“Alien Gods on American Turn” (1990 book title)
1) Heb. 1:1-9 which will be read now – READ
2) In Mt. 28:18 the Lord said He had received “all authority” in heaven as well as on earth.
3) John (Rev. 19:16) said Jesus is KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS.
4) If a person reads through the Koran, he or she will find that Jesus is basically demoted.
i) When the Koran speaks of Jesus doing miracles, it describes Him as acting “by the permission of Allah.”
ii) The idea that Jesus had power within Himself and thus was and is deity is a big “no, no” (can’t be) in Islam.
5) In the Koran (Surah 19:34-35) it is said it is not “befitting of Allah to beget a son.”
WHY THIS LESSON?
1) We are to teach all people.
2) Before today, what would we have said to a Muslim in a religious conversation?
3) 5 key points in Islamic faith:
i) First, Muslims recite a creed: “There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is the prophet of God.”
ii) The second key – Muslims pray five times a day facing Mecca.
iii) Third, during the month of Ramadan they refrain from eating from sun-up till sun-down.
iv) Fourth, they give alms.
v) Fifth, if at all possible, they are to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once.
vi) Some Muslims add “Jihad” as a sixth pillar to this faith.
4) Worship is conducted on Fridays and Muslim act as their own priests.
5) Muslims are also known for their efforts to bring people into their faith.
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ii) This work-based system is connected to a very physical or we might say sensual type of reward.
6) When the time comes to head off to paradise, the Koran talks about or promises “sensual delights.”
7) Key point 1: Mohammed is confessed as a prophet again, and again, and again (like a creed).
8) # 2: Prayers.
i) Before praying there is to be a ceremonial washing.
ii) These washing, as I understand them, may take one of three forms.
iii) There is what might be called the “lesser washing.”
9) A second washing involves the entire body; this is for “defilements” which I am not going to define.
10) The third washing is “purification by sand or earth,” and it involves “special circumstances.”
11) When it comes to prayer there is a “call to prayer” as well as specific “postures and times for prayer.”
12) #3: Ramadan begins when the first new moon is seen and there are some interesting things associated with it.
13) # 4: Giving of alms – 2 categories: voluntary and involuntary.
14) The final “pillar” (leaving off Jihad as a possible 6th) is the pilgrimage to Mecca.
15) Islam and the Bible are not only very, very different, they are religiously incompatible.
See a sample of the Koran from Surah 7 below and compare it with the Bible.
Ask which reads better, which seems like it was written by an uninspired writer, and which one is confusing.
Surah 7:1-37:
1 Alif Lam Mim Sad. 2 A book revealed to you, so let your heart be oppressed no more by any difficulty on that account, that with it you might warn and teach the believers. 3 Follow the revelation given to you from your Lord, and follow not, as friends or protectors, other than him. Little it is you remember of admonition. 4 How many towns have we destroyed? Our punishment took them suddenly by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest. 5 When our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: Indeed we did wrong. 6 Then shall we question those to whom our message was sent and those by whom we sent it. 7 And truly we shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for we were never absent. 8 The balance that day will be true: those whose scale will be heavy, will prosper: 9 Those whose scale will be light, will be light, will find their souls in perdition for that they wrongfully treated our signs. 10 It is we who have placed you with authority on earth, and in it provided you with means for the fulfilment of your life: small are the thanks that you give. 11 It is we who created you and gave you chap; than we bade the angels bow down to Adam, and they bowed down; not so Iblis; he refused to be of those who bow down. 12 Allah said: What prevented you from bowing down when I commanded you? He said: I am better than he: you created me from fire, and him from clay. 13 Allah said: Get down from here: it is not for you to be arrogant here: get out, for you are of the lowest of creatures. 14 He said: Give me respite until the day they are raised up. 15 Allah said: Be among those who have respite. 16 He said: Because you have thrown me out of the way, I will lie in wait for them on your straight way: 17 Then will I assault them from in front and behind them, from their right and their left. Nor will you find, in most of them, gratitude. 18 Allah said: “Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of them follow you, hell will I fill with you all. 19 O Adam! Dwell in the garden, you and your wife, and enjoy as you wish: but approach not this tree or you run into harm and transgression. 20 Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, in order to reveal to them their shame that was hidden from them: he said: “Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest you should become angels or such beings as live forever.” 21 And he swore to them both that he was their sincere adviser. 22 So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called to them: “Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy to you?” 23 They said: “Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: if you forgive us not and bestow not upon us your mercy, we shall certainly be lost.” 24 Allah said: “Get down, with enmity between you.[1] On earth will be your dwelling place and your means of livelihood — for a time.” 25 He said: “In it shall you live, and in it shall you die; but from it shall you be taken out.” 26 O children of Adam! We shall have bestowed raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness — that is the best. Such are among the signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition! 27 O children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as he got your parents out of the garden, stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where you cannot see them. We made the demons friends to those without faith. 28 When they do anything that is shameful, they say: “We found our fathers doing so”; and “Allah commanded us thus;” say: “No, Allah never commands what is shameful: do you say of Allah what you know not?” 29 Say: “My Lord has commanded justice; and that you set your whole selves at every time and place of prayer, and call upon him, making your devotion sincere as in his sight: Such as he created you in the beginning, so shall you return.” 30 Some he has guided: others have deserved the loss of their way; in that they took the demons, in preference to Allah, for their friends and protectors, and think that they receive guidance. 31 O children of Adam! Wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: but waste not the excess, for Allah loves not the wasters. 32 Say: Who has forbidden the beautiful gifts of Allah, which he has produced for his servants, and the things, clean and pure, for sustenance? Say they are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, purely for them on the day of judgment. Thus do we explain the signs in detail for those who understand. 33 Say: The things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret; since and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to Allah, for which he has given no authority; and saying things about Allah of which you have no knowledge. 34 To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor can they advance. 35 O children of Adam! Whenever there come to you messengers from among you, rehearsing my signs to you — those who are righteous and mend their lives — on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve. 36 But those who reject our signs and treat them with arrogance, they are companions of the fire, to dwell in it forever. 37 Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects his signs? For such, their portion appointed must reach them from Al-Kitab, until when our messengers arrive and take their souls, they say: “Where are the things that you used to invoke besides Allah?” They will reply, “They have left us in the lurch,” and they will bear witness against themselves, that they had rejected Allah.
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