Who are the
Followers of Jesus?
By Gary Miller
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He discovered to his amazement that the
message of the Qur'an was precisely the same as the essence of truth that he
had distilled from the Bible. He became a Muslim and since then has been
active in giving public presentations on Islam including radio and television
appearances. He is also the author of several articles and publications about
Islam.
Suppose that
someone observed Jesus two-thousand years ago, and he left this
planet, or went to sleep for two-thousand years and returned today
to look for the followers of Jesus, who would he find? Who would he
recognise? Christians?
- The Bible says very clearly that Jesus
used to FAST. Do Christians fast in the same manner? Muslims fast; it is
obligatory one month every year.
- The Bible says that Jesus prayed by
touching his forehead to the ground. Do Christians pray in this manner?
Muslims do. It is characteristic of their prayer and no one one earth is
probably ignorant of the fact.
- According to Jesus, he told his disciples
to greet one another with the expression, "Peace be with you."
Do the Christians do that? Muslims do, universally, whether they speak Arabic
or not. The greeting for one another is Assalamu'alaikum (peace be with
you).
- The brother of Jesus in the Book of
James, stated that no man should suggest what he is about to do or highlight
his plans for the next few days in any way without adding the phrase "If God
wills." Do not say "I will go here and there, do this and do that.." without
adding the phrase "if God wills." Do Christians do that? Muslims do, whether
they speak Arabic or not. If they so much as suggest they are going downtown
to pick up some groceries, they will add, Insha-Allah, which in Arabic means,
"If God wills."
Gary Miller is a
mathematician and a theologian, active in Christian missionary work at a
particular point of his life but he soon began to discover many
inconsistencies in the Bible. In 1978, he happened to read the Qur'an
expecting that it, too, would contain a mixture of truth and
falsehood.