tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31664716.post3235457427515697595..comments2024-02-04T21:16:17.306-08:00Comments on Surph's Side: John Piper Promotes and Muslim Missionary Greg Livingstone and Anti-Christian ZionismDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770822482205703050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31664716.post-1619828807130937732016-08-06T12:03:27.060-07:002016-08-06T12:03:27.060-07:00Btw, there can be no bridging between Islam and Ch...Btw, there can be no bridging between Islam and Christianity, Christ and Belial.<br /><br />2Co 6:14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? <br />2Co 6:15 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? <br />2Co 6:16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? <br /><br /><br />You might as well try to bridge Heaven and Hell, life and death, Satan and Christ. There is no gap b/c there is no commonality. The foundation and defining doctrines & spirituality are as opposite as oil and water, Satan and Christ. Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770822482205703050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31664716.post-20077872025143968082016-08-06T11:16:47.015-07:002016-08-06T11:16:47.015-07:00Dmichaelolive,
The quran denies everything that S...Dmichaelolive,<br /><br />The quran denies everything that Scripture states about Jesus Christ. It denies He is God, Creator, sinless, the second person in the Trinity, as well as denying that He took on flesh as a Jew (His name was Yeshua--He was NOT Muslim and His name was never "Isa"). Moreover they deny His name: Jesus Christ and that He is the only way, truth,&life, denying that His substitutionary death on the cross was the sole propitiation for the sins of those who would trust solely in Him for salvation. Isa is a different, Muslim name of a non-historical man that not only never existed, but was NOT God, was NOT Jewish, was NOT creator. <br /><br />1Jo 2:23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.<br /><br />Secondly Allah is not the God of Scripture. The biblical God is triune and His memorial, eternal name, "Yahweh" is not found in the quran. The character of Allah is not Yahweh either. For example, Allah is NOT triune nor is he immutable. Allah had to add mercy to himself and his light needed to be "perfect". Allah is called "the greatest of deceivers". Yahweh, however, is the Holy One of Israel, is without change, perfect in all attributes, and triune. Yahweh is also without deceit, cannot lie, and there is no darkness in Him.*<br /><br />Moreover, Islam denies salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in the biblical Christ Jesus alone, apart from any and all works.<br /><br />You have already lost the battle when you gave the demonic quran credibility. ONLY Scripture is absolutely true, inspired, and without error. The quran is none of these things, so your starting point is contrary to Scripture. There is NO common ground with Muslims--they are as lost as Hindus, Buddhists, or Mormons. Their concempts of God are entirely contrary to the God of Scripture. <br /><br />Sadly, you underestimate the power of the Living Word.<br /><br />Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. <br />Rom 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." <br /><br />*Here are the references:<br /><br />Quran says Allah had to add mercy and light to himself (he was incomplete, not perfect): S. 6:12,18,54;9:32. Allah is the BEST of schemers and most crafty as a DECEIVER: S. 3:54, 8:30.<br />Jehovah of Scripture: God of Truth, He won’t do wicked, impossible for Him to lie, is perfect and is light: Job 34:12; Ps. 18:28; Is. 65:16; Heb. 6:18; Matt. 5:48; James 1:17; Hebrews 6:17-18; Rev. 22:5. Jehovah does not change- Mal. 3:6; Hebrews 6:17-18; There are no shadows in Jehovah: James 1:17. He is Triune: John 14; Gen.1:26; 2 Thes. 2:13-14.<br />Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770822482205703050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31664716.post-18901874113811365222016-07-31T17:31:00.457-07:002016-07-31T17:31:00.457-07:00It's quite clear to me that none of you have e...It's quite clear to me that none of you have ever lived and worked as missionaries in Muslim countries. Muslims do have a sense of God, they just don't know who it is. Approaches where you don't attempt to understand the Muslim mind but simply throw your Bible at them comes across as Western (American ) arrogance. Anyone, like myself who spent years in a Muslim country as a tent making missionary will tell you we need to understand their views about God in order to bridge the gaps and present Christ as he truly is. The Quran describes Jesus miracles and calls him the second greatest prophet. Once you understand that, you have a basis from which to present him as more than a prophet. I worked with Greg as a team leader with Frontiers and I guarantee his passion to see Muslims come to Christ is fervent and real. The approaches I've discerned here in this blog are uniformed and simply don't work. My question to the author and commenters is show me your Muslim Jesus movement.dmichaelolivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517148651327289020noreply@blogger.com