Why do you hate Islam when we love Jesus as well and are the only religion besides Christianity to love Jesus?
Let me give you an example. Do you love your mother?
Yes, of course.
Let's say, you were introducing your mother to me. And you say, "hey Glen - this is a good friend of mine. She does a lot of good things in her community. She's a very religious person and she's righteous. But, she's just a good friend of mine... she's not my mother." Would that be you showing love to your mother?
If you, introduce your mother to me, but you deny that she's your mother - is that showing love to your mother?
No... she's my mother, and she's done so many great things for me.
Exactly - it's the exact same thing with Yeshua. Yeshua, the Divine Son of God, humbled Himself and came in the flesh to die for your sin. But you, and other Muslims, explicitly deny His salvific work, deny Him being the Son of God, who loves you enough to sacrifice Himself for your sin. You say, "He's just a good prophet". You say, "He's the Messiah", but you deny Who He is and what He did.
So... you don't truly love Yeshua.
Why do you claim the religion of Islam is Satanic?
[1 John 2:18] Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
[1 John 2:22] Who is the liar but he who denies that Yeshua is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
[1 John 4:3] And every spirit that does not confess Yeshua is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
[2 John 1:7] For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Yeshua Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Yeah, but... we believe in Jesus and we love Him a lot...
No - you don't "believe in" Yeshua and we already covered whether you really love Him. Is he the Son of God?
No... we believe He was a prophet...
Then you deny Him - you do not believe in Him. For example, I believe Muhammad actually existed. I believe he was NOT a prophet of God... I believe he was an EVIL man. Would you say that I "believe in" Muhammad?
Not the way Muslims do...
Right... so, I don't "believe in" Muhammad even though I believe he existed. I don't believe in him as a prophet. I don't believe in him as a messenger of God. I don't believe in him as a righteous servant of God. I don't believe that. I can't say that I "believe in" Muhammad.
In the same manner that you deny Yeshua, you can't say that you believe in Yeshua.
But, we believe in Jesus. If we don't believe in Jesus - we're not Muslim.
Then you're not Muslim because you don't believe in Yeshua.
But... we do.
You don't. You deny Who is He is.
Can you say that you believe in Muhammad while rejecting his teachings and who he claims to be?
No... I accept Muhammad as the final prophet and I accept his teachings.
Exactly... so you can't say you believe in Yeshua while rejecting His teachings. You can't say that you believe in Yeshua while rejecting Who He claims to be.
What brought you to accept the conclusion that Jesus is Who He says He is?
The Resurrection. The resurrection proves that Yeshua is Who He said He was.
Even atheists will not deny that Yeshua was crucified by Pontius Pilate... it is historically accurate and they will not deny it.
Yeah, but... we believe in Jesus and we love Him a lot...
No - you don't "believe in" Yeshua and we already covered whether you really love Him. Is he the Son of God?
No... we believe He was a prophet...
Then you deny Him - you do not believe in Him. For example, I believe Muhammad actually existed. I believe he was NOT a prophet of God... I believe he was an EVIL man. Would you say that I "believe in" Muhammad?
Not the way Muslims do...
Right... so, I don't "believe in" Muhammad even though I believe he existed. I don't believe in him as a prophet. I don't believe in him as a messenger of God. I don't believe in him as a righteous servant of God. I don't believe that. I can't say that I "believe in" Muhammad.
In the same manner that you deny Yeshua, you can't say that you believe in Yeshua.
But, we believe in Jesus. If we don't believe in Jesus - we're not Muslim.
Then you're not Muslim because you don't believe in Yeshua.
But... we do.
You don't. You deny Who is He is.
Can you say that you believe in Muhammad while rejecting his teachings and who he claims to be?
No... I accept Muhammad as the final prophet and I accept his teachings.
Exactly... so you can't say you believe in Yeshua while rejecting His teachings. You can't say that you believe in Yeshua while rejecting Who He claims to be.
What brought you to accept the conclusion that Jesus is Who He says He is?
The Resurrection. The resurrection proves that Yeshua is Who He said He was.
Even atheists will not deny that Yeshua was crucified by Pontius Pilate... it is historically accurate and they will not deny it.
A man named Yeshua walked the earth and was crucified as the Bible claims. This is even supported in extra-Biblical literature of the time. Atheists accept this as an historical truth that cannot be denied.
After His resurrection was the explosion of the early Church which is also historically confirmed. The Disciples were proclaiming His resurrection and we're told that more than 500 other people saw Yeshua as risen. This accounts for the literal explosion of early Christianity which only continued to grow to this day.
Paul, an enemy of early Christians, says that He personally saw the risen Messiah and was miraculously transformed. He was changed from an early Christian persecutor and executioner to one of it's biggest testifiers. He saw the resurrected Yeshua and Yeshua changed him.
The same is true of Yeshua's sibling, James who was an unbeliever.
The Disciples and 500+ other witnessed the resurrected Messiah.
The tomb was empty and Yeshua's enemies tried to hide this fact.
The Disciples all went to their death for this belief. Their transformation from fear (prior to the crucifixion) to be willing to die (post resurrection) is very telling. A man may die for what he believes to be true, but no man will die for what he knows to be a lie.
This is only some of the evidence that leads me to believe that Yeshua was resurrected from the dead and proves to me that He was the Son of God.
If the Father is all-loving why would He let His own Son die and suffer on the Cross when He could just forgive my sins?
Because God is Holy and Just. Sin demands justice and righteousness from a Holy God. If He is Just, He can't just write sin off and ignore it. There's no justice in that.
A Holy and Just God declared the penalty long ago:
[Deu 21:22] And if a man has committed a sin, the judgment of which is death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
The manner of death was part of what the death accomplished. His death satisfied the letter of the law and was purifying.
[Gal 3:13] Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE”—
Rather than holding us accountable for our sin, God satisfied His Law's requirement Himself. Justice was served, on our behalf, by Yeshua... God Himself. The blood was necessary.
[Heb 9:22] And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
After His resurrection was the explosion of the early Church which is also historically confirmed. The Disciples were proclaiming His resurrection and we're told that more than 500 other people saw Yeshua as risen. This accounts for the literal explosion of early Christianity which only continued to grow to this day.
Paul, an enemy of early Christians, says that He personally saw the risen Messiah and was miraculously transformed. He was changed from an early Christian persecutor and executioner to one of it's biggest testifiers. He saw the resurrected Yeshua and Yeshua changed him.
The same is true of Yeshua's sibling, James who was an unbeliever.
The Disciples and 500+ other witnessed the resurrected Messiah.
The tomb was empty and Yeshua's enemies tried to hide this fact.
The Disciples all went to their death for this belief. Their transformation from fear (prior to the crucifixion) to be willing to die (post resurrection) is very telling. A man may die for what he believes to be true, but no man will die for what he knows to be a lie.
This is only some of the evidence that leads me to believe that Yeshua was resurrected from the dead and proves to me that He was the Son of God.
If the Father is all-loving why would He let His own Son die and suffer on the Cross when He could just forgive my sins?
Because God is Holy and Just. Sin demands justice and righteousness from a Holy God. If He is Just, He can't just write sin off and ignore it. There's no justice in that.
A Holy and Just God declared the penalty long ago:
[Deu 21:22] And if a man has committed a sin, the judgment of which is death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
The manner of death was part of what the death accomplished. His death satisfied the letter of the law and was purifying.
[Gal 3:13] Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE”—
Rather than holding us accountable for our sin, God satisfied His Law's requirement Himself. Justice was served, on our behalf, by Yeshua... God Himself. The blood was necessary.
[Heb 9:22] And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Why does an innocent person have to die for someone else's sin?
Well, He didn't have to... He chose to.
Because Yahweh loves us, and Yeshua loves us, the Son volunteered to satisfy our debt for us. He bore the wrath for the punishment that we deserve. Justice and love were served in one action.
[Joh 15:13 LSB] Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
[Joh 3:16-17 LSB] For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
