It's only Chapter One, and it's already sparked controversy.
A Nigerian minister just wrote me, saying that in his Hausa Bible
it does indeed say in John 3:16 "For Allah so loved the world
that he gave his only son, and in John 20:28 it does have
Thomas declaring, "My lord and my Allah"!
So how about it? Is Allah the God of the Bible?
Hi, I'm David Daniels from Chick Publications.
In Chapter One of the book, Why They Changed the Bible:
One World Bible for One World Religion, I told about how some Wycliffe Bible Translators
had compromised and took out references to Jesus
as the Son of God the Father.
Imagine that! Every reference to God the Son
and God the Father had to be changed.
Why?
So some Muslims wouldn't get upset. Is that how the God of the Bible
wants us to handle that? In Acts 17:16 we have an example
we can follow. Paul was led up onto Mars' Hill,
to the Areopagus, to speak to the people.
Now on that hill there were philosophers and pagans who worshiped
gods of all different kinds, Let's see how he handled it.
You see, they had altars of all kinds throughout the area.
So Paul had a lot to choose from. Because in fact, a lot of those altars
were built to gods that they claimed were the chief or supreme god,
like Jupiter, Saturn, Zeus, and a lot of others. What did Paul do?
Which god did he choose?
First let's find out what he didn't say. In Acts 17:23,
"For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription,
TO KRONOS.
Whom therefore ye misunderstand, him I clarify unto you."
He didn't say that. Nor did he say that
"Kronos is really the God of the Bible, once they strip away
the altars, the prayer books, incense, sacrifices, prostitutes,
priests, temples and idols."
No! Kronos is the name of a false god! There's no way you can liken Him
to the God of the Bible. Here's what Paul really said:
17:23 "For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions,
I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you."
So Paul admitted that those gods weren't the God of the Bible!
They didn't know the God of the Bible.
Married men, you can call your wife Honey, Sweetie, Snookums,
-- all sorts of different names -- but if you say, "I love you, Shirley!"
and her name's not Shirley, what's she gonna say?
"WHO'S SHIRLEY?!!"
Is she gonna accept your explanation when you say, "No no no no no!
No, really! When I say 'Shirley,' I really mean you!"
No way!
Well, guess what? 7 times in the Bible
the God of the Bible calls Himself a jealous God.
The God of the Bible sent His only-begotten Son into the world
The God of the Bible sent His Son to pay
for all the sins of the world, that all can come to salvation
to Him through faith.
And He commands His followers to love, forgive and bless their enemies.
Allah has no son, and Allah commands his followers
and allows them to murder, to rape, to burn churches with people inside them
while chanting "Allahu Akhbar!" Allah commands his people to hate his enemies.
Allah is not the God of the Bible. And I'm convinced that God is upset
with any Bible that claims that God is Allah.
Call Him your Lord, your Saviour, your Deliverer,
Father, Son, Holy Ghost, even call Him God.
Pronounce it YaHUwah, Jehovah, YeSHUa, Jesus.
Just don't call Him by the name of a false god.
Don't call the God of the Bible "Allah."
That just muddies the waters, and insults the jealous God of the Bible.
Our God. God bless you, and have a wonderful day.