Subject: To learn the truth |
Bible Note: Steve aka Indiana Jones, right on. It wasn't the God of the Bible who revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad. However, "Allah" didn't start with him. "Allah" is one "name" you can find often in the Old Testament of the Bible. If you have some Hebrew Bible Study aids available, check it out. Even the Jews in Israel sometimes refer to God as Allah - with their own accent of course. Every Muslim that I have talked with has swallowed the same lie about our Scriptures being corrupted. They use as "evidence" the book entitled, "The Gospel According to Barnabas", which is obviously a fraud. I’ve read it and have read about it. Every reliable evidence proves it was written because of all the “mistakes” the Qur’an had in regards to Scripture. But the mistakes in …Barnabas are humorous. It refers to things that weren’t invented for 1,000 years after the real Barnabas died. One thing about the Qur'an that has amazed me, when I was studying in the Middle East years ago, a Lebanese friend explained how her father ONLY used the Qur'an to PROVE that Jesus (Isa) is all that the Scriptures claim Him to be. Only AFTER they see the proof in their own book, and believe in Him as all He is - only then does he give them a copy of Scriptures. All though I have lost touch with a man I used to Pen-Pal with while he was imprisoned, I used to use the Qur'an in the same manner. The portions that agree with Scripture (and there are many) were empathized. I always referred to the 99 various names (actually, they are characteristics, like creator, protector, etc.) of God in my letters. All the names are Scripturally based - and ALL are names we attribute to our Lord and Savior - Jesus the Christ. And Muslims are not the only ones in which we can witness to using "their own material". Mormons, JWs, both use their own books to try to presuade us. Although JW's haven't come around since we moved here years ago - in the past, I have sat with them and "borrowed" their books to disprove what they had just claimed. Sorry to say, the end result has not been what I had prayed - but ---- it took me many years of hearing the truth before it took root. Keep up the good work, Taleb |