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Friday, July 31, 2015

Are All People Sons of Abraham?


For those who promote the idea that Christians and Muslims serve the same God, one of the things they hang their argument on is that both Muslims and Jews are descended from Abraham.  Muslims from the union of Abraham and Hagar.  The Jews (and eventually the Christians) from the union of Abraham and Sarah.

Now is that a valid point?  I don't think so and I base my opinion partly on the following verses.

Galatians 3:7-9(NKJV)
7Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 
8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” £ 
9So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

Notice that it specifies living by faith.  Of the two religions, Christianity and Islam, only one bases salvation on faith.  That would be Christianity.  Muslims depend on their works, praying 5 times a day etc, to earn their way to their idea of heaven.

Now combine that with the fact that Muslims deny the diety of Jesus and I think it becomes very apparent that we do not worship the same God. 

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