Elmer Evans
The title of the book is derived from the words of Jesus in Matthew 11:27: ' no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone known the father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.' The author points out that Jesus did not return to earth in the year 622 AD, to inform Muhammad that the name of God, His father was Allah. Jesus has said 'Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.' Mt. 15:14
Elmer Evans is a graduate of St. John's University School of Law, class of 1954. He has the degree of LLB, Bachelor of Laws. He is a Christian Evangelist, the founder and Director of Christian Open Door Evangelism, a non-profit religious 501(c) 3, tax exempt corporation, which boasts an international Website known as http://gods-open-door.org. Check it out!
Evans is also a recognized authority on the Bible, and he has a Question and Answer section on the Web, which proclaims - 'if you have a question - we have the answer.' He has made extensive studies of Muhammad, the Koran, and of Islam.
It is the Error of Islam and the Muslim Mistake that the Muslim do not honor the Person of Yahshua Messiah (Jesus Christ) as the Son of God, being One with God The Father, Who is God The Holy Spirit. It is error and mistake because Yahshua (Jesus Christ) is God s Son with all the fullness of Deity in His person. He is the door to Heaven and to Eternal Life. He is the only way because he said: "No man cometh unto the Father but by Me." KJV. God is Our Father in heaven and Jesus Christ Whom He has sent. In John 17:1-3: "Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven and said: "Father, the hour has come, Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." In John 10:30 Jesus said: "I and My Father are one."
Muhammad did not have a Bible Book - there were no printing presses - just scrolls - and scripture tediously printed by hand in pen and ink, and letters called Epistles, which were drafted by the apostles of Yahshua, (Jesus Christ). These were few and far between, and considered by the Christians, and the Hebrews, to be far more valuable than gold. Muhammad, is to be commended, in his fervor to have the holy scriptures for himself and his followers, but they were unavailable to him. He was young, fervent, and frustrated in his quest for God. Nevertheless He told his people to read "the book" (The Bible). Muslims should read the Bible today as the Bible is now in plentiful supply, and it tells about the "far away God" who Muhammad referred to as "The God".
In his zeal to proclaim what he had learned, Muhammad composed the sayings which were, after his death, compiled and gathered from, or gleaned from those followers who had heard the utterances of Muhammad while he was alive. During his life, Muhammad never intended his sayings to be composed into a book, because he could not write. The book of his sayings is called "The Koran". It was not written by Muhammad, but it was compiled by his followers. The Koran is not considered scriptural by Christians and Jews because it does not conform with the word of God as set forth in the Bible.
There is only One God and only One Holy Bible. There are many translations of the Bible, into all languages, for men of all nations of the world. But there cannot be two Bibles. There may be typographical or human errors, or even purposeful alterations, but Christians have the faith that the original Word of God is written and spoken without any flaw whatsoever. This is because it was written by men in the complete control of God The Holy Spirit, and therefore it was written by God, The Holy Spirit. It is also God, The Holy Spirit that will give men who seek the Truth, the Spiritual Discernment that is necessary in order to understand the Word of God, and themselves to be Led by God, The Holy Spirit.
If Muslims really love God and want to exalt Muhammad as a prophet and holy man, the Muslim should read the Bible and allow themselves to be led by God, The Holy Spirit. Not Muhammad! John 14:26: "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." Again Jesus said in John 15:26: "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me." (of Me - ie: of Jesus).
A Christian will never die, he only passes from death, into Eternal Life. In John 11:25,26 Jesus said: " I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die "
Muslims can become followers of Yahshua (Jesus Christ) the Messiah, as The Son of God. by believing and trusting in Him alone and thereby receive God s Gift of salvation, forgiveness of sins, and Eternal Life. Muslims that convert to Christianity are saved by Grace through faith in The Lord Jesus Christ. Grace means that a person is in a status of Divine Favor by Almighty God, Our Father in heaven, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent. Jesus said in John 6:37: " the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out." (and whosoever will - without regard to race, color of skin, or nationality). "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16. The reward of Christians in heaven is truly great, and beyond anything we could possibly imagine. "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit." 1Cor.2:9,10. In this way Muslims could honor Muhammad s revelations as the reason why they had found the One and Only True God to be Our Father in Heaven, and Jesus Christ Whom He has sent." Muhammad would thus take his place among the great and fall into that blessed category spoken of by the Great Prophet of God, Daniel, in the book of Daniel 12:3: "Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever." To you who read this book, please realize that Jesus is our righteousness, and turning people to righteousness is turning people to Jesus Christ, The Son of God. In this way, Muhammad s role could possibly be, to have turned his people away from the worship of 360 dumb idols, and indirectly into the worship of the true One and Only Almighty God, Our Father in heaven, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent: (People who would otherwise never have heard or known of the true Almighty God)
A study of the life of Muhammad reveals that he had a religious awareness that the 360 pagan gods in the Ka bah or Kaaba did not coincide with the belief manifested by both Christians and Jews, that there was only one true God. The God of the Jews and of the Christians, as depicted in the old testament of the Holy Bible, was not a God that could be seen by the naked eye. However, the Christian evangelists, and prophetic ministers were frequenting the camel caravans, and trading centers. Muhammad was thereby able to acquire a meager knowledge of Yahshua Messiah, (Jesus Christ), the one whom the Christians called the Son of God. Muhammad did not understand the concept of the Christians relating to the doctrine of the trinity, that there was One God in three persons, and he wrongly misconstrued the Christian God as being God the Father, and God the Son, and God the mother Mary. The actual doctrine was God the Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit). That is to say: One God in three persons. Today God is One God in Millions of faithful Christians, for God is The Holy Spirit, and the body of a Christian is the temple of God. God now has millions of sons. "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God " Rom. 8:14. "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?" 1 Cor. 6:19. And Jesus Christ is the First Born of many Brethren: "For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren." Jesus Christ is the Brother of the Christian, as well as his Lord and Savior, and God is Our Father in heaven.
Because Muhammad did not know the power or true nature of God, The Holy Spirit. He proclaimed that God could not have a Son. In this way he denied the power of God, and thus made the scripture ring true as in 2 Timothy 3:1,5: "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come; for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!"
