If you have gone this far and not seen the dots connected, I hope to speak to you in a more direct and personal manner. I want to address the evangelicals here because we have to be reminded from time to time that we are in a battle. Ephesians 6 is mentioned here and there in dialog or sometimes in a particular sermon, however, it is a passage that must be viewed daily. We are called to be soldiers, but not like the Muslims. Our battle is spiritual and unseen, yet also, very real to those of us involved in the defense of the faith. We do not kill in the name of Jesus, but we are not to be passive in our faith either. It is often said that our kneeology is a result of our theology.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the devil's strategies. For our struggle is not against a human opponent, but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers in the darkness around us, against evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm. For this reason, take up the whole armor of God so that you may be able to take a stand in that evil day. And when you have done everything you could, you will be able to stand firm.
Stand firm, therefore, having fastened the belt of truth around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having put shoes on your feet so that you are ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. In addition to all of these, having taken up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one,
also take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and request there is. For the same reason be alert with every kind of effort and request for all the saints.
We must have our battle gear on as described above or we will be deceived. We must be able to recognize truth from error so we will not be deceived by those who say they believe in Yeshua. Already, I have dealt with men who say they are Christian, but they are supporting Rasoul. So, I have to question their fruit. If the Spirit of God lives inside of you and I, would He have you support a person who undermines the Messiah? For the life of me I cannot understand how He would or could.
When i wrote the article on Senator Obama, I indicated that he could not define what an evangelical was. I would ask those reading, how can you know your faith if you cannot define your faith? If you cannot define your faith you cannot defend your faith. Yet, Obama wants the world to believe he is Christian because he knows "christainese." A Mormon too, will tell you jesus died on the cross for your sins. We have to ask the Mormon to give us their definition of "jesus." Once you pry and probe, (which you must do to get the truth) it becomes obvious to the child of God that the Mormon jesus is a fraud.
Jesus married to three wives? Jesus the spirit brother of Satan? Jesus who was the result of God having physical sex with Mary and no Holy Spirit involved in the miracle? This is NOT my Jesus, but a counterfeit! Can we have counterfeit Jesus'? I will show you in a second that we were warned of this very thing.
This is why I already stated earlier that, we must ask a person who says they believe in Jesus, "which jesus?" Never, never take for granted that a person is a Christian until you know how they define Jesus and His gospel. I believer we are to follow in the example of the Bereans and always examine what a person has to say in light of the Scriptures. If you cannot discern those inside the church, how will you be able to discern those outside? If you cannot see error in the church how will you know error outside of the church?
In 2 Corinithinans 11 we were warned by the apostle Paul of people called who came along to undermine the faith by redefining Jesus, the Spirit of God and the gospel. Paul said in verse 12;
"And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds."
These men inside the church would appear as Christians. They would act like sheep, smell like sheep and look like sheep. But, if you did not know the difference between fleece and fur you would be deceived. They use our terminology, i.e a vocabulary that I would call "christianese." Paul said he was afraid that many would be deceived by these crafty and cunning men. He warned that just as Eve was deceived by the serpants craftiness, that your minds may also be misled.
2Corinthians 11:3; "However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
For if someone comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or should you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you are all too willing to listen."
We must know what we believe and why we believe it! Why do I take the time to reason with you on this point? I am not your conscience. I want to impress upon your minds that we are to follow the counsel of God and His words. The Lord say my people perish for lack of knowledge? Well, here you go! I have given you sufficient information on a candidate who is called antichrist by the Apostle known as the Apostle of love. Why should you resist voting for a person who believes contrary to our Jesus and our gospel? Because we are not to walk in the counsel of the ungodly. Rasoul may stand there in front of you and say "I believe in Jesus" and then add the words "peace be upon him" immediately following (as many Muslims do) to make you feel that they have such a respect for Jesus. But, his Jesus is not our Jesus!
We shouldnt be surprised that Muslims are advancing their cause by blood or by burying or minimizing the many doctrines I quoted earlier from the Quran. Islam does not recognize our Jesus nor our belief system as a whole, nor will they ever.
The Islamic websites want to help us understand that Islam (which by the way means submission) is not what it appears and “Jihad” should be a peaceful solution. After all, they want us to believe it was rebel Muslim's acting on their own behalf.
So, I should believe, between stress, and the poor quality training they received from airline flight school, that it was non conforming Muslims who crashed into the towers and the pentagon? Thus, they were all just "outside of the norm" Muslims and really just the victims of a horrible fate? If I believe this I must also believe had they lived, they would have sued the flight school for negligent instructions. Lets not forget the twin towers were destroyed by
a) the Smurfs?
b) The Seven Dwarfs
c) The Three Stooges and their families?
d) Male Muslims between the ages of 20-40?
I'm going with "d."
I have studied comparative religions since 1986. Its not that difficult to see what happens when clean up techniques are advanced by deceivers within their organizations after these barbaric acts occur, in order to do damage control and fix “misunderstandings” from these events historically and even in the future. No organization can proselytize with such a reputation involving murder and mayhem right? They must do all they can to tone down that term "jihad."
Every false religion has a spokesperson who wants to tell you that you have it all wrong and they are going to help you better understand. Just like the Mormons and the Mountain Meadows Massacre. They too would like that part of history denied, dismissed or defended.
I encourage everyone to read below, the the Twenty-Eighth Article of the 1988 Hamas Charter regarding Palestine so you understand the Palestinian attitude toward the Jews and tell me if you read peaceful solution in the message for the future of Israel.
Article Twenty-Eight
The Zionist invasion is a mischievous one. It does not hesitate to take any road, or to pursue all despicable and repulsive means to fulfill its desires. It relies to a great extent, for its meddling and spying activities, on the clandestine organizations which it has established, such as the Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, Lions, and other spying associations. All those secret organizations, some which are overt, act for the interests of Zionism and under its directions, strive to demolish societies, to destroy values, to wreck answerableness, to totter virtues and to wipe out Islam.
It stands behind the diffusion of drugs and toxics of all kinds in order to facilitate its control and expansion. The Arab states surrounding Israel are required to open their borders to the Jihad fighters, the sons of the Arab and Islamic peoples, to enable them to play their role and to join their efforts to those of their brothers among the Muslim Brothers in Palestine.
The other Arab and Islamic states are required, at the very least, to facilitate the movement of the Jihad fighters from and to them. We cannot fail to remind every Muslim that when the Jews occupied Holy Jerusalem in 1967 and stood at the doorstep of the Blessed Aqsa Mosque, they shouted with joy: “Muhammad is dead, he left daughters behind.” Israel, by virtue of its being Jewish and of having a Jewish population, defies Islam and the Muslims. “Let the eyes of the cowards not fall asleep.”
www.palestinecenter.org/cpap/documents/charter.html
I want to know now if Mr. Rasoul gets into office whether or not he will cleverly undermine U.S. Support of the Nation of Israel by preventing future aid and military support? Or, will he seek to promote Palestinian convictions/agendas by helping their endeavors using “under the radar” bills as many other politicians do for their personal agendas? After reading portions of his policies and knowing how contrary his beliefs (known and unknown) are to those of us who use the Holy Scriptures to guide us, how can or will he act in our best interest? He can't. It wont happen!
As I said earlier, you cannot separate the man from their religion. Islam offers only one package and that is submission to Islam as a way of life and politics.
But, my allegiance is unto the God of Israel. My submission is to the Lord Yeshua the Messiah who came to earth, was crucified, died, was buried and who raised himself from the grave the third day. Rasoul rejects this. Not only will he not believe this doctrine in his heart, his religion teaches him to stand opposed to it! How then can he represent us and our faith if he stands contrary?
What does the Scripture teach about the denial of Jesus being the promised Messiah?
1 John 2:22 “ Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Messiah? This is the antimessiah, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.”
As for me, I believe i have done all that I can do to warn others. Ezekial 33 teaches,
“But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.”
I am blowing the shofar. Disagreement with this article does not make the facts go away. Rasoul's historical record and foreign policies are exposed in terms of circumstances. He shows he has a heart for his people and not the 600,000 plus people he referred to as constituents in his home district.
I started this research around January 08 and have been telling people in my area. I also tried to make this information known on a so-called “open forum” blog and was never heard and my arguments were censored and deleted. Why did I go into a Democratic blog? Because there are Democratics who claim Jesus is the Son of God. They need to know that they are supporting a man who the Scripture refers to as antichrist. I have no doubt that my efforts have been worth the work. Christian Democrats have already changed their mind and I have since been thanked by many of those who were willing to look at the research and connect the dots.
It was after I spoke to a Christian gentlemen who encouraged me to get a website up and running. He was right! I said to myself, "you big dummy, work smarter not harder." I was making copies of my article and handing them out. If I cannot be heard on so called free forum blogs, it made perfect sense to put the article on a website so that specific answers and research wont be censored and removed.
I was even accused of being Rasoul's competition. The website moderator suggested that I was several people and one at the same time. They wrote; “additionally, the syntax, word choice, sentence structure and subject matter may also suggest that the above individuals are one and the same.”
The fact of the matter is that their site is pulling for Rasoul and they wont have anyone there who has research suggesting Rasoul is not being up front with many people. They have shown that they are not open to anyone speaking about Rasoul, his religion and his Palestinian agenda.
I am not called to be your conscience. I ask you to weigh this in light of the only authority on this planet and that is the Scriptures for those of us who are evangelicals. The Bible alone is the word of God. The Bible tells us to test the spirits. Many men like myself try to be faithful "mini" shepherds to protect the flock of God.
As I end this research I want to point out an event that happened under the noses of evangelicals. I took the time earlier to show that Islam and Christianity cannot share an "interfaith" attitude concerning theology. In logic, it is impossible for a to be non a. Either the Messiah is the Son of God or He is not. There is no middle ground. There is no common ground. As most of us would all agree there is a One World ReIigion on the rise and more and more we shall see men who say they represent us, seek passionately to form an alliance with the enemies of the gospel in order to have a future common ground. They will dismiss foundational theology and make love and morals the center of attention.
May I say, the word of God is not morals. It is filled with propositions that must be believed and maintained in order to know what side of the fence you are on. The Messiah said you are either for him or against him. You cannot treat the Scriptures as a salad bar and take only what appeals to the heart or appetite.
Several years ago many men got together and signed a document called the ECT. It was an attempt to do exactly what I just mentioned above. Look past doctrines which make us unique and identifiable as Bible believeing Christians and instead, seek for a unity or common ground to make peace. If we compromise by modifying any Scriptures for the sake of unity, we have stepped on the faith in order to accomodate someones differences. The same thing took place regarding Islam. http://www.yale.edu/divinity/news/071118_news_nytimes.pdf
So-called evangelicals who say they represented you and I signed a document with Muslims, calling for all of us to look past specifics and embrace only the common generalities. I have posted a large portion of two articles. This should help drive the point home regarding Christianity and Islam and why they cannot have a common ground theologically. This should also show us how we are being led as lambs to the slaughter, betrayed by the wolves in sheeps clothing, by those we call our brothers. This is why I spent the time earlier on identifying a like minded believer.
The gospel is non-negotiable. When a so-called evangelical embraces another way of salvation then that person has declared the biblical gospel is not the only way of salvation. Yeshua said He was the way the truth and the life and that no man comes to the Father but through Him. The men who signed this document have betrayed Yeshua and his gospel and therefore, betrayed us, the body of believers, the bride of the Messiah.
Paul said; Galatians 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ to follow a different gospel, which is not really another one. To be sure, there are certain people who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel about Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned! What we have told you in the past I am now telling you again: If anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that person be condemned!
Ministry Finds Fault with Yale Christian-Muslim Declaration
"Barnabas Fund’s international director, Dr. Peter Sookhdeo, a former Muslim, says the inclusion of the Qur’anic commandment to speak to Christian and Jews (Q 3:64) in the opening passage of the “Final Declaration of the Yale Common Word Conference, July 2008” actually calls for the conversion of Christians and Jews to Islam .
The opening passage also includes the “ascribe no partner” phrase, which is a Muslim critique of the Christian doctrines of the Trinity and the deity of Jesus, according to the U.K.-based Barnabas Fund.
“It seems that the implications of this verse were not realized or discussed,” commented Barnabas Fund in a reflection on the declaration published Tuesday.
The declaration was made at the conclusion of an eight-day conference at Yale University that was in direct response to a letter signed by 138 Muslim leaders last fall that called for peace between Muslims and Christians for the sake of world peace. Over 140 conference participants unanimously approved on July 31 a cooperative statement that signaled a new beginning of collaboration between Christians and Muslims where stronger assertions of faith would not just be allowed but required.
Barnabas Fund raised several concerns with the final declaration. The document raises Islam, Muhammad and the Qur’an to the same level as Christianity through the language “our common Abrahamic heritage” and “Judeo-Christian-Islamic monotheistic heritage,” the ministry pointed out.
Drafters should clarify what this means because for orthodox Muslims, the ministry explained, saying Muhammad is not a prophet, that the Qur’an is not divinely inspired, or to invite a Muslim to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God are all considered blasphemy.
“We raise these issues because of our concern for the Biblical Christian faith and for the implications of the ‘Common Word’ process for Christian minorities in Muslim lands, Christian mission in Muslim lands, and converts from Islam to Christianity around the world,” Barnabas Fund concluded.
“Although we respect and love Muslims, Christians cannot accept Islam as an equal and valid revelation from God. The denial of the deity of Christ and His redemptive work as well as of the Trinity will always stand in the way of interfaith dialogue and co-operation,” the ministry argues. “Just as Muslims cannot accept the Christian denial of Muhammad’s prophethood and the Qur’an’s status as the word of God, so Christians must take a clear stand on the central doctrines of their faith.”
The ministry also said cooperation on social and economic issues should be based upon the groups’ common humanity, rather than a “supposed” common theology as proposed in the declaration.
Ethan Cole. Christian Post Reporter"
http://christianpost.com/article/20080813/ministry-finds-fault-with-yale-christian-muslim-declaration.htm
Influential Theologian Troubled by Christian-Muslim Dialogue
A prominent theologian expressed concerns this week about the recent Christian response to a historic Muslim letter in which signers appeared unclear about their Christian identity and different beliefs of God.
The letter, titled “Loving God and Neighbor Together: A Christian Response to a Common Word Between Us and You,” failed to clearly define the Christian understanding of God as the trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, pointed out R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, on his national radio program Tuesday.
Mohler explained that Muslims also believe in Jesus but only as a prophet, not as the son of God. Therefore, Christians must distinguish what kind of God they believe in when responding to the Muslim letter, which emphasized love for a common God.
“We don’t believe that Jesus Christ is our hero. We don’t believe that Jesus Christ is merely our prophet. He is Prophet and Priest and King,” Mohler said, according to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Towers news service. “He is the incarnate Son of God. He is the second person of the Trinity. He is the Lord over all. Any minimization of that is a huge problem.”
The high-profile Southern Baptist theologian was responding to a full-page letter endorsed by nearly 300 Christian leaders that appeared in a December issue of The New York Times. The letter was drafted by scholars at Yale Divinity School’s Center for Faith and Culture in response to an October letter signed by 138 Muslim scholars, clerics, and leaders that encouraged Muslims and Christians to work more closely for world peace.
At the heart of the Muslim letter was the “common ground” that believers of both faiths share – love for God and love for neighbors.
Signers of the Christian letter included Rick Warren, founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of The Purpose Driven Life; Bill Hybels, founder and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill.; Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals; and David Neff, editor-in-chief and vice-president of “Christianity Today” Media Group.
Mohler did not sign the letter.
The SBTS president was also disturbed by the Christians’ request for forgiveness of sins committed against Muslims, including the Crusades and excesses in the war on terror.
“I am sure that all kinds of sin went on with the Crusades on both sides,” he said. “But I am not going to apologize for the Crusades because I am very thankful that the Muslim effort to reach a conquest of Europe was unsuccessful.”
“Otherwise, we would be speaking Arabic on this program right now and we would be talking about the Muslim continent of Europe and potentially even of North America.”
The war on terror, he also noted, is the responsibility of the United States so he was “not sure” why Christians are apologizing for that as a sin against Muslims.
“I don’t think that is the right way to put it,” Mohler said. “I don’t think we associate the United States of America with the Christian church. For whom are we apologizing and for what are we apologizing?”
But others disagree with Mohler, including members of his own Southern Baptist denomination. Mike Edens, a professor of theology and Islamic studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, said while he agrees with Mohler’s arguments on a theological level, he disagrees with him in methodology. Edens has signed the Christian response to the Muslim letter.
“Many of us have chided Muslims for their unwillingness to address the culture fostered by their co-religionists which breed violence and death in our world in the name of Islam,” wrote the former missionary with over 25 years of work in the Muslim world, according to the Baptist Press.
“This is the first time I have seen a document from Muslim scholars seeming to respond, in the aftermath of a violent clash between East and West, with a request for a reasoned discussion between Muslims and Christians. Such documents need a response,” he contends.
Edens said Muslims misunderstand the Bible, Christ and Christianity and the best way to clarify the confusion is through close conversation.
“From my experience where Islam is dominant, our witness with individuals is hurt when Christian leaders refuse such offered conversations,” the former missionary said.
At the end of his program, Mohler recognized the good intention of the signers of the Christian letter but still held onto his concerns.
“Now, I want to be very clear: we should have nothing against a conversation. But I don’t think this is the way to get into the conversation,” Mohler clarified.
“My concern is that when Christians enter the conversation with Muslims we must enter the conversation as Christians,” he said. “I think when you address a letter to Muslims and refer to God in their terminology then there is a big problem…when Christians enter a conversation, we have to show up as Christians.”
Christians believe in the God who reveals Himself through the Trinity and the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the theologian said.
“This is the God who very clearly identifies Himself and says, 'I am this and I am not anything else.' If you disagree about the identity of Jesus Christ, then you disagree about the identity of God," he added.
“The most important issues about the dialogue with Muslims is that Christians are very clear about the Gospel,” Mohler said. “It is not enough just to say, ‘we renounce violence.’ It is important, but it is not enough.”
Michelle A. Vu
Christian Post Reporter
http://christianpost.com/article/20080112/influential-theologian-troubled-by-christian-muslim-dialogue.htm
Thank you for taking the time to read the research and may the word of God lead and guide you accordingly. May the Lord God be glorified in all that you say and do.
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