Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?

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Hi Everyone,

I just had a wonderful time reading through all your posts about this topic. I will tell you that I am a christian and consider Jesus Christ as savior and Lord of my life.
As I have studied the claims of Christ about himself I was surely faced with a choice. Either He is a madman or he is God in the flesh. If you have read the Bible in its entirety I believe anyone who is truely honest with him/herself must come to that conclusion.
I believe he is who he claims to be. I beleive he is alive. And it is by God's grace that I know this.

Ephesians 2.8-10 says

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works so that no one can boast.
For we are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Bless You
 
Welcome pntman. It's nice to meet another Christian here on LI. You'll find that there are several of us. I appreciate your witness on behalf of Christ.

Now reflecting on the topic of this thread, Do you think that Christians and Muslims worship the same God or different ones?

Having read the thread, you know that we've had opinions going both ways from both Christians and Muslims alike. Perhaps you could also share with us the reasons behind your point of view as well.
 
While it is understandable that many Christians and Muslims like to "claim" God as their own, that somehow seems exceedingly arrogant to me. God created us all, and I believe He has no greater desire than to reward us all with salvation and eternal life.

I'm going to take the humble approach and suggest that all faiths worship God in the way they believe is correct. It will be up to God to decide our individual fates. So in that context, our opinions mean nothing.
 
Hi again,

I agree with keltoi that our opinions are meaningless. The only opinion that matters is God's opinion.

So with that in mind I must say that the historic Christian faith is a faith in evidence.

Jesus was definitely a man Christians and Muslims agree. He lived on the earth was killed by men and was ressurected back to life.

It is through his ressurection that gives hope to all mankind.

What hope is there in life and death? None all who have lived have had life and death.

There is however hope in ressurection.

Again I say who is alive and who is dead?
 
Hi Grace Seeker,

Thanks for the pm. I am so new it wont let me pm you back.

You are right about that, i'm sorry about that.

I should have simply said that

Jesus answered "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."

I hope that is a little clearer.

pntman
 
hola,

gracias, this is an interesting question. assuming we are permitted to speak freely on the subject: i think muslims believe in the God of Abraham... but they do not have a full understanding of Him or what He requires, given the significant problems that arise from their faith in islam and mohamed consequently i do not think they worship Him. they honor things that are true about Him but have a limited understanding, and i think that while God accepts love like love He does not accept that as true worship.

this is covered in our catechism i think under 841 and explained very well with this article, in case anyone is interested in a better understanding of Catholic teachings in this regard.

que Dios te bendiga
 
Jayda said:
hola,

gracias, this is an interesting question. assuming we are permitted to speak freely on the subject: i think muslims believe in the God of Abraham... but they do not have a full understanding of Him or what He requires, given the significant problems that arise from their faith in islam and mohamed consequently i do not think they worship Him. they honor things that are true about Him but have a limited understanding, and i think that while God accepts love like love He does not accept that as true worship.

this is covered in our catechism i think under 841 and explained very well with this article, in case anyone is interested in a better understanding of Catholic teachings in this regard.

que Dios te bendiga
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From what I gathered from the article, Muslims are recognized as believing in the same Creator, but are not promised salvation as a result. Which is what I believe as a non-Catholic as well. Without Christ there can be no salvation. However, we are all in the hands of God.
 
Salaam/peace;

Jayda said:
i think muslims believe in the God of Abraham... but they do not have a full understanding of Him or what He requires,
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all major holy books tells us to worship God alone & Muslims do exactly the same :smile: ...worshipping God without any partnership / committing shirk / blashphemy.


i think ......He does not accept that as true worship.
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:rolleyes: God does not accept worship without partnership ....how is that ?

Read ur holy book again & u will find out that God is very jealous & won't tolerate any one with Him
 
Muslim Woman said:
Salaam/peace;




all major holy books tells us to worship God alone & Muslims do exactly the same :smile: ...worshipping God without any partnership / committing shirk / blashphemy.




:rolleyes: God does not accept worship without partnership ....how is that ?

Read ur holy book again & u will find out that God is very jealous & won't tolerate any one with Him
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hola,

that is what islam says, christianity and the bible teach that God is a Trinity and there is no salvation outside of Christ and His Church. i'm only commenting on the issue at hand, since it was asked... a debate about the Trinity, Bible and Church with non believers would be fruitless and off topic...

que Dios te bendiga
 
Keltoi said:
From what I gathered from the article, Muslims are recognized as believing in the same Creator, but are not promised salvation as a result. Which is what I believe as a non-Catholic as well. Without Christ there can be no salvation. However, we are all in the hands of God.
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hola Keltoi,

that is correct... we believe that they believe in the same God but do not know Him fully (denial of the Trinity is such an example) and are outside of salvation (their sins are upon them) for not holding the New Covenant in Christ.

que Dios te bendiga
 
Jayda said:
hola Keltoi,

that is correct... we believe that they believe in the same God but do not know Him fully (denial of the Trinity is such an example) and are outside of salvation (their sins are upon them) for not holding the New Covenant in Christ.

que Dios te bendiga
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How you blame them for denying something you yourself admit is inconceivable?:ooh:
 
My dear Muslim and non muslim brothers and sisters, asalamualaukum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu. :peace:

I am posting to reply to the question Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?

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Before I start I would like to note that when discussing religion and facts the words, In my opinion, or I think, should not be used, as this weakens the statement or counterstatement.

LA ILAHA ILLALAHU MUHAMADUR RASULULAH.

There is NO god but ALLAH, and muhammad is the messenger of Allah.

This kalima must be accepted by every person that calls themself a muslim. ANYONE who goes against it, or has doubts is NOT a muslim.
by accepting this kalima a muslim agrees that there is only ONE god.

The christians belive in God, the same god that muslims believe. HOWEVER muslims do not assign ANY partners to Allah, He has no partners, he has no father, son, mother, daughter, he is ONE and ONLY.

Jesus christ, which the christians believe to be god (or son of god) was a Prophet sent by Allah.

The christian's have evidence to prove their point, but the evidence is misunderstood by them.
they say:

Since god and god only is the master of life and death.
jesus christ brought the dead to life.
Therefore jesus christ is God.

Jesus christ cured those who were blind and once again gave them the ability to see.

these two points are the two major points that are currently being asked from the islamic scholars.

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God is the master of life and death,
Muslims belive that prophets performed MIRACLES with the power of God.
We belive that jesus DID bring the dead to life, but only with the power of allah subhanawu ta'la

throughout the Quran, one can read that in many places does it mention the FACT that prophets performed miracles.

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(reference to the verses and so on are available upon request.)

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Conclusion: Muslims and Christians DO belive in the same god, however muslims belive in only ONE god.
 
Christians and Muslims dont worship the same god.

"But we both worship the god of Abraham!"

No you dont. Abraham was a pantheist. Not a monotheist.
 
Salaam/peace;

Jayda said:
...bible teach that God is a Trinity
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God is a Trinity....is there any such verse in Bible ?



verses we need specially for hereafter



Now if God were to take men [immediately] to task for all the evil that they do [on earth],

He would not leave a single living creature upon its face.


However, He grants them respite until a term set: but when the end of their term approaches, they can neither delay it by a single moment, nor can they hasten it.

-Quran (16:61)
 
Isambard said:
Christians and Muslims dont worship the same god.

"But we both worship the god of Abraham!"

No you dont. Abraham was a pantheist. Not a monotheist.
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I trust you can find evidence of pantheism in the Book of Moses?
 
There is NO such verse in the OLD testiment. Please talk with reference.
 
Keltoi said:
I trust you can find evidence of pantheism in the Book of Moses?
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Why yes. Quite a few of the earlier texts in genisis seem to imply that Yahwey is the most powerful God, but not necessarily the only God.

Ill get verses when I come back from class.
 

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