Christians and Muslim
Norwegian School of Leadership and Theology
RLE1010E
Life essay
RICHIE DOMINOS
CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS
1545
April 26, 2013
Christians and Muslims Introduction:
This essay will discuss the issue about people today claim that Christians and Muslims worhip the same God. I will also describe the points of similarity and differences between the God of the bible and the Allah of the Quran. Lastly, I will also include my own point of view regarding the conflict between the Christians and Muslims.
Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? ' 'The Qur’an concept of the nature of God and the Christian perspective are diametrically opposed. The same God could not have authored the Qur’an and the Holy Bible in that they have contradictory perspectives of the nature of God as well as conflicting historical accounts. It is at the point of the nature of God the two faiths differ. The nature of God among Muslims is He is monotheistic, one God. And for Christians also believe in One God but as a trinity. Muslims conceive of Allah as a unit and Christians conceive of God as a union, three-in-one ' '. (http://www.nelsonprice.com). Christians and Muslims have different understanding about the concept of God. For Muslims, Allah is the name of their God, which Allah is the arabic term for God. They believe in one God. They don 't believe in trinity. For Christians, Jesus is God. Christians believe God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as three in one. In Matthew 11:27, "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. It clearly states here the Son and the Father are just equal, they are one. The Trinity plays an important role in Christianity. It 's the reason the salvation for humanity happened as what God prepared to all. As God became human being in the person of Jesus Christ. He saved all from sin. Without Jesus
RLE1010E
Life essay
RICHIE DOMINOS
CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS
1545
April 26, 2013
Christians and Muslims Introduction:
This essay will discuss the issue about people today claim that Christians and Muslims worhip the same God. I will also describe the points of similarity and differences between the God of the bible and the Allah of the Quran. Lastly, I will also include my own point of view regarding the conflict between the Christians and Muslims.
Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? ' 'The Qur’an concept of the nature of God and the Christian perspective are diametrically opposed. The same God could not have authored the Qur’an and the Holy Bible in that they have contradictory perspectives of the nature of God as well as conflicting historical accounts. It is at the point of the nature of God the two faiths differ. The nature of God among Muslims is He is monotheistic, one God. And for Christians also believe in One God but as a trinity. Muslims conceive of Allah as a unit and Christians conceive of God as a union, three-in-one ' '. (http://www.nelsonprice.com). Christians and Muslims have different understanding about the concept of God. For Muslims, Allah is the name of their God, which Allah is the arabic term for God. They believe in one God. They don 't believe in trinity. For Christians, Jesus is God. Christians believe God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as three in one. In Matthew 11:27, "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. It clearly states here the Son and the Father are just equal, they are one. The Trinity plays an important role in Christianity. It 's the reason the salvation for humanity happened as what God prepared to all. As God became human being in the person of Jesus Christ. He saved all from sin. Without Jesus
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