APPENDIX
TWENTY ONE:
A COMPARISON BETWEEN
MUHAMMED AND JESUS CHRIST
By George Zeller and Steve
Van Nattan
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).
Muhammed 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 His Word in more than one language.
Muhammed 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)
Muhammed allowed that a Mullah, Imam, or Mufti of Islam can be
a terrorist and moral 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)
Muhammed said
the witness of a woman was half the value of the witness of a man; and Muhammed
said a women 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 here"
(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;
T he 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 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. 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.
