9:15am “Modern Service” Scott Lake Baptist Church (Lakeland FL)
“Jesus is better than…”
Through the Book of Hebrews
This Week: “Prophets” Heb. 1:1-3
“A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles” THOMAS SOWELL (1987)
“There are no solutions, only tradeoffs”
1. Jesus is the heir of ALL THINGS, created ALL THINGS, and upholds ALL THINGS
2. Jesus is the genuine copy of God’s NATURE
3. Jesus made PURIFICATION for sin, Prophets can’t do that.
BONUS: Jesus is better than Muhammad
1) Jesus is sinless (Hebrews 4:15)
Muhammad needed forgiveness
“And ask forgiveness of thy.”(Surah 40:55)
2) Jesus’ tomb is empty (Matt 28:6, Luke 24:6)
Muhammad is still buried in “Mosque of the Prophet”
3) Jesus died for the sins of the world (1John 2:2)
Muhammad was poisoned by his wife Aisha: “O Allah! Forgive me, and bestow Your Mercy on me, and let me meet the companions.” (Hadith)
4) Jesus did not call His followers to violence
“My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.” (John 18:36)
“Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.” (Matthew 26:52, John 18:11)
Muhammad was incredibly violent
Surah 33:60-61 Muhammad says:
“If the hypocrites, the sick of heart, and those who spread lies in the city [Medina] do not desist, We shall arouse you against them, and then they will only be your neighbors in this city for a short while. They will be rejected wherever they are found, and then seized and killed.”
• In the Hadith, Muhammad wins a battle and slaughters 800 Jewish captives
• After Muhammad captures Mecca he demanded that two female slaves be put to death along with their master because they had mocked him in a song (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 819, Abu Dawud 2678).
5) Jesus is how God loved the world (John 3:16)
Muhammad said Allah does not love those who reject Islam (Koran 30:45, 3:32, 22:38)
6) Jesus condemned stealing
“Thou shall not steal” (Matt 19:18)
Muhammad permitted stealing from unbelievers: “The people felt hungry and captured some camels and sheep (as booty)” (Bukhari 44:668)
7) Jesus condemned lying
“Thou shalt not bear false witness” (Matt 19:18)
Muhammad permits lying (Sahih Muslim 6303, Bukhari 49:857)
8) Jesus never owned slaves
“Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Sell him to me” (Sahih Muslim 3901)
9) Jesus condemned revenge
“If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also” (Matthew 5:39)
Muhammad taught revenge: “If then anyone transgresses the prohibition against you, Transgress ye likewise against him” (Koran 2:194)
10) Jesus never married and was celibate
Muhammad 13 wives and kept pleasure slaves (Bukhari 5:268, Koran 33:50)
11) Jesus remained sexually pure
Muhammad lay with a nine year old as a wife (Bukhari 5:268, Koran 33:50)
12) Jesus: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called Sons of God” (Matthew 5:9)
Muhammad taught jihad [“holy war”] in the way of Allah elevates one’s position in Paradise by a hundredfold (Muslim 4645)
13) Jesus never waged war on unbelievers
Muhammad order at least 65 such campaigns in the final ten years of his life (Ibn Ishaq)
14) Jesus was tortured for us (Isaiah 53:5)
Muhammad tortured people
(Muslim 4131, Ibn Ishaq 436, 595, 734, 764)
15) Jesus loves & prays for enemies (Matt 5:44)
Muhammad: “fight them until there is no more persecution and religion is only for Allah” (Koran 8:39)
16) Jesus healed a blind man (Mark 8:28)
Muhammad celebrated and blessed the murder of a half-blind man (al-Tabari 1440)
17) Jesus gave his life for others (John 10:18)
Muhammad had others give their lives for him (Sahih Muslim 4413)
18) Jesus was himself crucified
Muhammad crucified others
(Koran 5:33, Muslim 16:4131)
19) Jesus and his followers gave their possessions to those in need (Acts 2:44-45)
Muhammad’s followers stole, and lived off the wealth of others. Many times Muhammad in his war against Mecca hijacked caravans that transported goods in the desert
20) Jesus: “Mine is not a kingdom of this world” (John 18:36, Luke 14:33)
“And Allah has made you heirs to their land and their dwellings and their property” (Koran 33:27)
21) Christian texts: “Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them” (Col. 3:19)
Islamic texts instruct men beat their disobedient wives (Koran 4:34, Sahih Muslim 2127)
22) Jesus’ followers share their faith with gentleness and respect (1Peter 3:15)
Muhammad’s followers are instructed to Kill, convert or subjugate χians & Jews (Koran 9:29)
Jesus is better for you… give your life to him.
