1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:05,640 - Islamic terrorist's true enemy is Christianity. 2 00:00:10,550 --> 00:00:15,110 Islamic terrorists murder men, women, and children 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:21,000 in their quest for power but their number one target 4 00:00:21,140 --> 00:00:23,593 is the follower of Jesus Christ. 5 00:00:25,470 --> 00:00:28,583 They use slogans like, death to America, 6 00:00:29,650 --> 00:00:32,020 because America and its ideals 7 00:00:32,020 --> 00:00:35,593 are rooted in the religion of Jesus Christ. 8 00:00:36,910 --> 00:00:40,860 The reason that Christianity is anathema to them 9 00:00:40,860 --> 00:00:43,520 is that our religion is one of freedom 10 00:00:44,550 --> 00:00:47,640 unlike their own whose main purpose 11 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,252 is to enslave, hence the name Islam, 12 00:00:51,252 --> 00:00:56,143 which means surrender or submission. 13 00:00:57,610 --> 00:01:00,090 Although, the world is in upheaval 14 00:01:00,090 --> 00:01:03,460 because of the violence and threats 15 00:01:03,460 --> 00:01:05,770 and massive immigration of Muslims 16 00:01:05,770 --> 00:01:08,793 and their religion into western nations, 17 00:01:09,780 --> 00:01:14,070 there is one positive outcome produced by their movement 18 00:01:15,570 --> 00:01:18,700 and that is that Islam's violence 19 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:21,610 and oppressive nature more clearly highlights 20 00:01:21,610 --> 00:01:25,623 the freedom that we have as Christians. 21 00:01:27,330 --> 00:01:32,330 Christianity and not military or political might 22 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,800 is the most powerful response to radical Islam's 23 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,383 attempt to rule the world. 24 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:47,040 For example, the Christian religion 25 00:01:48,270 --> 00:01:51,610 gives believers, or rather unbelievers, 26 00:01:51,610 --> 00:01:55,283 the freedom to disbelieve in peace. 27 00:01:57,210 --> 00:02:00,160 Islam on the other hand seeks to rule politically 28 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:01,793 as well as religiously. 29 00:02:03,410 --> 00:02:05,230 The ultimate goal of this religion 30 00:02:05,230 --> 00:02:08,050 is that every nation is in subjection 31 00:02:08,050 --> 00:02:10,980 to Islam and all political systems 32 00:02:10,980 --> 00:02:15,243 are modified or replaced by Sharia law. 33 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:24,640 Sharia meaning the way or the path, 34 00:02:24,670 --> 00:02:26,570 is a set of religious principles 35 00:02:26,570 --> 00:02:29,610 which form part of the Muslim culture. 36 00:02:29,610 --> 00:02:32,030 The rules for life and religion 37 00:02:32,030 --> 00:02:34,240 were derived from the Quran, 38 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,860 which Muslims claim was a revelation 39 00:02:36,860 --> 00:02:40,603 given by God to Mohammed through the angel Gabriel. 40 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,290 Other sources for Sharia law include 41 00:02:44,290 --> 00:02:47,040 the actions and words of Mohammed, 42 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,210 the writings of scholars when they agreed on a point of law, 43 00:02:51,210 --> 00:02:54,713 and logical conclusions arrived at through human reason. 44 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,628 Sharia and Islam is viewed as the revealed 45 00:02:59,628 --> 00:03:03,930 will of God and cannot be altered. 46 00:03:03,930 --> 00:03:06,350 Opinions on what Sharia laws mean 47 00:03:06,350 --> 00:03:10,100 and how they are to be applied 48 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:14,110 are subject to debate and disagreement. 49 00:03:14,110 --> 00:03:18,090 However, there is no debate concerning 50 00:03:18,090 --> 00:03:22,030 the true goal of Islam, which is world domination 51 00:03:22,030 --> 00:03:24,543 by whatever means necessary. 52 00:03:25,580 --> 00:03:29,667 I quote their own scripture here, 53 00:03:29,667 --> 00:03:32,247 "It is he who has sent his messenger forth 54 00:03:32,247 --> 00:03:34,697 "with the guidance and religion of truth, 55 00:03:34,697 --> 00:03:37,527 "to make it triumph over every religion, 56 00:03:37,527 --> 00:03:40,900 "even though the idolaters may be averse." 57 00:03:40,900 --> 00:03:43,273 Sura 61, verse nine. 58 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:49,460 I give you another quote from Syed Abul A'la Mawdudi, 59 00:03:50,420 --> 00:03:54,590 a world renowned Islamic scholar 60 00:03:55,890 --> 00:04:00,890 who traced his own ancestry to Mohammed, I quote, 61 00:04:02,517 --> 00:04:05,167 "Islam is a revolutionary faith 62 00:04:05,167 --> 00:04:08,477 "that comes to destroy any government made by man." 63 00:04:10,203 --> 00:04:12,540 It is not about democratic government, 64 00:04:12,540 --> 00:04:16,480 parliamentarian government, a monarchy, 65 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:21,480 any government made by man Islam is out to destroy. 66 00:04:23,517 --> 00:04:26,277 "The goal of Islam is to rule the entire world 67 00:04:26,277 --> 00:04:30,307 "and submit all of mankind to the faith of Islam. 68 00:04:30,307 --> 00:04:33,717 "Any nation or power that gets in the way of that goal, 69 00:04:33,717 --> 00:04:36,737 "Islam will fight and destroy. 70 00:04:36,737 --> 00:04:38,487 "In order to fulfill that goal, 71 00:04:38,487 --> 00:04:41,117 "Islam can use every power available 72 00:04:41,117 --> 00:04:42,929 "every way it can be used 73 00:04:42,929 --> 00:04:47,180 "to bring worldwide revolution, this is jihad." 74 00:04:47,180 --> 00:04:48,903 Remember, this is not my quote, 75 00:04:49,740 --> 00:04:52,583 this is their quote, from their leaders. 76 00:04:53,790 --> 00:04:57,300 So, polite denials of this fact here 77 00:04:57,300 --> 00:05:00,070 by so-called moderate American Muslims 78 00:05:00,070 --> 00:05:03,970 in order to quell fear, ignore the teachings 79 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:06,943 of their own scriptures and their own teachers. 80 00:05:08,270 --> 00:05:11,780 Moderate Muslims are either acting in ignorance 81 00:05:11,780 --> 00:05:14,640 or they're working for the same goal as terrorists 82 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,853 but they're approaching it with different tactics. 83 00:05:19,090 --> 00:05:22,210 The terrorists try to intimidate and take over 84 00:05:22,210 --> 00:05:24,103 using violence and aggression. 85 00:05:24,940 --> 00:05:27,940 The moderates infiltrate city councils, 86 00:05:27,940 --> 00:05:30,460 school boards, political action groups, 87 00:05:30,460 --> 00:05:34,243 and attempt to take over from within. 88 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,040 Since 2001, I'll give you ane example, 89 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,850 since 2001 in the city of London, 90 00:05:42,850 --> 00:05:46,090 500 churches have closed their doors 91 00:05:47,550 --> 00:05:52,550 and 423 new mosques have opened to replace them. 92 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:57,250 This isn't some internet stat floating around 93 00:05:57,250 --> 00:06:01,970 in the flotsam of, you know, of the world wide web. 94 00:06:01,970 --> 00:06:04,500 These are statistics by the Gatestone Institute 95 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:06,563 of International Policy and Council. 96 00:06:07,870 --> 00:06:12,870 The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is a practicing Muslim. 97 00:06:17,450 --> 00:06:21,130 We have statistics here in the United States as well. 98 00:06:21,130 --> 00:06:23,240 In the United States there are approximately 99 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:28,170 3.5 million Muslims, mostly 60% of which are immigrants, 100 00:06:28,170 --> 00:06:29,623 like first generation. 101 00:06:30,940 --> 00:06:35,230 There are 2,100 mosques in the United States. 102 00:06:35,230 --> 00:06:38,800 You'd be surprised to know, 290 of them 103 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:40,980 are in New York City, however, 104 00:06:40,980 --> 00:06:45,400 there are 55 mosques in Dallas, there are 63 in Houston, 105 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,580 there are 11 here in Oklahoma City 106 00:06:48,580 --> 00:06:52,020 and these figures are from a National Geographic study 107 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:54,387 that just came out about a month ago. 108 00:06:56,700 --> 00:06:59,640 They use western laws and individual freedoms 109 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,070 to gain control of institutions 110 00:07:02,070 --> 00:07:05,570 and establish platforms to spread the false information 111 00:07:05,570 --> 00:07:07,600 that Islam is a religion of peace 112 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,073 and can be a blessing on society. 113 00:07:14,380 --> 00:07:17,050 Of course, a quick review of the countries 114 00:07:17,050 --> 00:07:19,640 where Islam prevails reveals nations 115 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:21,930 where women are considered as being 116 00:07:21,930 --> 00:07:25,370 less valuable than men and societies that live 117 00:07:25,370 --> 00:07:28,623 in either poverty, or war, or silent oppression. 118 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,137 You hear moderates always say, 119 00:07:36,137 --> 00:07:38,447 "Well, it's a religion of peace, come on over, 120 00:07:38,447 --> 00:07:42,847 "visit the mosque, we have a food bank, 121 00:07:42,847 --> 00:07:45,260 "we have this and that," but I guarantee you 122 00:07:46,730 --> 00:07:49,200 if Islam ever became the religion 123 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,233 of this state or this country, 124 00:07:52,930 --> 00:07:55,220 I would not be allowed to stand up in public 125 00:07:55,220 --> 00:07:57,520 and say that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, 126 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:58,863 I guarantee you that. 127 00:07:59,910 --> 00:08:01,713 It never works in reverse. 128 00:08:05,090 --> 00:08:06,793 It never works in reverse. 129 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:11,770 And they're very happy to come and use the freedoms 130 00:08:11,770 --> 00:08:14,310 of our nations to establish mosques, 131 00:08:14,310 --> 00:08:17,610 thousands of them, as many as they can establish. 132 00:08:17,610 --> 00:08:20,350 You try to do that in one of their countries. 133 00:08:20,350 --> 00:08:21,500 You don't get anywhere. 134 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,470 No one should buy into the moderate Muslim's cheerful 135 00:08:26,470 --> 00:08:27,873 and harmless facade. 136 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,500 World domination is the core goal of Islam 137 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:35,160 and this is pursued in various ways and means 138 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:40,130 with Islam, the end justifies any means necessary, 139 00:08:40,130 --> 00:08:41,483 any means. 140 00:08:44,450 --> 00:08:49,450 Make no mistake, this is and will always be the end game, 141 00:08:51,410 --> 00:08:55,093 whether it happens now or in 100 years from now. 142 00:08:56,140 --> 00:08:58,800 In countries where Islam is the national religion 143 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,370 there is no toleration for any other belief system, 144 00:09:02,370 --> 00:09:05,650 unlike our own country, including the choice 145 00:09:05,650 --> 00:09:08,503 to disbelieve in religion all together. 146 00:09:10,170 --> 00:09:13,490 You either believe, or depending on the country, 147 00:09:13,490 --> 00:09:16,180 or the strain of Islam, you are completely 148 00:09:16,180 --> 00:09:18,660 rejected by your family and society, 149 00:09:18,660 --> 00:09:20,993 or you're imprisoned, or you're killed. 150 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:25,640 Christianity, on the other hand, 151 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,183 does not seek to rule any nation politically. 152 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,877 Jesus said to the governor Pilate, 153 00:09:33,877 --> 00:09:37,467 "My kingdom is not of this world." 154 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,710 Christianity calls people to come out of the world 155 00:09:42,710 --> 00:09:45,230 in order to enter the kingdom of heaven, 156 00:09:45,230 --> 00:09:48,310 Colossians one, verse 13. 157 00:09:48,310 --> 00:09:52,330 Christians are trained to live or be in the world 158 00:09:52,330 --> 00:09:56,050 but not be of the world, John 17, verse four and five, 159 00:09:56,050 --> 00:09:58,380 14 and 15, rather. 160 00:09:58,380 --> 00:10:00,480 Christianity teaches that this world 161 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,060 will be destroyed and replaced 162 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:04,360 with a new heaven and earth where Christ will rule 163 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:07,543 and all who are there will live in peace. 164 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,657 John writes about this in Revelation. 165 00:10:11,657 --> 00:10:13,677 "After these things I looked, and behold, 166 00:10:13,677 --> 00:10:15,777 "great multitudes, which no one could count, 167 00:10:15,777 --> 00:10:18,527 "from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, 168 00:10:18,527 --> 00:10:21,237 "standing before the throne and before the Lamb, 169 00:10:21,237 --> 00:10:23,511 "clothed in white robes, and palm branches 170 00:10:23,511 --> 00:10:27,327 "were in their hands, and they cry out with a loud voice, 171 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:30,247 "saying, 'Salvation to our God who sits on the throne 172 00:10:30,247 --> 00:10:33,417 "and to the Lamb', and all the angels were standing 173 00:10:33,417 --> 00:10:35,377 "around the throne and around the elders 174 00:10:35,377 --> 00:10:37,867 "and the four living creatures and they fell on their faces 175 00:10:37,867 --> 00:10:40,212 "before the throne and worshiped God, saying, 176 00:10:40,212 --> 00:10:42,977 "'Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom 177 00:10:42,977 --> 00:10:46,007 "and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, 178 00:10:46,007 --> 00:10:49,370 "be to our God forever and ever, amen.'" 179 00:10:49,370 --> 00:10:51,060 Does that sound like somebody who's trying 180 00:10:51,060 --> 00:10:53,680 to organize an earthly kingdom here? 181 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:57,220 Christians appeal to others in sincere love 182 00:10:57,220 --> 00:11:00,500 and patience to be saved from the sure judgment 183 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:03,093 and destruction coming upon this physical world 184 00:11:03,093 --> 00:11:06,093 sent by God, not man. 185 00:11:07,620 --> 00:11:10,130 In the meantime, Christians are taught to live 186 00:11:10,130 --> 00:11:15,130 a quiet and holy life while awaiting Christ's return. 187 00:11:16,930 --> 00:11:19,817 First Thessalonians, chapter four, Paul says, 188 00:11:19,817 --> 00:11:21,567 "Now as to the love of the brethren, 189 00:11:21,567 --> 00:11:23,987 "you have no need for anyone to write to you, 190 00:11:23,987 --> 00:11:27,127 "for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; 191 00:11:27,127 --> 00:11:30,157 "for indeed you do practice it toward all the brethren 192 00:11:30,157 --> 00:11:32,657 "who are in all Macedonia, but we urge you, 193 00:11:32,657 --> 00:11:34,987 "brethren, to excel still more and to make it 194 00:11:34,987 --> 00:11:37,187 "your ambition to lead a quiet life 195 00:11:37,187 --> 00:11:40,557 "and attend to your own business and work with your hands, 196 00:11:40,557 --> 00:11:43,387 "just as we commanded you, so that you will behave 197 00:11:43,387 --> 00:11:48,180 "properly towards outsiders and not be in any need." 198 00:11:48,180 --> 00:11:50,197 And then, of course, Paul says, 199 00:11:50,197 --> 00:11:52,467 "Remind them," Paul says to Titus, 200 00:11:52,467 --> 00:11:54,880 "Remind them to be subject to rulers." 201 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,113 Does that sound like revolution to you? 202 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,500 Does that sound like take over the country at any cost 203 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:04,883 using any means to you? 204 00:12:08,837 --> 00:12:11,627 "Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, 205 00:12:11,627 --> 00:12:13,897 "to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, 206 00:12:13,897 --> 00:12:16,597 "to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, 207 00:12:16,597 --> 00:12:19,140 "showing every consideration for all men." 208 00:12:19,140 --> 00:12:21,760 Does that sound like undermining the government, 209 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,643 undermining the rules of society to you? 210 00:12:29,350 --> 00:12:32,730 We don't punish and kill disbelievers. 211 00:12:32,730 --> 00:12:37,730 We pray for them, we continue to reach out to them in love. 212 00:12:39,750 --> 00:12:42,270 In Christianity there is a judgment, 213 00:12:42,270 --> 00:12:44,540 there is a punishment but only God gets 214 00:12:44,540 --> 00:12:46,930 to execute this judgment and punishment. 215 00:12:46,930 --> 00:12:49,290 Our task is to proclaim to all men 216 00:12:49,290 --> 00:12:52,690 the way to avoid God's wrath and love all men, 217 00:12:52,690 --> 00:12:54,910 including those who disbelieve. 218 00:12:54,910 --> 00:12:57,853 We love disbelievers, we don't torture them. 219 00:13:00,990 --> 00:13:03,903 Another freedom within Christianity. 220 00:13:05,110 --> 00:13:09,060 We have the freedom to live as we choose. 221 00:13:09,060 --> 00:13:12,823 That's not an American thing, that's a Christian thing. 222 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:18,330 Islam directs every facet of both secular 223 00:13:18,330 --> 00:13:21,460 and religious life, not only how you worship, 224 00:13:21,460 --> 00:13:24,720 which most religions dictate, 225 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,020 but also how you must dress, and eat, 226 00:13:28,020 --> 00:13:30,543 and who you can or cannot marry. 227 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,750 For example, in Muslim countries 228 00:13:35,750 --> 00:13:38,270 they have what is called the Mutaween, 229 00:13:38,270 --> 00:13:40,090 or the religious police, 230 00:13:40,090 --> 00:13:43,670 also known as the guidance patrol. 231 00:13:43,670 --> 00:13:47,870 These are government authorized officials, 232 00:13:47,870 --> 00:13:51,590 who enforce Sharia law among the people. 233 00:13:51,590 --> 00:13:54,400 They make sure that dress codes are followed, 234 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,480 especially for women, they also guard against 235 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,370 improper public association of unrelated men and women 236 00:14:01,370 --> 00:14:03,423 who do not have a guardian. 237 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,260 These officials use public beatings 238 00:14:07,260 --> 00:14:10,890 in order to guarantee compliance. 239 00:14:10,890 --> 00:14:15,440 This constant monitoring is in addition 240 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,090 to the practice of their religion itself, 241 00:14:18,090 --> 00:14:22,390 which is based on the five pillars of Islam 242 00:14:22,390 --> 00:14:24,947 and I want to just review those very quickly with you. 243 00:14:24,947 --> 00:14:27,250 The religion of Islam, the practice of it 244 00:14:27,250 --> 00:14:30,820 is built around these five pillars of faith. 245 00:14:30,820 --> 00:14:33,070 There is the first one, the Shahada, 246 00:14:33,070 --> 00:14:36,400 the confession of faith, which is there is only one God 247 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,730 and Mohammed is His prophet. 248 00:14:38,730 --> 00:14:42,510 It is necessary to say this in order to convert to Islam. 249 00:14:42,510 --> 00:14:46,450 It is then repeated daily, there is also the Salah, 250 00:14:46,450 --> 00:14:49,150 or the prayer, the obligatory prayer, 251 00:14:49,150 --> 00:14:52,080 fives times daily at dawn, at noon, 252 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,650 in the afternoon, in the evening, and at night. 253 00:14:55,650 --> 00:14:58,190 These prayers are done facing the Kaaba, 254 00:14:58,190 --> 00:15:02,120 which is the cube, which is a building at the center 255 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,000 of the sacred mosque in Saudi Arabia. 256 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,870 There is the Zakat, or the charity, 257 00:15:07,870 --> 00:15:12,130 the custom is to give 2.5%, however, 258 00:15:12,130 --> 00:15:14,150 there is a complex calculation 259 00:15:14,150 --> 00:15:16,220 to obtain the correct amount. 260 00:15:16,220 --> 00:15:19,660 Something like filling out federal income tax form, 261 00:15:19,660 --> 00:15:21,450 it's about as complex. 262 00:15:21,450 --> 00:15:24,530 The Zakat, however, is an obligatory tax 263 00:15:24,530 --> 00:15:28,150 levied on all believers, all Muslims. 264 00:15:28,150 --> 00:15:30,520 There is the Sawm, or fasting. 265 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,050 Obligatory fasting from dawn 'til dusk 266 00:15:33,050 --> 00:15:35,570 each day during the month of Ramadan. 267 00:15:35,570 --> 00:15:37,770 Its purpose is to seek forgiveness 268 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:38,980 and draw near to God. 269 00:15:38,980 --> 00:15:42,240 And then there's the Hajj, or the pilgrimage to Mecca. 270 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,930 Every Muslim is obliged to travel to Mecca 271 00:15:44,930 --> 00:15:46,658 and participate in the activities 272 00:15:46,658 --> 00:15:50,900 associated with pilgrimage during the Hajj season 273 00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:55,090 once in lifetime or you can sponsor somebody 274 00:15:55,090 --> 00:15:59,280 if you wish to go in your place. 275 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,240 Sunni Muslims, many different kinds of Muslims, 276 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:07,240 Sunni Muslims, for them there are only five pillars 277 00:16:07,850 --> 00:16:11,540 but there are variations of these among other Muslim groups. 278 00:16:11,540 --> 00:16:13,370 The Shia Muslims, for example, 279 00:16:13,370 --> 00:16:15,120 have any additional ten pillars, 280 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,230 called the ancillaries of the faith 281 00:16:17,230 --> 00:16:19,760 and the Ismailis have seven pillars, 282 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:24,330 including one called jihad, which means a struggle. 283 00:16:24,330 --> 00:16:25,920 Now I mention all of these, you know, 284 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,810 to familiarize yourself a little bit 285 00:16:28,810 --> 00:16:31,990 with the nature of this religion. 286 00:16:31,990 --> 00:16:36,420 Those who enjoy a life completely controlled 287 00:16:36,420 --> 00:16:39,210 and enforced by laws and punishments 288 00:16:39,210 --> 00:16:43,640 will naturally take to this ultra-legalistic religion. 289 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,150 You know, I want to break from my notes here 290 00:16:46,150 --> 00:16:48,703 to make, you know, to make a point here. 291 00:16:50,303 --> 00:16:54,460 I'm not against the quote people of a culture 292 00:16:54,460 --> 00:16:55,763 from another country. 293 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,520 This is a comparison of a religion with another. 294 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,873 This is a comparison of Christianity to Islam, okay? 295 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:08,980 This is what this is and what I'm trying to do 296 00:17:08,980 --> 00:17:12,360 in my lesson is to show you the superiority 297 00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:15,423 on every level of Christianity. 298 00:17:17,410 --> 00:17:21,650 But if you like a legalistic lifestyle, 299 00:17:21,650 --> 00:17:26,250 controlled every moment of your day, 300 00:17:26,250 --> 00:17:28,520 then this is the religion for you. 301 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,060 I mean, Islam makes the Jewish Pharisees of Jesus' day 302 00:17:32,060 --> 00:17:34,023 look like a bunch of libertarians. 303 00:17:35,710 --> 00:17:39,900 Christianity, however, frees a person 304 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:43,640 from all manmade religious rules and restrictions, 305 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,330 which is what Islam is, manmade and enforced 306 00:17:47,330 --> 00:17:48,960 religious rules and rituals. 307 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,683 That's all it is. 308 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,910 Long before Islam came along, 309 00:17:54,910 --> 00:17:56,380 there were others who were trying 310 00:17:56,380 --> 00:17:58,970 to pollute Christianity with these types 311 00:17:58,970 --> 00:18:01,420 of religious sounding rules 312 00:18:01,420 --> 00:18:05,750 and the Paul the apostle responded to these people. 313 00:18:05,750 --> 00:18:08,937 In Colossians, chapter two, he says, 314 00:18:08,937 --> 00:18:12,007 "If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles 315 00:18:12,007 --> 00:18:15,573 "of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, 316 00:18:15,573 --> 00:18:18,873 "do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 317 00:18:18,873 --> 00:18:22,127 "'Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,' 318 00:18:22,127 --> 00:18:25,977 "which all refer to things destined to perish with use 319 00:18:25,977 --> 00:18:30,193 "in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 320 00:18:31,367 --> 00:18:33,557 "These are matters which have, to be sure, 321 00:18:33,557 --> 00:18:37,277 "the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion 322 00:18:37,277 --> 00:18:40,637 "and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, 323 00:18:40,637 --> 00:18:45,637 "but are of no value against fleshly indulgences." 324 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:51,703 2,000 years ago he warned against this type of mindset. 325 00:18:53,050 --> 00:18:56,580 Jesus, Himself, put an end to food and drink restrictions 326 00:18:56,580 --> 00:18:59,467 in the name of religion, He said, 327 00:18:59,467 --> 00:19:01,677 "When he had left the crowd and entered the house, 328 00:19:01,677 --> 00:19:04,247 "His disciples questions Him about the parable 329 00:19:04,247 --> 00:19:07,487 "and He said to them, 'Are you so lacking in understanding 330 00:19:07,487 --> 00:19:10,237 "also, do you not understand that whatever goes into 331 00:19:10,237 --> 00:19:14,217 "the man from the outside cannot defile him, 332 00:19:14,217 --> 00:19:16,157 "because it does not go into his heart 333 00:19:16,157 --> 00:19:18,537 "but into his stomach and is eliminated?' 334 00:19:18,537 --> 00:19:23,537 "Thus He declared all foods clean, and He was saying, 335 00:19:24,227 --> 00:19:27,077 "'That which proceeds out of the man, 336 00:19:27,077 --> 00:19:29,497 "that is what defiles the man. 337 00:19:29,497 --> 00:19:31,957 "For from within, out of the heart of men, 338 00:19:31,957 --> 00:19:34,927 "proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, 339 00:19:34,927 --> 00:19:38,337 "murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, 340 00:19:38,337 --> 00:19:41,247 "as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, 341 00:19:41,247 --> 00:19:44,327 "pride and foolishness, all these evil things 342 00:19:44,327 --> 00:19:48,727 "proceed from within and defile the man." 343 00:19:49,670 --> 00:19:51,240 So the five pillars of Islam 344 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,080 are simply a legalization and codification 345 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:57,060 of various facets of normal Christian living. 346 00:19:57,060 --> 00:19:58,710 For example, let me show ya. 347 00:19:58,710 --> 00:20:02,510 Number one, confessing, you know, here's the five pillars. 348 00:20:02,510 --> 00:20:05,170 Confessing, Christians, you know, 349 00:20:05,170 --> 00:20:08,893 confess their faith only one time at their conversion. 350 00:20:11,450 --> 00:20:14,240 Anyone here who has been baptized into Christ, 351 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,320 what was the thing you said before you went into the water? 352 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:18,667 In some way or another you said, 353 00:20:18,667 --> 00:20:20,620 "I believe Jesus is the Son of God." 354 00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:23,330 Or, "I believe Jesus is the Savior." 355 00:20:23,330 --> 00:20:25,683 You confess one time for all time. 356 00:20:27,110 --> 00:20:28,563 What about prayer? 357 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:32,870 You know, five times a day, prayer. 358 00:20:32,870 --> 00:20:35,060 Christians are told to rejoice always. 359 00:20:35,060 --> 00:20:37,860 Pray always, give thanks in every circumstance. 360 00:20:37,860 --> 00:20:39,550 Fist Thessalonians, five. 361 00:20:39,550 --> 00:20:43,783 I don't need a schedule, or a map, or a compass to pray. 362 00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:46,710 I continually offer my prayers 363 00:20:46,710 --> 00:20:48,370 to the living God through the power 364 00:20:48,370 --> 00:20:51,160 of the Spirit within me according to the authority 365 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,610 and the instruction of the Lord, Jesus Christ, 366 00:20:53,610 --> 00:20:56,280 Romans eight, 15 and 16. 367 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:57,950 John, 14, 13. 368 00:20:57,950 --> 00:21:00,310 It's not an obligation for me to pray, 369 00:21:00,310 --> 00:21:03,913 it's a joy for me to pray, big difference there. 370 00:21:04,770 --> 00:21:09,770 What about the Zakat, the 2.5% tax? 371 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,340 As a Christian, giving is not an obligation, 372 00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:16,420 it's an opportunity. 373 00:21:16,420 --> 00:21:20,540 God has allowed me to give Him something. 374 00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:23,940 That's a favor to me, not to Him. 375 00:21:23,940 --> 00:21:28,560 The only guidelines, as Dwayne mentioned this morning, 376 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,360 the only guidelines, we give based on what we have, 377 00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:34,100 and we give with a cheerful heart. 378 00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:37,873 Imagine, how can you make a law out of that? 379 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:43,370 What about the fasting part, the obligatory fasting? 380 00:21:43,370 --> 00:21:46,120 Fasting as a voluntary spiritual exercise 381 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:49,010 when combined with prayer, it's profitable 382 00:21:49,010 --> 00:21:52,600 for maturing the individual or seeking God's will 383 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:56,410 or developing better control over self, good. 384 00:21:56,410 --> 00:21:59,100 Enforced fasting, as Paul says, 385 00:21:59,100 --> 00:22:03,750 does not serve a spiritual purpose, Colossians 2:23. 386 00:22:03,750 --> 00:22:08,750 Paul says, no advantage to the lust of the flesh. 387 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,380 Fasting doesn't make you a better person. 388 00:22:13,380 --> 00:22:16,130 What about the pilgrimage to Mecca? 389 00:22:16,130 --> 00:22:19,210 The time when a place or a building here on earth 390 00:22:19,210 --> 00:22:23,333 has any significant religious purpose is passed. 391 00:22:25,670 --> 00:22:27,790 I mean, they could drop a nuclear bomb 392 00:22:27,790 --> 00:22:30,990 on Israel and wipe out every religious shrine, 393 00:22:30,990 --> 00:22:35,530 every church building, and just reduce it to rubble, 394 00:22:35,530 --> 00:22:37,564 and it wouldn't make an iota of difference 395 00:22:37,564 --> 00:22:39,333 to the Christian faith. 396 00:22:40,380 --> 00:22:43,782 Our faith is not based on buildings. 397 00:22:43,782 --> 00:22:46,170 Out faith is not based on shrines. 398 00:22:46,170 --> 00:22:48,050 It's not based on holy places. 399 00:22:48,050 --> 00:22:49,440 It's not based on relics. 400 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,636 I saw a pictures of thousands, 401 00:22:51,636 --> 00:22:53,630 actually they were all women, 402 00:22:53,630 --> 00:22:56,888 thousands of Muslim women who were there, 403 00:22:56,888 --> 00:22:59,040 you know, fighting with each other 404 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:00,870 to get close to the holy place 405 00:23:00,870 --> 00:23:04,220 where a hair of the beard of Mohammed 406 00:23:04,220 --> 00:23:06,760 happened to be placed in a holy place. 407 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,033 Can you imagine? 408 00:23:12,270 --> 00:23:15,340 Again, I'm not trying to be disrespectful 409 00:23:15,340 --> 00:23:17,430 of those people's sincerity. 410 00:23:17,430 --> 00:23:19,600 I'm just saying what kind of religion 411 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,823 does that to people? 412 00:23:24,090 --> 00:23:26,853 Other than a religion that seeks to control. 413 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,580 When I was released from the legalism of Catholicism, 414 00:23:37,580 --> 00:23:38,930 I want to tell you something. 415 00:23:40,140 --> 00:23:42,920 Nobody will ever get me back 416 00:23:45,570 --> 00:23:48,293 into the prison of legalism, nobody. 417 00:23:49,930 --> 00:23:52,390 And no one should ever get you back 418 00:23:52,390 --> 00:23:54,980 into the prison of legalism. 419 00:23:54,980 --> 00:23:59,980 Christ died to free us, not for this nonsense. 420 00:24:06,470 --> 00:24:10,100 The structure containing God's Spirit, 421 00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:12,610 is the physical body of the Christian. 422 00:24:12,610 --> 00:24:16,073 We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. 423 00:24:19,110 --> 00:24:21,760 First Corinthians, 6:19. 424 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,450 Our lives as Christians here on earth 425 00:24:24,450 --> 00:24:28,160 is a pilgrimage not to reach some earthly destination 426 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,883 but to reach our heavenly home with God. 427 00:24:31,830 --> 00:24:34,260 We're on a daily pilgrimage. 428 00:24:34,260 --> 00:24:35,800 The Christian religion and life 429 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,550 is the substance and reality 430 00:24:37,550 --> 00:24:40,750 that is only suggested and poorly sketched out 431 00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:42,850 in the legalism of Islam. 432 00:24:42,850 --> 00:24:45,860 To be sure, in Christianity there are instructions 433 00:24:45,860 --> 00:24:47,560 about lifestyle and worship, 434 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,830 but these are few and all encompassing. 435 00:24:49,830 --> 00:24:52,290 There's only one rule for lifestyle 436 00:24:52,290 --> 00:24:54,273 and that is to love one another. 437 00:24:56,790 --> 00:24:59,604 In Matthew, seven, verse 12. 438 00:24:59,604 --> 00:25:01,257 What does Jesus say? 439 00:25:01,257 --> 00:25:03,807 "In everything, therefore, treat people the same way 440 00:25:03,807 --> 00:25:06,887 "you want them to treat you, for this is the law 441 00:25:06,887 --> 00:25:08,767 "and the Prophets." 442 00:25:10,070 --> 00:25:12,667 And in Romans, chapter 13, Paul says, 443 00:25:12,667 --> 00:25:15,107 "Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; 444 00:25:15,107 --> 00:25:18,610 "for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law." 445 00:25:18,610 --> 00:25:20,880 Not just a particular written law, 446 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:25,293 has the fulfilled the principle of law, any law. 447 00:25:26,687 --> 00:25:28,857 "For this, you shall not commit adultery, 448 00:25:28,857 --> 00:25:30,627 "you shall not murder, you shall not steal, 449 00:25:30,627 --> 00:25:32,737 "you shall not covet, and if there are any 450 00:25:32,737 --> 00:25:35,417 "other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, 451 00:25:35,417 --> 00:25:37,577 "you shall love your neighbor as yourself. 452 00:25:37,577 --> 00:25:39,697 "Love does no wrong to a neighbor, 453 00:25:39,697 --> 00:25:43,890 "therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." 454 00:25:43,890 --> 00:25:45,810 We don't need religious police 455 00:25:45,810 --> 00:25:48,693 to guide us in this commandment. 456 00:25:54,580 --> 00:25:56,720 The Christian religion and life 457 00:26:00,020 --> 00:26:05,020 is completely fulfilled in following Jesus Christ. 458 00:26:07,690 --> 00:26:09,490 No need for special clothing, 459 00:26:09,490 --> 00:26:11,207 no need for special haircuts, 460 00:26:11,207 --> 00:26:14,130 no need for lifestyle police, 461 00:26:14,130 --> 00:26:16,820 no need for food restrictions. 462 00:26:16,820 --> 00:26:20,593 As Christians, we do as Paul says in Colossians one. 463 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,687 He says, "Above all, clothe yourselves with love, 464 00:26:24,687 --> 00:26:28,857 "which binds us all together in perfect harmony." 465 00:26:30,150 --> 00:26:32,340 We also have rituals that are commanded 466 00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:34,340 as part of our faith experience 467 00:26:34,340 --> 00:26:37,060 but these are not done as ways to earn favor 468 00:26:37,060 --> 00:26:39,020 or righteousness before God, 469 00:26:39,020 --> 00:26:41,630 but rather they're done to memorialize 470 00:26:41,630 --> 00:26:44,163 what God has done for us. 471 00:26:48,250 --> 00:26:50,790 Baptism, which is immersion in water, 472 00:26:50,790 --> 00:26:52,253 that's a ceremony. 473 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,250 Baptism of one who repents of sin 474 00:26:56,250 --> 00:26:59,940 and confesses Christ, why does he do that? 475 00:26:59,940 --> 00:27:02,720 To memorialize that moment in time 476 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,470 when that person is set free 477 00:27:04,470 --> 00:27:06,750 from the guilt and condemnation of sin 478 00:27:06,750 --> 00:27:08,780 and born again as a Christian, 479 00:27:08,780 --> 00:27:10,430 filled with the Holy Spirit 480 00:27:10,430 --> 00:27:13,163 and ready to begin his pilgrimage to heaven. 481 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,590 And communion, the Lord's supper, 482 00:27:16,590 --> 00:27:19,630 a week ritual of bread and fruit of the vine 483 00:27:19,630 --> 00:27:22,740 where Christians everywhere gather to remember 484 00:27:22,740 --> 00:27:26,640 to memorialize the death, burial, and resurrection 485 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,550 of Jesus Christ, the one who makes Christian freedom, 486 00:27:30,550 --> 00:27:33,180 and life, and hope possible. 487 00:27:33,180 --> 00:27:38,180 Every Sunday I come here to celebrate my freedom. 488 00:27:42,590 --> 00:27:46,200 Freedom from sin, freedom from the law, 489 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,250 freedom from the fear of death, 490 00:27:48,250 --> 00:27:50,280 freedom from condemnation, 491 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,120 freedom from any manmade religion, 492 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:55,863 freedom, freedom, freedom. 493 00:27:58,340 --> 00:28:01,120 These two simple rituals begin and continue 494 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:04,480 the Christian's witness of faith throughout his life. 495 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,670 The rest of the New Testament deals mainly 496 00:28:06,670 --> 00:28:08,850 with how to live a life of holiness 497 00:28:08,850 --> 00:28:10,760 and love in a world where disbelief 498 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,593 and false religion is the norm. 499 00:28:14,510 --> 00:28:17,320 Muslim extremists hate this aspect 500 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,410 of our faith the most because our quiet assurance 501 00:28:20,410 --> 00:28:23,420 and holy life have the power to dissuade others 502 00:28:23,420 --> 00:28:27,090 from falling victim to their enslaving religion. 503 00:28:27,090 --> 00:28:28,844 This is why they go to great lengths 504 00:28:28,844 --> 00:28:31,060 to limit their people's exposure 505 00:28:31,060 --> 00:28:33,930 to the west as much as possible. 506 00:28:33,930 --> 00:28:35,770 They claim that they don't want 507 00:28:35,770 --> 00:28:38,990 good Muslims being corrupted by Hollywood 508 00:28:38,990 --> 00:28:41,190 but I suspect that the real reason 509 00:28:41,190 --> 00:28:43,160 is that they don't want them to breathe 510 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,763 the liberating air of Christianity. 511 00:28:47,810 --> 00:28:51,310 And so Christianity is the only religion of freedom 512 00:28:51,310 --> 00:28:55,000 because it offers the freedom to believe or not to believe 513 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,620 and the freedom to live as a person chooses. 514 00:28:58,620 --> 00:29:02,313 Imagine, and then one more. 515 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,880 Christianity's freedom enables its followers 516 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:08,953 to be equal partners in this life 517 00:29:08,953 --> 00:29:13,020 as well as the life to come. 518 00:29:13,020 --> 00:29:18,020 Islam perverts the idea of male spiritual leadership 519 00:29:18,050 --> 00:29:21,490 originally taught by Paul in the New Testament. 520 00:29:21,490 --> 00:29:23,287 What does he teach in Ephesians? 521 00:29:23,287 --> 00:29:27,117 "Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 522 00:29:27,117 --> 00:29:28,737 "For the husband is the head of the wife, 523 00:29:28,737 --> 00:29:30,797 "as Christ also is the head of the church, 524 00:29:30,797 --> 00:29:35,527 "He himself being the Savior of the body 525 00:29:35,527 --> 00:29:37,527 "but as the church is subject to Christ, 526 00:29:37,527 --> 00:29:40,117 "so also the wives ought to be to their husbands 527 00:29:40,117 --> 00:29:42,927 "in everything and husbands, love your wives, 528 00:29:42,927 --> 00:29:45,287 "just as Christ also loved the church 529 00:29:45,287 --> 00:29:47,890 "and gave Himself up for her." 530 00:29:47,890 --> 00:29:49,923 Islam perverts this. 531 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,400 The concept here is that the husband 532 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,970 is responsible for the spiritual leadership 533 00:29:55,970 --> 00:29:58,360 of his wife and his family. 534 00:29:58,360 --> 00:29:59,910 In this inspired model, 535 00:29:59,910 --> 00:30:02,780 the wife willingly offers her submission 536 00:30:02,780 --> 00:30:04,800 because of her faith in Christ 537 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,973 not because she's afraid of her husband. 538 00:30:08,290 --> 00:30:10,160 In this model the husband is ready 539 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,350 to give up his life in support and protection 540 00:30:13,350 --> 00:30:16,160 of his wife in the same way that Christ 541 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:20,050 gave up His life to create the church. 542 00:30:20,050 --> 00:30:22,980 In Christianity, both partners willingly 543 00:30:22,980 --> 00:30:25,100 give up something precious. 544 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:28,140 The woman lays down her autonomy 545 00:30:28,140 --> 00:30:30,360 and the man lays down his life, 546 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,240 sometimes in a single act of bravery 547 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,790 but most times he spends his time, 548 00:30:35,790 --> 00:30:38,060 and strength, and energy, and heart 549 00:30:38,060 --> 00:30:40,760 in protecting, and supporting, and nourishing, 550 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,810 and leading his wife and family 551 00:30:42,810 --> 00:30:45,390 in their Christian pilgrimage that is life 552 00:30:45,390 --> 00:30:48,360 here in this dark and difficult world. 553 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,840 Islam for the most part has perverted 554 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,230 this idea of male spiritual leadership 555 00:30:53,230 --> 00:30:55,640 and transformed it into an excuse 556 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,163 for suffocating male domination over women. 557 00:31:00,670 --> 00:31:04,140 The Muslim religion codifies female enslavement 558 00:31:04,140 --> 00:31:08,600 by relegating women to an inferior class of human beings. 559 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,893 I quote their own scripture. 560 00:31:11,930 --> 00:31:14,217 Sura, four, verse 34, 561 00:31:14,217 --> 00:31:16,457 "Men are managers of the affairs of women 562 00:31:16,457 --> 00:31:20,950 "because Allah has made the one superior to the other." 563 00:31:20,950 --> 00:31:24,513 That's not me, that's them. 564 00:31:25,730 --> 00:31:27,870 In the Muslim world, men dominate, 565 00:31:27,870 --> 00:31:30,380 they rule, they have most of the privileges 566 00:31:30,380 --> 00:31:33,820 because God has created them as superior beings, 567 00:31:33,820 --> 00:31:36,060 well that's what they teach. 568 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:38,170 This false notion has lead to the most 569 00:31:38,170 --> 00:31:41,960 vile of practices and aggression against women. 570 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,710 For example, the denial of education 571 00:31:44,710 --> 00:31:47,220 in many Muslim countries of women. 572 00:31:47,220 --> 00:31:51,280 Enforced dress codes, physical mutilation, 573 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,550 and that's the PG version, you know what I'm talking about 574 00:31:54,550 --> 00:31:56,810 but we're here with children. 575 00:31:56,810 --> 00:32:01,810 Forced marriages, and forced marriages of minor aged girls, 576 00:32:03,780 --> 00:32:05,509 restriction of movement. 577 00:32:05,509 --> 00:32:07,770 Women are forbidden to drive cars, 578 00:32:07,770 --> 00:32:09,430 they're not permitted to leave the house 579 00:32:09,430 --> 00:32:12,910 without a male escort if they're single. 580 00:32:12,910 --> 00:32:15,370 Lack of protection under the law. 581 00:32:15,370 --> 00:32:17,430 Do you realize that under Sharia law 582 00:32:17,430 --> 00:32:20,370 a man is entitled to have four wives. 583 00:32:20,370 --> 00:32:23,300 A husband in divorcing one of his wives 584 00:32:23,300 --> 00:32:25,100 need only to make a declaration 585 00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:27,630 in front of an Islamic judge without 586 00:32:27,630 --> 00:32:32,630 the woman's consent or even the requirement of her presence. 587 00:32:34,170 --> 00:32:38,440 However, if a woman wishes to divorce her husband, 588 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:43,440 she must first get his consent, that's how it works. 589 00:32:45,060 --> 00:32:47,670 These young American women who convert to Islam 590 00:32:47,670 --> 00:32:49,620 to please their Muslim boyfriends, 591 00:32:49,620 --> 00:32:51,930 hopefully their husbands one day, 592 00:32:51,930 --> 00:32:54,070 they do so because they don't really know 593 00:32:54,070 --> 00:32:56,590 what they're in for should they ever marry, 594 00:32:56,590 --> 00:32:58,500 have children, or heaven forbid, 595 00:32:58,500 --> 00:33:00,880 travel to live in a Muslim country. 596 00:33:01,940 --> 00:33:04,310 Jesus Christ has done more to raise up 597 00:33:04,310 --> 00:33:07,520 the condition, the human value and potential 598 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,660 of human beings than other religious 599 00:33:09,660 --> 00:33:11,343 or political leader in history. 600 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,880 He came at a time when many of the Muslim ideas 601 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,120 and treatment of women were prevalent 602 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,500 in the corrupted Jewish society that He lived in. 603 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,600 His teachings and those of His apostles 604 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,000 established the equal value and dignity of all women 605 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,990 as created by God. 606 00:33:28,990 --> 00:33:32,250 In Galatians three, 26, Paul sounds the death nail 607 00:33:32,250 --> 00:33:34,188 for all philosophies and religions 608 00:33:34,188 --> 00:33:36,870 that sought to create a class system 609 00:33:36,870 --> 00:33:39,070 that advantaged one group over another 610 00:33:39,070 --> 00:33:42,530 based on culture, social position, or gender 611 00:33:42,530 --> 00:33:44,836 before God and I ready briefly. 612 00:33:44,836 --> 00:33:49,497 That's their scripture, this is our scripture. 613 00:33:49,497 --> 00:33:52,807 "For you all sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ. 614 00:33:52,807 --> 00:33:55,077 "For all of you who were baptized into Christ 615 00:33:55,077 --> 00:33:57,217 "have clothed yourselves with Christ. 616 00:33:57,217 --> 00:34:00,267 "There is neither Jew nor Greek," there's culture, 617 00:34:00,267 --> 00:34:03,187 "there is neither slave nor free," social position, 618 00:34:03,187 --> 00:34:06,437 "there is neither male nor female," gender, 619 00:34:06,437 --> 00:34:08,647 "for you are all one in Christ Jesus 620 00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:10,217 "and if you belong to Christ, 621 00:34:10,217 --> 00:34:12,071 "then you are Abraham's descendants, 622 00:34:12,071 --> 00:34:14,990 "heirs according to the promise." 623 00:34:14,990 --> 00:34:17,300 So Christianity not only frees, 624 00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:19,460 it also adds those who are free 625 00:34:19,460 --> 00:34:22,540 to a fraternity of people whose intrinsic value 626 00:34:22,540 --> 00:34:24,870 is determined by what they believe 627 00:34:24,870 --> 00:34:27,880 and not who and what they are as human beings. 628 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:31,103 Jews, Greeks, rich, poor, women, whatever. 629 00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:35,260 Christians are given a new spiritual identity, 630 00:34:35,260 --> 00:34:37,530 and status, and function by God, 631 00:34:37,530 --> 00:34:40,600 which describes their eternal function in heaven, 632 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,650 which in time will completely replace 633 00:34:43,650 --> 00:34:46,170 what they are known as here on earth. 634 00:34:46,170 --> 00:34:50,147 One other scripture, first Peter two, verses nine and 10, 635 00:34:50,147 --> 00:34:53,847 "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, 636 00:34:53,847 --> 00:34:56,707 "a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, 637 00:34:56,707 --> 00:34:59,287 "so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him 638 00:34:59,287 --> 00:35:01,067 "who has called you out of darkness 639 00:35:01,067 --> 00:35:03,857 "into His marvelous light, for you were once 640 00:35:03,857 --> 00:35:07,267 "not a people, but now you are the people of God; 641 00:35:07,267 --> 00:35:09,037 "you had not received mercy, 642 00:35:09,037 --> 00:35:11,580 "but now you have received mercy." 643 00:35:11,580 --> 00:35:12,983 This is our scripture. 644 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,743 This is how our God describes us. 645 00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:21,300 Islam is a belief system made by man, 646 00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:25,000 designed for a religious type of life here in this world. 647 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,200 Christianity frees the believer 648 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,300 to transcend this world so that the practice 649 00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:34,030 of his faith here actually gives him a glimpse 650 00:35:34,030 --> 00:35:37,473 and an experience of the world to come. 651 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:43,320 Something that Islam cannot and will never be able to do. 652 00:35:44,530 --> 00:35:48,100 So I've shared a lot ideas about Christianity and Islam 653 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:50,880 but here's the point I want you to hold onto 654 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,860 when you leave today and when you wake up tomorrow 655 00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:56,100 and in the months and the years to come, 656 00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:58,620 as you read the paper, and as you see the media, 657 00:35:58,620 --> 00:36:01,570 and so on and so forth, here's what I want you to remember. 658 00:36:03,370 --> 00:36:05,453 Islam will never win. 659 00:36:06,810 --> 00:36:10,190 Never, they will never win 660 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,963 because they've got the wrong prophet. 661 00:36:16,660 --> 00:36:19,957 The Bible says, "God after He spoke long ago to the fathers 662 00:36:19,957 --> 00:36:22,327 "in the prophets in many portions in many ways, 663 00:36:22,327 --> 00:36:25,123 "in these last days," these are the last days, 664 00:36:26,067 --> 00:36:27,687 "has spoken to us in His Son, 665 00:36:27,687 --> 00:36:29,557 "whom He appointed heir of all things, 666 00:36:29,557 --> 00:36:33,360 "through whom also He made the world." 667 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,627 One more here, "And He is the radiance of His glory 668 00:36:36,627 --> 00:36:38,787 "and the exact representation of His nature, 669 00:36:38,787 --> 00:36:41,327 "and upholds all things by the word of His power. 670 00:36:41,327 --> 00:36:43,337 "When He had made purification of sins, 671 00:36:43,337 --> 00:36:47,838 "He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high." 672 00:36:47,838 --> 00:36:52,838 Jesus is the last and only divine Messenger sent by God. 673 00:36:53,220 --> 00:36:57,220 He is superior to all others because of His resurrection. 674 00:36:57,220 --> 00:37:00,683 Last I heard, Mohammed was still in the ground. 675 00:37:03,010 --> 00:37:08,010 Why would God replace the Messenger risen from the dead 676 00:37:08,090 --> 00:37:11,753 through which the world was created for this guy? 677 00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:16,620 Who lived and died and is in the ground. 678 00:37:16,620 --> 00:37:19,883 Why would He replace the Lord, Jesus, with that guy? 679 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:25,583 They will never win because they have the wrong book. 680 00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:29,927 Paul writes, "And that from childhood 681 00:37:29,927 --> 00:37:31,527 "you have known the sacred writings 682 00:37:31,527 --> 00:37:32,967 "which are able to give you the wisdom 683 00:37:32,967 --> 00:37:34,767 "that leads to salvation through faith 684 00:37:34,767 --> 00:37:37,396 "which is in Christ Jesus, all scripture 685 00:37:37,396 --> 00:37:40,637 "is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, 686 00:37:40,637 --> 00:37:42,267 "for reproof, for correction, 687 00:37:42,267 --> 00:37:44,570 "for training in righteousness." 688 00:37:44,570 --> 00:37:47,000 The Bible leads to salvation, 689 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,290 righteous living, and eternal life. 690 00:37:49,290 --> 00:37:52,560 What can another book add to that? 691 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,830 Why would God send more information? 692 00:37:55,830 --> 00:37:58,313 Don't you have everything you need right here? 693 00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:05,023 They will never win because they've got the wrong mission. 694 00:38:06,447 --> 00:38:09,067 "Jesus came up and spoke to them, the apostle saying, 695 00:38:09,067 --> 00:38:11,027 "'All authority has been given to Me in heaven 696 00:38:11,027 --> 00:38:13,557 "and on earth, go therefore and make disciples 697 00:38:13,557 --> 00:38:15,787 "of all nations, baptizing them in the name 698 00:38:15,787 --> 00:38:17,817 "of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, 699 00:38:17,817 --> 00:38:20,157 "teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; 700 00:38:20,157 --> 00:38:22,820 "and lo, I with you always, 'til the end of the age." 701 00:38:22,820 --> 00:38:24,280 'Til the end of the age. 702 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,070 Did He say 'til another prophet comes along? 703 00:38:27,070 --> 00:38:28,790 'Til you get more information, no, 704 00:38:28,790 --> 00:38:32,390 He said, "I'll be with you 'til the end of the age." 705 00:38:32,390 --> 00:38:35,080 God has not sent us to infiltrate 706 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,120 and conquer militarily or politically. 707 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:41,860 God has not sent us to terrorize and murder. 708 00:38:41,860 --> 00:38:43,470 Look at the condition of the countries 709 00:38:43,470 --> 00:38:45,900 where Islam is the major religion. 710 00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:47,670 They're either at war with themselves 711 00:38:47,670 --> 00:38:49,290 or their neighbors or they're oppressed 712 00:38:49,290 --> 00:38:51,883 by their own religious and political leaders. 713 00:38:51,883 --> 00:38:56,883 Anybody here apply for a visa to go live in Iran lately? 714 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:00,963 Or Iraq? 715 00:39:02,630 --> 00:39:04,650 Are the embassies in Washington 716 00:39:04,650 --> 00:39:06,170 for these Muslim countries, 717 00:39:06,170 --> 00:39:08,470 are there lines around the block 718 00:39:09,420 --> 00:39:12,260 so that people can just abandon America 719 00:39:12,260 --> 00:39:14,433 and go live in Somalia? 720 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,153 Yeah, no. 721 00:39:20,950 --> 00:39:22,750 Look at the condition of other nations 722 00:39:22,750 --> 00:39:26,600 that have to deal with Muslims within their borders. 723 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,400 Terrorist attacks, a flood of refugees, 724 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,090 the attempt by Muslim immigrants 725 00:39:31,090 --> 00:39:33,490 to establish Sharia law in courts 726 00:39:33,490 --> 00:39:36,753 in defiance of these countries' laws and culture. 727 00:39:37,700 --> 00:39:39,210 Christianity, on the other hand, 728 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,330 can function and flourish in any country 729 00:39:41,330 --> 00:39:44,000 or culture because its leader and body 730 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,340 is not of this world but of the next. 731 00:39:47,340 --> 00:39:49,610 History and experience has shown 732 00:39:49,610 --> 00:39:52,580 that when a country is based on and maintains 733 00:39:52,580 --> 00:39:56,610 Biblical principles, that nation flourishes. 734 00:39:56,610 --> 00:40:00,050 The United States is the best example of that. 735 00:40:00,050 --> 00:40:03,290 A quick comparison of the US and any Muslim country 736 00:40:03,290 --> 00:40:06,630 will bear this out and here's a personal opinion, 737 00:40:06,630 --> 00:40:08,560 I believe that the decline of Europe 738 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,710 and its infestation with Islam 739 00:40:10,710 --> 00:40:12,540 is God's punishment on them 740 00:40:12,540 --> 00:40:15,460 for having abandoned Christianity. 741 00:40:15,460 --> 00:40:17,740 They thought they could just abandon Christianity 742 00:40:17,740 --> 00:40:20,710 and get rid of it and replace it with philosophy, 743 00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:22,360 and look what's happened to them. 744 00:40:23,980 --> 00:40:28,473 Islam is having its moment, yes, but it can't win. 745 00:40:29,420 --> 00:40:31,717 Many others before them had the same hope 746 00:40:31,717 --> 00:40:35,990 of world domination and even succeeded for a time. 747 00:40:35,990 --> 00:40:38,550 The Babylonians and the Meads and the Greeks 748 00:40:38,550 --> 00:40:41,800 and the Roman Empire and the Nazis and the communists, 749 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,300 all had this idea but Daniel the prophet 750 00:40:45,300 --> 00:40:46,940 correctly stated in his vision 751 00:40:46,940 --> 00:40:50,130 that during the world domination of the Roman Empire, 752 00:40:50,130 --> 00:40:53,223 another eternal kingdom would be established. 753 00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:57,387 Daniel wrote, "in the days of those kings 754 00:40:57,387 --> 00:40:59,247 "the God of heaven will set up a kingdom 755 00:40:59,247 --> 00:41:01,320 "which will never be destroyed." 756 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,427 That's us, folks. 757 00:41:03,427 --> 00:41:06,310 "And that kingdom will not be left for another people." 758 00:41:06,310 --> 00:41:08,177 That's us, folks. 759 00:41:08,177 --> 00:41:10,728 "It will crush and put to an end all of these kingdoms 760 00:41:10,728 --> 00:41:14,440 "but it will itself endure forever." 761 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,283 That's us, folks. 762 00:41:18,250 --> 00:41:21,030 That kingdom that Daniel spoke of 763 00:41:21,030 --> 00:41:25,190 was established during the Roman domination of the world 764 00:41:25,190 --> 00:41:28,587 by Jesus Christ, one more, 765 00:41:28,587 --> 00:41:31,387 "He said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' 766 00:41:31,387 --> 00:41:33,367 "and Simon Peter answered, 'You are the Christ, 767 00:41:33,367 --> 00:41:35,977 "the Son of the living God,' and Jesus said to him, 768 00:41:35,977 --> 00:41:37,737 "'Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, 769 00:41:37,737 --> 00:41:40,807 "because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, 770 00:41:40,807 --> 00:41:44,187 "but My Father who is in heaven, I also say to you 771 00:41:44,187 --> 00:41:46,057 "that you are Peter, and upon this rock 772 00:41:46,057 --> 00:41:49,247 "I will build My church, and the gates of Hades 773 00:41:49,247 --> 00:41:54,247 "will not overpower it," that's us, folks. 774 00:41:54,370 --> 00:41:59,370 If the gates of hell, powered by Satan, 775 00:42:00,650 --> 00:42:05,650 cannot overcome, then neither can a manmade religion. 776 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,960 That eternal kingdom spoken by Daniel 777 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,650 and proclaimed by Jesus, never to be overtaken 778 00:42:12,650 --> 00:42:16,570 or destroyed by any power on earth, that includes Islam, 779 00:42:16,570 --> 00:42:20,170 or power in hell, that's the devil and his followers, 780 00:42:20,170 --> 00:42:24,070 that kingdom is the church that belongs to Christ. 781 00:42:24,070 --> 00:42:29,070 Let me say it one more time, Islam will never win. 782 00:42:31,270 --> 00:42:34,693 However, however, you can. 783 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:39,190 You can and will you win if you are among those 784 00:42:39,190 --> 00:42:41,760 who have been freed from sin, 785 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,260 freed from the ignorance of false religion, 786 00:42:45,260 --> 00:42:50,260 and added to those who are now one in Christ Jesus. 787 00:42:51,690 --> 00:42:55,800 I encourage the church not to be afraid of wars, 788 00:42:55,800 --> 00:43:00,220 and rumors of wars, not to be afraid of movements, 789 00:43:00,220 --> 00:43:03,893 and ideologies that come and go. 790 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:10,080 Just remember that in Christ your victory is guaranteed 791 00:43:11,510 --> 00:43:14,900 and so I encourage those who have not yet repented 792 00:43:14,900 --> 00:43:19,900 and been baptized to come and seize your victory 793 00:43:19,910 --> 00:43:23,500 at this moment and I encourage the rest of the church 794 00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:27,263 to remember they will never win, ever. 795 00:43:29,860 --> 00:43:33,390 If you need to respond to the invitation this morning 796 00:43:33,390 --> 00:43:35,500 then we encourage you to come forward now 797 00:43:35,500 --> 00:43:38,463 as Bobby leads us in a song of encouragement.