The Best of Three
Christian, Jewish or Islamic
The best choice is obvious when we examine the origins of each faith. The Jewish faith denies its own scriptures that plainly prophecy the coming of the Messiah. He fulfilled the Old Covenant magnificently. Instead of the raw violence of liberation, he brought forgiveness, joy, love, and miracles. Once we read in the New Testament about his coming to earth as a baby, his sinless life, crucifixion, and resurrection, and then we go back to examine the older scriptures based on all he did, even a fool (according to the Bible) shouldn't fail to see he was the promised Messiah, the 100% man/100% God, who fulfilled all the requirements of prophet, priest and king. One has to close his eyes and shut his ears not to recognize him.
The Islam faith is revisionist, reactionary and bewildering. It was not Ishmael whom God spared from beneath the knife of Abraham. It was Isaac. It was not Mohammed who walked the pages of the New Testament healing the blind, opening the ears of the deaf and raising the dead back to life. It was Jesus Christ. Billions of people have relegated the only Savior and Lord to a minor role. Many of them try to enforce their wrong choice on others through terrorism. The non-violent majority are to be commended for not following suit. Wisdom should dictate that a prophet born out of season can always be superceded by another prophet born out of season. It could even be someone who brags that he has received the baton from his predecessor.
The apostles gave all the glory to Christ. They would not make themselves anything. They would not urge anyone to lift them up alongside the dearest name of all. The apostle Paul, who said he was born out of season, made sure those trying to follow him were redirected to the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Peter never promoted himself as one religious sect has promoted him. He never considered himself the foundation of the church. There is only one foundation, one cornerstone, one name through whom people can be saved. It is upon Peter's profession of Christ that the true church is built. When we confess our sins before God and believe in our hearts that Christ went to the cross for us and paid the penalty for our sins, when we ask him to come into our hearts as our only Lord and Savior, we are making the good profession same as Peter did. Each of us is the church individually. When we assemble, we are the church corporately.
Christ comes behind nobody. The idea the Son of God is less than Mohammed is preposterous. The idea that Jesus is only equal to Mohammed is equally preposterous. Mohammed,like Mary or Peter or Paul was totally earthly and needed a Savior. Jesus was sinless and paid the penalty for their sins and ours.
Not only Islam and Jewish faiths are sadly in error, but all sects and cults who trust in latter day extrabiblical--or other biblical--prophets and scions are wide of the mark. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is a completed Trinity. Nothing can be added or substracted to that power and authority. God has communicated His complete will for the peoples of the earth in his Old and New Testaments. It is not in the Koran, The Pearl of Great Price, The Book of Mormon, Russel's JW Torqued KJV, The Talmud, The Apocrypha,The Origin of the Species, or The New York Telephone Book of individual opinions. The complete Truth of God is most certainly not found in blogs like this or in all of cyberspace put together--unless we find a complete online Bible and adhere to it.
"God is not mocked." The only way to the true God is via the door of the true Son, Jesus Christ. The big gate of mega-religions which deny Christ alone as the sole way of salvation opens onto a wide boulevard to eternal darkness. Many go that way. "There are (many) ways that seem right to a man, but the ends thereof are destruction."
This article has not been written to ridicule or demean. "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." We are not saved by a church, or through following a man or woman made in the flesh as we are. Nor do we come to God through an act of human will. It is all of God. He loves every one of us and is not willing that anyone should be lost. The plan of redemption is founded on God's love for us. Please seek him while there is time.
The best choice is obvious when we examine the origins of each faith. The Jewish faith denies its own scriptures that plainly prophecy the coming of the Messiah. He fulfilled the Old Covenant magnificently. Instead of the raw violence of liberation, he brought forgiveness, joy, love, and miracles. Once we read in the New Testament about his coming to earth as a baby, his sinless life, crucifixion, and resurrection, and then we go back to examine the older scriptures based on all he did, even a fool (according to the Bible) shouldn't fail to see he was the promised Messiah, the 100% man/100% God, who fulfilled all the requirements of prophet, priest and king. One has to close his eyes and shut his ears not to recognize him.
The Islam faith is revisionist, reactionary and bewildering. It was not Ishmael whom God spared from beneath the knife of Abraham. It was Isaac. It was not Mohammed who walked the pages of the New Testament healing the blind, opening the ears of the deaf and raising the dead back to life. It was Jesus Christ. Billions of people have relegated the only Savior and Lord to a minor role. Many of them try to enforce their wrong choice on others through terrorism. The non-violent majority are to be commended for not following suit. Wisdom should dictate that a prophet born out of season can always be superceded by another prophet born out of season. It could even be someone who brags that he has received the baton from his predecessor.
The apostles gave all the glory to Christ. They would not make themselves anything. They would not urge anyone to lift them up alongside the dearest name of all. The apostle Paul, who said he was born out of season, made sure those trying to follow him were redirected to the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Peter never promoted himself as one religious sect has promoted him. He never considered himself the foundation of the church. There is only one foundation, one cornerstone, one name through whom people can be saved. It is upon Peter's profession of Christ that the true church is built. When we confess our sins before God and believe in our hearts that Christ went to the cross for us and paid the penalty for our sins, when we ask him to come into our hearts as our only Lord and Savior, we are making the good profession same as Peter did. Each of us is the church individually. When we assemble, we are the church corporately.
Christ comes behind nobody. The idea the Son of God is less than Mohammed is preposterous. The idea that Jesus is only equal to Mohammed is equally preposterous. Mohammed,like Mary or Peter or Paul was totally earthly and needed a Savior. Jesus was sinless and paid the penalty for their sins and ours.
Not only Islam and Jewish faiths are sadly in error, but all sects and cults who trust in latter day extrabiblical--or other biblical--prophets and scions are wide of the mark. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is a completed Trinity. Nothing can be added or substracted to that power and authority. God has communicated His complete will for the peoples of the earth in his Old and New Testaments. It is not in the Koran, The Pearl of Great Price, The Book of Mormon, Russel's JW Torqued KJV, The Talmud, The Apocrypha,The Origin of the Species, or The New York Telephone Book of individual opinions. The complete Truth of God is most certainly not found in blogs like this or in all of cyberspace put together--unless we find a complete online Bible and adhere to it.
"God is not mocked." The only way to the true God is via the door of the true Son, Jesus Christ. The big gate of mega-religions which deny Christ alone as the sole way of salvation opens onto a wide boulevard to eternal darkness. Many go that way. "There are (many) ways that seem right to a man, but the ends thereof are destruction."
This article has not been written to ridicule or demean. "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." We are not saved by a church, or through following a man or woman made in the flesh as we are. Nor do we come to God through an act of human will. It is all of God. He loves every one of us and is not willing that anyone should be lost. The plan of redemption is founded on God's love for us. Please seek him while there is time.
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