‘As we Christians see it…’. Exactly. It is a matter of perception. And so the question to be asked is not: ‘Do Muslims- and other unitarians- worship a different God than us trinitarians?’…but: ‘Why do such folk not perceive God as we do?’ It took a while, but we got there in the end.
He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. Deuteronomy 32
What religion were Muslims before Mohammed? And, how did some of the religious group drift into worshipping other gods? In the old Testament we read that God was stlll very much active and with the prophets. The part in Genesis and Exodus created the image on idol worshiping, for example Terah was an idolatrous priest who manufactured idols?
I assume you are referring to the people of Arabia. Some were Jews, and some were Christians. Most were polyetheists.
His name (Ishmael) was given by God through the angel, and stands as a perpetual reminder of God’s mercy. Ishmael means “God hears” — and understands, and will respond in times of need. It’s in the Bible, the Torah, Genesis 16:7-11, RSV. “The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness the spring on the way to Shur. And he said, ‘Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?’ She said, ‘I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.’ The angel of the Lord said to her, ‘Return to your mistress, and submit to her.’ The angel of the Lord also said to her, ‘I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude.’ And the angel of the Lord said to her, ‘Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall call his name Ishmael; because the Lord has given heed to your affliction.’”
Thank you. That’s very kind.
Also, God is perfect in His knowledge/wisdom/judgement by necessity, there is no “other way” or “better way”.
Yes, God is perfect in His wisdom, knowledge and judgement but He is merciful and slow to anger. God is patient with us, wanting every one of us to know Him, 2 Peter 3:9. God is faithful and His Word is true. [Hebrews says God cannot lie, nor can He break an unconditional promise that He says He will fulfill. Every covenant He made is kept. Every promise or foretelling has or will come true. Testimony after testimony of God’s faithfulness is certainly found throughout all scripture- no matter which book you read.
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Freedom and grace . The grace of Christ is not in the slightest way a rival of our freedom when this freedom accords with the sense of the true and the good that God has put in the human heart. On the contrary, as Christian experience attests especially in prayer, the more docile we are to the promptings of grace, the more we grow in inner freedom and confidence during trials, such as those we face in the pressures and constraints of the outer world. By the working of grace the Holy Spirit educates us in spiritual freedom in order to make us free collaborators in his work in the Church and in the world:Sorry but you are incorrect - as stated many times above.
To bring out the fact that there was no better way but also, written in Genesis 18 was the passage that God heard the outcries of Sodom and Gomorrah. In this chapter, God is about to confront Abraham about the city but also, He goes down to check out whether they have acted altogether according to the severity of the report yet, like Babylon in Genesis 11, The LORD comes down to see the city and the tower before He destroys what man created for himself and scatters them.
Not meant to be personal…just adding on. When posting the reply as a continuation your post came up