Posted on 11/23/2015 3:40:58 PM PST by WXRGina
It's quite rare to be part of a story on which I report, but this time I'm at Ground Zero. My church in Gulfport, Mississippi, Cowan Road Baptist Church, is the center of a growing story. In the wake of the horrific slaughter of at least 130 people in Paris by Muslim demoniacs, our Pastor, Chris Ashley, put a message on our church sign: "Jesus is God; Allah is Satan" and below that, he added, "Joshua 24:15."
It didn't take long for Muslim spokesmen here on the Coast to voice their offense at it, and the local media have featured the offended Muslims on their newscasts. They have also interviewed Pastor Chris, as well, and as a result, there will be a debate showdown on December 5th. As WLOX-TV reported on Sunday:
Conversations of the marquee isn't [sic] just on the coast, but Muslim followers as far as Atlanta have reached out to Pastor Ashley about what's on display.
An Atlanta man reached out to Pastor Ashley and left a message saying, "We noticed on your sign that it says 'Allah is Satan, Jesus is God'. We challenge you to a public debate about your statement. You all have defamed and insulted our faith, so we would like to challenge your statement 'Allah is Satan, Jesus is God'".
Pastor Ashley has called Mr. Bilal Stroud back to accept his debate challenge. They have both agreed to meet with people from their communities, Saturday, December 5th at 6 p.m. at Cowan Road Baptist Church.
The debate will be public and streamed online. We're going to continue to follow this controversial story and bring you the latest.
I asked Pastor Chris if he would give me a statement to include in this column. Here is what he wrote:
God laid a message (sermon) on my heart for last Sunday the 22nd. That message was for the church to stop hiding the truth inside the walls of the church (not just this truth of Allah, but ALL truth). The body of Christ has succumbed to political correctness and fear of offending anyone, to the point we talk about the truth ONLY in the confines of the walls of the church.
God laid it on my heart less than 30 minutes before the beginning of that service to proclaim that Allah of the Quran is Satan, and that Jesus is the true God. I did. Finishing the sign just minutes before the service. No malice. No judging (except for Allah and Satan). No hatred. Just obedience.
I have NO idea why God has put me (of all people) to be in this, but my prayer is to be obedient until the end. I humbly ask for your prayers as well.
On a different note, I believe God has shown me over the last several days that my part of this message may not be for the Muslim people as much as it is for Christians. I am AMAZED at the number of self-proclaimed believers who think the God of the Bible and the god of the Quran are the same. May God bless you all.
I love and admire Chris Ashley, and I thank the Lord that he is my pastor and brother in Christ. He is a leader, a truth-teller, and he is courageous. Courage is contagious. If hundreds or even thousands of Christian churches across America had the courage to put this message on their signs, Muslim activists, along with the truth-hating, left-wing media, would have a hard time keeping up their attacks against those of us who speak the truth.
What Pastor Chris wrote about Jesus and Allah is true. Islam is a political-militant ideology born in Hell and authored by Satan himself. Allah certainly is Satan. Islam is one of his master stroke creations, leading millions to an eternity in Hell. I will not bow to political correctness in this. I will not sugar-coat what I say about Islam, because I know what a vile and evil thing it is.
A tenet of Islam is taqiyya, which is lying for the sake of Islam's spread. We cannot trust a word they say. The obscene murders committed by soldiers of Allah are commanded in their detestable Koran! And, apologists for Islam lie and claim those murders have nothing to do with Islam. All rational people know better than that!
Jesus is God, and He is the only way—the ONLY way—men can be saved. Muslims need Him. We all need Him. Those of us who know the truth must stand firmly against the Islamic caliphate that is sweeping across Europe and the United States. Barack Obama (or whatever his name is) is facilitating it. He is on the side of our sworn, Muslims enemies, who are subversives who want to destroy our constitutional Republic, who want to kill us and enslave us under their demented Sharia law. Those are Obama's buddies. We must resist. We must not be afraid to tell the truth about Islam and its murderous, tyrannical goals. Islam is evil, period.
I look forward to the debate at our church on Saturday evening, December 5th. If you are in the area of Gulfport, MS, please try to attend. Otherwise, the debate will be streamed live on the Internet and available for replay. You can check our church's Facebook page for details on where to see it online.
Finally, please remember Pastor Chris Ashley, his family and our church in your prayers. Pray that he will stand boldly in the face of the shrill voices screeching and lying about the truth he speaks. Pray for our safety, and pray that other Christian churches will begin to be unafraid to stand for the unbending truth of God's Word. This nation desperately needs a flood of truth to wash over it.
An online “source” in no way qualifies YOU to be telling anyone what they ought to remember.
That source is NOT you.
YOU don’t have even the slightest understanding of what that source says.
“Got to remember” is not a phrase meant for you.
YOU don’t TELL anyone anything, as you are clearly...
Well..
Have a nice day. Focus on the Jello.
“I’m not going to insult you by calling you ignorant, as you did me.”
I don’t think I called any specific person ignorant. Some are ignorant on this subject which does not imply they are stupid, unwise, or evil. However, choosing to remain ignorant is foolish. And it results in unnecessary repetition.
People need to quit posting that Allah is Satan. It reflects ignorance. When these type of posts stop I will be glad that I can abstain from repeating myself.
“The ‘Allah’ of ISLAM IS Satan”
That’s different. I agree. It is the same as saying that the god of Islam is Satan.
Thanks for your comments and clarity. I did not mean any insult toward you.
I am pleased to share that this is the town of my birth.
“The Muslim’s ‘Allah’ is not the one and only true God.”
I agree when you word it that way. If we just think of Allah as the Arabic word for God, then the correct descriptions will automatically happen.
No one here would say “God is the Devil”. But we can say Muslims unknowingly serve the Devil.
Wow. That’s an interesting piece of info. I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing it.
Isn’t it ironic that Christians their are fighting for the right to use the term “Allah” for God while Muslims are fighting to prevent them even though they claim their god os the one true God?
Yes, I agree.
For clarity, Jesus, of course, never said that God was the Devil, but that their father was not God but the Devil. On the other hand, they claimed that their father (spiritually) was God.
In another passage Jesus spoke of some who would kill and imprison His disciples and think they were serving God. So my opinion is that these people (and modern day Muslims) are not aware they are serving the Devil generally, but they are doing so ignorantly.
You’re from Gulfport? Cool! :-)
Thank you, Unlearner.
Better yet, use the REAL name of God, which is I Am - Exodus 3:14.
Ignore the TROLLS Everyone! Have a good and blessed Thanksgiving Day!
Mohammad is the False Prophet
Allah is The Anti-Christ
As per wikipedia: Yahweh is the pronunciation of the transliteration YHWH most widely accepted by Hebrew scholars.
Translators used Jehovah as the translation of the name into English. In Hebrew, only consonants were written (originally), so the vowel sounds were assumed or learned through unwritten instruction.
The word is closely related to the verb in Hebrew which means “to be”. So “I am”, as you mentioned, seems to be related to the meaning of God’s name. It might also be related to His role as the Creator of all created things because His name may imply “to cause to be”. Of course, He is the Eternal God, as well.
However, “I am” is not exactly a proper name. It is the definition of a name. The pronunciation is not the most important thing. Jesus comes from the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew name Joshua. (Jesus and Joshua are English translations of these Hebrew and Greek names.) Neither of these names are pronounced in English as they are in the original languages.
“Allah” is a transliteration of the Arabic word for God. It is NOT the name of God, but Islam has attempted to make it the name of God for everyone.
My point here is to get people on FR to clarify the way they use the term “Allah” so that only the specific misuses and abuses of God’s name and title are addressed rather than making statements that are insulting to Arab Christians and Jews.
Also, many Muslims do not agree with the violence and hate done in the name of Islam. Some of these Muslims can be reached with reason and diplomacy. Hurling unnecessary and inaccurate insults against them will have the effect of radicalizing some that would not have otherwise been. Most Muslims are Muslim for the same reason most Christians (or at least those who self-identify as Christian) are Christians — because we were born into our religion. But coming to understand the truth requires something more than just picking the right parents.
Got to remember now, with folks getting fed up with “political correctness” or PC, the new attitude is, if you are not happy too bad.
“if you are not happy too bad”
Whether it makes me happy or not is irrelevant (and perhaps you meant any person), but what is important is whether God is pleased or displeased.
I am fairly confident that He is not pleased with how Muslims represent Him, especially when it comes to the acts of evil done in the name of God. On the other hand, I also think He is not pleased when people blaspheme God because of evil done in His name.
What has happened in the past 8 years alone, in regards to the Islamfacism based attacks including up to that of the most recent attack in Orlando, FL proves once and for all I was and is right.
You is right?
Me am thinked you is illiterate.. in a special way.
LOL/SARC.
What happened in Istanbul, the city that used to be called Constantinople, its major airport was bombed,with all the other horrible attacks, confirms that the god that the Muslims worshiped was as from the Good Book, “a liar, a thief, and a killer” from the start.
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