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The Way Of The Master

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REVELATION MAKES YAHWEH KNOWN 4

Revelation makes God known

Jesus said, “They know with certainty that I have come from you” (Jn.17:8) 

Through the church the manifold wisdom of God should be made known (Eph.3:10)

“The One (God) whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you” (Acts 17:23c)

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Revelation makes God known

I.Can someone call himself the messenger of a non-revealing god?

   God revealed Himself to Moses and talked to him (Ex.25:9);
         The Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend (Ex.33:11; Num.12:8)

    God did not reveal Himself to Muhammad and did not talked to him personally

    Who, Moses or Muhammad, knows God personally and is able to speak about the glory of God?

           Having God, listening and talking to Him, and knowing Him personally affect all dimensions of our life and provides us with reasons to talk about Him

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Revelation makes God known

Can someone proclaim God without knowing Him?

Can someone know God without the revelation of God?

       Knowing God is not only to know facts about God but to    know Him personally as one person can know another in trust and in love 

Those who do not believe in God’s revelation cannot speak about God.

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Revelation makes God known

God is the source of truth. Only through the revelation of God are we able to know God and have the truth (Jn.1:14).

What human authority can establish the truth on earth if God, who is expected to be the supreme authority in theology, is not revealed?

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God in the Qur’an is not revealed to Muhammad 

God in the Bible reveals Himself to many people

Who can then claim knowing and having the truth?

      The followers of the Bible or the Qur’an?

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If God comes, everybody, therefore, can say:

1.God is everywhere, and near me,

2.I ,therefore, can call God into my heart,

3.If God is with me, Satan, therefore, cannot have a place in me; because, God and Satan cannot live in one place together. 

4.If Satan is not in me, it means that my relationship with      Satan and Hell has ended.

 This means; I am saved

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Mankind is not able to go to God, but God is able to come to mankind

1.Man is in chain,

2.Every other religion in the world asks personal man (though in chain) to go to impersonal god, but in the Bible personal God comes to personal man in order to unchain him.

3.In other religions, gods wait for the lost man to find them, but in the Bible God searches for lost

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Revelation makes God Accessible

God wants to dwell personally with his creatures. He wants to live not only among us but even within us at the very center of our existence

*The presence of God in the tabernacle and temple in the Old Testament

*In the New Testament Immanuel, 'God-with-us‘ and “us” as God’s Temples, both indicating to a more personal and intimate relationship

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Revelation of God: a key to personal witnessing

The fact that God of the Bible reveals Himself personally to people as holy, just, loving and savior is to give purpose and meaning to life.

God has created the man for a purpose

To give purpose to life, God’s constant presence and supervision are necessary

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Revelation of God: a key to personal witnessing

God’s aim in creation is to put Himself on display

*The heaven declares the glory of God (Ps.19:1)

*The Bible is the written word of God, but Jesus is the personal word of YAHWEH 

It is essential to have confidence in this, that God reveals Himself through the Bible, through Christ, and through His Spirit.

REVELATION OF YAHWEH - MAKES PERFECT SENSE

Revelation of God makes perfect sense

YAHWEH is the Creator, the author of life,

1.He gave Adam and Eve life through His personal touch.

2.Could God create, touch and talk without revealing Himself?

The God of the Bible is the personal, relational and active God. He is the God with image:

1.The glory of God will be revealed, and all mankind will see it (Isa.40:5) 

2.I will go before you and will level the mountains (Isa.45:2

YAHWEH - CREATOR AND SAVIOR OF BELIEVERS

Revelation is crucial

You have God but others do not

You know God and the Truth but others do not

You are saved but others are not

You are reconciled and submitted to God but others are not

You are established in justice but others are not

You have an heavenly identity but others do not

You are able to love because you are reconciled to God but others are not

You are peace-maker but others are not

ALLAH IS UNREVEALING

Allah Is Unrevealing

Bukhari :: Volume 6 :: Book 60 :: Hadith 378

Narrated Masruq: I said to 'Aisha, "O Mother! Did Prophet Muhammad see his Lord?" Aisha said, "What you have said makes my hair stand on end ! Know that if somebody tells you one of the following three things, he is a liar: 

Whoever tells you that Muhammad saw his Lord, is a liar." Then Aisha recited the Verse: 'No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision. He is the Most Courteous Well-Acquainted with all things.' (6.103) 'It is not fitting for a human being that Allah should speak to him except by inspiration or from behind a veil.' 

(42.51) 'Aisha further said, "And whoever tells you that the Prophet knows what is going to happen tomorrow, is a liar." She then recited: 'No soul can know what it will earn tomorrow.' 

(31.34) She added: "And whoever tell you that he concealed (some of Allah's orders), is a liar." Then she recited: 'O Apostle! Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent down to you from your Lord..' (5.67) 'Aisha added. "But the Prophet saw Gabriel in his true form twice."

YAHWEH REVEALS HIMSELF

Yahweh reveals Himself, because He is personal, but all other gods are impersonal.

However, an impersonal god cannot create, save, be heard, and accordingly cannot have any messenger or scripture. 


In reality an impersonal god does not exist.

Yahweh is known and knowable, but all other gods are unknowable.

Yahweh is love, just and holy, and away from sin. 


But all other gods are the creators of sin and have partnership with sin.

Yahweh saves in this world, but all other gods do not reveal and therefore are not available to save.

REVELATION 14:6

No Other Nations Have the Witness Christians Have. That’s Why the Gospel Must Be Preached to Every Nation, Tribe, Language and People (Rev.14:6)

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Reason for hope in Christ

Christianity can answer questions of life more completely than other beliefs: it offers certainty to people’s hearts.

The Christian worldview accounts much better for human experience than any other religious world views.

A Christian can show his or her beliefs are true, reasonable, rational, and worth of living and dying for.

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Reason for hope in Christ

Christians are given fullness in Christ (Col.2:10); out of this fullness Christians can find answers to the questions of life for themselves and for others (1Pet.3:15).

All other beliefs and philosophies rely on relativistic thinking, or they depend upon claims which cannot be rationally demonstrated to be true.

The Bible is the words of a reasonable God (Isa.1:18), and its messages can be tested and proved true (1Tes.5:21).

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A sure and certain hope

Faith in Christ is reasonable and the Christian faith is defensible:

Yes, it is possible to be a follower of Christ and a rational, clear thinker,

Intellectual integrity and faith in Christ go very well together,

As well as spiritual experiences, Christians also have a rational basis for trust in revelation, and in the death and resurrection of Christ.

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The significance of these questions


These questions start discussions from the root so that people might be able to discover the Reliable Standard for life


Every individual needs an absolute standard that leads to freedom and peace and prevents breaching the law and rights of others.


If people discover that the nature of god in their scriptures is against freedom and peace, they will be challenged and moved to search for the truth.

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Thought provoking questions can lead to Truth

Questions about sin and humanity

Was the lasting righteousness inspired in you?

Who is able to implant holiness and righteousness in man’s heart?

Does your power supersede the power of Satan?

Are you able to abolish the work of the lawless Satan in your life?

Do you need a higher power to overcome Satan?

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Thought provoking questions can lead to Truth

Questions about sin and humanity

Can you see lawlessness, sin, immorality, unrighteousness as 
a problem in everybody’s life on earth?

Have you ever broken the law or the heart of someone or sinned?

Have you ever cooperated with Satan?

Does your life please God?

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Thought provoking questions can lead to Truth

Questions about God, Satan and Creation 

Is God absolutely holy, just, moral and loving? 

Is God the source of the absolute peace? 

What is the origin of sin? Where has Satan come from? 

Can a just God create sin? 

Can a genuine God have partnership with sin? 

Where did death and suffering come from? 

Did the Holy and Perfect God create a suffering imperfect world? 

Should God reveal His full and absolute justice and release man from Satan? 

Why wouldn’t God be interested in abolishing the work of Satan on earth?

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Thought provoking questions can lead to Truth

Questions about the nature and attributes of God

Is God personal or impersonal?

God is personal in the Bible

God is impersonal in all other religions

Can an impersonal god reveal himself?

If not, how then we are able to know that he exists, talks and guides?

How can someone say that he is a messenger of an impersonal god?

If god is impersonal, then how can an impersonal god create?

Does the personal God reveal Himself?

Should the personal God reveal Himself?

Why?

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The way you guide the conversation

Encourage people to believe that they are capable to discover the Truth:

How is the truth best understood?

Do you think the truth is best understood in the context of the world?

Do you think everybody follows the truth?

Do you think that everybody must follow the truth?

Do you believe that people need to understand each other’s beliefs?

Do you believe that people have capacity to understand the truth?

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The way you guide the conversation

Challenge the consciences

Can someone teach freedom or be the messenger of freedom while s/he is not free her/himself?

Can someone be a peace-maker without submission to the absolute peace?

Can someone be a good example to others both morally and ethically while s/he does not know the values of life in the context of the world and does not follow the best of all?

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The way you guide the conversation

Like the Bible, always challenge consciences

If the root is holy, so are the branches (Rom.11:16)

Can imperfect lead to perfection? (1Cor.13:10) Who can bring what is pure from impure? No one (Job.14:4

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Why do we need to invite people into a process of discovery?

People need to understand the effectiveness of the message of Christ Personally (Heb.4:12)

People need to understand the superiority of Christ in comparison with other gods or ultimate realities (Rev.17:14; 19:16) and the effectiveness of His message in comparison with other beliefs (Acts 4:12)

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Why do we need to invite people into a process of discovery?

People need to have reason for life (1Pt.3:15)
“Reasoning” is a great tool for understanding and discovering the truth

Reasoning rejects passivity, fanaticism or violence, and establishes reconciliation amongst nations, and between nations and God.

Violence in the families, in the countries and in the world is not removed unless people are open to reasoning.

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Why do we need to invite people into a process of discovery?

People have capacity to understand the truth and make decision

Because, “the requirement of the law of God is written in the hearts of people and their consciences bear witness to it” (Rom.2:14-16)

Therefore if “we set the truth plainly and commend ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God” (2Cor.4:2),

The law (values) of God is in charge to lead people to Christ (Gal.3:24)

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Why do we need to invite people 
into a process of discovery?

God is the God of reason. He gives understanding in all things (2Tim.2:7)

Come and reason together (Isa.1:18)

God presents reasons for building relationship with people

We also need to help people to be available for God for a reason and be able to express that reason to others

Those who understand God’s mind and heart better will love God with all their hearts and minds (Matt.22:37) and are used better 

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Life-changing conversations take place when:


-You understand people’s worldview

-You invite people into a process of discovery

-You know which key questions to ask

-You can anticipate the responses and are ready for the answers

-You can give good and clear reason for your faith

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Symbol of PEACE ?

The right question, 

at the right time, 

can completely change 

the direction of someone’s life

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Testimony of Paul 2
Gal 1:6  I am surprised at you! In no time at all you are deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ, and are accepting another gospel.


Gal 1:7  Actually, there is no "other gospel," but I say this because there are some people who are upsetting you and trying to change the gospel of Christ.


Gal 1:8  But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel that is different from the one we preached to you, may he be condemned to hell!


Gal 1:9  We have said it before, and now I say it again: if anyone preaches to you a gospel that is different from the one you accepted, may he be condemned to hell!


Gal 1:10  Does this sound as if I am trying to win human approval? No indeed! What I want is God's approval! Am I trying to be popular with people? If I were still trying to do so, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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Testimony of Paul 1

Gal 1:1  From Paul, whose call to be an apostle did not come from human beings or by human means, but from Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from death.


Gal 1:2  All the believers who are here join me in sending greetings to the churches of Galatia:


Gal 1:3  May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.


Gal 1:4  In order to set us free from this present evil age, Christ gave himself for our sins, in obedience to the will of our God and Father.


Gal 1:5  To God be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

Muhammad and Jesus Christ - Messengers

True Muslim Believes...

I bear witness that no God but Allah 

and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah 

and I bear witness that Jesus is the servant of Allah and His Messenger

True Christian Believes....

Act 4:12  Only Jesus has the power to save! His name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone. 

Heb 1:1  In the past God spoke to our ancestors many times and in many ways through the prophets, 

Heb 1:2  but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one through whom God created the universe, the one whom God has chosen to possess all things at the end. 

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What's more, I discovered that what I had sought through the Buddhist path—wisdom, compassion, and lovingkindness—were found in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The supreme act of compassion was His sacrifice on the cross—that while we were still sinners, He died for us.

No human alive could ever demonstrate this kind of unselfish, unconditional love. 


No human can match God's divine mercy and lovingkindness, no matter how long we meditate or what books we've read. 


Yet we must try, for when we receive Christ, we become a new creation and begin the process of becoming Christ-like. 


The apostle John wrote. “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked” (1 John 2:6, NKJV).

If this kind of personal transformation is not enlightenment, I do not know what is. 


To me, having a personal relationship with God and the assurance of salvation brings true peace. And it's ours if we but ask for it!

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So I strayed from the Buddhist path, the emptiness within me greater than before. I began to examine the claims of Jesus of Nazareth in a new light, laying aside the biases and prejudices that had caused me to dismiss Him as merely a “great human teacher.” The more I searched, the more I came to believe that there was a sovereign God who loved me and that Jesus was who He claimed to be—the Son of Man, fully human and fully God. I accepted Christ into my heart.

In doing so, I now feel that I've found true enlightenment—through a personal relationship with my Creator.

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Buddhists believe karma keeps one trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth (samsara), and the only way out is through enlightenment. To become enlightened, one has to eliminate desire. Buddha taught that desire is the root of suffering; that it causes attachment, which leads to suffering, and in turn causes other beings to suffer. This produces negative karma. If one eliminates desire and stops causing suffering, one can become enlightened, as he had.

But eventually I began to question. Who or what had set this law of karma in motion? Who judged these beings' actions and sentenced them to another life of pain? Why were beings punished for actions they would be unable to remember? Was desire always a bad thing? Wasn't the desire for enlightenment still desire? If so, how could one ever attain enlightenment?

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True, some Buddhists purport to believe in a god, or in a realm of higher beings called devas. Others pray to statues of Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama). But as a whole, Buddhism is not a theistic religion. It has a law—the law of karma—but no lawgiver.

According to the Buddhist worldview, all beings accumulate karma based on their actions, and karma dictates their life circumstances. When a person dies, the karma accumulated in that lifetime (and all previous lives) determines his or her lot in the next life.

To many Buddhists, this means that a person born into a wealthy family has good karma, while someone who lives in a poor, disease-infested village would have accumulated negative karma.

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I came to the Buddhist path as a seeker. I was skeptical about religious claims, but felt a deep void in my 
life. I yearned for meaning and truth in a unpredictable and often hostile world. In Buddhism, I thought I had found what I was searching for.

Buddhists has never started a war. There was never a Buddhist Inquisition. They emphasized wisdom, compassion, lovingkindness, and personal transformation. And they certainly never threatened me with eternity in a lake of fire.

But it was not meant to be. That deep void in my life? It was what has often been described as a “God-shaped vacuum”—the emptiness that only God can fill. We are His creation, made in His image. He intends for us to have a relationship with Him and, when we are without Him, we feel empty and alone. No matter how long I meditated or what teachings I read, I could not fill this emptiness in my life. For in Buddhism, there is no sovereign, loving Creator.

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Thus with Muhammad and Jesus, we have two significant leaders whose words, although very different, are still impacting our world today. 


Muhammad claimed he was a prophet for Allah, and his followers say that his message supersedes that of all other prophets.

Jesus, on the other hand claimed to be more than a prophet. He said he existed before the universe was created, and that he is one with God the Father. His followers believed his words because they saw him alive after his death.

Other than the Qur’an, Muhammad left us no proof that his message was from God. His followers claim that the Qur’an is a miracle needing no proof or evidence. 


However, Jesus reportedly backed up his words and claims with a feat that would have been impossible unless God had done it. 


To his followers, it was his bodily resurrection from the dead that convinced them his words are true. 


They went everywhere proclaiming Jesus' claims to be true, even at the cost of their own lives.

If Jesus did rise from the dead, then he is the only man able to tell us what is on the other side. 


Did he tell us that we face an uncertain future after we die? Or did Jesus promise that we can be forgiven and accepted into the loving arms of God? 


Discover what Jesus said in “Why Jesus?”

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Comparing Muhammad and Jesus

Muhammad was a charismatic leader who successfully replaced much of the rampant idolatry of his time with the worship of Allah. Although he taught that Jesus was a true prophet, Muhammad didn’t accept him as the Son of God or the savior of men. He rejected Jesus’ message of love, forgiveness, and grace, in favor of obedience to the rules of Islam.

Muhammad’s essential message was one of submission and servitude to Allah. He taught that those who believe in the Qur’an and do righteous deeds will be rewarded after death, but those who disbelieve (infidels) and fail to obey Islam’s Five Pillars will suffer severe punishment. Therefore, our eternal status is based upon our deeds rather than God’s forgiveness and grace.

Jesus Christ brought a completely different message. He said those who believe in him are sons of God rather than slaves. And our hope for eternal life is based upon his sacrificial death alone, rather than our own deeds. Jesus said that those who truly put their faith in him are completely forgiven of all their sins, and have peace with God and purpose for living. And they will discover new power to live for him.

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Different Message

Jesus taught love and grace; Muhammad taught submission and rules. Muhammad taught that we must attain salvation by adhering to Islam’s Five Pillars of the Faith. In other words, our salvation depends on our own efforts. Even then, one has no assurance of forgiveness, and must depend upon the mercy of Allah for forgiveness. Some Muslims believe that the Qur'an teaches that becoming a martyr for Allah will gain them favor and they will be rewarded by a heavenly harem.

Jesus said God created us for a relationship with Himself. His plan is to adopt us into His heavenly family as His beloved children. However, we rebelled against Him and broke His moral laws. The Bible calls this sin. Such disobedience against a holy God requires judgment. Our good deeds, money, or prayers cannot take away our sins.

The Bible tells us God is a pursuing God who devised a plan to free us from our sin debt. God's solution was to pay the price Himself. In order to accomplish that, Jesus became a man who would die in our place

(Philippians 2:5). Jesus said: “God so loved the world that He sent Jesus to die for us” John 3:16). Jesus taught that salvation is a free gift which must be embraced by faith in him alone, not our deeds. It is our choice to accept or reject God's free pardon.

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Different Character

As a mortal man, Muhammad sinned like us. Jesus was said to be “without sin” (John 8:46). Even his enemies were unable to accuse him of breaking any of God’s Commandments. But Muhammad admitted he had erred, and asked Allah for forgiveness three times (Sura al-Ghafir 40:55; 47:19 al-Fath 48:2).

Different Authority

Muhammad never performed a miracle (Qur’an 29:50), but Jesus exhibited complete authority over nature by performing numerous miracles (Mark 3:9,10).

Different Credentials

Jesus fulfilled ancient Hebrew prophecies; Muhammad did not. Muhammad offered no credentials but his revelation. Yet, nearly 300 Old Testament prophecies with 61 specific details were fulfilled by Jesus Christ. Only God could have brought all those details to pass. Thus, Jesus is a perfect match for each of them. Jesus’ divine credentials were established by his fulfillment of God’s prophetic Word.

Different Power

Jesus’ resurrection demonstrated divine power; Muhammad died and his bones are reportedly within his grave at Medina. Jesus, on the other hand, came back to life three days after he was crucified and confirmed dead by Roman executioners. Both Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection are historical facts for which there is compelling evidence.

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Muhammad and Jesus

Differences between Muhammad and Jesus

Although some similarities exist between Muhammad and Jesus, their differences are far greater. Let’s look at a few of the most important.

Different Claims

Muhammad said he was just a man; Jesus claimed to be God. In fact, Muhammad never claimed to be more than a man, a prophet of Allah. His following prayer reflects that:
"O Allah! I am but a man.” (Ahmed, Musnad, Vol. 6, pg. 103)

Although Jesus was fully a man who felt pain, became hungry, tired, and was tempted like us, Jesus also claimed to be fully God, equal with his heavenly Father. He said that prior to becoming a man, he and the father had always existed as one God, and had jointly created the universe.

Several popular conspiracy theories, like The Da Vinci Code, have asserted that the church invented Jesus’ divinity, but historical evidence indicates the earliest Christians believed that Jesus is both Lord and God.

Christianity would not be the same if Jesus’ disciples hadn’t truly believed he was God. (The term, “Son of God” does not mean a biological offspring, or that Jesus is inferior to his Father, it only reflects their relationship with one another within the godhead). All the evidence points to the fact that the disciples totally embraced his deity.

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Similarities between Jesus and Muhammad

Written legacy

Neither Jesus nor Muhammad wrote a book. However, their respective followers recorded their words that we have today; the New Testament detailing the eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ life and words, and the Qur’an, which records Muhammad’s account of his revelation. Whereas Muslims regard the Qur’an as a “Miracle” that must be taken by faith without the necessity of evidentiary support, Christians point to numerous evidences of ancient documents substantiating the reliability of the New Testament.

Worldwide influence

Muhammad’s most enduring influence has been his ability to unite disparate groups of Arab peoples under the banner of Islam, primarily by military conquest. This influence spread further by conquests of several surrounding countries.

Between the 8th century to the 13th century, Islam was instrumental in several developments in the arts and sciences. This period of cultural advancement is called“The Golden Age of Islam” During this Golden Age Muslim scholars made contributions to literature, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and chemistry. Muhammad’s influence rings loud today through his 1.8 billion followers around the world.

Jesus Christ influenced Western Civilization peacefully. He told us that God loves each of us individually and created us for Himself. He taught us to love and forgive each other. Secular world historian Will Durant credits Jesus’ teachings with “the beginning of democracy.” Jesus’ teaching of the high value of the individual resulted in the establishment of schools such as Yale and Harvard, the abolition of slavery, the elevated dignity of women, and countless hospitals charities and humanitarian works.