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The Issue According to Muslims
Is the Bible corrupt or has it been changed? According to the Quran, it has not. Muhammad during his lifetime confirmed the Injil or Gospel in the Bible, yet Muslims believe Paul corrupted the Bible. That would be impossible because Paul died centuries before Mohamed was born. Therefore the Bible that Muhammad access to was the one produced by Paul.
Is the Bible corrupt or has it been changed? According to the Quran, it has not. Muhammad during his lifetime confirmed the Injil or Gospel in the Bible, yet Muslims believe Paul corrupted the Bible. That would be impossible because Paul died centuries before Mohamed was born. Therefore the Bible that Muhammad access to was the one produced by Paul.
And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus, the son of Mary, CONFIRMING that which came before him in the Torah; and We gave him the Gospel, in which was guidance and light and confirming that which preceded it of the Torah as guidance and instruction for the righteous. --Quran 5:46 [Al-Maaida]
And let the People of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed therein. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the defiantly disobedient. --Quran 5:47 [Al-Maaida] |
Worse yet Muhammad was INSTRUCTED by Allah to go to those who read the Torah and the Bible. Indirectly Allah is saying the Bible is more authoritative than the Qur'an, and when in doubt the Bible is to be believed.
So IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT, [O Muhammad], about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the Scripture before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord, so never be among the doubters. --Quran 10:94 [Yunus]
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In fact the Quran insists that Christians listen to their Bible, as it is truth.
Say: "O People of the Book! ye have no ground to stand upon unless ye stand fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that has come to you from your Lord." It is the revelation that cometh to thee from thy Lord, that increaseth in most of them their obstinate rebellion and blasphemy. But sorrow thou not over (these) people without Faith. --Quran 5:68 [Al-Maaida]
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Muhammad is confirming the Bible but contradicts everything the Bible says including the fact that Jesus of the Bible said He is the son of God. Within the Bible we have God the Father (a booming voice from heaven at least two times), the angel Gabriel, all the apostles, Paul, Old Testament Prophets, Jesus Himself, and even the demons all calling Jesus the Son of God. The Bible specifically says anyone who denies Jesus is the Son of God, is a false prophet and antiChrist.
Matthew 3:17 [God in Heaven calling Jesus His Son]
And A VOICE FROM HEAVEN said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” {Also in Mark 1:11 & Luke 3:22} Matthew 8:28-30 [DEMONS calling Jesus the Son of God] 28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with DEVILS, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? Mark 5:2-7 (KJV) [DEMONS recognizing and worshipping Jesus] 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and WORSHIPPED HIM, 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. Luke 1:26, 30-33 [GABRIEL calling Jesus the Son of God] 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel GABRIEL to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” John 10:36 [JESUS calling himself the Son of God] Jesus said, "Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?" John 9:35-38 [Jesus saying He is the Son of God & accepting worship] 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both SEEN HIM, and it is HE THAT TALK with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he WORSHIPPED him. |
The Conflict
- Therefore by confirming the Bible is true, Muhammad is a false prophet for the Bible says anyone who denying Jesus, as the Son of God is a false prophet.
- However if the Bible is corrupted, Muhammad would still be a false prophet because He pointed people to a book he knew was false and corrupted.
1 John 2:22,23
Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist–he denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 2 John 1:7 Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. |
Conclusion
Either way the Muslim's position is untenable due to their own holy book, they are sworn to submit to. The Quran itself affirms the Bible is true when it witnesses that Jesus himself said that He is the Son of God of Israel(Yahweh). Jesus also said that He was the only way to God and that the only way to get to Heaven(Paradise) was to believe in Jesus. Wouldn't you like to make that choice to accept Jesus today? If you would say this prayer and ask Him into your heart and forgive you of all your sins.
Either way the Muslim's position is untenable due to their own holy book, they are sworn to submit to. The Quran itself affirms the Bible is true when it witnesses that Jesus himself said that He is the Son of God of Israel(Yahweh). Jesus also said that He was the only way to God and that the only way to get to Heaven(Paradise) was to believe in Jesus. Wouldn't you like to make that choice to accept Jesus today? If you would say this prayer and ask Him into your heart and forgive you of all your sins.
Dear Lord God. I know I am a sinner and need your gift of salvation from my sins. I BELIEVE IN JESUS, the Son of God, as my personal Savior. I believe that His death on the cross and resurrection provides forgiveness for ALL my sins past, present, & future. Please forgive all my sins and come into my heart and life. I hereby trust in Jesus FINISHED WORK alone, and NOT upon me & my "good works", as sufficient to make me right with you and fit for Heaven. Please forgive ALL my sins and come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Seal me with your Holy Spirit until the day you come to take me home. In your Son Jesus’ name. Amen.
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