dawny0826 said:
There's no doubt in my mind that we worship the very same God of Abraham.
The differences lie in our interpretation of God and his nature.
I'm a Christian who believes that Jesus Christ was God in the flesh and is my Saviour. Naturally, Muslims and I aren't going to see eye to eye.
Our approach to worship differs. Still, I believe very much that their God is very much the very same God that love and adore. Our God is Love.
Jesus says a house divided amongst itself will not stand,
have you been reading the state of affairs of christians around the world
www.persecution.net
www.persecution.net/pnp.htm.
You must know that most of the killing of Christians around the world is by professing muslims.I mean from little children to seniors,that is fact.
Jhn 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that
whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
1Jo 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is
light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1Jo 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in
darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: (jeus is the way the truth and the life)
1Jo 1:7 But if we walk in the
light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
So are you saying we are all going to enter into God's heaven regardless of what we do,who and what we believe.as long as it looks and sounds like spirituality/religion
You can't possibly stop there you must conclude that all other religions outside of those spiritually born again followers of Christ are worshipping the same God, if that is the case why are they following the dieties who's doctrines are different and that refute,contridict and oppose the teachings of scipture,why do so many of the religions have their own variety of special books and teachings contrary to sound doctrine.
God says, they have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof,(that being the Holy Spirit)
I am sorry but there are some common faith principals that are practice and even some moral teaching,but the religions,beliefs are worlds apart,so is their god.
He is not far from any of us and he is not willing that any perish,nor is he a respector of people ,but when it comes to believeing in and following the same God we only have access through Jesus by His Spirit
Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit
of God, they are the
sons of God.
Jhn 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the
sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
There must be a a belief,(trust in.rely on and obedience)
There must be a recieving of the gift of eternal life by faith not works ,otherwise Christ died in vain, a cofession that Jesus is Lord and came in the flesh,died rose again and is seated in heaven.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit
of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit
of Christ, he is
none of his.
I believe that the muslims including all their various sects intend to pray to the same god and expect to see God,but there are differences that set us apart that are clear from scirpture and by their fruit you will know them.
1Jo 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for
if they had been of us,
they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [
they went out], that
they might be made manifest that
they were not all of us.
Jhn 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye
receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will
receive.
Although they believe in the existence god and of who Jesus was ,born from a virgin,lived as a prophet, teacher,and died to save the jews.
The question is have they recieved Christ as savior and recieved the spirit of God ,that is how you identify a child of God
Not by association or comformity to certain practices.
But to say that the same god they pray,worship and serve is the same from the God of Abraham Issac Jacob, is not accurate according to the truth of scripture,if the spirit is indeed dwelling within you.
Maybe back in Ishmael's day they were still calling on the God of Jacob ,but as time went by ,new doctrines formed ,new radical approaches and sacrificial forms of worship came.Certain prophets,leaders came to be followed more than God.
I would have to believe that my God will not allow me to strap a bomb to myself,target hundreds of people in the name of God and expect to enter heaven welcomed by many wives,
There is no marriage in heaven.
It's not by works your saved, if so then God made a big mistake sending Jesus.
It might do you good to read the rest of this parable Matt 25
Mat 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his]
sheep from the goats:
Mat 25:33 And he shall set the
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Read Matt 13: 24-30 if you understand the parables you will know what this is talking about.