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Heres hoping that there are more who are "worried about their salvation". I've heard some talking about Jesus and what He would do in this situation. I am not a theologian so I do not believe that my opinion could be construed as definitive. There are numerous ministries involved in bringing the Gospel to the Muslims. There are incredible accounts on a daily basis of Muslims being converted. This is awesome, wonderful news but how does it relate to those Muslims who are willing to kill themselves in order to kill a few Jews or Christians. How would Jesus react to this kind of situation? In the Gospel accounts of His life there were a number of occasions where those who heard his message wanted to kill Him. In more than one instance He walked through the crowd and escaped, right before their eyes. I guess the point is that while the messenger can be killed (as Jesus was) but His message lives on. He could not be killed until He was ready to die. Like Jesus said:
"Joh 10:17-18 Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I might take it again. (18) No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down from Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment from My Father.
Whether we like to admit it or not there is a spiritual component to this whole thing. We need to protect ourselves along with reaching out to those we are protecting ourselves from. Truth is being revealed and error exposed. The truth is the truth but it is the knowledge of the truth that brings freedom. It's not about one groups' truth versus anothers' it is about THE TRUTH. The sooner we all realize that the better.
Joh 8:31-32 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; (32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Act 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Act 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Act 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
I know that there are those who will be upset with me for this post but a man's got to do what a man's got to do. Our fight is not with the Muslim people per se. It is with a thought process that says that death to all others who do not think like we do is the only alternative. Now I know that the Christian "religion" has in the past been guilty of exactly this ( well not quite- they just killed them after conversion so thst they could not go back to their old ways- a confession under only a slight bit of duress). That was a long time ago and Christianity has moved on from there. The point is that we need to WAKE UP. Deal with this issue on the level it needs to be dealt with.
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