulation.
- The Bible believing
Christian looks forward to being with Jesus Christ
and is delighted with that. (2 Corinthians 5:8).
- Mohammed said the
witness of a woman was half the value of the witness
of a man; and Muhammed said a woman goes to Paradise
because she satisfies her husband sexually; The
Bible teaches that a husband is to love his wife and
be willing to die for her. (Ephesians 5:25).
- Mohammed called upon
his servants to fight; Jesus said, "My kingdom
is not of this world; if My kingdom were of this
world, then would My servants fight . . . but now is
My kingdom not from hence" (John 18:36).
- Mohammed ordered
death to the Jews (see A. Guillaume, The Life of
Muhammad, Oxford University Press [1975], p. 369);
Christ ordered that the gospel be preached "to
the Jew first" (Romans 1:16).
- The Koran says,
"Fight in the cause of Allah" (Qu'ran
2.244); The Bible says, "we wrestle not against
flesh and blood" and "the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal" (Ephesians 6:12; 2
Corinthians 10:4).
- The Koran says,
"Fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find
them" (Qu'ran 9.5); Christ said, "Preach
the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15).
- The Koran says,
"I will inspire terror into the hearts of
unbelievers" (Qu'ran 8.12); God inspires His
terror into the hearts of believers (Isaiah 8:13).
- The Koran (Qu'ran)
is a terrorist manual which condones fighting,
conflict, terror, slaughter, and genocide against
those who do not accept Islam; The Bible is a
missionary manual to spread the gospel of peace to
all the world (Romans 10:15).
- Mohammed's Mission
was to conquer the world for Allah; Christ's mission
was to conquer sin's penalty and power by
substitutionary atonement (2 Corinthians 5:21; 1
Peter 3:18).
- Mohammed considered
Christ a good prophet; Christ pronounced (in His
statement on many false prophets arising) Mohammed
to be a false prophet (John 10:10; Matthew 24:11).
- Mohammed claimed
that there was but one God, Allah; Christ claimed
that He was God (John 10:30-31; John 8:58-59; John
5:18; John 14:9).
- Islam is geocentric,
that is, the whole universe is centered on the Kaaba
in the Grand Mosque in Mecca in Arabia, and all
Muslims pray facing that direction; Jesus Christ is
the center of all Christian worship and fellowship,
for He is "in the midst" where his saints
meet anywhere on earth. (Matthew 18:20, John
4:22-23).
- Mohammed's Tomb:
OCCUPIED! Christ's tomb: EMPTY!
- Islam must be
received, or you can be killed for rejecting it:
- The Faith offered by
Jesus Christ is for "whosoever will" to
receive, and all men are permitted to reject it.
(Revelation 22:17, John 3:16).
- Those who leave
Islam are killed in most Islamic nations; Those who
leave the true Church of Jesus Christ are allowed to
do so with no revenge.
- Now, is a Muslim
submitted to Allah and Islam because he loves Allah?
NO!
- He dare not leave
Islam, and he is loyal purely out of fear.
- The true Bible
believer is loyal to Jesus Christ purely out of
love. 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but
perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath
torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in
love. (John 4:19) We love him, because he first
loved us.
- This concept is 100%
alien to Islam -- There is no love in Islam -- Only
fear and hate.
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