Fasting With Muslims! WHAT?

Catching up on recent news and came across an article in the USAToday that ran about a week ago. It was about the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and a couple Christians who decided to fast together for the sake of unity and spiritual growth. In order to really understand this, we need a quick history lesson. Muslims believe Muhammad fasted during Ramadan and received his first vision leading to the writing of the Quran. As Christians, we know Islam is a false religion that leads its followers away from God. Just so you know, Allah is NOT the name of Jehovah God. Jehovah is the only true God and Islam teaches the opposite. I am appalled that Christians would deceive Muslims by giving them the false sense of security their religious practices are meaningful or spiritual.

Loving your neighbor is our command. Engaging in false religious practices for the sake of unity is not love. Our command from Jehovah is to speak the truth in love. We cannon keep that command by engaging in religious practices contrary to that outlined in the Bible.

Here’s another issue. The two Christians mentioned are leaders. One is pastor of a church in Washington. He is fasting with a Muslim partner. In the article the pastor is quoted as saying believes in Jesus but only God has the authority to decide who goes to Hell. Are you kidding me? This guy pastors a Church of Christ church and he doesn’t know how someone goes to Heaven or Hell. Go read the article! You can find it on the USAToday website - search for Muslims Find New Fasting Partners. God clearly delivered His message in the Bible. You know, the book HE wrote. Adrian Rogers once said if he had to condense the Bible to two words, they would be: Jesus Saves.

Another church leader mentioned in the article is Brian McLaren. He is one of the leaders of the Emergent church movement. You may want to do some research on this group. McLaren has made some outrageous statements surrounding the topic of unity and merging world religious beliefs together. This is a scary thought. Christianity is different from all world religions in that Jesus rose from the grave.

Merging false religious practices with true Christian beliefs is a mockery of Jesus’ death. It is deceitful to Muslims or others who need to hear the truth in love.