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        A Muslim Cleric shared with me in a discussion with others a well: the Virgin Birth is possible because Mary probably got in a pool right where a man had just been and he had ...Thus she was impregnated.
        Of course Jesus is the Son of God, He has many sons. He was a great prophet, teacher and was very liked. When Allah returns He will instruct Jesus on how He (Jeus) should pray. Also He (Allah) will instruct Jesus how he should address his mother, not as "that woman".
        If a man is godly and follows Quran, he will be given 70 virgins in heaven. I asked, Okay what does the woman get? He never did answer that question, or if your leader knows so much about how to treat a woman, why do you erape, torture, behead, stone, beat, whip women? That sure seems disrespectful. He never addresed that either, But, he was becoming very hostile. I disconnected from entie conversation as it was not really "a conversation".
        NO, their Jeir and our Jesus Christ are two different persons. I won't address the rest because it is so obviously wrong and crazy.
        Sometimes "loving your neighbors" means you pray for them. What, if you wirtnes to an alcoholic do you become an alcoholic also so he will feel loved, more comfortable?

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            we are NOT talking about a religion that gets you anywhere...its about a relationship with JESUS CHRIST..the SON OF GOD...without that relationship theres only one place left to go....hell...

            to some that sounds harsh...well it is harsh...hell is NOT gonna be a party place...and some may say why would a loving GOD send anyone there...HE DOESNT...its our choice where we spend eternity...heaven or hell...hell was not meant for people..it was made for satan and his demons...people chose to go there by not choosing to follow JESUS as their LORD AND SAVIOR..

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                VERY WELL SAID!!!!!!! :D

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                    Only the truth of the word of God sets us free in this life and in the life to come. God said: I set before you life or death.CHOOSE LIFE! The choice is ours -there are no puppets in God's family only those who by faith have received the free gift God offers to all-a relationship with Him thru' Jesus Christ who paid the price for our sins and an eternal life with Him in His home.

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                      Amen and Amen!!!!

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                          Amen sister! Straight and blunt, sometimes it has to be said..just as it was MEANT! Amen!

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                              I am so saddened by the hate and singleminded bigotry that people express in 'their' views of the Word. I believe in Jesus Christ as my savior. I have been born again. I follow God because of his Love for me and for my brothers and sisters. I do not pray to God out of fear of retribution. Every cell in my body screams that God is Love, Compassion, Mercy and Goodness. Religion is a path, a journey in life to find and develop a personal relationship with our Maker. Since we are all different as the grains of sand are different and snowflakes are different. Does Our God Love any one of us less. The story of Saul is beautiful in its message of Gods Love for his creations. One of the most feared men of his time was struck blind and given miraculous visions to fulfill His Plan. We do not know God's Plan. Who are you or me or anyone to force or try to force your views on anyone. Is it not possible that The Almighty Creator may be able to understand and Talk with his people through more than one way. We Christians cannot decide which version or explanation is acceptable. It seems like the only thing many Christians can agree on is to espouse hatred to other Children of God who worship in a different manner, who have as many narrow minded bigots espousing hatred. Why would God want us to hate each other in his name. Open your eyes, open your ears, open your hearts. Hear God's true message and his true goal for us. It is to GROW UP and play nice. If God wants us to believe ONE and only ONE message, why are there so many messengers? Catholics killing Lutherans, Crusaders destroying the Holy City of Constantinople and murdering the inhabitants of Jerusalem in an orgy of bloodshed. Who is correct? Peter? Andrew? Thomas? Paul? Luther? Henry VIII? Smith? Mohammed? Gandhi? Sulaman? Ogaidie 'the 3d son of Gengis Khan who was raised by a Christian mother promoted religious freedom and sent envoys to Rome who rebuked him for not following 'their' version of Christianity. Admit it. You know as little about God's plan as do I or anyone else in this world except for those few very special and chosen few.

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                                  Mike, thank you for this. YES! we were all made by the same creator and that one loves us all the same. How can we be of Love, when we are killing and warring in the name of religion. Let us see our similarities, not our differences! Instead of "Love of Power", let us remember "Power of Love"! The divisiveness of so many religions is senseless. I know it's funny to remember this, but, "Why can't we just all get along!"

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                                    Mike, you are as far off course as you can get. The Apostle Paul asked the Galatians, "O foolish Galatians, who hat bewitched you that you should believe a lie? You did run well, what hat hindered you? If any man or even an angel from heaven come preaching any other gospel than what we preach, let him be accursed." Paul declared that there wasn't any other gospel, only that of the Lord Jesus Christ. Why do you call yourself Christian, if you are not going to adhere to the words of Christ, when He said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. If anyone tries to come up any other way, he is worse than a thief and a robber." Why don't you call yourself "nomad", seeing as you wander in your religion? If you don't stand for Jesus, you will fall for anything. Seemsas if you have.

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                                      Mike, there is only one way to God the Father (John 14:6) and that's through the Lord Jesus Christ....and in your post you said that Jesus is your savior, but is He your Lord and Saviour or is Jesus just your savior ?

                                      Jesus is the Only way to Heaven

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                                          IT SOUNDS PRETTY BUT YOU NEED TO GET IN THE WORD MORE. AND BY THE WAY JESUS IS LORD AND SAVIOUR.

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                                              It's obvious you haven't study the Bible. You may read it, but you don't study it, otherwise you would know what God's plan is.

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                                                  I soooo agree with you. It's so nice to see a christian with christian views for a change. Thank you!!!

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                                                      I know God's plan. It is written in His Word. And it is all going accordingly, just as He said.

                                                      Prov 14:12 "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death"
                                                      Matt 24:11: "Many false prophets will rise up and deceive many"

                                                      Qur'an: Surah 109: "Say: O unbelievers! I do not serve that which you serve, nor do you serve him whom I serve. Nor am I going to serve that which you serve, nor are you going to serve Him whom I serve: You shall have your religion and I shall have my religion."
                                                      Surah 3:85 "If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him"
                                                      Surah 3:151 "We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve."
                                                      Surahs 4:89, 101-102 & 5:51 states not to take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other."
                                                      Surah 8:12 "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them."

                                                      John 16 2-3: "..The time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service, and these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me."

                                                      But there is hope for the Muslim and the Buddhist, and even those who call themselves Christians:

                                                      I Tim 1:15: "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners..."

                                                      Romans 5: 8-11 "But God demonstrated His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation."

                                                      John 3:16 "For God so loved the world (EVERYBODY), that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."

                                                      John 14:6 Jesus said "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through me." He did not mention any other man, prophet, woman, preacher, teacher, any religion. It is just our relationship with HIM.

                                                      READ more about it in your Bible.

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                                                        Hey Mike, I think you got it all wrong. Jesus, I mean, God, pretty much sums it up in John 14:6. He is the only way, no if and or buts. Quit preaching your weak doctirine and your feel good lets all get along Christianity. If you really study Pauls letters he is warning everyone to listen to him and the changed new doctrine of salvation appointed to him by Jesus himself. No longer from the blood of bulls and goats but by faith through faith in Jesus. Not the hopeless pope, not mohammad, not budda, none of them. Christ and Christ alone. No Christ, no faith and you go to HELL, to put it bluntly. Quit with the feel good Christianity and get with the real program and warn people of a Christless, burning eternal hell. And the reason all the Christians have been killed through the ages is because of the truth of the word. It hurts and cuts mans pride like a knife. One day Jesus will return to rule and reign and all the questions will be answered. John 14:6, Romans 5:8, Col 1:14, I Jn 5:7, Jn 3:16 and most of all Ps 118:8. Read em and Study to show thyself approved and quit being ashamed and preaching a koom bi yah religion.......

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                                                            There is only one way... the only way is throught the shed blood of Gods son JESUS CHRIST WITH REPENTENCE and the road is narrow... so they blaspheme GOD... islam is the way of satan- satan is the great imiatator we must never forget that... and must resist the dogma of today because of the lack of educatIon in our society we are headed for self ruin..

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                                                                hey mike, i dont think you understand the bible very well. You seem to take away the words of the book. There is only one message. He needs many messengers because there are a lot of countries and people. God does say hate your brother, hate your father. I can give you the verse. You need to go do some research bro

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                                                                    No Mike, your confusion is not shared. You can claim anything you wish, but if the TRUTH be told, you are still in darkness because you cannot see. You are a prime candidate for ecumenism because you have believed a twisted version of the Gospel. My Master said, "I am the way, the truth , and the life. No man comes to the Father but through me."

                                                                    You counter that by saying, "Is it not possible that The Almighty Creator may be able to understand and Talk with his people through more than one way."

                                                                    I have chosen to believe what the God of heaven and earth says in his word. You have chosen to doubt it and reason it away with your own understanding. The reason you know as little as you do about God's plan is that you have never truly humbled yourself before him and believed that he is able to lead you into all truth. From your words, I surmise that all you have ever known is religion and religion is leading you into the gathering of the tares. If you truly fear God, now is the time to repent and seek the truth in God's word. He is not a figment of anyone's imagination, nor is he so far away that he cannot hear us when we cry out to him. And this isn't for "special" people. The fellowship of the living God is for "Whosoever will" do the will of God. But until you truly acknowledge him with all your heart as the only God and his Son as the only Savior, you will continue in your doubt and that doubt has the potential to relegate you to perdition. I pray your heart has the humility to hear!

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                                                                        You must be a Muslim, Muslims all over the world are now killing Christians,The Muslim plan is to befriend Christians in America and deceive them to make them believe that Islam is a peaceful religion,FALSE! The Muslim brotherhood is working all over the world to spread radical Islam,making people think they are a peaceful organization,False!The Koran say it's ok to lie to further there cause,and not to make friends with Christians and Jews. To get them to convert or kill them. Read the book Blood of lambs by a former terrorist Kamal Saleem who tells the real story about Islam, wake up and learn the truth and don't be deceived, Paul said if anyone comes and preaches a different Jesus or gospel than the one he preached let them be accursed, And mohammad preached a different Jesus that Jesus is not God and did not die on the cross, different Gospel.Let him be accursed,that's what the word of God says!!!Amen

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                                                                            Mike, although the sentiment you write is common and it would be nice to think that there is more than one way to understand Elohim's message it's a lie. Does he use whatever vehicle He chooses to get the point across? Yes (Balaam's donkey, the writing on the wall ...) Is His word changing? NO. God is not the same God as the Muslims, regardless of what they want us to think. Nor did HE create denominations or religions, that was man's doing. If we have His Spirit living within us, He will identify to us the truths. Martin Luther taught Reformation, but even after his conversion he saw that he could not convert the Jews to his Christianity so a hatred for them was instilled in him and he rounded them up and burned them in their synagogues. God is the God of Israel. If people wanted to follow Yeshua (Jesus) then they would realize He was and IS Jewish. God does not instill hatred but he is a vengeful God and is a jealous God when it comes to His people. His true message is not as you put it "to GROW UP and play nice" THAT is not even in the scripture. His message was to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, to obey Torah, help the widow, orphan and the poor. It's all laid out for each of us if you STUDY and get to know Him through the scripture. There are so many 'self appointed' messengers but only ONE message. The Apostle's walked and talked with Yeshua every day, Paul had a firsthand experience with him on the road to Emmaus. You have to know the scripture and history and be lead by His Spirit to get the thorough understanding of Him. But He will help you. Hosea 4:6 "My people perish from a lack of knowledge." His plan is right in front of us, even you. But you must look at it and read it and don't assume things.

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                                                                                Mikey, Since you believe this way, I must quote God on this,,, " you shut up the Kingdom & are not going in yourself"

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                                                                                  if you know anything about masons/freemasons, you would know that they believe the same way, you cannot become a mason unless, you believe in a higher power, it does'nt matter what your higher power is,...even if your religion is satanism.
                                                                                  It's all prophecy in everything we see, and hear today. But it's not for us as christians to marvel, we know what's going on , yet we marvel!!, it's not time to marvel, it's time to repent from being lukewarm, being hypocrites, repent from knowing the word of God--and not living it, repent from being just a hearer of God's word, it's time to look in the mirror and make sure we are ready for the return of our Lord &Saviour Christ Jesus.
                                                                                  Let us all , who confess Jesus, begin to set aside any and all things that so easily beset us. Once we do that, we can truly rejoice when we see God's word manifest, because we know the Rapture is near, to snatch us away, from the Lawless world! May God the Father, bless you , in the name of Jesus,and may his Holy Spirit... rest, rule and abide in you!

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                                                                                    Mam, I am monotheistic in essence, and I read the bible frequently, and attend church but sometimes I wonder about Jesus. I do agree that he is the most holy man ever documented on the world, if he is what the scripture says (which I believe he is) but I do not understand why everyone praises him like a god. It seems silly to me that Christians would revert to Paganism when God said that worship no one but God. And saying that Jesus is the Son of God seems to be a contradiction in the bible because it clearly states that no one should be idolized. Jesus was a brilliant man, but is it wise to worship him?

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                                                                                        Jesus is the Son of God, Perfect in every way, never sinned, no not once but he took the sins of the world on His shoulders and was crucified to death for nothing. He arose from his death and if that isn't good enough for you what else do you want. He is the key to God. People don't do miracles. He did.

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                                                                                            You say that you believe in Jesus and what He is, All over the bible Jesus says over and over I AM the Way the Truth, The Life, No man comes to the Father but by me. Jesus says Himself that He is the Son of God. We believe in the Trinity where Father Son and Spirit are one being that is how we can worship the ONE true God and still believe that Jesus is the Way to the Father Our Savior. If you believe in Jesus then believe what He says in the Bible, He says He is the ONLY way to Salvation, the sacrifice for all who have sinned, that is all of us. Praying that God will make His Grace clear to you.

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                                                                                                I never understood the trinity and when i asked someone to explain it to me she said "you do not need to understand, you just need to listen to what is being said and believe it", I kinda got angry at that statement because it was a stupid explanation, I turned to her and said "only an idiot listens to what someone says blindly and doesn't ask questions". I figured that the trinity has to be a triangle since its 1.) The father 2.) The son and 3.) The holy spirit. please tell me how three seperate things can be one because it doesnt make sense to me. I believe god is spiritual (holy spirit) and he is the father in the same way you have a soul,and are capable of having a son.Not attacking your beliefs but i just fail to understand the trinity.

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                                                                                                  Amir,

                                                                                                  Please take the time to study the Gospel of John Chapter 1

                                                                                                  1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with GOD and the Word was GOD

                                                                                                  2: He was in the beginning with GOD.

                                                                                                  3: All things came into being through him; and apart from him nothing came into being that has come into being.

                                                                                                  4: In Him was Life; and the life was the light of men,

                                                                                                  5: And the light shines in the darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it.

                                                                                                  Then skipping to verse 14: And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His Glory, Glory as the only begotten from the Father, full of Grace and Truth.

                                                                                                  This explains and shows the 2nd part of the GODHEAD, and that JESUS was GOD in the Flesh. I hope this will help you in your search for understanding of the truth.

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                                                                                                      Hi Amir
                                                                                                      The Bible actually teaches that Jesus is God Who came to earth as a man in order to be our substitute to take our place in hell ... it's all God's loving plan to save us from hell ... Son of God is just one of His many titles like Son of Man, Emmanuel, Lamb of God, ...

                                                                                                      Perhaps it may be good for you to read "Evidence that demands a verdict" or "More than a carpenter" by Josh McDowell, who set out to disprove Jesus ...

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                                                                                                          GOD the FATHER is a SPRIT, JESUS is GOD in the flesh

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                                                                                                              Heres what i believe, i believe jesus is the son of god and not god unlike other christians do. I believe that nowhere in the Bible did jesus say worship me, he says worship god which contradicts the statement of him being god. God and jesus were joined in spirit the same way man and woman are joined in spirit when married. They are two entities, god is in the spirit realm while jesus was born of flesh. When he got baptised and the heavens opened up is when I believe they bonded. This may be right or wrong in some peoples eyes but what people dont understand is that its an irrelevant point when all jesus wanted was for you to turn to god and away from evil, good luck everybody in these coming days and hold strong your faith on god.

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                                                                                                                Hell is sooo terrible, sooo terrible that God had to send His only begotten son to DIE a horrific death on the cross. THAT folks is LOVE. Only a very very very loving God could do that. What else do people want? Jesus lost everything to give everything to humans. That is LOVE. Accept it and go to heaven or reject it and go to hell.

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                                                                                                                  you hit the nail on the head...
                                                                                                                  truth is truth

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                                                                                                                      Renee is absolutely right! It's not about religion it's about the relationship with Jesus Christ. These people just want to apease the Muslims, and that's not what Jesus is about. Even the most popular evangelists can get it wrong if they're not walking the walk with our Lord.

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                                                                                                                        Well said!

                                                                                                                        I cannot believe what's going on! And did you happen to notice that Rick Warren did not 'offend' the Muslims by using the name JESUS in the beginning of his prayer.

                                                                                                                        "If you DENY ME before men. I will deny you before My Father." Mr. Warren is skating on some VERY THIN ICE. And considering the size of him, that's not advisable!

                                                                                                                        There is A Jesus mentioned in the Koran, but there is also a Jesus mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Neither of these is THE JESUS of the Bible.

                                                                                                                        1) The Jesus of Islam is a prophet of Allah, like Mohommad was. Not the virgin born Son and NOT the Jesus of John 1;1,12-14.

                                                                                                                        2. The Jesus of Mormons (I know they weren't mentioned, but just by way of comparison)... was conceived by a 'flesh and blood' god and Mary and is the spirit brother of Lucifer.

                                                                                                                        NEITHER of these counterfeit Jesus' (another Jesus) qualify to be humanity's Savior. Mr. Warren, in the name of 'world peace' is committing spiritual murder/suicide, with his life and the lives of those who buy into this lie.

                                                                                                                        Like you said, you 'love your neighbor' by praying for them. Not by indulging in their sin so they don't feel uncomfortable. The blind are leading the blind, here, and they will both stumble into the eternal hell fire unless someone smartens up, in a hurry!

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