Dan’s Course on Islam
When Should a Muslim Convert Be Baptized?
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18.7 When Should a Muslim Convert Be Baptized?
Acts 2:37.....Men and brethren, what shall we do? Acts 2:38.....Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:41.....Then they that gladly received his word were baptized; and that same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. Acts 8:36.....And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch said, See, here is water. What doth hinder me to be baptized? Acts 8:37.....And Philip said, If thou believest with thine heart, thou mayest,. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts 8:38.....And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. Acts 16:30.....Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Acts 16:31.....And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts 16:32.....And they spoke unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. Acts 16:33.....And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.
STOP Manual, B-63 18.8 Biblical Basis for Sharing from the Old Testament The Cultural Mandate: Gen. 1:16-30 The Entrance of Evil: Gen 2:8-3:24 God’s Act of Judgement: Gen. 3 Subsequent Development of Culture: Gen. 4:1-22 The Birth of Ethnicity of Language: Gen 10-11 The Choosing of the men of Faith: Gen 12-25 The Palce of Ishmael: Gen 16:-25 The Moulding of Missionary people: Ex. Lev. Num. Deut. The Development of the Kingdom: 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-4 Israel to be a model for the nations: 1 Kings 5-10 The Failure of the Israelites: 2 Kings 12-25 & The Prophets
standing of God. 2. Angels. 2. Acknowledge good accepted by God & bad spirits. 3. The Prophets. 3. Human by doing interpreter. 4. The Holy Books. 4. Authorative everything guide book. 5. Day of Judgement. 5. Proper fear/ right; to rewards.
6. Holy Decrees. 6. Explanation for accumulate merit all that happens. for the --------------------------------------------- Six Practices: Day of Judgement 1. The Creed. 1. Right confession. and to 2. Prayer. 2. Right ritual. achieve entrance 3. Alms. 3. Right giving. into Paradise. 4. Fasting. 4. Right motives.
“The Hadith”: based on exemplary behavior human model to The life, words and of the ideal Muslim show how to be Practices of Muhammad. Model, Muhammad. acceptable to God. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Islamic Material Biblical Equivalents Ultimate Needs A model is good but Jesus Himself is our Christ is the Muhammad’s model is model. only mediator inadequate. Jesus is Follow Him: Lk. 9:23; between God and To one nearest to God Abide in Him: Jn. 15:5 man: 1 Tim 2:5& in the Qur’an. Obey Him: Jn. 14:21. 15, Phil.3:7-9 Islamic Material as Introduction of Ultimate Needs Bridge to Biblical Biblical Met in Christ & Ideas Equivalents Christian Community ----------------------------------------------------------------- Six Beliefs: 1. Quranic references 1. God more fully 1. Christ as revealer to God. revealed. of God; Heb 1:3 2. Quranic references 2. Clear definition 2. Angels minister to angels. of angels, Satan to those who are and demons. saved: Heb 1:14 3. Acknowledgement of 3. Biblical defini- 3. Christ as prophet Prophets. tion of prophet. And Lord; Acts 3 4. Quranic references 4. Authenticity and 4. Word of God as to the Bible. finality of the Christ and the Bible defended. Bible; Jn 1:1-14 5. Quranic references 5. Reality of the 5. Christ as final to judgement. coming judgment. Judge:2Cor.5:10-15 6. Quranic references 6. Soverignty of 6. Soverignty of God to decrees. God fully affirmed balanced with human in Scriptures. response.Phil.2:12 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Six Practices: 1. Affirm acceptable & 1. Affirm belief in 1. The creed should replace unacceptable one God & replace affirm God in Jesus as the Word Christ:1Jn 4:1-3. 2. Islamic forms of 2. All forms of 2. Prayers are made prayer acceptable. prayer are acceptable in acceptable to God. Christ. Jn 16:24 3. Increase giving from 3. Remembering the 3. Give self to Christ 2.5% to 10% poor & needy is and to others: taught by Jesus Ro 12:1,2 Cor.9:7 4. Fasting is 4. Biblical teach- 4. Concept of fasting desireable. ing on fasting. to please Christ: Phil.3:8, Mt.6:16 5. Literal pilgrimage 5. Spiritualize the 5. All of life is a To Mecca not needed. concept of the pilgirmage to pilgrim life via gain Christ: Abraham. 1 Pet. 2:11-12 6. “Exertion” is ok but 6. Exert of God in 6. Strive to enter not holy war. the way approved. The Kingdom: Col.1
“Shariah” of human life is to do everything Based on the “right”. He must Qur’an and the have an answer for model of Muhammad. Every question of Right and wrong. ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Ummah: The true Muslim A Muslim finds his The household of community is made true identity in Islam – “Dar al-Islam” up of all who have community. He needs = the community of submitted to God; to a family to find The faithful significance in life
The Sufis: mystical seek unity with one’s identity and brotherhoods and God through a worth through union sisterhoods. highly disciplined with God. communith that practices ways of perfection
are at a minimum; acceptance by his accomodates to the contemporaries; a behaviour of new search for secular peers. Old meaning is under forms give way way. to new values.
which needs to be and demonic appeased by a influences. variety of super- sticious practices.
of a western form of expression of seeking a classless society. economic equality.
The desire to do every- one can keep the the law, its fufill- thing right is good. It law. It’s function ment. Righteousness is based on an inade- is to lead us to is obatined by union quate foundation in the cry out for mercy with Him; Gal. 3:23- Life of Muhammad. Obtained in Christ. 25; Phil 3:9. ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Ummah: The concept of “Ummah” It is easy to Christ is the center Or community of those “Christianize” this of the focus of our Who have submitted to under the new name worship in this new God is a wonderful idea. “Kingdom of God”. community:Eph 2:29-32
The essential idea of Christ as the Son us an eternal place union with God is valid of God attainable in heaven in the but flawed as it is through faith, not presence of God: Jn. based on the idea of works, Christ’s 14:1-6; 17:20-23. human perfectibility. perfection not ours. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Secularized Islam: We are not to be All change should be The Qur’an warns conformed to this in the direction of believers against world but to be Christ who makes all turning away from God. transformed by the things new; 2 Cor. renewing of our mind. 5:17, Rev. 21:5
The very practices overcome all the from all fear now & observed point to the power of Satan; judges Satan: 2 Tim. reality of satanic power. 1 Jn 3:8 1:7; Rev 20:10 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Muslim Com’st/Soc’st: This is the perfect Christ appears in the The vision of an ideal time to teach about final judgment to end society is good but the the ethics of the all suffering and use of an non-ideal means Kingdom of God; bring in a new Heaven works against it. Acts 2:42-47. and Earth Rev. 21:1-4.
Biblical warnings not to use fables, legends and fairy tales
Legends, Myths and Fables in the Qur’an The Quran quotes the unbelievers as accusing Muhammad of incorporating into his alleged revelation myths, legends and fables that were well known to the people of that time:
This next one is particularly interesting: Those who disbelieved said, "This is a fabrication that he produced, with the help of some other people." They have uttered a blasphemy and a falsehood. They also said, "Tales from the past that he wrote down; they were dictated to him day and night." Say, "This was revealed by the One who knows the Secret in the heavens and the earth. He is Forgiving, Most Merciful." S. 25:4-6 Rashad Khalifa It is rather amazing that instead of denying the charge that the Quran contains ancient myths, the author simply says that Allah was the one who sent down these tales! 19.3 Apocryphal Legends in the Qur’an Data Common to the Qur’an and to the New Testament Apocrypha Subject Surah Apocryphal Literature 1. Birth of Jesus 19:22-26 Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew under a palm tree Legends of the Child Jesus in Egypt; ch. 20,21 (dating uncertain) Arabic Infancy Gospel ch. 24 (dating uncertain) Meryem 19:16-26.....Mary... she went away to a distant place. And the pains of childbirth drove her to a trunk of a palm-tree. 2. Annunciaiton of 19:2-35 Protevangelium of James Mary, John & Jesus 3:33-47 the Lesser; ch. 3-5, 7-11 (c. 150 AD) 3. Son of Mary 19:34 Arabic Infancy Gospel, 43:57 Ch. 18, 34, 37, 40 23:50 (dating uncertain) 2:87, 253 3:45 61:6 & 14 57:27 4:157, 171 33:7 9:31
5:17, 46, 72, 75, 78, 110, 112, 114, 117
(c. 600 BC) Kehf 18:9-25.....Do you consider that the Companions of the Cave and the Bearers of the Inscription were a wonder among our signs? 5. Night Journey 17:1 Life of John the Baptist by Serapion (claimed 385-395)
5:110 1st Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ, Egyptian Apocrypha, 2nd Cent. 7. Jesus turning Clay 3:49 Thomas’ Gospel of the into Birds that fly 5:110 Infancy of Jesus Christ (end of 2nd Cent.) Al-i İmran 3:49.....From clay I will make for you the likeness of a bird; I shall breathe into it and, by Allah’s leave, it shall become a living bird... 8. Cruxifixion Story 4:157-158 Acts of John (before 150) (appeared to die) Gospel of Peter (150) Letters of Ignatius (1st to 2nd Century) Irenaenus against Heresies – Basilides (182-188)
Lucius Charinus (c. 5th Cent.)
Fragments of the Gospel of Hebrews, Origin, Jerome (100-150) Tertullian on Praxeas (c. 215)
10. Angels commanded 2:30-38 Talmud: (c. 150-200) to prostrate 7:11-18 before Adam 15:28-34 17:61-65
18:50-51 20:116
38:71-78 Bakara 2:34.....And when we said to the angels: “Prostrate yourselves before Adam!” they all prostrated themselves, except Satan, who in his pride refused... 11. Solomon & two 2:102 Talmud, angels at Babylon “Midrash Yalzut”, ch. 44. Bakara 2:102.....Yet Solomon did not disbelieve, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic, and that which was sent down to Hârût and Mârût, the two angels at Babylon. 12. Cain & Able and 5:27-32 “Targum of Johnath a scratching Raven ben-Uzziah” and Pirke Rabbi Eleazar ch. 21 and the Jewish Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:5 Maide 5:31.....Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground, to show him how to hide his brother’s naked corpse. 13. The Hovering 7:171 The “Abodah Sarah” Mount Sinai 2:63 2nd Cent. Jewish fable A’raf 7:171.....And then We shook the Mount above them as it were a covering, and they supposed that it was going to fall upon them. 14. 100 years dead 2:259 An apocryphal Jewish wakes up alive fable about “Ezra” Bakara 2:259.....Or (have your heard) of him who, when passing by a ruined and desolate city, exclaimed: “How can Allah give life to this city, now that it is dead?” And Allah caused him to die, and after a hundred years, brought him back to life. He said: How long have you stayed away?” “A day,” he answered, “or part of a day.” Then Allah said “Know then that you have stayed away a hundred years. Yet look at your food and drink: they have not rotted; and look at your donkey! We will make you a sign to mankind: See how We will raise them and clothe then with flesh!” And when (the matter) became clear to him, he said: “I know now that Allah is Able to do all things.” 15. Scales & Balances 42:17 Based on the Jewish 101:6-11 “Testament of Abraham” 16. Resurrection of 2:56-57 Jewish Talmud and in Moses Tract “Sanhedrin”(part 5) (Yusuf Ali admits to it 4:p.30, footnote 70)
6th cent.
20. Mary, Imran’s wife 3:31-41 Protoevangelium of James (wife of Joachim) the Lesser, ch. 3-5, 7-11 & Zechariah (c. 150 AD) 21. Borrowed Arab 54:1, 29, Arab poetry existing at poetry 31 & 46 the time of Muhammad “İmraul Qais’s daughter once heard this Surat recited aloud. She immediately recognized her father’s poem and demanded to know how her father’s verses had become part of a divine revelation, supposely preserved on stone tablets in heaven’” Dr. Anis A. Shorrosh, Islam Unveiled, Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson, 1988, p. 193. 22. Abraham destroying 21:51-71 The Midrash Rabbah idols & Nimrod’s fire Enbiya 21:51-71.....We said: “O fire! Be coolness and peace for Abraham!”... And We rescued him and Lot... Yüklə 7,46 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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