{"id":7055,"date":"2024-11-19T11:23:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=7055"},"modified":"2024-11-21T07:34:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:34:35","slug":"moderate-muslim-and-lukewarm-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=7055","title":{"rendered":"MODERATE MUSLIM &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; AND &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; LUKEWARM CHRISTIAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If allah was a real god, what would he have to say about modern, moderate muslims ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Mohammed was a real prophet of islam, a real prophet of a real god, what would he have to say about modern, moderate muslims ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering the clear teachings of islam in the quran, the true followers of islam are not moderate&#8212;they are radical.<br>So, the &#8216;message&#8217; from allah, from Mohammed, to modern, moderate muslims would be the same message that Jesus gave (and gives today) to anyone who claims Christianity but is not &#8220;hot&#8221;&#8212;passionate about obeying Jesus&#8217; teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I will spew you out of my mouth (vomit).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So much for lukewarm Christians&#8212;living comfortably in America, not making waves or enemies (dictionary synonym for lukewarm:  moderate)&#8212;making Jesus sick to His stomach&#8212;compatible with the culture, until . . .<br>Until the lines are drawn to be &#8220;cold or hot&#8221;&#8212;deny you follow Jesus to save your skin&#8212;or&#8212;boldly say you follow Jesus to save your soul, with persecution and death, even at the hands of muslims that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were<\/span> peaceful, moderate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So much for peaceful, moderate muslims&#8212;peaceful for now, compatible with living comfortably in America, &#8220;not hurting anyone&#8221;, until . . .<br>Until real muslims, radicals, that actually follow the quran, immediately require all muslims (including peaceful, moderate muslims in America) to follow their religion that says &#8220;kill the infidels&#8221;&#8212;use deadly force to get rid of non-muslims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authentic, obedient, passionate Christian&#8212;radical.<br>Authentic, obedient, passionate muslim&#8212;radical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s get some historical, spiritual facts straight.<br>+ God is God, and none other.<br>+ God is not created&#8212;He always was, He always will be.<br>+ God created everything.<br>+ God wrote down everything we need to know about Him in the Bible.<br>+ God created the angels, including lucifer, and gave them free will.<br>+ lucifer rebelled against God, and led a revolt in heaven.<br>+ A third of the angels followed lucifer.<br>+ God is HOLY, and He could not tolerate this, and it made Him angry.<br>+ God kicked them out of heaven, and He created the fire of hell for them.<br>+ lucifer (satan, the devil, beelzebub, angel of light, the dragon) and his angels became demons.<br>+ God canceled free will for His angels (they can&#8217;t revolt) and free will for the demons (they can&#8217;t repent).<br>+ God created people, very much like Himself, and gave them free will.<br>+ God&#8217;s created people disobeyed God&#8217;s very clear command.<br>+ God is HOLY, and He could not tolerate this, and it made Him angry.<br>+ God kicked them out of Paradise, the perfect garden He made for them on earth.<br>+ People suffer, and die, and disobey, and rebel against God, and deserve hell just like the demons.<br>+ BUT GOD gave a promise to people, so they don&#8217;t have to end up with the demons in hell.<br>+ God is God, and He made good on His promise to people.<br>+ He arranged for His Son, Jesus, to become one of His people and pay the full suffering of hell, in our place.<br>+ AND, God gave people a choice that He did not give the demons.<br>+ All people, we can accept His offer, believe that Jesus paid for the hell we deserve, and have life with Him in heaven FOREVER&#8212;paradise restored, and then some.<br>+ That is God&#8217;s Story, HIS-Story, the Bible Story&#8212;the First Word, the Last Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>X Now, about islam.<br>X The devil hasn&#8217;t given up, for six thousand years of history.<br>X The devil knows his end&#8212;the lake of fire, forever.<br>X The devil loses every time he fights God&#8212;the garden of eden, Job, Pharoah, Jesus.<br>X The devil tried again six hundred years after he lost the big, repeated showdowns with Jesus.<br>X The devil, disguised (his specialty) as the angel Michael, gave Muhammed a &#8216;vision&#8217; and words to write down&#8212;the quaran.<br>X The devil tricked people, lots of people, to follow his new religion.<br>X The devil knew islam would not start, survive, and grow on its own merits, so he infused violence in the teaching, in the practice, and in the minds of the followers, muslims&#8212;from the beginning in 610 A.D. until now&#8212;with no change, no reformation.<br>X The devil made a priority to enlist a major people group to follow islam&#8212;the descendants of Ishmael, the arch-rival of Isaac and his descendant that God promised would bless all nations, Jesus.<br>X The devil is behind the three thousand year conflict, hatred between Arabs and Jews, muslims and Jews, muslims and Christians (the Bible is one story of the Jews and Christians).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Choose you this day whom you will serve.<br>As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If allah was a real god, what would he have to say about modern, moderate muslims ? If Mohammed was a real prophet of islam, a real prophet of a real god, what would he have to say about modern, moderate muslims ? 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