By
Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson III, BA, MA, DD
I.
GOLDEN TEXT.
1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine;
continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that
hear thee.
LESSON NOTES:
I.
DOCTRINES DISAPPROVED.[1]
The Bible teaches and demands doctrinal agreement and speaks of it as "The
pillar and ground of truth" (1 Timothy 3:15. 4:13). In Ephesians 4, Paul
stresses the unity of the Church of God and gives further emphasis in verse 14:
“That we be no longer children, tossed to
and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine." The apostle
admonishes the Corinthians, that they "All
speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among them" (1
Corinthians 1:10). In 1 Timothy 6:3-5, Paul gives a stern judgment. "If any man teach otherwise and consent
not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the
doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud knowing nothing, but
doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife,
railings, evil surmising, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and
destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness; from such withdraw
thyself." Unity in doctrine then is evidently regarded as of the
greatest importance to the well-being of the Church. Unity in doctrine,
therefore, involves the confession of a common dogma. Dogma is defined as "Church proclamation, so far as it
really agrees with the Bible as the Word of God." Therefore, anyone
who teaches doctrine contrary to the dogma of the Church should be dealt with
according to Titus 3:10.
Titus 3:10 10A man that is an heretick after
the first and second admonition reject;
1.
WE
BELIEVE In the One God whose proper Name is
Allah.
Exodus
3:15 15And God
said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the
LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial
unto all generations.
Philippians
2:9-11 (KJV)
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is
above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things
in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
2.
WE BELIEVE in the
Holy Qur’an and in the Scriptures of all the Prophets of God.
3.
WE
BELIEVE in the truth of the Bible, but we believe that it has been tampered
with and must be reinterpreted so that mankind will not be snared by the falsehoods that have been added
to it.
4.
WE BELIEVE in Allah’s Prophets and the Scriptures they brought to the people.
5.
WE BELIEVE in the resurrection of the dead–not in physical resurrection–but in mental
resurrection. We believe that the so-called Negroes are most in need of mental
resurrection; therefore they will be resurrected first. Furthermore, we believe we are the people of God’s
choice, as
it has been written, that God would choose the rejected and the despised. We
can find no other persons fitting this description in these last days more than
the so-called Negroes in America. We believe in the resurrection of the
righteous.
1
Corinthians 15:12-19 12Now if
Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that
there is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there be no
resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14And if Christ
be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15Yea,
and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that
he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16For
if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17And if Christ be
not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18Then they
also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19If in this
life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
6.
WE BELIEVE in the judgment; we believe this first judgment will take
place as God revealed, in America…
1 Peter
4:17 17For the
time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first
begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
7.
WE BELIEVE this is the time in history for the separation
of the so-called Negroes and the so-called white Americans. We believe the
black man should be freed in name as well as in fact. By this we mean that he
should be freed from the names imposed upon him by his former slave masters.
Names which identified him as being the slave master’s slave. We believe that
if we are free indeed, we should go in our own people’s names–the black people
of the Earth. This is not a
salvation issue.
8.
WE BELIEVE in justice for all, whether in God
or not; we believe as others, that we are due equal justice as human beings. We
believe in equality–as a nation–of equals. We do not believe that we are equal
with our slave masters in the status of “freed slaves.” We recognize and
respect American citizens as independent peoples and we respect their laws
which govern this nation. This
is not a salvation issue.
9.
WE
BELIEVE that the offer of integration is hypocritical and is made by those who
are trying to deceive the black peoples into believing that their 400-year-old
open enemies of freedom, justice and equality are, all of a sudden, their
“friends.” Furthermore, we believe that such deception is intended to prevent
black people from realizing that the time in history has arrived for the
separation from the whites of this nation. If the white people
are truthful about their professed friendship toward the so-called Negro, they
can prove it by dividing up America with their slaves. We do not believe that
America will ever be able to furnish enough jobs for her own millions of
unemployed, in addition to jobs for the 20,000,000 black people as well. This is not a salvation issue.
10.
WE BELIEVE that we who declare ourselves to be righteous
Muslims, should not participate in wars which take the lives of humans. We do
not believe this nation should force us to take part in such wars, for we have
nothing to gain from it unless America agrees to give us the necessary
territory wherein we may have something to fight for. This is not a salvation issue.
11.
WE BELIEVE our women should be respected and protected as
the women of other nationalities are respected and protected. This is not a salvation issue.
12.
WE BELIEVE that Allah
(God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July, 1930; the
long-awaited “Messiah” of the Christians and the “Mahdi” of the Muslims.We believe further and lastly that Allah is
God and besides HIM there is no god and He will bring about a universal
government of peace wherein we all can live in peace together.
1
Thessalonians 4:16 16For the
LORD himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Acts 1:11 11Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand
ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you
into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
VI.
REVIEW OF
ISLAMIC BELIEF REGARDING JESUS.
A.
MUSLIMS
HONOR JESUS.
1. THE
KORAN TEACHES THAT JESUS
IS
RIGHTEOUS AND THE PRODUCT OF A VIRGIN BIRTH. It teaches that He is the Messiah or the Christ; the
Anointed One.
Quran
3:45-48.45. The
Angels said, “O Mary, God gives you good news of a Word from Him. His name is
the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, well-esteemed in this world and the next, and
one of the nearest. 46. He will speak to the people from the crib, and in
adulthood, and will be one of the righteous.” 47. She said, “My Lord, how can I
have a child, when no man has touched me?” He said, “It will be so.
God creates whatever He wills. To have anything done, He only says to it,
‘Be,’ and it is.” 48. And He will teach him the Scripture and wisdom, and the
Torah and the Gospel.
2. THE
KORAN TEACHES THAT JESUS
HAS
MIRACULOUS POWER.
Quran
3:49. A messenger
to the Children of Israel: “I have come to you with a sign from your Lord. I
make for you out of clay the figure of a bird; then I breathe into it, and it
becomes a bird by God’s leave. And I heal the blind and the leprous, and I
revive the dead, by God’s leave. And I inform you concerning what you eat, and
what you store in your homes. In that is a sign for you, if you are believers.”
3.
JUDGEMENT DAY AND A DAY OF RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
Quran
3:55 Behold! Allah
said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear thee
(of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow
thee superior to those who reject faith, to the Day of Resurrection: Then
shall ye all return unto me, and I will judge between you of the matters
wherein ye dispute."
4. IT
APPEARS THAT THE KORAN
SPEAKS OF
CHRIST ARISING FROM THE DEAD. However, let’s study a little bit further to see what the Koran
really teaches about Jesus Christ.
Quran
19:33 "So
peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall
be raised up to life (again)!"
VII.
BUT
MUSLIM/NATION OF ISLAM TEACHING IS ERRONEOUS ABOUT JESUS. One must have
the correct teaching about Christ to be saved.
A. THE
QUORAN MAKES NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JESUS AND ANY OTHER PROPHET.
Quran
2:136 We believe
in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac,
Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to
(all) prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between one and another
of them . . .
Quran
4:171 O People of
the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the
truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of Allah,
and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so
believe in Allah and His messengers. Say not "Trinity": desist: it
will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah: Glory be to Him: (far exalted
is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on
earth.
Quran
5:75 Christ the
son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the messengers that passed
away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their
(daily) food.
1. THE
BIBLE DIFFERS AND SAYS
THAT JESUS
IS PREEMINENT ABOVE EVERYONE!
John
8:58 58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
John
14:6 ESV Jesus
said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.
Colossians
1:18 18And he is the head of the body, the
church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things
he might have the preeminence.
Colossians
2:9 9For
in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Hebrews
3:3 3For this man was counted worthy of more
glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour
than the house.
1
Timothy 2:5 ESV For
there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus,
B. THE
KORAN DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE
ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.
Quoran
9:30-31. 30. The
Jews said, “Ezra is the son of God,” and the Christians said, “The Messiah is
the son of God.” These are their statements, out of their mouths. They emulate
the statements of those who blasphemed before. May God assail them! How
deceived they are! 31. They have taken their rabbis and their priests as lords
instead of God, as well as the Messiah son of Mary. Although they were
commanded to worship none but The One God. There is no god except He. Glory be
to Him; High above what they associate with Him.
Quran
17:111. And say,
“Praise be to God, who has not begotten a son, nor has He a partner in
sovereignty, nor has He an ally out of weakness, and glorify Him
constantly.”
Quoran
18:4-6. 4. And to
warn those who say, “God has begotten a son.” 5. They have no knowledge of
this, nor did their forefathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their
mouths. They say nothing but a lie. 6. Perhaps you may destroy yourself with
grief, chasing after them, if they do not believe in this information.
Quoran
23:91. God has
never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god
would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained
supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe.
Quoran
112:3-4. 3. He
begets not, nor was He begotten. 4. And there is none comparable to Him.”
1. THE
BIBLE DECLARES THAT JESUS
IS THE
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.
John
3:16 For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
1 John
4:9 ESV In this
the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his
John
1:14 ESV And the
Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of
the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Galatians
4:4-5 ESV But when
the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born
under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive
adoption as sons.
Luke
3:38 ESV The son
of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Psalm
2:7 ESV I will
tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten
you.
Luke
1:35 ESV And the
angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the
Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be
called holy—the Son of God.
Matthew
17:5 ESV He was
still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from
the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to
him.”
Romans
1:4 ESV And was
declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by
his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
John
10:36 ESV Do you
say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are
blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
John
5:26 ESV For as
the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in
himself.
John
5:25 ESV “Truly,
truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead
will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
John
5:22 ESV The
Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
Luke
3:22 ESV And the
Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from
heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
2. THERE
IS NO SALVATION OUTSIDE OF BELIEIVING IN THE SON OF GOD.
John
3:18 ESV Whoever
believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned
already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
1 John
4:15 ESV Whoever
confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
John
20:31 ESV But
these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
C. THE
KORAN DENIES THE DIVINITY OF
CHRIST. The fact that He is actually God in flesh.
Quran
5:17 In blasphemy
indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ the son of Mary.
Quran
5:72 They do
blaspheme who say: "Allah is Christ the son of Mary." But said
Christ: "O Children of Israel! worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord."
Whoever joins other gods with Allah,- Allah will forbid him the garden, and the
Fire will be his abode.
1. THE BIBLE DECLARES THE JESUS IS GOD ALMIGHTY. He is co-equal with the Father.
John 1:18 ESV No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is
at the Father's side, he has made him known.
John
1:1 ESV In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.
John
10:30 ESV I and
the Father are one.”
Isaiah
9:6 ESV For to us
a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his
shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Colossians
1:15-17 ESV He is
the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all
things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether
thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through
him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold
together.
John
5:18 ESV This was
why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he
breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making
himself equal with God.
John
17:21 ESV That
they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they
also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
1
Corinthians 8:6 ESV
Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom
we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through
whom we exist.
D. THE
KORAN DENIES THAT JESUS DIED
ON THE
CROSS.
Quran
4:157 That they
said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of
Allah";-but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to
appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no
(certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed
him not.
1. THE
BIBLE DECLARES THAT HE
DIED ON THE CROSS, WAS BURIED AND AROSE. Accepting this belief is the only way to
salvation.
Romans
10:9 ESV. Because,
if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
1 Peter
2:24 ESV He
himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live
to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Colossians
2:14 ESV By
canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This
he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Galatians
2:20 ESV I have
been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in
me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave himself for me.
1
Corinthians 1:18 ESV For
the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are
being saved it is the power of God.
VIII.
PRAYER
FOR SALVATION. As we
close, if you have not received this Jesus pray this simple prayer:
"Father, I know that I have sinned against You. Please
forgive me. Wash me clean. I promise to trust in Jesus, Your Son. I believe
that He died for me—He took my sin upon Himself when He died on the cross. I
believe that He was raised from the dead. I surrender my life to Jesus today.
"Thank You, Father, for Your gift of forgiveness and eternal
life. Please help me to live for you. In Jesus' name, Amen."
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