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Pictured to the left is a copy of the Koran. The following quotation is taken from it:
"THE Koran admittedly occupies an important position among the great religious books of the world. Though the youngest of the epoch-making works belonging to this class of literature, it yields to hardly any in the wonderful effect which it has produced on large masses of men. It has created an all but new phase of human thought and a fresh type of character. It first transformed a number of heterogeneous desert tribes of the Arabian peninsula into a nation of heroes, and then proceeded to create the vast politico-religious organisations of the Muhammadan world which are one of the great forces with which Europe and the East have to reckon to-day." [ See THE KORAN: Translated by J.M. RODWELL, DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., Mineola, New York, Bibliographical Note: This Dover edition, first published in 2005, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, in 1909, p. vii. ]
When looking through the index of this book, one will not find any references to the words "miracle," "miracles," "sanctified," or "sanctification," for example.
The Holy Bible ( which is God's word - see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, 151, John 17:1, 3, 17, 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 17, and Titus 1:1, 2, for example ) teaches that the purpose of miracles was to confirm God's word ( cf. Mark 16:20; KJV and NCV, for example ). Therefore, since the Koran does not make reference to any miracles, it is clear that it is not God's word. Jesus performed miracles ( see John 2:11, for example ): Mohammed did not. Jesus was raised from the dead ( see Matthew 27:34-28:10 ( especially Matthew 28:5, 6, for example ), for example ): Mohammed is dead.
Moreover, the blood of Christ sanctifies us, when we are baptized by immersion in water, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of our past sins ( see Acts 2:38; 8:26-40 ( especially verses 36-39, for example; KJV, for example ), Romans 3:25; 6:1-4 ( especially verses 3 and 4, for example ), Hebrews 9:13, 14; 10:29, and Revelation 1:5, for example ). The word "sanctification" is defined as follows:
"The process of being made holy resulting in a changed life-style for the believer. . . ." [ See HOLMAN BIBLE DICTIONARY, BUTLER, TRENT, C., PH.D., HOLMAN BIBLE PUBLISHERS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, Copyright 1991 Holman Bible Publishers, p. 1230. ]
There is no means provided in Islam by which we may be sanctified ( or made holy ): this is just one indication that it is false religion. There is one true religion for the whole world: it is Christianity ( see Matthew 10:32; 11:15, Mark 16:16, Luke 13:3, John 3:16, 17; 14:6, Acts 4:10-12 ( especially verse 12, for example ), Romans 10:1-4 ( especially verse 4, for example ), Colossians 2:11-17 ( especially verse 14, for example ), Hebrews, chapter 8 ( especially verse 13, for example ), Hebrews, chapter 9 ( especially verses 12-18, for example ), Hebrews 10:1-10, and Revelation 2:10, for example ).
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NOTE: The New Testament church ( the church of Christ - see Matthew 16:18, Romans 16:16, and Ephesians 1:22, 23, for example ) is not a politico-religious organization: it is the body of Christ ( see also Romans 12:1-5 ( especially verse 5, for example ), for example ). Furthermore, would any sane individual consider terrorist attacks to be a wonderful effect? As Christians ( see Acts 11:26, for example ), we will lead quiet and peaceable lives "in all godliness and honesty" ( see 1 Timothy 2:2; KJV ). If the Lord will ( see James 4:15, for example; KJV, for example ), there will be additional postings to this weblog regarding the Koran and the false religion of Islam.
