Muhammad was only a 25-year-old camel driver when he married a rich woman 15 yrs. his senior and went on to marry other women afterward. Muhammad was a man of many flaws, and by no means the ideal guide for mankind to emulate or worship. Muslims emulate Muhammad as the superlative man, even though he had many flaws: he had a "vision" to plunder the passing caravans, and latter amassed an army of 10,000 to conquer with the sword (therefore the faith is known as the religion of the sword). Thus he was a thief and a murderer, but he justified himself by claiming divine revelation and visions.
Jesus remained celibate and faithful to His calling. Jesus even challenged His accusers to find fault with Him and to point out some sin--they were speechless and at a loss for words. While Jesus performed some 40 recorded miracles, Muhammad did none, and, when asked why, said that Allah could if he willed it. Jesus conquered hearts with love and laying down His life of His own initiative, while Muhammad used the sword to force conversion. Muhammad was known as an apostle and prophet, but Jesus was known as a King, and Messiah, Christ, or Anointed One.
You could remove Muhammad from Islam and the religion would remain intact; however, removing Christ totally disembowels Christianity, because Christianity is Christ, all else is the circumference. Jesus was a miracle worker and teacher as well, but Muhammad wasn't neither. A point in fact: Blaise Pascal said that any man can do what Muhammad did; while no man can do what Christ did! People who compare the two don't realize that there is no comparison at all--no contest, Muhammad is out of his league!
We don't even say "Jesus the Great" because that's a huge understatement and is really insulting to His glory; Muhammad used armies and conquered people, but he was not on the scale of Napoleon, Julius Caesar, nor Alexander the Great; today the legacy of Jesus surpasses that of any mortal or founder of other religions. With all due respect, Muhammad never claimed to be God, but only His final prophet for all mankind; Jesus claimed deity and proved it with many infallible proofs for anyone with an open, objective, and a willing mind. The most important fact of all: Muhammad remains in his grave while they never could find Jesus' body (the grave remained empty), and He had witnesses to His resurrection from the dead.
In the final analysis, Jesus stands alone, not to be compared, but contrasted. He's not merely Jesus the Great, that's an insult, but God in the flesh, as He claimed to be. Anyone can claim to be God, but do they have the credentials? If someone lived His life, he would not belie his claim; however, Jesus has never bee, and never will be, surpassed--He's unlike and superior to all his precursors and predecessors, likewise no follower nor disciple has ever, but worshiped Him, much less equaled Him. He laid down the highest ethics, no one can dispute, and is also the highest motivation to do it!
Even His enemies were unable to charge Him with sin (cf. John 8:46), and He basically died because of the truth: He said He was the Son of God. the only hypothesis that fits the facts and claims without contradiction--if someone lived like Him, he should be believed on and worshiped, not crucified! Soli Deo Gloria!
Jesus remained celibate and faithful to His calling. Jesus even challenged His accusers to find fault with Him and to point out some sin--they were speechless and at a loss for words. While Jesus performed some 40 recorded miracles, Muhammad did none, and, when asked why, said that Allah could if he willed it. Jesus conquered hearts with love and laying down His life of His own initiative, while Muhammad used the sword to force conversion. Muhammad was known as an apostle and prophet, but Jesus was known as a King, and Messiah, Christ, or Anointed One.
You could remove Muhammad from Islam and the religion would remain intact; however, removing Christ totally disembowels Christianity, because Christianity is Christ, all else is the circumference. Jesus was a miracle worker and teacher as well, but Muhammad wasn't neither. A point in fact: Blaise Pascal said that any man can do what Muhammad did; while no man can do what Christ did! People who compare the two don't realize that there is no comparison at all--no contest, Muhammad is out of his league!
We don't even say "Jesus the Great" because that's a huge understatement and is really insulting to His glory; Muhammad used armies and conquered people, but he was not on the scale of Napoleon, Julius Caesar, nor Alexander the Great; today the legacy of Jesus surpasses that of any mortal or founder of other religions. With all due respect, Muhammad never claimed to be God, but only His final prophet for all mankind; Jesus claimed deity and proved it with many infallible proofs for anyone with an open, objective, and a willing mind. The most important fact of all: Muhammad remains in his grave while they never could find Jesus' body (the grave remained empty), and He had witnesses to His resurrection from the dead.
In the final analysis, Jesus stands alone, not to be compared, but contrasted. He's not merely Jesus the Great, that's an insult, but God in the flesh, as He claimed to be. Anyone can claim to be God, but do they have the credentials? If someone lived His life, he would not belie his claim; however, Jesus has never bee, and never will be, surpassed--He's unlike and superior to all his precursors and predecessors, likewise no follower nor disciple has ever, but worshiped Him, much less equaled Him. He laid down the highest ethics, no one can dispute, and is also the highest motivation to do it!
Even His enemies were unable to charge Him with sin (cf. John 8:46), and He basically died because of the truth: He said He was the Son of God. the only hypothesis that fits the facts and claims without contradiction--if someone lived like Him, he should be believed on and worshiped, not crucified! Soli Deo Gloria!
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