SEEKING PEACE
By NightOwlDave
niteowldave@gmail.com
When a Muslim mentions the words Allah or Mohammed, he says “peace be upon him.” I don’t get it. Why the peace salute?
Read these passages from the Koran about peace. Then read what the Bible says about peace and love.
THE KORAN SAYS
Koran 2:191 "slay the unbelievers wherever you find them."
Koran 3:28 "Muslims must not take the infidels as friends."
Koran 3:85 "Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable."
Koran 5:33 "Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticize Islam."
Koran 8:12 "Terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur'an."
Koran 8:60 "Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorize the infidels."
Koran 8:65 "The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them."
Koran 9:5 "When opportunity arises kill the infidels wherever you catch them."
Koran 9:30 "The Jews and the Christians are perverts; fight them."
Koran 9:123 "Make war on the infidels living in your neighborhood."
Koran 22:19 "Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies."
Koran 47:4 " Do not hanker for peace with the infidels; behead them when you catch them."
THE BIBLE SAYS
The context of Luke 28-30 is Love Your Enemies
“Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other one. Whoever takes your coat, offer him your shirt too. Give to everyone who asks of you. If someone steals what is yours, do not demand it back.”
Ephesians 4:32 says, “And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
Mark 11:25 says, “And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Matthew 6:15 says, “But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Matthew 18:21-22 says, “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Seven times.”
Matthew 6:14-15 says, “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
James 5:16 says, “Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
Luke 6:27 says, “But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.”
Colossians 3:13 says, “Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.”
Psalms 103:10-14 says, “He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.”
Luke 6:37 says, “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.”
Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
THE ANSWER TO TRUE PEACE
Romans 10:9 tells us, “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.”
