Who is the Greatest? (Muslim must read and know the FACT). This serious question cannot be appropriately directed at Christ and Muhammad. According to human scale, both have reached a standard of acceptance that no their founder of a religion has reached. Islam has reached 1.2 billion people, 1370 years after the death of its founder. Those who claim to follow to Christ have surpassed the 1.8 billion mark. No political party, no philosophy, no ideology, ever gathered as many adherents as have Christ and Muhammad in the past centuries. Muhammad warned his people in Mecca and endured severe persecution for twelve years. But after he immigrated to Medina in AD 622, everything changed. He turned into a leader experienced in politic, legislation and war. In the eyes of his followers, he is the head (Imam) of all believers, and the Ambassador of Allah for the Muslim nation (ul-Ummah). Christ Himself was not ready to accept the question, who is the greatest? He humbled Himself and declared that He did not come to be served but to serve and to give up his life as a ransom for many. Jesus said to His followers, “Whoever wants to be first must ultimately be last, and whoever intends to be ruler, should be the slave of all” (Matthew 10;42). Jesus promised that only the meek will inherit the earth (Matthew. 5;5). Jesus did not only preach but also lived out His teachings. Despite His tremendous power, He chose to live humbly, to be rejected by men, and finally to be crushed by evil hands (Isaiah. 53;1-3). When Peter tried to defend Him, Jesus rebuked Peter, commanding him to return his sword to its sheath and not to interfere in the decreed plan of God that demanded His substitutionary death for the salvation of mankind.(John. 18;11). Jesus Christ also proved His authority when He assured faithful seekers: “Your sins are forgiven.” Jesus Christ says even today to every repentant sinner;”God loves you; I have reconciled you to Him. The door to Him is wide open for you.” God did not send Jesus Christ to declare another unbearable law to man. Jesus was the incarnate Mercy of God. In Him, the love of the Holy One was revealed. Therefore, He loved sinners, blessed His enemies and encouraged the despairing. Jesus is the mercy of the All-Merciful, the Compassionate. He proved Himself to be the same essence as God. In Christ the Spirit of God became flesh (Women 4;171). There is no difference His mercy and the mercy of God. His atonement is the free offer of God to every lost sinner. Whoever receives His grace and accepts His justification is forever reconciled with God. Those who believe in Him will finally recognize and see the real position of Christ, seated at the right hand of the Almighty. The mercy of Christ will never stop, condemn or destroy us, since He has justified and redeemed us. The followers of Christ are not obliged to suffer neither under the Law of Moses nor under the Sharia of Muhammad. They abide in the grace of God as revealed in the Gospel of Christ. Even the Quran confirms this unique privilege to the follower of Christ; Q.5.047 “Let the people of the Gospel judge by what God hath revealed therein. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what God hath revealed, they are (no better than) those who rebel.” The Quran legally frees Christians from the Sharia law and confirms them in the grace of the Gospel. The mercy of Christ grants them perfect peace in heart and mind. Their spiritual vigour from the assurance of salvation leads them to service of love, based on an everlasting hope. Christ humbled Himself more and glorified His Father in heaven, saying; “Truly, truly, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever things He does, these also the Son does likewise.” (John. 5;19). “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in Me, He does the works.” (John 14;10). Thus, Christ denied Himself and gave all homage to God His Father. He even confessed; “The Father is greater than I. I and the Father are one.” (John. 14;8, & 10;30). Therefore, anyone desiring to understand Christ should humble himself and ask the question, “Who is the most humble?” Christ humbled Himself to the point that He made Himself a curse for us that we may become the righteousness of God in Him. He gave Himself as atonement for every evil man and woman –even for murders-that they shall be set free from the condemnation of God, being transformed into believers filled with His eternal love. (easywaytoheaven.co.uk).
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:00:10 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015