1C. First, God’s plan is for a functional hierarchy to exist in the home, with the husband being the spiritual leader and the wife being his help meet. This is taught all through the Bible and is denied only by feminists who want to alter the clear teaching of the Bible. The first ten verses of First Corinthians chapter 11 deal with this subject, as do many other passages.

2C. But alongside the functional hierarchy that is found in the Christian home is the spiritual equality of men and women in the sight of God. Galatians 3.28 shows the absolute spiritual equality in the sight of God of every Christian: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."

3C. Turn to First Peter 3.7 and take note of how the Christian man ought to treat his wife: "Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered."

4C. The Muslim man would expect his wife to accommodate him, while the spiritual Christian man realizes his spiritual leadership responsibility over his wife includes accommodating her, and that such accommodation in no way diminishes his position as the spiritual leader in his home.

1C. In Sura 4:34 husbands are directed to scourge, or beat, wives they fear are in rebellion against them. And this is not an old view, but is agreed to by contemporary Muslim scholars, who are unanimous that if a wife is rebellious she is to be rebuked, then favors are to be withheld from her in favor of another woman, and beaten if necessary, so long as he doesn’t break any bones or shed her blood. Folks, I can cite references for your own study to confirm what I am saying.

2C. Here’s another one: It is universally held by contemporary Muslim scholars that a father may arrange the marriage of his virgin daughter without her permission. As a matter of fact, the virgin daughter doesn’t even have to be consulted by her father or the groom. Sources available. Sons, however, may not be married off by their fathers without their permission.

3C. Contract marriage. This provision Mohammed legalized, made illegal, and then legalized before his death. It is an observed by Shiites, which is the dominant sect of Islam in Iran. A man can decide he wants a woman, but only for an evening. So, he arranges a contract with her to be married and then, when the time is up, he divorces her. How is this different from prostitution?

4C. Women are short of faith and intelligence. That statement was made by Mohammed. In Islam there is no equality before Allah between men and women, as in Christianity. And the differences between men and women in Islam are not functional differences only. Islam teaches that women are intellectually and spiritually deficient. And this translates into a woman’s testimony counting only one half of a man’s testimony in an Islamic court. So, it would take more than two women to offset the opposing testimony in court of a single man.

5C. I conclude this point, for the press of time, by quickly stating that in Islam a man can marry four women, while a woman can marry only one man. A man can divorce a wife by repeating the same sentence three times, while the woman cannot divorce her husband. And the woman is put on the same level as a dog and a donkey, since a man’s prayers have to be repeated if a dog, or if a donkey, or if a woman passes in front of him while he is praying. Sources available.

1C. Sura 3:32 "God loveth not those who reject Faith"

2C. Sura 2:190 "God loveth not transgressors" (This statement is repeated many times in the Koran)

3C. If Allah does not love sinners, then who does he love? Only those who love him (Sura 3:31).

4C. He loves those who fight wars to spread Islam (Sura 61:4).

5C. He loves the just, the righteous, the kind, those who do good and are neat and clean (Suras 5:14, 45; 49:9; 60.8; 2:222; 9:108).

6C. But what does the Koran say about your sins? The Koran says you are pure in the sight of Allah when you pray if you wash your face, hands and feet. But how does that remove sins?

7C. Each chapter in the Koran begins with the statement: "In the name of Allah, the most compassionate and merciful." But ask the Muslim what Allah has done about his sins. He has no answer.

8C. The religion of Islam has no answer for the sin question. Every Church kid knows the answer to the question, "What can wash away my sins?" But the 1.3 billion people who live in the spiritual darkness of Islam have no answer to that question.

9C. My friend, what good is a religion that doesn’t deal with the sin question? Of what possible benefit is any religion that proposes no remedy for sin?

1C. First, the Bible teaches that there are "none righteous," Romans 3.11, and that "all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God," Romans 3.23.

2C. The consequence of man’s sinfulness is death. "For the wages of sin is death," Romans 6.23. But the verse goes on to declare the remedy: "but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

3C. So you see, though the Christian Bible is very clear about the fate of sinners, that all sinners deserve Hell and that all sinners will go to Hell if they are not reconciled to God through faith in Jesus Christ, Christianity is the religion of those who embrace the remedy for sins, Jesus Christ.

4C. And in Christianity there is no capriciousness, no arbitrariness with God. If you avail yourself of the forgiveness that is in Jesus Christ you will not be cast out, for Jesus said "him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out," John 6.37.

1C. Listen to what one translation of the Koran states about Allah’s arbitrariness: "Allah misleads whom He will and guides whom He will. He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise." (Sura 14:4) And in Sura 74.31 we reads "Allah leads astray whom He will and guides whom He will."

2C. That’s quite a contrast from Second Peter 3.9: "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

3C. According to Sura 19:71-72 all Muslims will go to Hell. That’s right. Therefore, even the Muslim’s own Koran indicates that if you are a Muslim you will go to Hell. Of course, the Koran teaches that once in Hell some Muslims will then be rescued from Hell.

4C. But the Christian will never go to Hell. John 3.16-18 is very clear on this: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."

5C. The Muslim only thinks that once he is in Hell he will then be rescued from Hell. But the Bible teaches that those go to Hell will not then go to heaven, or to paradise. On the contrary, Revelation 20.14 clear shows that everyone in Hell will be cast into the lake of fire: "death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."

6C. In the Bible we are clearly taught that Hell is the punishment for sins and that sinners go to Hell because of offenses and transgressions against God. But Mohammed stated that the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are women, and this is agreed with by contemporary Islamic scholars.

7C. Why would women be more prone to go to Hell than men, according to Mohammed?  Mohammed is quoted as saying "It is because of the fact that you curse one another very much and show ungratefulness to your husbands." My friends, are women more prone to curse each other than are men? Now, to be sure, it is much easier for women to be ungrateful to their husbands than for men to commit that sin. But what kind of madness is it to conclude that more women will go to Hell than will men for such reasons as these?

8C. If you are beginning to get confused about sin and Hell and the uncertainty of salvation then you are in agreement with all Muslims. In Islam there is no certainty of salvation, no guarantees. Neither is there anything remotely akin to a Savior, such as we have in the Christian faith with Jesus, the Son of God, Who took upon Himself our sins.

9C. Even if a Muslim dies in a holy war there is no guarantee of heaven for him. Folks, even Mohammed denied that he was certain of paradise! The founder of the religion didn’t know where he would go when he died, yet he felt competent to lead others.