Jesus Led me to Islam

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Jesus’ Own Claim to be the Son of God Brings Muslim to Christ
By David Daniels

You love Muslim people, and you want to witness to them.
But when you talk to them about Jesus, they say,
“Jesus was not God’s Son! He was just another one of the prophets.”
In fact, they are likely to challenge you with the question:
“Where did Jesus ever claim to be God’s Son?”

The question is vital, because they are taught that Jesus was a prophet of God, and that prophets do not lie. Where did Jesus Himself make the claim to be God’s Son?

The answer is right there, in God’s preserved words…

In John 10:36, 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?”

Obviously, Jesus was being accused of blasphemy for claiming to be God’s Son.
Where did He say it?
In the previous chapter, John 9:35-38, where Jesus had just healed the man born blind, and the Pharisees cast the healed man out of the synagogue.

“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?
He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.”

Ask your Muslim friend, “Only God can receive worship, right?”
When he says yes, reply
“Then Jesus clearly claimed to be God.
Only as God could Jesus, who cannot lie, receive worship.”

These simple, straightforward Scriptures convinced a very good Muslim friend of mine.
He is now a Christian, and going to heaven.
May God give you success as you witness to your Muslim friends.
 
1 John 5:10-15. John.
“He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God: has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us everlasting life, and this life is in His Son.
12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have everlasting life.
13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have everlasting life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”

In the Gospel of John, chapter 17, Jesus prays to the Father for us.
20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;
21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
23 I in them, and You in Me; that they be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
24 Father, I desire that they also whom you gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world…”

John 10:27-30. Jesus.
27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one…”

I believe that I am in good hands! Believe, and pray with me.

Romans 10:9-13. Paul. “…that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.”
13 For, “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” -Joel 2:32.

Believe: The Promise.

Dear Jesus,

I know that I am a sinner, and so undeserving of Your mercy.
But I call upon You now with all conviction, and I ask You now to please forgive me all of my sins, for You know them all.
You are the only One who can forgive me, and take away my sins.
You are the only One that can save me from sin, death, Hell, and the wrath of God (by that one and only historic Sacrifice You made for us, in Your Body and Blood, while on the cross).
And, I thank You now for bearing the cross for us, paying the ransom in full, and setting us free from Satan’s lies and strongholds.
Thank You for forgiving me, redeeming me, saving me, and granting me everlasting life, as You have promised.
Only You can save us from our sin’s penalty.
(We cannot save ourselves, and, there is no Church or religious work of ours that can save us.)
I give thanks, and all the glory to You Jesus, Your Father, and the Holy Spirit!
Use me to reach others with Your Gospel!
In Your Name Jesus, I will pray, and praise You! Amen.

:yup: :clapping: :dancing: :extrahappy:

: :amen: :bowdown2: :blessyou:
 
Now I be done seen about everything, and I still ain’t seen an elephant fly.

Jesus taught corporate salvation. For all, everyone, he came and was crucified. For the world he did this. The idea of “personal Lord and Savior” although nice, is not Biblical. Now, I am called to have a personal relationship with Jesus, but more so, I am called to fellowship/salvation with others. I must help my brethren and spread the word.

So, why would Jesus lead one of his flock away? Why abandon the corporate mentality and go one on one and lead them backwards instead?

Her UNDERSTANDING (or lack there of) of Jesus lead her away. GOd bless all who through their own lack of knowledge turn from the Truth.
 
gurrato_alaien said:
continuation.

These are only a very few of the reasons I began seeking the truth. That was in 1997. I began to read about many different religions and beliefs. Most left me feeling holllow and empty. While our family has always had many Muslim friends and acquaintances (my father who traveled a great deal) it was then that I began to look at Islam more closely in a religious sense. The more I learned about Islam - the more I realized I had found the “truth”. The truth that Jesus said we would find if we wanted to know the truth.
So Brother, you might say it was Jesus that led me to the truth of Islam! Of course I do not associate Jesus with God other than the fact that he was sent by God as a messenger - a great Prophet. God never asked Jesus to die on a cross to atone for the sins of mankind. There is no blood redemption. We are all personally responsible for our own actions. This is what I believe. The Qur’an tells us the truth about Jesus and why we are here and what is expected of us. The Qur’an is the un-corrupted word of God.

This is what I meant by "I love the Qur’an. I am new to Islam, but I am not new to the belief of Islam.
I have only recently read Shahadah (so I am new to Islam) - I am not however, new to the truth found in the teachings of Islam. It was there all along. I just had no name for it before. I had no name for the truth. The name for the truth is Islam. Muhammad (pbuh) is messenger of God. And quite honestly, Jesus WAS a Muslim!
“There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad (pbuh) is his messenger.”
“Ashhadu Alla Ilaha Illa Allah Wa Ashhadu Anna Muhammad Rasulu Allah”
You asked if I have “converted” to Islam. My feeling is I did not “convert” - I reverted back to Islam. As I mentioned on another board, finding Islam was not a journey to a strange place… I simply returned home. The quote below decribes perfectly how I feel about my journey to Islam:
“One turns in all directions and sees nothing. Yet one senses there is a source for this deep restlessness; and the path that leads there is not a path to a strange place, but a path home…”
I hope I have made you understand more how I feel and how I believe and have at least given you a short summary of how I have come to be where I am now. Some of my Muslim friends have said I am blessed that I was raised Christian and then found the truth. Others say it was a curse. I believe it happened in the order God wished it to happen. And I believe God knows best.

Peace again, Brother PS I sent you more than one PM so they obviously are not sending my messages to other members

I think sometimes reverts feel very alone. While we know we have found the truth - we know there is much more to learn and sometimes we feel the isolation. "

Peace.
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Dear brother,

Has your friend read the Quran and the Bible completely? If she did, I invite her to make a comparison directly from both the Quran and the Bible about what Muhammad and Jesus did. Please do not insert other people’s opinion. I can not do this because I have not read Quran, and I can not find a good translation of Quran. The problem is, when I use one translation and discuss the content with a muslim friend, he said the translation is not correct. Everytime I got myself in disagreement, he always said the translation is not correct. I am too old to learn Arabic anyway
 
gurrato_alaien said:
It seems like the thing that bothers Christians is that Muslims always respect and love Prophet Jesus (pbuh) like all prophets,

I would like to ask Christians Brothers a question, did Jesus declare that no prophet will come after him, did he declare that Christianity will be the last religion, obviously no.

But God declared that Islam will be the last religion and Prophet Muhammad will be the last Prophet for all people

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Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) the Messenger of Allah, and the Seal of the Prophets: and Allah has full knowledge of all things.

There are prophecies about coming of Prophet Muhammad in the bible itself:

answering-christianity.com/open_challenge.htm

islamonline.net/English/In_Depth/mohamed/1424/kharitah/article25.shtml

Peace
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Dear brother,

Jesus did not and never say there is a new religion after him. Show me any verse in the bible. He promised the helping spirit (not man not human being) who will carry his message. The difference in Jesus teaching, he claims that he is the way, but never force especially kill people to follow him. In fact, he prays for those who persecute him. If you believe that the crucified person was not Jesus, and yet that person call God to forgive those who execute him, then that person is greater than Jesus. Jesus never claim to bring religion, but Jesus claims to bring a way to God. The word religion is human invention, do arguing about religion is not necessarily arguing the way to God. So, instead of discussing about “Christian” vs “Islam”, we should discussing about the way to God according to Jesus, versus the way to God according to Muhammad. Any differences? if there is some differences, what are they, and what reason? Any similarities? if there is, then what are they? and that should be a proof that basically we are discussing the same issues. That will make both of us the Christians and the Muslims openminded to one another, rather than making self proclaimations based on own belief. The question is, are you ready to open yourself to other belief? Personally, my answer is yes, because one of my family is muslim. He is a Hajj anyway and running a local mosque. With him we always discuss the similarity of Jesus teaching and Muhammad’s teaching.

You mentioned that Islam is the last religion because it is a self claim valid to muslims only. Whatever you say about Muhammad is his self-claim. Anybody can do so, otherwise there will be no other sects in Islam, right. Nowaday, we have the Sunni and the Shiah. Not mentioning the Ahmadiah. How do you explain that?
Even the Ahmadians believe in the later prophet, called the ProphetMessenger by Paarsurrey. Paar claims that he is muslim.

So, religion is religion. What you believe is yours and what I believe is mine. No problem with that, and we can pray for each other according to each of our own belief, right? The problem is when you force your belief to me and vise versa. That is one reason why wars started, and the devil is clapping its hand for that.
 
gurrato_alaien said:
This email has been sent to me by Christian sister who embraced Islam recently may God bless her and increase her faith, she sent me this email by PM in another forums, so I would like to post it here to get the benefit for Bro/Sis Christians, she clarify how Jesus (pbuh) led her to Islam:
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Sorry to tell you this, but it wasn’t Jesus.

2 Corinthians 11
14 And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light.

The deceiver has struck again.

Sincerely,

De Maria
 
Thank you, Semper Fi, for your comments. They are very much appreciated.
 
VociMike said:
I’m seeing a strange pattern here. First there are quotes like these:

" Now who would use a contradictory, corrupt text to support their arguments? I mean, who’s to say that the very verses quoted to support her position are not the contradictory, corrupt ones?

Muslims?
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swariffin said:
we have the Sunni and the Shiah. Not mentioning the Ahmadiah. How do you explain that?
Even the Ahmadians believe in the later prophet, called the ProphetMessenger by Paarsurrey. Paar claims that he is muslim.
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Hi

Thank you for mentioning about me. I thought it better to explain my belief myself.

As the Catholics believe in **Second Coming of Jesus **or the PromisedMessiah (due to prophecies in NTBible), so do the **Muslims **believe in **Second Coming of Jesus **or the PromisedMessiah ( not because of the prophecies in the NTBible, but due to the prophcies of Muhammad commonly believed in the Sahai Hadith, and by the knowledgable persons in the Quran also).

The Catholics believe that there would be no (new) religion/faith after Jesus, yet they do not deny in Second Coming of Jesus as they think that his SecondDescent is not against his first FirstDescent, as it would be the same person; herein lies their fallacy.

The TraditionalMuslims also believe that there would be no (new) religion after the Truthful ProphetMessenger Muhammad, yet they do believe and do not deny in Second Coming of Jesus as they think that **JesusIssa would not be a Catholic **but his SecondDescent would be as a KhalifaSuccessor of Muhammad hence the religion would remain Islam and JesusIssa would be a Muslim and Ummati or Believer initiated in Islam.

We Ahmadi peaceful Muslims believe that the PromisedMessiah 1838-1908 has spiritually descended fullfilling the prophecies of both Islam ( mentioned in Sahih Hadith and Quran) and also of the NTBible/OTBible; both religions mentioning two different poses/pictures of the same person. Hence there is no new religion nor new Sunnah or Tradition; only the guidance or **Way to GodAllahYHWH **( of which our sister **swariffin **has rightly mentioned in her post) has been mercifully revived and strengthened or boosted for larger interest of the humanity and peace in the world. No new religion has been promolgated, for sure.

Thanks
 
paarsurrey said:
Hi

Thank you for mentioning about me. I thought it better to explain my belief myself.

As the Catholics believe in **Second Coming of Jesus **or the PromisedMessiah (due to prophecies in NTBible), so do the **Muslims **believe in **Second Coming of Jesus **or the PromisedMessiah ( not because of the prophecies in the NTBible, but due to the prophcies of Muhammad commonly believed in the Sahai Hadith, and by the knowledgable persons in the Quran also).

The Catholics believe that there would be no (new) religion/faith after Jesus, yet they do not deny in Second Coming of Jesus as they think that his SecondDescent is not against his first FirstDescent, as it would be the same person; herein lies their fallacy.

The TraditionalMuslims also believe that there would be no (new) religion after the Truthful ProphetMessenger Muhammad, yet they do believe and do not deny in Second Coming of Jesus as they think that **JesusIssa would not be a Catholic **but his SecondDescent would be as a KhalifaSuccessor of Muhammad hence the religion would remain Islam and JesusIssa would be a Muslim and Ummati or Believer initiated in Islam.

We Ahmadi peaceful Muslims believe that the PromisedMessiah 1838-1908 has spiritually descended fullfilling the prophecies of both Islam ( mentioned in Sahih Hadith and Quran) and also of the NTBible/OTBible; both religions mentioning two different poses/pictures of the same person. Hence there is no new religion nor new Sunnah or Tradition; only the guidance or **Way to GodAllahYHWH **( of which our sister **swariffin **has rightly mentioned in her post) has been mercifully revived and strengthened or boosted for larger interest of the humanity and peace in the world. No new religion has been promolgated, for sure.

Thanks
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Lol! You’re a riot! 😉
 
I think she will be in for quite a surprise and reconversion to christianity when our Blessed Mother converts Islam, according to Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.
 
This girl obviously is totally misled. Perhaps it is a way to get back at her parents. How sad it is to blame Jesus for pointing this girl in the wrong direction. Poor Jesus. He will prevail in the end. Christianity will never die.
“ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, HAVE FAITH”
spoken from God two weeks before Lent May, 2006
 
gurrato_alaien said:
Peace be upon you all,

Those people in west and usa who found the truth and converted to Islam have been deceived also!!??

ISLAAM IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN THE WORLD
cnn.com/WORLD/9704/14/egypt.islam/

ISLAAM IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN THE WORLD. Because Islam is a complete way of life. It tells man about the purpose of his creation and existence, his ultimate destiny, his place among other creatures and more importantly, it provides him with guidance to lead a balanced and purposeful life which will enable him to avoid the Hell-fire and be rewarded with a place in Paradise in the life after death. Simply Islaam is to “Obey Allah” (Allah is the Name of the Only One True God). Islaam is a verb in Arabic (a doing word). The one who does Islaam is called a Muslim. (Allah calls us “Muslims” in His Speech of Qur’ân).
The Arabic word Islaam means voluntary surrender to the will of Allaah and obedience to His commands. Allaah is an Arabic word, the proper name of God. Muslims prefer to use Allaah rather than God.

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You poor soul,

Let me tell you the story of a sweet old lady, well known to me…
One day she was kneeling in front of the Blessed Sacrament, alone - no one else was around. She says that she heard a voice telling her, “I’m not there”. Consequently (and to make a long story short) she left the Catholic Church believing that she had somehow recieved a “revelation” from Jesus which directed her to leave the Catholic Church and join some other christian denomination. It has been some 20 years since that incident. She is slowly but surely starting to realize that the voice she heard was telling her the truth because it was not Jesus talking to her…it was Lucifer.
I call you a poor soul because you are like that sweet old lady - and Jesus is not the one who brought you to Islam…Don’t you miss the Eucharist?:signofcross:
 
swariffin said:
So, religion is religion. What you believe is yours and what I believe is mine. No problem with that, and we can pray for each other according to each of our own belief, right? The problem is when you force your belief to me and vise versa.
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Hi

The Quran/Islam/Muhammad also support your view expressed in your above passage:

[109:1] In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
[109:2] Say, 'O ye disbelievers!
[109:3] 'I worship not as you worship,
[109:4] 'Nor do you worship as I worship.
[109:5] 'Nor do I worship those that you worship,
[109:6] 'Nor do you worship Him Whom I worship.
[109:7] 'For you your religion, and for me my religion.
www3.alislam.org/showChapter.jsp?ch=109

There is no reason for compulsion. One should convince others by winnining their hearts and minds with peaceful arguments. To resort to war or compulsion would be accepting one’s weakness in arguments. Islam does not allow that.

Thanks
 
swariffin said:
I can not do this because I have not read Quran, and I can not find a good translation of Quran. The problem is, when I use one translation and discuss the content with a muslim friend, he said the translation is not correct. Everytime I got myself in disagreement, he always said the translation is not correct. I am too old to learn Arabic anyway
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Hi

I think that should not be problem. Use the following Quran:
www3.alislam.org/index.jsp
and then discuss with him, if he says that it is not a correct translation, then ask him as to the mistake. Just write it here and with mutual discussion it would be sorted out.

To learn Arabic for a working understanding of Quran so as to understand right from the wrong is not difficult. I think at your age it should not be difficult ( I guess your age beteween forty to forty five). Learning Quran translation is not difficult at all, much easier than you guess. Have a start, please, and you would see it yourself.

May GodAllahYHWH bless you!

Thanks
 
paarsurrey said:
Hi

The Quran/Islam/Muhammad also support your view expressed in your above passage:

[109:1] In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
[109:2] Say, 'O ye disbelievers!
[109:3] 'I worship not as you worship,
[109:4] 'Nor do you worship as I worship.
[109:5] 'Nor do I worship those that you worship,
[109:6] 'Nor do you worship Him Whom I worship.
[109:7] 'For you your religion, and for me my religion.
www3.alislam.org/showChapter.jsp?ch=109

There is no reason for compulsion. One should convince others by winnining their hearts and minds with peaceful arguments. To resort to war or compulsion would be accepting one’s weakness in arguments. Islam does not allow that.

Thanks
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Muhammed also said that if a person changes his religion (from islam) then he should be killed. This is the basis of killing apostates in sharia law and the religious basis of honor killings.

People might notice that the quran appears to contradict itself in many places. That is because it does. Islamic scholar’s get around this by saying the later verses aborgate the earlier verses if there is a contracdiction. Unfortunaltely for the rest of the world the later verses encourage violence against non-muslims.
 
swariffin said:
Dear brother,

Has your friend read the Quran and the Bible completely? If she did, I invite her to make a comparison directly from both the Quran and the Bible about what Muhammad and Jesus did. Please do not insert other people’s opinion. I can not do this because I have not read Quran, and I can not find a good translation of Quran. The problem is, when I use one translation and discuss the content with a muslim friend, he said the translation is not correct. Everytime I got myself in disagreement, he always said the translation is not correct. I am too old to learn Arabic anyway
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Here are 3 translations side by side: usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/

Your might also want to check out blogging the quran (jihadwatch.org/articles/bloggingtheq.php)). This guy is going sur by sura explaining what Islamic scholars have said on the text and how it is/was interpreted by muslims.

What you mention is a common argument from muslims. When ever an infidel trys to understand the quran it is said that we cannot possibly understand because we are not muslim or not born muslim. One must be a believer to understand the quran.

How can I be a believer (in order to understand the quran) when I am incapable of understanding the revelations I am suppose to believe in the first place. This is nonsense and is another illogical argument by muslims to keep people from pointing out the the lack of truth in their faith. A similar thing happened when the Pentegon recently fired an advisor on islamic law (jihadwatch.org/archives/019534.php)). Another advisor, a muslim, got him fired because it is assumed he could not possibly understand islamic law since he is not a muslim. Expect to see more of this unjustice as muslim seek to impose their “values” upon western civilization.
 
Islam is NOT the fastest growing religion in the world, Catholicism is.
And further more if you add up all the Christians in the world, it is the highest ever. It is going to come down to this anyway, Christian against Muslim, and Muslim will NEVER prevail.
 
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