Missionary:
Does the Koran tell Mohammad to repent?
Muslim:
Yes. Quran tells Mohammad to repent.
That's all. The missionary doesn't
say anything else. He hopes now that the Muslim would start thinking: "Now,
wait a minute, Jesus never sinned, but Mohammad was supposed to repent.
Maybe Jesus is better!"
Missionary wants the Muslim to start
thinking that a sinless man is better than a "repentant sinner".
Missionary is hoping, but he dare not say it. Because if the Missionary
says that, he goes exactly against the teachings of Jesus.
If the Missionary is foolish enough
to say that a sinless man is better than a repentant sinner, he's going
against the teachings of Jesus.
The reason why the Missionary
is going against the teachings of Jesus is this: Story of a lost sheep.
Mathew Chapter 18, verse 12: Jesus said, "If a
man has a 100 sheep and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave
the 99 on the hills, and go on the search of the one that went astray.
And if he finds it, truely I say to you, he rejoices over it more
than over the 99 that never went astray."
Jesus was trying to hammer that point
home to his disciples: Don't you dare say, for example, because you've
been a faithful follower for many years that you're better than this
one who just became a believer just yesterday. The perfect man has
no precedence over the repentant sinner.
Moments later....
Missionary: Was
Jesus the Messiah ?
Muslim:
Yes.
Missionary: Was
Mohammad the Messiah?
Muslim:
No
Now, the Missionary stops there,
and hopes that the Muslim would start thinking, "Now, wait a minute,
Jesus is the Messiah, and Mohammad is not the Messiah. Maybe Jesus is better!"
What the Muslim should ask the Missionary
is about this word Messiah: Jesus was the Messiah, but were there any other
Messiahs besides Jesus?
Now you find out how well he knows
his Bible. Because there were many Messiahs: David, Solomon,
and even Cyrus, the Persian were called Messiahs in the Bible. It's hard
to find it in the Bible because the translators cover it over. Messiah
means "annointed".
A Messiah is someone who has been
picked to do a job. Every king of ancient Israel was called Messiah. Now
the word doesn't sound so special anymore. It is a title, but it doesn't
particularly elevate one to divine status.
Moments later....
Missionary: Where's the body of Jesus ?
Muslim:
God took it.
Missionary:
Where's the body of Mohammad?
Muslim:
Its in Medina. It's burried in the ground.
Now the Missionary hopes that the
Muslim would go away thinking, "Now that's interesting! The body of
Jesus is gone; Mohammad is in the grave. Maybe Jesus is the true Messenger,
Mohammad is false!"
The Missionary is hoping the thought
would cross the Muslim's mind, but he dare not say it.
What the Muslim should ask the Missionary
is this: "Do you mean that a dead and buried Prophet is a false prophet?
Is that what you mean?"
If that is so, what does Missionary
say about Abraham, for example?
Abraham is buried. Jews and
Muslims to this day, still go to the place where Abraham is buried, to
visit his grave.
Is Abraham a false prophet because
he's dead and buried in the ground? The Bible also states body of Moses
was taken up by God. God sent an angel to take the body away. Does this
mean Jesus and Moses are equal in their "divine status"? What has the Missionary's
question proven?