When was the Bible written and who wrote it?

The following dates are not always exact, but are very good estimates.

Old Testament

Book	Author	Date Written
Genesis	Moses	? - 1445 B.C.
Exodus	Moses	1445 - 1405 B.C.
Leviticus	Moses	1405 B.C.
Numbers	Moses	1444 - 1405 B.C.
Deuteronomy	Moses	1405 B.C.
Joshua	Joshua	1404-1390 B.C.
Judges	Samuel	1374-1129 B.C.
Ruth	Samuel	1150? B.C.
First Samuel	Samuel	1043-1011 B.C.
Second Samuel	Ezra?	1011-1004 B.C.
First Kings	Jeremiah?	971-852 B.C.
Second Kings	Jeremiah?	852-587 B.C.
First Chronicles	Ezra?	450 - 425 B.C.
Second Chronicles	Ezra?	450 - 425 B.C.
Ezra	Ezra	538-520 B.C.
Nehemiah	Nehemiah	445 - 425 B.C.
Esther	Mordecai?	465 B.C.
Job	Job?	??
Psalms	David	1000? B.C.
	Sons of Korah wrote Psalms 42, 44-49, 84-85, 87; Asaph wrote Psalms 50, 73-83; Heman wrote Psalm 88; Ethan wrote Psalm 89; Hezekiah wrote Psalms 120-123, 128-130, 132, 134-136; Solomon wrote Psalms 72, 127.
Proverbs	Solomon wrote 1-29 Agur wrote 30 Lemuel wrote 31	950 - 700 B.C.
Ecclesiastes	Solomon	935 B.C.
Song of Solomon	Solomon	965 B.C.
Isaiah	Isaiah	740 - 680 B.C.
Jeremiah	Jeremiah	627 - 585 B.C.
Lamentations	Jeremiah	586 B.C.
Ezekiel	Ezekiel	593-560 B.C.
Daniel	Daniel	605-536 B.C.
Hosea	Hosea	710 B.C.
Joel	Joel	835 B.C.
Amos	Amos	755 B.C.
Obadiah	Obadiah	840 or 586 B.C.
Jonah	Jonah	760 B.C.
Micah	Micah	700 B.C.
Nahum	Nahum	663 - 612 B.C.
Habakkuk	Habakkuk	607 B.C.
Zephaniah	Zephaniah	625 B.C.
Haggai	Haggai	520 B.C.
Zechariah	Zechariah	520 - 518 B.C.
Malachi	Malachi	450 - 600 B.C.

New Testament

Book	Author	Date Written (A.D)
Matthew	Matthew	60's
Mark	John Mark	late 50's early 60's
Luke	Luke	60
John	John	late 80's early 90's
Acts	Luke	61
Romans	Paul	55
1 Corinthians	Paul	54
2 Corinthians	Paul	55
Galatians	Paul	49
Ephesians	Paul	60
Philippians	Paul	61
Colossians	Paul	60
1 Thessalonians	Paul	50 - 51
2 Thessalonians	Paul	50 - 51
1 Timothy	Paul	62
2 Timothy	Paul	63
Titus	Paul	62
Philemon	Paul	60
Hebrews	(Paul, Apollos, Barnabas...?)	60's
James	James, half brother of Jesus	40's or 50's
1 Peter	Peter	63
2 Peter	Peter	63 - 64
1 John	John	late 80's early 90's
2 John	John	late 80's early 90's
3 John	John	late 80's early 90's
Jude	Jude, half brother of Jesus	60's or 70's
Revelation	John	late 80's early 90's

KORAN INAKIRI KUWA UISLAMU NI DINI YA WAARABU PEKEE

Katika hii mada ninawaletea ushaidi kuwa Uislam ni dini ya Waarabu peke yao.

Waislamu bila kuchoka wamekuwa wakidai kuwa Uislamu utatawala dunia nzima. Katika kufanya hivyo, wao watakuwa wamekwenda kinyume na maneno ya Allaha kama yarivyo teremshwa kwenye Qur'an. Kwa hiyo, ni haki kwa kusema wao ni Makafiri.

Quran 10: 47. Na kila umma una Mtume. Alipo wajia Mtume wao walihukumiwa baina yao kwa uadilifu, wala hawakudhulumiwa.

Angalia hii aya pia

Quran 14: 4. Na hatukumtuma Mtume ila kwa ulimi wa kaumu yake ili apate kuwabainishia. Basi Allah humuacha akapotea amtakaye, na akamwongoa amtakaye. Naye ni Mtukufu Mwenye nguvu na Mwenye hikima. 

Kama aya hizi ni kweli, basi Uislamu si kwa mashirika/mataifa/ummah yasiyo ya Waarabu. Quran inasema kwamba kila watu wamepokea ujumbe wao kutoka kwa Mungu katika lugha yao wenyewe ili waweze kuelewa na Qur'ani akaishuka  kwa Waarabu ili Waarabu waweze kulewa nini Allah anasema.

Dhana hii ya Allah kushusha Kitabu kwa kila lugha ni muhimu sana kwasababu imejirudia mara nyingi na ndio msingi wa hili somo.

Quran 16: 36. Na kwa hakika kwa kila umma tuliutumia Mtume kwamba: Muabuduni Mwenyezi Mungu, na muepukeni Shetani. Basi kati yao wapo alio waongoa MwenyeziMungu. Na kati yao wapo ambao ulio wathibitikia upotovu. Basi tembeeni katika ardhi, muangalie ulikuwaje mwisho wa wanao kanusha. 

Quran 5: 48. Na tumekuteremshia wewe, kwa haki, Kitabu hichi kinacho sadikisha yaliyo kuwa kabla yake katika Vitabu na kuyalinda. Basi hukumu baina yao kwa aliyo yateremsha Mwenyezi Mungu, wala usifuate matamanio yao ukaacha Haki iliyo kujia. Kila mmoja katika nyinyi tumemwekea sharia yake na njia yake. Na lau kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu angeli taka ange kufanyeni nyote umma mmoja, lakini ni kukujaribuni kwa aliyo kupeni. Basi shindaneni kwa mambo ya kheri. Kwa Mwenyezi Mungu ndio marejeo yenu nyote, na atakuja kuwaambieni yale mliyo kuwa mkikhitalifiana. 

Quran 36: 5. Uteremsho wa Mwenye nguvu, Mwenye kurehemu.  6. Ili uwaonye watu ambao baba zao hawakuonywa , basi wao wamekuwa wenye kughafilika.

Hizi aya zimekamilka na kueleza kiuwazi kuhusu kuja kwake kwa Waarabu pekee. Allah katika Koran anasema kwamba kila watu wamekuwa na Mtume wao wenyewe ambao aliwaonya katika lugha zao wenyewe, na kwamba amemtuma Muhammad kwa wale ambao bado hawajaanza mwongozo wowote, na ambao baba zao hawakuonywa, yaani Waarabu. Kwa njia hii watakuwa hawana udhuru wowote na hawezi kusema, lakini hatukuwai kupokea ujumbe wowote.

Endelea kusoma Koran hapa chini:

Quran 6: 156. Msije mkasema: Hakika mataifa mawili kabla yetu yameteremshiwa Kitabu; na sisi tulikuwa hatuna khabari ya waliyo kuwa wakiyasoma. 

157. Au mkasema: Lau kuwa tumeteremshiwa sisi Kitabu tungeli kuwa waongofu zaidi kuliko wao. Basi imekufikieni bayana kutoka kwa Mola wenu Mlezi, na uwongofu, na rehema. Basi nani aliye dhaalimu mkubwa zaidi kuliko yule anaye kanusha Ishara za Mwenyezi Mungu, na akajitenga nazo? Tutawalipa wanao jitenga na Ishara zetu adhabu kali kabisa kwa sababu ya kujitenga kwao.

Quran ni wazi ilitumwa kwa Waarabu. Wale ambao si Waarabu hawawezi kuielewa Koran, hayo ni maneno ya Allah. Waislamu wanasisitiza kuwa hakuna tafsiri ya Qur'ani inaweza kuwa sahihi. Hivyo, haiwezi kamwe kuwa wazi kwa mashirika yasiyo ya Waarabu na haikutumwa kwa mashirika/ummah yasiyo ya Waarabu.

Uthibitisho mwingine kuwa Qur'ani ilitumwa tu kwa ajili ya Waarabu ni katika mistari ifuatayo hapo chini:

Quran 26: 198. Na lau kuwa tungeli iteremsha juu ya mmoja wa wasio kuwa Waarabu, 199. Na akawasomea, wasingeli kuwa wenye kuamini.

Kama ambavyo Waarabu wana haki ya kuto amini kitabu chechote kile kilichotumwa kwa lugha ambayo si yakwao, ikimaanisha Kiarabu, vivyo hivyo, mashirika yasiyo ya Waarabu nao wana haki ya kuto iamini Koran, kitabu kilichoandikwa kwa lugha ya Kiarabu. Ndio kwasababu Koran inasema Allah atatuma mjumbe kwa kila lugha ili wao wenyewe kwa wenyewe waweze kuelewa.

Kuhakikisha hakuta kuwa na kutokuelewana, Allah anashusha hii aya 05:19 Quran: Enyi Watu wa Kitabu! Bila ya shaka amekujilieni Mtume wetu akikubainishieni katika wakati usio kuwa na Mitume, msije mkasema: Hakufika kwetu mbashiri wala mwonyaji. Basi amekujieni mbashiri na mwonyaji. Na Mwenyezi Mungu anao uweza wa kila kitu. 

Kwa mujibu wa Qur'an watu wote wamepokea ufunuo. Aya ya hapo juu inasema Qur'ani ni kwa wale ambao kamwe hawakupokea ufunuo, iliwasije kusema, `kuwa sisi hatuja wai kutumiwa mbashiri na hakuna mjuonyaji aliye tumwa kwetu'.

Jambo hili ni wazi, lakini Allah anataka liwe wazi hata na kwa asiye na ufahamu wowote ule aelewe kuwa Koran ilitumwa kwa Waarabu pekee kwa kuzitaja sehemu halisi za kijiografia ambazo Muhammad alitumwa kama Mtume wa Allah.

Quran 6:92. Na hiki ni Kitabu tulicho kiteremsha, kilicho barikiwa, chenye kuhakikisha yaliyo tangulia, na ili uuwonye Mama wa Miji na walio pembezoni mwake. Na wenye kuamini Akhera wanakiamini hichi, nao wanazihifadhi Sala zao. 

Leo, tumejifunza kuwa, Koran ilitumwa kwa Waarabu pekee na si kwa Mataifa yote. Sasa, nina uhakika baadhi ya Waislamu wanaweza kuleta aya nyingine zinazosema kwamba Uislamu ni kwa wanadamu wote. Kama Waislam watafanya hivyo, basi waelekuwa kwa kufanya hivyo ni kuthibitisha kwamba aya hapo juu ni za uongo.

Ama Quran ni pakiti ya uongo na utata au ni tu kwa Waarabu wa Makkah na jirani yake kama alivyo sema Allah ambaye ni mungu wa Waislamu.

Katika huduma yake,

Max Shimba

Copyright © Max Shimba Ministries 2013

Yesu ni Mungu Kutokana na Koran (Sehemu ya Kwanza)

Waumini wa dini ya Kiislam katika Mihadhara mbalimbali ya kidini kupitia wahadhiri wao wa Dini wamekuwa wakipinga kuwa Yesu Kristo si Mungu kwa madai kuwa, Mungu hawezi kuzaliwa.

Ndugu msomaji, nakusihi ufuatilie somo hili kwa makini ili ujue ukweli kuhusu Umungu wa Yesu Kristo katika Koran:

Je Yesu anazo sifa za kipekee za Mungu kutokana na Quran? Hebu tuanze utafiti wetu kwa kusoma Quran na tujionee wenyewe kama kweli Yesu ni Mungu au la.

Adhama ya Kwanza kutokana na Quran: Mungu ni Mfalme:

Koran inasema kuwa, sifa Moja ya Mungu ni “Mfalme”. Je, Yesu anayo hii sifa ya “Mfalme”? Haya tusome Quran kwanza.

Quran 59: 23

Yeye ndiye Mwenyezi Mungu ambaye hapana Mungu isipo kuwa Yeye tu. Mfalme, Mtakatifu, Mwenye salama, Mtoaji wa amani, Mwenye kuyaendesha Mwenyewe mambo yake, Mwenye nguvu, Anaye fanya analo litaka, Mkubwa, Ametakasika Mwenyezi Mungu na hayo wanayo mshirikisha nayo.

Sasa tuangalie kama kweli Yesu anayo hii sifa ya Mfalme ambayo ni adhama ya Mungu pekee kutokana na Koran.

Biblia takatifi inasema yafuatayo kuhusu Yesu Kristo:

Ufunuo 17:14

Hawa watafanya vita na Mwana Kondoo na Mwana Kondoo atawashinda, kwamaana yeye ni Bwana wa Bwana na Mfalme wa Wafalme.

Katika aya hii tunasoma kuwa Yesu anaitwa “Mfalme wa Wafalme” ambayo ni adhama ya Mwenyezi Mungu kama ilivyo shaidiwa na Koran Surah ya 59 na aya 23. Hivyo basi , Allah na Koran wamekiri kuwa Yesu ni Mungu kwasababu Biblia imetuthibitishia kuwa Yesu ni Mfalme wa Wafalme katika Ufunuo 17 na aya 14.

Tuendelee na ushaidi mwingine kutoka Koran ambao unatuhakikishia kuwa Yesu ni Mungu.

Adhama ya Pili kutokana na Quran: Mungu ni Mtakatifu:

Je, Yesu anayo hii sifa ya “Mtakatifu”? Tusome Quran kwanza:

Quran 59: 23 Yeye ndiye Mwenyezi Mungu ambaye hapana Mungu isipo kuwa Yeye tu. Mfalme, Mtakatifu, Mwenye salama, Mtoaji wa amani, Mwenye kuyaendesha Mwenyewe mambo yake, Mwenye nguvu, Anaye fanya analo litaka, Mkubwa, Ametakasika Mwenyezi Mungu na hayo wanayo mshirikisha nayo.

Katika Quran tumesoma kuwa, moja ya sifa za Mungu ni “Mtakatifu”, Je sifa hii ya utakatifu Yesu anayo?

Nenda kwenye hihiyo Kuran 19:19 Malaika akasema hakika mimi ni mjumbe ili nikupe Mwana Mtakatifu -Isa Bin Maryam.

Koran hiyo hiyo inatuhakikishia na kutujibu kuwa Yesu ambaye anajulikana kwa jina la Isa Bin Maryam katika Quran ni Mwana Mtakatifu. Hivyobasi, hii adhama ya Utakatifu ambayo ni ya Mungu pekee, tunasoma katika Quran iliyoteremshwa an Allah kuwa Yesu ameinyakua. Yesu anaitwa Mwana Mtakatifu.

Adhama ya Tatu kutokana na Quran: Bwana ni Mwenyezi Mungu

Hebu tufungue Quran na tusome kuhusu Bwana:

Quran 3:39 Alipo kuwa kasimama chumbani akisali, Malaika kamnadia: Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu anakubashiria Yahya, ataye kuwa mwenye kusadikisha neno litokalo kwa Mwenyezi Mungu, na ni Bwana na mt'awa na Nabii kwa watu wema naye ni Nabii Isa. 

Quran 39: 29

Mwenyezi Mungu amepiga mfano wa mtu mwenye mabwana washirika wanao gombana, na wa mtu mwengine aliye khusika na Bwana Mmoja tu. Je! Wako sawa katika hali zao? Alhamdulillahi, Sifa njema zote ni za Mwenyezi Mungu! Lakini wengi wao hawajui. 

Quran 39:29 inasema kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu ni Bwana na hiyo ni sifa njema kwa Mwenyezi Mungu. Zaidi ya hapo, Koran hiyo hiyo (Quran 3:39) inasema kuwa Isa Bin Maryam ni Neno litokalo kwa Mwenyezi Mungu na ni Bwana. Koran imejibu kuwa, sifa ya Bwana ambayo ni ya Mungu pekee ni ya Yesu. Sasa tusome na Biblia kwa ushaidi zaidi kuhusu Yesu ni Bwana.  

Ufunuo 17:14

Hawa watafanya vita na Mwana Kondoo na Mwana Kondoo atawashinda, kwamaana yeye ni Bwana wa MaBwana na Mfalme wa Wafalme.

Katika Ufunuo tunasoma kuwa Mwana Kondoo ambaye ni Yesu Kristo anaitwa Bwana wa Mabwana. Hivyobasi, hii adhama ya “Bwana” ambayo ni ya Mungu pekee tunasoma katika Quran iliyoteremshwa an Allah kuwa Yesu ni Bwana na ameinyakua, vilevile, katika Biblia Takatifu tumesoma kuwa Yesu anaitwa Bwana, ambayo ni Sifa ya Mungu Pekee kutokana na Quran.

Leo nimejibu hoja ya Waislam kuwa, Je, Yesu ni Mungu? Koran pamoja na Allah wanasema kuwa Yesu ni Mungu kwa kuwa Yesu anazo adhama zote na/au sifa zote za Mungu.

Katika huduma yake,

Max Shimba

Copyright © Max Shimba Ministries 2013

ALLAH ANAAPA KWA ALIYE UMBA KIUME NA KIKE

JE, NANI KAUMBA KIUME NA KIKE?
QURAN 92 1-3

1. Naapa kwa usiku ufunikapo, 2 kwa mchana uingiapo, 3. na kwa aliye umba kiume na kike..

Hivi mtu anaye apa kwa mwengine anakuwa Mungu au binadamu? Je, nani kaumba hapo. Maana Allah anaapa katika aliye umba, na kuumba ni sifa ya Mungu. Kumbe Allah hakuumba.

Je, ni nani huyu aliye umba Kiume na Kike ambaye Allah wa Islam anaapa kwake? Endelea kusoma...kutoka Biblia Takatifu….

Yeremia 27: 5 Mimi nimeiumba dunia hii, wanadamu na wanyama walio juu ya uso wa nchi, kwa uweza wangu mkuu, na kwa mkono wangu ulionyoshwa; nami nawapa watu kama inipendezavyo. 

Sasa tunamsoma Yehovah ambaye ni Mungu wa Biblia kuwa yeye ndie aliye umba kila kitu, pamoja na Kiume na Kike ambacho Allah wa Islam anaapa kwake. Kwahiyo, Jehovah aliumba kiume na kike, na Allah wa Islam anaapa kwake, sasa jaza mwenyewe nani ni Mungu?

Je, Mungu anaweza kuapa kwa Mwengine? Endelea kupata elimu …

Waebrania 6:13 Mungu alipompa Abrahamu ahadi, aliapa kwa jina lake mwenyewe, maana hakuna aliye mkuu kuliko Mungu ambaye kwa huyo angeweza kuapa.

Jehova anasema hakuna Mkubwa wangu wa kuapa kwake, lakini Allah katika Kuran anasema kuwa yeye anaapa kwa aliye umba kiume na kike.

Hivyo basi leo tunafahamu kuwa aliye umba ni Jehona na Allah anaapa kwa Jehovah Mungu wa Biblia na Wakristo.

Mungu awabairiki sana

Max Shimba

Copyright © Max Shimba Ministries 2013

ALLAH’S LOVE COMPARED TO GOD’S LOVE

Islam’s god demands power over others: Islam means "submission", i.e. submitting to its god and Muhammad’s rule. But the tender love of God, apart from this obedience, is not known in Islam.

Below are a number of verses I’ve found on Allah’s love. I list a few more at the end of this article.

2:222

They ask thee concerning women's courses (menses). Say: They are a hurt and a pollution; so keep away from women in their courses and do not approach them until they are clean. But when they have purified themselves ye may approach them in any manner time or place ordained for you by Allah. For Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean.

3:31

Say: "If ye do love Allah follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins for Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful."

3:134

Those who spend (freely) whether in prosperity or in adversity; who restrain anger and pardon (all) men; for Allah loves those who do good.

3:146

How many of the Prophets fought (in Allah's way) and with them (fought) large bands of godly men? But they never lost heart if they met with disaster in Allah's way nor did they weaken (in will) nor give in. And Allah loves those who are firm and steadfast.

28:77

"But seek with the (wealth) which Allah has bestowed on thee the Home of the Hereafter nor forget thy portion in this world: but do thou good as Allah has been good to thee and seek not (occasions for) mischief in the land: for Allah loves not those who do mischief."

61:4

Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array as if they were a solid cemented structure.

You see in all of these verses that Allah’s love is predicated upon the Muslim’s performance. Muhammad’s depiction of and theology on Allah’s love contradict the depiction of God’s love in the Bible. Compare and contrast the following Biblical verses to the Quranic verses above.

(NOTE: Please take the time to read the passages. In doing so, you will taste a strong difference in the flavors of love between Islam’s Allah, and Christianity’s God. By comparing the Scriptures of each faith, you will discern the differences in their Gods’ natures. You will be able to see clearly and unequivocally, beyond any doubt, that Islam’s god is not Christianity’s God. Islam’s god is not capable of true love.)

Hosea 2:13-16

I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but me she forgot," declares the LORD. Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor (trouble) a door of hope. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt. "In that day," declares the LORD, "you will call me 'my husband'; you will no longer call me 'my master.'

Hosea 3:1

The LORD said to me, "Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes."

Isaiah 54:5-8

For your Maker is your husband, the LORD Almighty is his name, the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. The LORD will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit a wife who married young, only to be rejected," says your God. "For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you," says the LORD your Redeemer.

Jeremiah 31:3

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

Jeremiah 31:31-34

"The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to [a] them, " declares the LORD. "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."

John 3:16-21

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son…."

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 4:9-12

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Revelations 21:6, 7

He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

I expect that you, the reader, have seen the difference between the quality of love between God and Allah. You can’t miss it. Muhammad’s god was incapable of great love. Its love was shallow. No wonder Muhammad believed that he would be tried in the grave and that he feared Allah’s wrath; the spiritual power that he interacted with was incapable of giving him the true love of God. The true love of God gives peace to the believer. No wonder the early Muslims quickly turned to murdering each other; the spiritual power that rules Islam could not motivate them towards a life of love. The true love of God motivates people to lend a helping hand to each other, not destroy each other. No wonder so many people left Islam after Muhammad died; they tasted Islam and spat it out. No wonder those that left Islam said about the other Muslims, "Their religion does not stop them from shedding blood, terrifying the roads, and seizing properties." [10] (Yes, many early Muslims were terrorists just like the Muslim terrorists of today). Because Islam lacks the true love of God, its followers can bomb children and believe they are doing Allah’s will.

God of the Bible is "FATHER", In Contrast, Allah of Koran is Not "FATHER"

SCRIPTURES THAT SHOW THAT GOD IS A FATHER

Let’s take a look at the groundwork that Judaism and Christianity lay regarding God as Father. The God of the Bible is indeed a Father to His people. From both the Old and New Testament Scriptures we see God revealing and describing Himself as a Father. Here are some examples taken from the New International Version. [5]

1) Deut. 32:6

Is this the way you repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you?

2) Psalms 2:7

I will proclaim the decree of the LORD : He said to me, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father.

3) Isaiah 63:16

But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.

4) Matthew 6:9

"This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,'"

5) John 20:17

Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

6) Romans 8:15

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

On the other hand, the Quran denies God’s Fatherhood:

Sura 5:18

And (both) the Jews and the Christians say: "We are the children of Allah and His loved ones." Say: "Why then does He punish you for your sins?" Nay, you are but human beings, of those He has created, He forgives whom He wills and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and to Him is the return (of all). [6]

You can see from the Quranic verse above that Muhammad refused to accept Christians and Jews as God’s children because He disciplined them. However, both the Old and New Testaments Bible teach that a loving father disciplines his children.

Hebrews 12:7-11

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Jeremiah 31:18, 19

"I have surely heard Ephraim's moaning: ‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the LORD my God. After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'"

Muhammad grew up without a father. His father died before his birth, his mother died when he was six years old. Muhammad lived first with his grandfather and then mostly with his uncle. It may be that he was not disciplined by his uncle who raised him. If that was the case, then he missed out on a valuable aspect of the father-relationship. Fathers who love their children discipline them. God loves His people and He does indeed discipline them for their own good!

SCRIPTURES THAT SHOW THAT GOD IS A FATHER

Let’s take a look at the groundwork that Judaism and Christianity lay regarding God as Father. The God of the Bible is indeed a Father to His people. From both the Old and New Testament Scriptures we see God revealing and describing Himself as a Father. Here are some examples taken from the New International Version. [5]

1) Deut. 32:6

Is this the way you repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you?

2) Psalms 2:7

I will proclaim the decree of the LORD : He said to me, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father.

3) Isaiah 63:16

But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.

4) Matthew 6:9

"This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,'"

5) John 20:17

Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

6) Romans 8:15

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

YESU NDIE NJIA NA KWELI NA UZIMA. Kumbe Dini sio Njia

Katika Biblia tunasoma kuwa Yesu anasema yeye ndie "KWELI" na anaendelea kusema kuwa KWELI ndiyo itakuweka HURU. Hebu rejea kwenye hii aya: 

Yohana 14:6 Yesu akawaambia, “Mimi ndiye Njia na Kweli na Uzima; mtu hawezi kufika kwa Baba bila kupitia kwangu.

Kufuatana na aya hapo juu, Mtu yeyote yule hawezi kwenda kwa Baba na/au Mbiguni bila ya kupitia "KWELI" ambayo ni YESU. Kumbe basi dini haiwezi kukupeleka popote pale. Kumbe, NJIA PEKEE ya Uzima wa Milele ni YESU na SI DINI.

Kumfahamu Yesu ambaye ni KWELI kutakufanya umwelewe Mungu wa UKWELI!! Kumbe basi, Yesu ndie mwenye uwezo wa kukufanya uelewe KWELI ya Mungu.

Yohana 8:31-32 Kwa hiyo Yesu akawaambia wale waliomwamini, “Kama mkiendelea kutii maneno yangu mtakuwa wanafunzi wangu halisi. 32 Mtaelewa yaliyo kweli kumhusu Mungu na ukweli huu utawafanya muwe watu huru.

Kufuatana na aya hapo juu, inatuhakikishia kuwa mafundisho ya YESU PEKEE ndiyo yatakufanya uelewe KWELI na kumfahamu Mungu wa KWELI. Zaidi ya hapo, kuwa Mwanafunzi wa Yesu(Ukristo) ndio njia pekee ya kufahamu kweli.

Yesu Ndie Njia ya Kweli na Uzima.

Mwamini leo ili upate uzima wa milele.

Copyright © Max Shimba Ministries 2013

Accounts of People Raised from the Dead

1. Elijah raised the son of the Zarephath widow from the dead (1 Kings 17:17-22).

2. Elisha raised the son of the Shunammite woman from the dead (2 Kings 4:32-35).

3. A man was raised from the dead when his body touched Elisha’s bones (2 Kings 13:20, 21).

4. Many saints rose from the dead at the resurrection of Jesus (Matt. 27:50-53).

5. Jesus rose from the dead (Matt. 28:5-8; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5, 6).

6. Jesus raised the son of the widow of Nain from the dead (Luke 7:11-15).

7. Jesus raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Luke 8:41, 42, 49-55).

8. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1-44).

9. Peter raised Dorcas from the dead (Acts 9:36-41).

10. Eutychus was raised from the dead by Paul (Acts 20:9, 10).

UKRISTO NI NINI?

Leo nitajibu hoja ya, Je, Ukristo ni DINI AU NI NINI?

Neno Ukristo ni tegemezi ya kutoka kwa Jina "KRISTO". Hivyobasi, Mkristo ni mfuasi wa Kristo. Ni kama unavyoweza sema Mtanzania anatoka Tanzania na/ua neno Mtanzania ni tegemezi kutoka Tanzania.

Ukristo ni imani maalum kulinganisha na nyinginezo, Kwa sababu inasimamia zaidi ushirika na Mungu kuliko matendo ya kidini. Kinyume na kushikilia orodha ya masharti ya fanya haya na usifanye yale, Lengo la mkristo ni kutafuta ushirika wa karibu na Mungu Baba kupitia Mwana ambaye ni Yesu. Ushirika huo unawezeshwa na kazi aliyoifanya Yesu pamoja na huduma ndani ya maisha ya mkristo ya Roho Mtakatifu.

Wakristo huamini ya kuwa Biblia ni Neno la Mungu na mafundisho yake ndiyo mamlaka ya mwisho (Timotheo wa pili 3:16, Petro wa pili 1: 20-21). Wakristo huamini juu ya Mungu mmoja akaaye katika utatu, Baba na Mwana (Yesu kristo), na Roho Mtakatifu.

Kwa hivyo, huku dini nyingine zikitaka waumini wao watende mambo Fulani Fulani au wasitende mambo Fulani ukristo ni juu ya kuwa na ushirika na Mungu. 

Hivyo Basi, Ukristo ni Ufuasi wa Kristo ambaye ni Mungu. Yesu Kristo ni Mungu. 

Copyright © Max Shimba Ministries 2013