Toward Christlike Relationships with Muslims (Affirmation Introduction)
30-Days International has decided to actively participate in a worldwide affirmation of believers called “Grace and Truth: Toward Christlike Relationships with Muslims.”
We ask our prayer partners to seriously consider the statements in this text and to pray this for yourself, your congregation and the body of Christ. We encourage
believers to repent concerning all un-Christlike attitudes toward Muslims which are unworthy of our crucified and risen King. We have shortened the text a bit in order to make it fit into the “30 Days” format.
The following is the “Introduction of the Grace and Truth Affirmation.”
This is an Affirmation from a Global Network of Christians who love Muslims and many who live and serve among them. Jesus calls his followers to experience and live out the love of God. This love is made accessible to all people through Christ, who came to the world “full of grace and truth.” However, because of cultural differences, threats of terrorism and negative stereotypes of Muslims, many of God’s people shrink back from fulfilling Jesus’ command to love all people.
We note that the Islamic World contains significant theological and ideological diversity. The spectrum of Muslim perspectives and practice ranges from secularists, modernists and some traditionalists, to extremist Islamists who promote militant jihad. Recognizing this great diversity, we affirm nine biblical guidelines that can enable Jesus’ followers to serve as his representatives in relationship with Muslims of every persuasion:
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I support the grace and truth declaration and with God’s help will seek to abide by it.
WE MUSLIMS WILL PRAY THAT THE UK,GERMANY,FRANCE,NETHERLAND,RUSSIA ETC NATIONS. WILL BE ISLAMIC NATION IN 25 YEARS AND WHOLE EUROPE WILL CONVERT TO ISLAM AND BECAME MUSLIM NATION. IT WILL HAPPEN WE MUSLIMS KNOW . AND I WANT TO SAY TO CHRISTIANS
THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH. AND ALLAH HAS NO IMAGE.
THE TRUTH IS WE CANNOT BE THE IMAGE OF GOD IN ANY CASE, HE IS GREATER AND ABOVE THEN OUR IMAGINATION.
HUMAN MIND IS NOT CAPABLE TO THINK WHAT HE CAN BE OR WHAT HE CANNOT BE.
OUR GOD HAS NO IMAGE.
OUR GOD IS GOD OF ALL UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT HE CREATES.
GOD IS UNCREATED THE CREATED THINGS IS NOT GOD.
BELIVEVE IT OR NOT
INSHALLAH EUROPE WILL BE A MUSLIM CONTINENT ONE DAY AND WHOLE WORLD WILL BE
as a Christian, i agree that the earth and all that is in it belongs to God, but the true LORD, Yahweh, not to Allah. God wants a relationship with all men, but becuase of sin, God had to drive us out of paradise in Eden. yet He has provided a way back in Jesus/Isa, who came to die on the cross for our sins. He rose from the dead and went back to Heaven, but left his Spirit until the work on earth is done. amen.
First of all I want to make just short comment to Abdul. you say that ” THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH. AND ALLAH HAS NO IMAGE”. I will tell you that in Allah means God in Arabic language. for mor information you can check origin of this word in wikipedia. the most important problem which arises between Muslims and Christians is misunderstanding and not well education in Bible or Kuran. if you read first Bible, which was created early than Kuran you will notice that Kuran repeats all main rules which is already written in Bibly. when Mohhamed started his activities Gabriel Angel appeared to him and told “Ikra”. Ikra – means Read!! he mean to read Holy Book Bibly. ..society, where Mohhamed was growing up, was heathen. of course he knew about Chirst and Christianity and he was full with love..he was trying to share all bibly as he heard from Christians to all society, becasue he saw how people around him made wrong action and had wrong lifestyle..but he had no education to read, so he was satisfy only to listen from christians..after he started proclaim hsi religion views..the only problem is that he did not follow exactly the way which was already done by Christ, but he choose his way, his own principle..Kuran is wise book, but if you read it you will get sure how it is copied from Bibly…actually Kuran was written later by some educated men who were familiar with Bible very well, just they had no enough brain to hide all, they only repeated all bibile their own way. (p.s. gotta go now. i will be back soon, and do not forget that God created only human being like him, because of his huge love to humans…but we humans made sin every day with our proud soul..we always try to destroy love by our “religion”..Christ, as part of soul was on the earth but people did not recognize him..every day thus soul is with us bu we do nto recognise it, because of our short soul..and every day we kill Christ)..
..and I have not seen not Mohhamed nor christ, just I have only books and information how they lifestyle was..Mohhamed had 13th wife, he had sexual relations with 9 years old Aishe (is this normal? is it best example for life?) he robbed people and made by force to accept Islam, he was saying it was by the nmae of God (Christianity only searches highest soul development to stay with god, not to rob people, not to steal…) Mohhamed’s soldier’s robbed people and after they fight each other because they did not know ho w to devide property..Mohhamed was thinking long time what to do, so when night time passed and morning come he said he saw god and sked him to write Aia (Sura) how to divide the property which was robbed..so funny…do you think he was best example???than Christ said: if you have two cloths give one of them to another person who has not cloths…(Christ had not any wife and he did not play with humans passions..because human passions does not mean love) I hope Muslims will find out correct and truth way..because truth is only one and it was writtne in Bible and New testament..the other information is falsificated and wrong and takes to all souls to hell.
@ Mary….
(1) If you are saying Quran was copied from Bible, then why can’t I say Bible was copied from Torah !
(2) If they copied Quran from Bible then Why did they forgot to copy Jesus as son of God ?
Basically what we need to understand is Message of God is one.
Be it in form of Torah, Bible, Plasms of David or Quran the doctrine is one, the rules are one, the God is one.
Quran has testified all former 03 books, but Quran is the final unchanged message of God for mankind.
Again you have written something nonsense that Quran was written at latter time, if that was true Quran would have many versions like Bible today, your claim is baseless without any proof.
Torah & Bible were changed timely, So God has revealed Quran with his protection. Therefore you can see Quran is one universally in one original language. whereas Bible has different versions and has lost its original language of revelation i.e Armaic.
Armaic is parental language of Arabic, In Armaic bible God is mentioned as “EL” which is close to Allah.
I am not emphasisng to call God as Allah, you can call him with many names but the meaning should not change.
Muslims and Jews are pure monotheists, christians claims to be monotheist but they are confused in the matter of Trinity.
Believe in Unity and not in Trinity !!!
Europe neevr can be Muslim Contitnent as you wish, because your wish is coming not from truth but from your heart which is closed and eyes which are blind. Pray to save your soul only.
One should not say that so and so religion will prevail, but we should say that Truth will prevail, thus If Islam is Truth it will prevail”.
FYI Islam is the fastest growing religion in the World irrespective of massive propoganda by the enimies of Truth.
I found this website that mentions what muslims really believe about Jesus.
It is a must read!!!
http://www.harunyahya.com/books/faith/Jesus_prophet/not_a_son01.php
It’s Interesting Article, thanks for sharing this, but the Muslims recognise Christ as Prophet. God is a soul. this Soul was in CHrist but he had a Human Body. this soul was talking by the name of God. but Muslims do not want to accept Trinity (God, Son and Holy Soul – this is One Hypostas of God) and it’s mistake to accept Christ as Prophet. everyone beleievs God even in Maputu, but important is the way how to live, how you are thinking and how pure soul you have. but to have pure soul means you have to devote and follow only the way to Christ. there is no way but only he.
God can’t be so mean, people who do not know Jesus cant go to hell coz they dont know him.
and people cant attain salvation coz they believed in Jesus.
Islam says attaining salvation depends upon your deeds and also by believing in Unity of God.
Quran says salvation will be provided to every individual (irrespective of religions & races & ages) if he has done good and believed in unity God (not trinity) will avail salvation.
Christians say that everyone will get salvation whoever accepted Jesus this is wrong Adolf Hitler cannot attain salvation coz he belived in Jesus but his deeds will also be counted.
i was reading your article. i find it amazing. it is very accurate. i believe we Christians need to explian the Gospel clearly to Muslims, but only within the context of loving kindness and forbearnce, knowing that generations of hatered will not easily go away. we must pray for God to open MUslim eyes.
I agree with the 9 Affirmations, but maybe we need a 10th one. I would suggest that we cannot refrain from speaking the hard truths for fear of offending someone or damaging the relationship. We cannot just pretend that the hard truths don’t exist. Jesus spoke them and sometimes they were too hard to hear, but he loved people enough to still speak them at the risk of losing a close friend. Maybe the 10th Affirmation should say something like this: Christians need to love Muslims enough to speak the hard truth, yet seek the wisdom to speak it with love and grace.
Amen!