Having dedicated the past two blog postings to Islam not being a
“religion of peace,” I want to contrast Islam to Christianity using a question
an 11-year old Arab Christian girl asked of an Islamic scholar who was
preaching about Allah. The girl asked – “Show
me where in the Koran that Allah loves me as the sinner that I am, and I will
become a Muslim." The dumbstruck ‘scholar’ was silent for a long time, and
then walked away. He had no answer to
give her. Why?
It is because the Allah of the Koran
does not love the sinner, or the unrighteous, or the lost, or the struggling,
or the backslider. The Allah of the
Koran displays only a highly-qualified, conditional type of “love” … which is
for Muslims only. The Koran clearly
teaches that Allah hates non-Muslims:
Qur’an
3:31-32 — Say [O
Muhammad]: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive
you your faults, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. Say: Obey Allah and the Apostle; but if they
turn back, then surely Allah does not
love the unbelievers.
Qur’an 30:43-45 — Then
turn thy face straight to the right religion before there come from Allah the
day which cannot be averted; on that day they shall become separated. Whoever disbelieves, he shall be responsible
for his disbelief, and whoever does good, they prepare (good) for their own
souls, that He may reward those who believe and do good out of His grace;
surely He does not love the unbelievers.
These quotes are in startling
contrast to the words of the Bible that show that Jehovah God offers His love
to any and all who will receive it … as a free gift paid-in-full with no
strings attached:
Zephaniah 3:17 – “The Lord your God is in your
midst; He is a warrior who can deliver.
He takes great delight in you; He
renews you by His love; He shouts for joy over you.”
Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrated His own love for us, in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.”
John 3:16-17 – “For this is the way God loved the world: He gave His one
and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through Him.”
Clearly
the Bible teaches that God is not interested in “making you a Christian,”
rather He desires to save you from the penalty of your sins … which is an
eternity in Hell. God’s salvation is a
free gift that only needs to be received to become active. It is the exchange of your sins for His
righteousness and a full and free eternal pardon.
The
Allah of the Koran is not the same as the God of the Bible. Allah wants to make you a Muslim; Jehovah God
wants to set you free from the bondage of sin.
“So if the Son sets you free, you will be really free.” (John 8:36)
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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