be with god: 08/09/12

الخميس، 9 أغسطس 2012

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☞ ➭ GOD DECLARES HIMSELF TO BE GOD ☚

The first criterion is that God CLEARLY and EXPLICITLY declares who he is, by declaring and saying I AM GOD, we read:

Isaiah 43:11 ➭ "I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour."

Isaiah 45:5 ➭ "I am Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me."

Isaiah 46:9 ➭ "I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me."

Exodus 20:3-5 ➭ 3"Thou shalt have no other gods before me." 4"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:" 5 "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God."

Jeremiah 32:27 ➭ Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

Ezekiel 20:20 ➭ And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your God.

Genesis 35:11 ➭ And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins

Genesis 46:3 ➭ And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

So God CLEARLY and EXPLICITLY declares who he is, he doesn't leave it open to question or guesswork, he plainly says it.

Yet Jesus never ONCE in clear plain Hebrew or Greek ever said I AM GOD, OR I AM GOD ALMIGHTY, OR I AM GOD AND THERE IS NO GOD BESIDE ME. Jesus in his entire ministry NEVER and I repeat NEVER EVER uttered this sentence once, hence he fails the first criteria.

God says I AM GOD, Jesus never said it once.☚

Photo: ☞ ➭ GOD DECLARES HIMSELF TO BE GOD ☚

The first criterion is that God CLEARLY and EXPLICITLY declares who he is, by declaring and saying I AM GOD, we read:

Isaiah 43:11 ➭ "I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour."

Isaiah 45:5 ➭ "I am Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me."

Isaiah 46:9 ➭ "I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me."

Exodus 20:3-5 ➭ 3"Thou shalt have no other gods before me." 4"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:" 5 "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God."

Jeremiah 32:27 ➭ Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

Ezekiel 20:20 ➭ And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your God.

Genesis 35:11 ➭ And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins

Genesis 46:3 ➭ And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

So God CLEARLY and EXPLICITLY declares who he is, he doesn't leave it open to question or guesswork, he plainly says it.

Yet Jesus never ONCE in clear plain Hebrew or Greek ever said I AM GOD, OR I AM GOD ALMIGHTY, OR I AM GOD AND THERE IS NO GOD BESIDE ME. Jesus in his entire ministry NEVER and I repeat NEVER EVER uttered this sentence once, hence he fails the first criteria.

God says I AM GOD, Jesus never said it once.☚

Photo: God sends Evil spirits ?

According to the Bible:
1 Samuel 18: 10

The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully upon Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the harp, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand

Bible commentaries:
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Geneva Study Bible
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he {e} prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.

(e) That is, spoke as a man beside himself for so the people abused this word, when they could not understand.

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Wesley's Notes
18:10 The evil spirit, and c. - His fits of frenzy returned upon him. The very next day after he conceived envy at David, the evil spirit was permitted by God to seize him again. Such is the fruit of envy and uncharitableness. Prophesied - That is, he used uncouth gestures, and signs, as the prophets often did.

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Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
And it came to pass on the morrow,.... After the women had met him with their music and dancing, and when returned home:

that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul; thinking on the above things that had passed, he became melancholy:

and he prophesied in the midst of the house; either really, delivering out divine songs, as the prophets did; according to Abarbinel, he foretold that David would be king, and the kingdom would be taken from him, and given to him; or he feigned himself a prophet, mimicking their motions and gestures; or, as the Targum, acted like a mad man, or a fool, uttering foolish words, and using ridiculous gestures, which seems most agreeable to the evil spirit in him:

and David played with his hand as at other times; upon his harp, to remove the evil spirit, or melancholy disposition from Saul; for though he was now advanced at court, and an officer in the army, and high in the affections and applause of the people: yet he did not think it below him to act as a musician, to do service to his prince; of such an humble, kind, and ingenuous disposition was he:

and there was a javelin in Saul's hand; a kind of spear, or half pike, which he had taken into his hand on purpose to kill David while playing; for persons in such circumstances as his, as they are very mischievous, so very subtle at contriving.

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They say you can never love someone whom you have never seen
I just smiled and said,
'I haven’t seen my Prophet Muhammad (SAW) but I love Him dearly'.

why?

41 minutes ago

Why are Christians not told about these things?

There are many tough questions raised about the Gospels by New Testament scholars. Mainstream scholars who teach in universities and seminaries are largely agreed that:

* the NT contains forgeries (for example 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus);

* that what Matthew’s Jesus teaches about the Jewish Law and salvation is radically different from what Paul teac

hes about the Law and salvation;

* that John’s portrayal of Jesus represents a highly interpreted account of his life and teaching fundamentally at odds with the earlier gospels;

* that the earliest disciples of Jesus did not think he was divine;

* that in the first centuries before ‘orthodoxy’ was imposed by the Roman Empire, there existed multiple ‘Christianities’ all claiming to proclaim the truth about Jesus;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU_26Pn3Bwg&feature=player_embedded

iftar in madnah

Ramadan in Masjid Nabawi (PBUH) Madinah Munawwarah

ex frined story

33 minutes ago

Bringing a Friend to Christianity Led Me to Islam
It's the most logical doctrine you won't find in any other religion::

My name is Rasheed. I'm from Florida, in the United States. I’m twenty four years old.

I came to Islam in December of

2004, so I was seventeen at the time.

Currently I work as an optical lab technician.

I want to tell my story of how I came to Islam, and maybe give some advice to people who are trying to find their path In-Shaa-Allah.

Generally I was like a church kid, I was raised in the Southern Baptist church. I went to church very frequently; Bible studies and services, so I knew my Bible. I was not very knowledgeable, but knowledgeable enough for a kid of thirteen to seventeen years when I'd really gone into it.

Before converting, I was a very strong believer in the Trinitarian Christian faith, as I was a Southern Baptist, and I was very firm in this faith. I didn’t know much about Islam to have an opinion. I think that was a kind of self-imposed ignorance because of how the media portrays Islam. So I didn’t want to go there, as I was afraid of what I might learn. So I thought whatever the news told me basically.

I didn’t know much about Islam, but I had actually done my fair share of homework on Buddhism, Hinduism, and that was based on pure curiosity and interest in Eastern cultures. Having been brought up in the Christian faith, going to Bible studies you get a kind of cursory basic information about Judaism because the Old Testament is incorporated into the Bible. So, I knew a little bit about Judaism, basic tenents of Hinduism and Buddhism, Taoism not much, Shinto a little. So the major religions I did look a little into the basics at first.

I never went on like a journey to find the truth because being raised in the church as firmly as I had been I always assumed that I was upon it already. So what actually happened was that there was another revert brother that I went to school with, we were pretty good friends at the time. But having been raised in this Christian environment, and finding out that he had left the faith that I loved so much, I was personally offended that he chose to leave it. So I took it upon myself as kind of like a crusade to bring him back to the church, witnessed to him and all this kind of thing, but without knowing anything about his religion.

I tried my best, and through that what I had to do is finally research about Islam on my own, and through asking him also, as we would have various kinds of debates on doctrinal issues. So we discussed, and he would teach me this aspect of Islam and this aspect, and what do I say to that now because I did not know that before, as it made sense to me, and I had nothing to say. So as this went on, actually my mission to bring him out of Islam led me to Islam, Alhamdulillah.

Yes, I didn’t go on a search for truth as some people do. But I guess Allah guided me in the way that He did, Alhamdulillah.

Life After Islam

I can be totally honest and say my life hasn’t really changed that much because of how I was raised, like going to church a lot. My lifestyle per se didn’t change very much. I just picked up the few extra prayers per day and stopped eating pork. I didn’t indulge in alcohol at that time anyway, so I didn’t have to really leave it.

Belief in God as in the Trinitarian doctrine I always just accepted because that’s what we believed, but I didn’t understand it. So if you don't understand something how can you really say that you believe it?
I can say with confidence that I never really did believe in a triune God. I believed there’s God, but what changed was my belief in Jesus, peace be upon him; in his relationship to God, his relationship to us. That’s really what did change.

From the bottom of my heart I have to say just do it, because to me speaking from reason it is the only way of life that people should be following. It’s the complete way of life that you won’t find in any other religion. And it's the most logical doctrine you can say you won't find in any other religion. It makes perfect sense, and the way of life that is encouraged and commanded by God is the perfect way of life.

My advice would be to just make sure that that’s what you want for yourself, and just do it. Don't worry and put your trust in God. Also, if you have any Muslim friends that you are already in contact with that may be teaching you about Islam, then ask them; and don’t be shy to ask them to bring you to the mosque they go to, to talk to their Imam or with some of the other knowledgeable persons in their congregation.

So, if you have decided to take on this path, then congratulations. You will have my prayers for continued guidance and success in this life and in the next life; the real life.

My advice would be: just be wary from where you get information from. Don’t be hasty to join up with a sect with slogans and all these things. Learn your information, go slow; it is the beginning of the path. You’ve just started. You just cannot attain ultimate truth within a year or something. Take your time. Always make sure to purify your intentions, and whatever you’re doing is for the sake of Allah, and in His worship.

So, brothers and sisters in Islam, and hopefully new brothers and sisters in Islam, I hope my words could benefit you in some way In-Shaa-Allah, and inspire you to embrace Islam and to progress on the path your are on.

Keep me in your prayers.

Via New Reverts to Islam