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Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by agwom(m): 5:40am On May 25, 2015
There are 40 prophets in the Koran which were first mentioned in the Bible. Some of these include Adam, Enoch, Noah, Moses, David, Solomon, Jonah and Jesus.

The greatest of these for Christians is Jesus. The greatest prophet for Muslims is Muhammad. Muhammad lived approximately 500 years after Jesus. The Greek Scriptures, commonly referred to as the New Testament, were written approximately 14 to 95 years after Jesus died, and were completed around the year 98 AD.
While there are no original copies of the Greek Scriptures, what the Muslim refers to as the Injil, there are fragments of the Bible that date to within 10 to 25 years of the original writings.

The Koran acknowledges that Jesus was a prophet of God, a servant of God, a teacher about God, and also that Jesus performed miracles.

Jesus said, at Matthew 5:43-47, "43 "YOU heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 However, I say to YOU: Continue to love YOUR enemies and to pray for those persecuting YOU; 45 that YOU may prove yourselves sons of YOUR Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous. 46 For if YOU love those loving YOU, what reward do YOU have? Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing? 47 And if YOU greet YOUR brothers only, what extraordinary thing are YOU doing? Are not also the people of the nations doing the same thing? 48 YOU must accordingly be perfect, as YOUR heavenly Father is perfect."

Jesus not only taught this type of self-sacrificing love, but he also practiced it. While Jesus was being executed, on the torture stake, he prayed, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing," according to the Bible. Additionally, the Bible states that Christians were to cultivate and practice the same type of love that Jesus had, being willing to die for their brothers, in the same way that Jesus was willing to die for his earthly brothers. 1 John 3:16. Jesus disciple and apostle John was loved by Jesus and he wrote a great deal about the love that Jesus taught in his various writings, even 65 years later.

Jesus did not teach that we should war against those warring against us, but rather that we should forgive, love and pray for our enemies.

Jesus did not have to be persuaded or forced to declare God's writings. The account of Muhammad said that the angel Gabriel had to finally choke Muhammad in order to persuade him to declare God's writings. Jesus, on the other hand, willingly did everything God asked him to do, to teach people and expose religious hypocrisy at the risk of his own life, willingly.

Additionally, the standards that Jesus taught for marriage were superior to that taught by the prophets preceding him, and superior to that taught by Muhammad, some 500 years later. While the Koran allows for divorce on many different grounds, and that a man can divorce twice before having to stay with his third wife, Jesus taught that divorce was not permissible, except in the case of adultery. Matthew 19.

In that same account found at Matthew 19, Jesus taught that polygamy was not permissible, but that God's original arrangement was for the man to "leave his father and his mother, and stick to his wife, and the two would become one flesh." The Bible says, in the Greek Scriptures (or New Testament), that an Christian minister must be "husband of one wife," not many wives.

One Muslim husband who had many wives and children from each of these wives stated that, he would "not recommend" having many wives, that it brings many problems into the family. So, while the Koran allows for many wives, Jesus taught that the husband should have only one wife, which is better family arrangement and contributes to the happiness of both the husband and the wife.

In the Bible, the husband was never to hit his wife, whereas the Koran allows a husband to his wife. Jesus never hit his disciples, and the Bible encourages husbands to love their wives as themselves, and be self-sacrificing to their wife, but never hit their wife for a misdemeanor, or for any reason. This would be a sin against God, rather than something allowed according to the Bible and to the teaching of Jesus.

Jesus stayed single so that he could devote his life to teaching others and serving God. He encouraged Christians who had that "gift" of remaining single to do so, so that they could serve God more fully. While all the Apostles of Jesus were married, Jesus did not forbid marriage, there were some prominent Christians such as Paul, who were not married for the purpose of being able to do more in the ministry of God, as Jesus did. On the other hand, Muhammad had many wives as did many Muslims, even today, after him.

Jesus was willing to die for his followers, a painful death of integrity to God. No matter what the Devil threatened, Jesus was courageous, and willing to give up his life for God and for others. Because of that spirit, God rewarded Jesus with the greatest reward, greater than any other prophet before him or afterwards, to sit at God's right hand in heaven. God resurrected Jesus, and Jesus is in a position at the right hand of God, according to the Bible.

Jesus taught,

We should honor only God not ourselves
We should love our enemies and not war against them
Husbands should not divorce their wives, except for adultery
A husband should have only one wife, not many
A husband should never hit his wife, no more than he would hit himself
Jesus performed thousands of miracles, including,

Curing the sick
Giving sight to the blind
Giving hearing to the deaf
Resurrecting the dead
Miraculously feeding thousands
Walking on water
Calming a violent storm
Therefore, Christians believe that Jesus is a superior prophet to any prophet before him, or after, which is why they do not follow the teachings of Muhammad. However noble Muhammad might have been, Christians believe that he did not match Jesus in his teachings or his deeds.

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Re: Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by tupem: 6:04am On May 25, 2015
Jesus is not a prophet, He is God himself who came in human flesh! .....He's coming again!... soon! the signs are already there! be prepared!

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Re: Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by TI1919(m): 6:07am On May 25, 2015
I pray that you will come to the reality one day to Christ just as you are

grin
Re: Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by mujahid1339(m): 7:54am On May 25, 2015
"Say (O Muhammad): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered"(Qur'an 3:84)
your reasons are even pointless.

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Re: Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by Nobody: 7:56am On May 25, 2015
40 prophets in the Quran? plz cross check ur fact before posting.

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Re: Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by mustymatic(m): 8:09am On May 25, 2015
agwom:
There are 40 prophets in the Koran which were first mentioned in the Bible. Some of these include Adam, Enoch, Noah, Moses, David, Solomon, Jonah and Jesus.

The greatest of these for Christians is Jesus. The greatest prophet for Muslims is Muhammad. Muhammad lived approximately 500 years after Jesus. The Greek Scriptures, commonly referred to as the New Testament, were written approximately 14 to 95 years after Jesus died, and were completed around the year 98 AD.
While there are no original copies of the Greek Scriptures, what the Muslim refers to as the Injil, there are fragments of the Bible that date to within 10 to 25 years of the original writings.

The Koran acknowledges that Jesus was a prophet of God, a servant of God, a teacher about God, and also that Jesus performed miracles.

Jesus said, at Matthew 5:43-47, "43 "YOU heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 However, I say to YOU: Continue to love YOUR enemies and to pray for those persecuting YOU; 45 that YOU may prove yourselves sons of YOUR Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous. 46 For if YOU love those loving YOU, what reward do YOU have? Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing? 47 And if YOU greet YOUR brothers only, what extraordinary thing are YOU doing? Are not also the people of the nations doing the same thing? 48 YOU must accordingly be perfect, as YOUR heavenly Father is perfect."

Jesus not only taught this type of self-sacrificing love, but he also practiced it. While Jesus was being executed, on the torture stake, he prayed, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing," according to the Bible. Additionally, the Bible states that Christians were to cultivate and practice the same type of love that Jesus had, being willing to die for their brothers, in the same way that Jesus was willing to die for his earthly brothers. 1 John 3:16. Jesus disciple and apostle John was loved by Jesus and he wrote a great deal about the love that Jesus taught in his various writings, even 65 years later.

Jesus did not teach that we should war against those warring against us, but rather that we should forgive, love and pray for our enemies.

Jesus did not have to be persuaded or forced to declare God's writings. The account of Muhammad said that the angel Gabriel had to finally choke Muhammad in order to persuade him to declare God's writings. Jesus, on the other hand, willingly did everything God asked him to do, to teach people and expose religious hypocrisy at the risk of his own life, willingly.

Additionally, the standards that Jesus taught for marriage were superior to that taught by the prophets preceding him, and superior to that taught by Muhammad, some 500 years later. While the Koran allows for divorce on many different grounds, and that a man can divorce twice before having to stay with his third wife, Jesus taught that divorce was not permissible, except in the case of adultery. Matthew 19.

In that same account found at Matthew 19, Jesus taught that polygamy was not permissible, but that God's original arrangement was for the man to "leave his father and his mother, and stick to his wife, and the two would become one flesh." The Bible says, in the Greek Scriptures (or New Testament), that an Christian minister must be "husband of one wife," not many wives.

One Muslim husband who had many wives and children from each of these wives stated that, he would "not recommend" having many wives, that it brings many problems into the family. So, while the Koran allows for many wives, Jesus taught that the husband should have only one wife, which is better family arrangement and contributes to the happiness of both the husband and the wife.

In the Bible, the husband was never to hit his wife, whereas the Koran allows a husband to his wife. Jesus never hit his disciples, and the Bible encourages husbands to love their wives as themselves, and be self-sacrificing to their wife, but never hit their wife for a misdemeanor, or for any reason. This would be a sin against God, rather than something allowed according to the Bible and to the teaching of Jesus.

Jesus stayed single so that he could devote his life to teaching others and serving God. He encouraged Christians who had that "gift" of remaining single to do so, so that they could serve God more fully. While all the Apostles of Jesus were married, Jesus did not forbid marriage, there were some prominent Christians such as Paul, who were not married for the purpose of being able to do more in the ministry of God, as Jesus did. On the other hand, Muhammad had many wives as did many Muslims, even today, after him.

Jesus was willing to die for his followers, a painful death of integrity to God. No matter what the Devil threatened, Jesus was courageous, and willing to give up his life for God and for others. Because of that spirit, God rewarded Jesus with the greatest reward, greater than any other prophet before him or afterwards, to sit at God's right hand in heaven. God resurrected Jesus, and Jesus is in a position at the right hand of God, according to the Bible.

Jesus taught,

We should honor only God not ourselves
We should love our enemies and not war against them
Husbands should not divorce their wives, except for adultery
A husband should have only one wife, not many
A husband should never hit his wife, no more than he would hit himself
Jesus performed thousands of miracles, including,

Curing the sick
Giving sight to the blind
Giving hearing to the deaf
Resurrecting the dead
Miraculously feeding thousands
Walking on water
Calming a violent storm
Therefore, Christians believe that Jesus is a superior prophet to any prophet before him, or after, which is why they do not follow the teachings of Muhammad. However noble Muhammad might have been, Christians believe that he did not match Jesus in his teachings or his deeds.
Jesus is not god....I repeat, he is not. he didn't say, he was a man born by a woman

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Re: Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by Nobody: 9:24am On May 25, 2015
@OP Please stop comparing Jesus(AS) to that tyrannically, thieving terrorist who calls himself a prophet.

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Re: Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by enilove(m): 12:22pm On May 25, 2015
It is wrong and sinful to compare light with darkness.

I mean there is no correlation BTW Prophets of God and satanic prophets .
Muhammed was a satanic prophet and is evident in the evil perpetrated by Muslims world wide .

How can a prophet not know who a prophet is .
To prove my point ,I would like to point to a BIG ERROR in the Quran by calling Adam a Prophet .Was Adam a prophet?

WHO IS A PROPHET ?

A prophet a messenger or spokesperson for God who admonishes ,warns ,directs ,encourages , intercedes ,teaches ,counsels and bring the word of God to the erring people to call them to order .

From the above definition , if a prophet is someone sent by God to call people back to obedience to God's laws and to warn them of the Divine judgment upon SIN AND DISOBEDIENCE , who then was Adam sent to warn ,intercede ,admonish ,direct , give the word of God to ?
Were there sinners be4 Adam? Was there sin b4 Adam was created ? Was Adam not the first sinner ? Who was he send to preach to ? Was not Adam the first person to rebel against God ,which is a sin of witchcraft ? When was Adam called to be a prophet ,was it be4 he was created ,immediately he was created or after he sinned against God and inherited curses for mankind ? It was through Adam that sin and curses entered into man and the earth as written in :
Genesis 3:17-19 KJV
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; [18] Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; [19] In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art , and unto dust shalt thou return.

Death ,sickness ,stealing ,killings ,fighting ,envying ,lies , fornication,adultery ,witchcraft etc came into the world as a result of the sin of one man ,Adam.
This is evident in the account of his children. The 1st son of Adam ,Cain ,killed his brother because of envying and lied to God that he. knew not where his brother was when God asked him for the whereabout of his brother .Where did he inherit the spirit of killing and lies ? From Adam . Why did Adam not preach to his 1st son ? At least that was the first man or person he knew .
The first person to preach and warn people of the consequences of their sins was Enoch ,He was the First prophet of God and after him was Abraham .

Those two lived exemplary lives . Enoch did not die ,God took him and God Himself called Abraham His prophet .

The Bible never called Adam a prophet because he was not a prophet. God had no plan to send prophet to the world if not for the sin Adam himself committed.

Muhammed could not identify who a prophet was he also called Ishmael a prophet . Prophet to who ? What were his messages to the Arabians . If God had called Ishmael to be a prophet , God would have given him messages to his descendants and would have told him to keep records of his messages till the coming of Muhammed just as God told the Israelite to keep records of their people till the coming of Christ.

The message that God gave Abraham that would make the world to know that their is true God in Israel was the parting of the RED SEA . Genesis 15: 13 _ 14.

Jesus said salvation is of the Jews not of Arabs ,Nigerians Egyptians etc . It is only through the coming of the Messiah that the world is saved . Jesus is the Messiah who came and shed his blood to cancel the curse Adam brought into the world through disobedience .

The curse could not be taking away except by the shedding of blood of someone who never inherited the curse . That was why the pregnancy of Jesus was not by any man because that man would have inherited the curse himself and Jesus would have inherited it as well .

Jesus is the Son of God and as the Son of God he is God and he has a Father who is Greater than him and who is also GOD TO JESUS . Jesus took part in our creation.
That is why he could give sight to the blind,raised the dead,walk on the sea ,command the sea to be calm, forgive sinners ,curse a tree to wither ,heal the sick ,grant salvation to the thief at his right hand on the cross etc.

Do not compare the creature with the creator.Do not compare Jesus with any prophet in the Bible talk less of muhammed ,the anointed of the devil ,who is taking half of the world's population to hell.

It is also a sin not to know that Jesus and his Father ,Jehovah , are different personalities but one in purpose .
Jesus said he is the son of God . We should also know that God is a title. God Himself said " thou shall not bow down to any other gods " So god is a title and children of God are gods too because we have the attributes of God in us ,which is ability to create things like cars aircraft , machines etc.

Do not confuse the Muslims further by making them to think we are serving the same God .Their god is in the Kaaba and they must face him when praying because allah is not omnipresent . Just like idol worshippers must face their idols when calling on their idols or gods ,Muslims are ignorantly facing the idol in the Kaaba when praying. Can God Almighty live in the Kaaba ( the place where diff idols were ) a black clothed house ,a shrine . Pilgrims to mecca do circumvent it 7 times to show their respect and belief in the house and the idol inside it.

These people need serious prayers for their eyes to be opened. But they would rather argue instead of thinking about what they read and pray for God's direction.
Ignorance is not an excuse to God. That is why God gave us brain to think and mouth to ask in prayer thing not clear to us.

I refuse to be a slave , in Jesus name .

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Re: Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by Rilwayne001: 12:52pm On May 25, 2015
mujahid1339:
"Say (O Muhammad): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered"(Qur'an 3:84)
your reasons are even pointless.
EOD
Re: Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by yommyk222(m): 1:16pm On May 25, 2015
Jesus is nt a prophet z a son of God without him u can nt go to God. any may why is born of flesh BT immediately he was baptism d body of sin is been taking away and since then he sinnet not. but just examine how other prophet did they kill in time of battle and get married to many wives including prophet Mohammed.
Re: Why Christians Believe That Jesus Is Greater than Prophet Muhammad? by InvisibleGhost: 3:57pm On May 25, 2015
agwom:
There are 40 prophets in the Koran which were first mentioned in the Bible. Some of these include Adam, Enoch, Noah, Moses, David, Solomon, Jonah and Jesus.

The greatest of these for Christians is Jesus. The greatest prophet for Muslims is Muhammad. Muhammad lived approximately 500 years after Jesus. The Greek Scriptures, commonly referred to as the New Testament, were written approximately 14 to 95 years after Jesus died, and were completed around the year 98 AD.
While there are no original copies of the Greek Scriptures, what the Muslim refers to as the Injil, there are fragments of the Bible that date to within 10 to 25 years of the original writings.

The Koran acknowledges that Jesus was a prophet of God, a servant of God, a teacher about God, and also that Jesus performed miracles.

Jesus said, at Matthew 5:43-47, "43 "YOU heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 However, I say to YOU: Continue to love YOUR enemies and to pray for those persecuting YOU; 45 that YOU may prove yourselves sons of YOUR Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous. 46 For if YOU love those loving YOU, what reward do YOU have? Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing? 47 And if YOU greet YOUR brothers only, what extraordinary thing are YOU doing? Are not also the people of the nations doing the same thing? 48 YOU must accordingly be perfect, as YOUR heavenly Father is perfect."

Jesus not only taught this type of self-sacrificing love, but he also practiced it. While Jesus was being executed, on the torture stake, he prayed, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing," according to the Bible. Additionally, the Bible states that Christians were to cultivate and practice the same type of love that Jesus had, being willing to die for their brothers, in the same way that Jesus was willing to die for his earthly brothers. 1 John 3:16. Jesus disciple and apostle John was loved by Jesus and he wrote a great deal about the love that Jesus taught in his various writings, even 65 years later.

Jesus did not teach that we should war against those warring against us, but rather that we should forgive, love and pray for our enemies.

Jesus did not have to be persuaded or forced to declare God's writings. The account of Muhammad said that the angel Gabriel had to finally choke Muhammad in order to persuade him to declare God's writings. Jesus, on the other hand, willingly did everything God asked him to do, to teach people and expose religious hypocrisy at the risk of his own life, willingly.

Additionally, the standards that Jesus taught for marriage were superior to that taught by the prophets preceding him, and superior to that taught by Muhammad, some 500 years later. While the Koran allows for divorce on many different grounds, and that a man can divorce twice before having to stay with his third wife, Jesus taught that divorce was not permissible, except in the case of adultery. Matthew 19.

In that same account found at Matthew 19, Jesus taught that polygamy was not permissible, but that God's original arrangement was for the man to "leave his father and his mother, and stick to his wife, and the two would become one flesh." The Bible says, in the Greek Scriptures (or New Testament), that an Christian minister must be "husband of one wife," not many wives.

One Muslim husband who had many wives and children from each of these wives stated that, he would "not recommend" having many wives, that it brings many problems into the family. So, while the Koran allows for many wives, Jesus taught that the husband should have only one wife, which is better family arrangement and contributes to the happiness of both the husband and the wife.

In the Bible, the husband was never to hit his wife, whereas the Koran allows a husband to his wife. Jesus never hit his disciples, and the Bible encourages husbands to love their wives as themselves, and be self-sacrificing to their wife, but never hit their wife for a misdemeanor, or for any reason. This would be a sin against God, rather than something allowed according to the Bible and to the teaching of Jesus.

Jesus stayed single so that he could devote his life to teaching others and serving God. He encouraged Christians who had that "gift" of remaining single to do so, so that they could serve God more fully. While all the Apostles of Jesus were married, Jesus did not forbid marriage, there were some prominent Christians such as Paul, who were not married for the purpose of being able to do more in the ministry of God, as Jesus did. On the other hand, Muhammad had many wives as did many Muslims, even today, after him.

Jesus was willing to die for his followers, a painful death of integrity to God. No matter what the Devil threatened, Jesus was courageous, and willing to give up his life for God and for others. Because of that spirit, God rewarded Jesus with the greatest reward, greater than any other prophet before him or afterwards, to sit at God's right hand in heaven. God resurrected Jesus, and Jesus is in a position at the right hand of God, according to the Bible.

Jesus taught,

We should honor only God not ourselves
We should love our enemies and not war against them
Husbands should not divorce their wives, except for adultery
A husband should have only one wife, not many
A husband should never hit his wife, no more than he would hit himself
Jesus performed thousands of miracles, including,

Curing the sick
Giving sight to the blind
Giving hearing to the deaf
Resurrecting the dead
Miraculously feeding thousands
Walking on water
Calming a violent storm
Therefore, Christians believe that Jesus is a superior prophet to any prophet before him, or after, which is why they do not follow the teachings of Muhammad. However noble Muhammad might have been, Christians believe that he did not match Jesus in his teachings or his deeds.



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