Y'all,
Hey there when I find the website I will pass it on to you guys.
There is a website out that has where Christians pray for Muslims for 30dys during
the muslims ramandian
John
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Subject: [30-days] Day 02 - man and sin
Day 02 for October 27, 2003
Man and Sin in Islam In Islam the purpose of mankind is not to
know God and to be conformed to His character, but rather to
understand Allah's will and become more obedient to His
commands. For Muslims, man is the high point of God's creation.
He is a type of viceroy (khalifa) on the earth. However, man's most
basic relation to God is that of a slave or servant. Man is to serve
God the Master, fulfilling His commands and abstaining from His
prohibitions. Man is not made in the image of God.
Mankind is seen as being innately religious, and this natural state
can be encouraged or discouraged through education. Muslims
believe that man's most basic problem is ignorance. Man is good
but imperfect. Muslims think that man was created as a weak and
inconsistent being. Man is forgetful and needs to be reminded
about his religious duties. Therefore mankind needs more
knowledge of religious law to please God. Man does not need to be
born again, but to live in conformity to Islamic rules.
Religious activity such as ritual prayer, pilgrimages, alms giving,
fasting and reciting the Muslim confession of faith are at the heart
of Islamic religious experience. People should always do what is
religiously obligatory and shun what is forbidden. Because of the
view that man is weak, forgetful and ignorant, sin is therefore seen
more as a mistake and not moral corruption in the Christian sense.
Muslims believe that they earn merit with God based on their
religious practices. Often, Muslims are more concerned about
losing face by getting caught not practising religion than with
actually breaking moral law. This shame mentality is found in
almost all Muslim societies.
Christians believe that man is made in the image of God. God
Himself encourages men to reason, to make wise decisions and to
rejoice in God and the things which He has made. In the Christian
view man was originally created good but became morally corrupt
through sin. Therefore, for Christians, sin is not simply a matter of
making mistakes, but rather of living in opposition to Godly
character. Through the new covenant God wants to transform our
very being, bringing us back into conformity with His nature and
character (Rom 12:1-3).
Muslims do not easily understand the reason for the cross of Christ
partly because they do not understand man and sin. Missionaries
and Christians in general need real wisdom, courage and
perseverance to explain clearly to Muslims God's role for man and
to clarify the nature of sin.
Prayer Topics
* Thank God that He has made us in His image and likeness (Gen
1:26). God has renewed His image in us through Christ and we are
to be His imitators (Eph 4:31-5:2). God's design is for us to be His
children (John 1:12-13; Rom 8:16, 21; 1 John 3:1-2, 10).
* Pray for Muslims to have a revelation of real sinfulness through
the Holy Spirit (John 16:8).
* Pray for wisdom, courage and perseverance for missionaries and
Christians in general as they seek to explain the Christian
understanding of man and sin to Muslims.
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