Islam -
Part 3
Chapter 4
#21 - The Quran contradicts the Bible by saying that Jesus Was Not Crucified. (continued)
12. Romans 1:15-17 says, "So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the ____________ to you that are at Rome also. For I am ______ ______________ of the ____________ of ____________: for it is the power of God unto __________________ to every one that __________________; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”
Note: Remember what Muhammad wrote in the Quran in Surah 4:157? “That they said (in boast), ‘We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah’ — but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and THOSE WHO DIFFER THEREIN ARE FULL OF DOUBTS, WITH NO (CERTAIN) KNOWLEDGE, BUT ONLY CONJECTURE to follow, for of a surety they killed him not.” Muhammad said that those people who believe that Jesus died and rose again are full of doubts with no certain knowledge of those events, but just conjecture. The word conjecture means, “supposition: inference from defective evidence; a conclusion deduced by guesswork” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary). So Muhammad says that there is no clear witness that Jesus died and rose again. That is a clear contradiction to what the Bible says.
13. 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 says, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the ____________ which I preached unto you, which also ye have ________________, and wherein ye __________; By which also ye are __________, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that ____________ ________ for our ________ according to the scriptures; And that he was ____________, and that he ________ again the __________ day according to the scriptures: And that he was ________ of ____________, then of the ____________: After that, he was ________ of above ________ ______________ brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was ________ of __________; then of ______ the ________________. And last of all he was ________ of ____ also, as of one born out of due time.”
That sounds like a pretty impressive list of people that saw
the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ. If they are all to be considered as
of doubtful character, then all of the New Testament must be cast aside,
because these men were the ones that God used to record the New Testament.
Note: How could Muhammad have written that the Quran was “...confirming what went before it, ...the Law (of Moses) (referring to the Old Testament) ...and the Gospel (of Jesus) (referring to the New Testament)” (Surah 3:3-4), when he calls the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ false events? How could he write a book which he claimed confirmed the Bible, when, in fact, his book clearly contradicted the Bible in so many passages?
#22 - The Quran contradicts the Bible by saying that salvation can be lost.
Note: The Quran says in Surah 4:137, “THOSE WHO BELIEVE, THEN REJECT FAITH, THEN BELIEVE (AGAIN) AND (AGAIN) REJECT FAITH, and go on increasing in Unbelief — Allah will not forgive them nor guide them on the Way.” Muhammad wrote that people can be saved, but then reject faith and be lost. After that, they can believe again and be saved, but if they then reject the faith, then God will not forgive them after that. At that point, Muhammad said that God will not even guide them in the way (to be saved). So with Muhammad, a person has two chances at being saved and after that, God will not save him again.
Every system of a works salvation has the possibility of salvation being lost.
That is not true salvation, but a false religious system. True salvation can never be lost,
because it does not depend upon our righteousness, but upon Jesus’ righteousness.
1. 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 says, “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not ________________ their ____________________ unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made ______ to be ______ for ____, who knew no sin; that ____ might be made the __________________________ of ______ in him.”
Note: What does it mean that God does not impute our trespasses unto us? The word impute means, “to lay the responsibility or blame” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary). When we repent of our sins and by faith receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, God does not hold us responsible for the penalty of our sins anymore — that penalty was paid for us when Jesus died on the cross. It is not that God is just deciding to ignore our sins, and give us a break this time. The fact is that Jesus fully paid the penalty for our sins when He died on the cross. He knew no sin, and so he could give His pure, sinless blood on our behalf on the cross.
2. 1 Peter 2:21-24 says, “For even hereunto were ye called: because ____________ also ________________ for ____, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did ____ ______, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: Who his ______ ________ bare ______ ________ in his ______ ________ on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
Note: Any religious system that teaches that salvation can be lost, is teaching a type of works salvation, which is a false plan of salvation.
3. Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For by __________ are ye __________ through __________; and that ______ of ____________________: it is the gift of God: ______ of __________, lest any man should boast.”
Some religious systems teach that you must receive the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved,
but then if you commit a sin of a certain level, then you lose your salvation. They maintain
that they are not teaching a works salvation, but the fact is that they are. In their system,
Jesus saves them; but to keep saved, they must keep on doing good works, and not sin.
That is not a true and complete faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, but a 50/50 venture.
The first 50 is trusting Christ to take away their sins, and the second 50 is their living right.
Thus, their salvation is not fully dependent upon Jesus sacrifice on the cross,
but also upon their ability to continue on living right after they are saved.
Note: These groups do not really understand sin (that sin is not only doing bad things, but also not doing the good things that we should).
4. James 4:17 says, “Therefore to him that knoweth to do ________, and doeth it ______, to him it is ______.”
Note: Because of this, we may not sin through murdering someone today, but we may very well sin by passing someone by that we should do something good for today.
5. 1 John 1:8 says, “If ____ ______ that we have ____ ______, we ______________ ourselves, and the __________ is _____ in ____.”
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