A Contrast Between Mohammed and Christ

George Zeller, Middletown Bible Church ^ | 10/29/01 | RaceBannon

[RaceBannon]

A Contrast Between Mohammed and Christ

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 Tim. 4:7).

Mohammed promoted persecution against the "infidels"; Christ forgave and converted the chief persecutor (1 Tim. 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 method was COMPULSION; Christ 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 Thess.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 (Heb. 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 (Rom. 3:15-17); Christ shed His own blood for the salvation of many (Eph. 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 (Col. 2:14-15) and His followers share in that victory (John 16:33).

Mohammed constrained people by conquest; Christ constrained people by love (2 Cor. 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 (Rom. 12:17-21).

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" (Rom. 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" (Eph. 6:12; 2 Cor. 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 (Rom. 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 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 3:18).

Mohammed considered Christ a good prophet; Christ pronounced Mohammed to be a false prophet (John 10:10; Matt. 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).

Mohammed's Tomb: OCCUPIED! Christ's tomb: EMPTY!

—George Zeller (10/01)

[Note: For excellent documentation on the bloody history of Islam, see "THE BLOODY LEGACY OF ISLAM" by Chuck Sligh. E-mail: esligh2001@yahoo.com

[He Rides A White Horse]

Very illuminating post.

[MHGinTN]

Here's another contrast, perhaps:
Mohammed order the beheading of those who oppsed him; Jesus restored the ear of the man coming to arrest Jesus that Peter assaulted with his sword, trying to defend Jesus.

[MHGinTN]

I neglected to add, Race, that it is that passage from scriptures that restrains me from assaulting the abortionists I so despise for their slaughtering serial killing.

[Lchris]

I don't know, you have to ignore an awful lot of history to argue that Christians are more peaceful than Moslems.

[Lchris]

This is a silly argument in a way, as Jews, Christians and Moslems all worship the same God. I'm sure many will argue this, but think about it, it's just different interpretations of the Old Testament God. There's at least as much variance within Christianity (consider Catholics, Mormons, Quakers, Methodists and Seventh Day Adventists, though many of these sects would argue the others aren't real Christians!) as between Islam and Christianity in general. Personally, I think the Buddhists and Taoists have a better outlook.

[RaceBannon]

Actually, all you have to ignore is the teachings of Christ to believe that 'Christians' did those killings. Where, if we actually do what mohammed taught, we would kill, if we did what Jesus taught, we would show mercy one to another.

I wont deny that those claiming to be either have killed, what i deny is that those who were genuine Christinas actually did the killing, while I have no problem believeing that those who followed Islam killed, for Islam teaches to kill!

[RaceBannon]

OH NO!!!!!

That is wrong, they do NOT believe in the same God, by any stretch!!

[agrace]

This is a silly argument in a way, as Jews, Christians and Moslems all worship the same God. I'm sure many will argue this, but think about it, it's just different interpretations of the Old Testament God. There's at least as much variance within Christianity (consider Catholics, Mormons, Quakers, Methodists and Seventh Day Adventists, though many of these sects would argue the others aren't real Christians!) as between Islam and Christianity in general. Personally, I think the Buddhists and Taoists have a better outlook.

The reason I was refuting his post has nothing to do with Allah or Islam - I was hoping to show the distortions you can usually find in compilations like his - they are wholly intended to refute the validity of the Bible and begged to be answered. :) I certainly don't know everything but some of them, whew, big stretches.

Anyway, with regard to what you said - seems like apples and oranges to me. The sects within Christianity that you cited all interpret the SAME scriptures differently, just as different sects within Islam interpret the Koran differently.

However, the Koran and the Bible are separate literary works and SAY totally contradictory things about God. Big difference.

The first example is about man's perspective. The second example is about God's perspective. It is acceptable to believe that man would interpret God's words in different ways, but unacceptable to believe that God would GIVE man different messages, and the Bible and the Koran are very different messages.

[Doc On The Bay]

...in Most Wars...

EXACTLY & MORALLY TRUE!!!

Doc!

[Mind-numbed Robot]

.... being a good Christian means being PC.

Strange, isn't it, that the people who are trying to drive God out of school and government are the PC crowd?

[crazykatz]

Do try a little harder to mind YOUR OWN business and stay out of the way when I GET GOING FLAMING A JERK moslem apologist.

What you write is just so much garbage to me!!

Stay out of the way. BOOO!

[Jack Barbara]

the people who are trying to drive God out of school and government are the PC crowd?

Maybe I don't get out enough, but it would appear to me that they have succeeded at this task some time ago... At least the symbols or discussion of Christianity... The emergence of the term "PC" would postdate the event.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

The emergence of the term "PC" would postdate the event.

I was attempting, apparently not too well, to simply point out the hypocrisy of the ones who are doing both - trying to discredit and minimize Christianity and insisting on political correctness in everything. That was in keeping, I thought, with your comment (paraphrased) that the teachings of Christ were the essence of PC. My intent was to show that the crowd I mentioned were hypocrites with little interest in either.

[gitmogrunt]

MAJOR BUMP

PTL and pass the ammo.....

[agrace]

I'm not sure I'm following you. Mohammed and Christ were not similar in message or lifestyle. The Koran contradicts the Bible in many places. It denies the deity of Christ, says He wasn't crucified and certainly didn't rise again. It says that God has no son, says that God does not interact with man, that He is not loving or approachable. Islam contradicts Jesus' own words because it teaches that Mohammed was the last messenger and Jesus was only a prophet, which isn't true to the gospels' message.

That being said, what does America as Babylon have to do with the current discussion?

And are you suggesting that the battle of Armageddon took place in 1918?