God gives us clear ways of knowing those that are His.
Deu 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he [is] God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love
him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Jhn 13:35 By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Only when we love one another do we show that we are Jesus' disciples and kept in the grace of God. We even have to show love to
our enemies.
Mat 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Psa 109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.
This love is a way of allowing our works to give witness to the one who works through us. Those who work in iniquity give witness
to the one who works through them. What should one who is righteous expect from the iniquitous?
Psa 109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a
lying tongue.
Psa 109:3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Psa 109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
These are common practices of Islam through the practice of taquiya and honor killings. As well as the genocidal tendecies of the
koran concerning Jews. It was always the method of Muhammad to lie in wait, lying to those who were in power over him, and then to
turn on those who had done him no harm if they did not believe as he did. In fact Muhammad would even turn on those who had helped
him if it benefitted his cause in some way. He showed this by turning on the Christians who had harboured his followers during
their intial outset from Mecca. But should this suprise us?
1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Those who fall under Satan's power do the will of their master. The sad truth is that the power of Satan is darkness. Those who
are under that power do not fully realize it because they cannot "see" where they are headed. It is our responsibility as children
of God to show the light through our own words and actions. Do not expect to always succeed in proselytizing everyone you meet.
Jesus knew this would be the case and gave us a word of encouragment.
Jhn 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
Jhn 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of
good cheer; I have overcome the world.
What happens to those that allow Satan to rule over them?
Psa 109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Psa 109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
This is particularly important for muslims. They think that their prayers will save them but the scriptures says that prayers from
those that have allowed Satan rule over them are sins. Why would God delight in the prayers from those who do the opposite of His
express will?
There are two verse that sum up the characteristics of God's children and Satan's children.
1Jo 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,
neither he that loveth not his brother.
Jhn 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and
the father of it.
Do not think that I am singling Islam out as the only conduit through which Satan works. If you look throughout history you see
plenty of people who called themselves Christian but fell drastically short of the commands to love one another as yourself and to love your enemy. The Inquisitions, Crusades, Protestant-Catholic wars, and the myriad of catholic dogma that was established to effectively cut off the average catholic from knowing what scripture actually said is a testament to who is pulling strings among the upper echelon. Islam has similar practices and that is my point. No matter how Satan's children present themselves (agnostics, atheists, muslims, catholics, jehovah witnesses, mormons etc.) eventually they show to whom they really pay homage to. The hard part is showing those who don't know whom they serve where they are headed. To do this we must come in love
nd not just speak empty words but allow God to shine through us in our works. Remember though that good works are a result of
salvation. Not a path to it.
I hope that this is an encouragement to those who seek after righteousness and try to bring others to Christ. For those of you
that this offends then perhaps you should ask yourself why you are offended. For if I have spoken a lie then why be angry. What
have you to fear from a liar. The truth always wins out and so it will. If you feel that your religion has been misrepresented in
some way feel free to respond. I will be more than glad to show you why I posted what I have. For answers visit the category that
on the general category page of the forum that applies to your religion and see if there is any truth to it. Or post here and I,
or someone else if they beat me to it, will reply.
God bless
