[23] But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men . [24] Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
There's no other name given unto man in which he can find Salvation but that of the Biblical Lord Jesus Christ. Emmanuel - God With Us.
I came across this podcast of Ministry of the word preaching to a Muslim and explaining the Christian point of view. The Muslim man seems to be into his religion. And he explained things from his religion point of view but of course we as true Christians know there's a devil in this world and he fools the entire world because God tells us so and true Christians have experience. Religion is not God. God is relationship. Christ said I and the father will come and make our abode with you. This is why you're to keep your temple holy and no fornication whatsoever although none of us are perfect but we're told to deny ourselves and make sure we're in the word. You can't serve two masters. It doesn't work and it will never work it didn't even work for the Fallen Angels . Once you take your mind off of God's way that is straight and narrow you run the risk of sinning. A white lie can lead to a huge sin that in turn could lead you straight to the pit of hell. There's no in between like purgatory once you're in hell you're there it's forever. So I thought I would post this because we need to do God's will and God tells us deny ourselves so we can overcome but humans are stubborn vanity driven prideful and idolatry driven human beings. We put sports & music and everything else first but he tells us we have to put him first. You can pray for 40 years and still sin. You have to be a doer of the word . You see the angels that fell and Satan himself did something wrong by disobeying God's command. Anybody who denies Christ is the Christ is an antichrist. It was prophesied in Isaiah 53 many years before he came and it happened exactly the way it did so wake up and get with it. Pray for the man. Remember false doctrine exists. Most of the prophets were Jewish. God worked his will through Israel and it's people. Smoking is sin as the man smoked. Swearing is sin.
The Bible says the whole world is deceived and it is. Christ is the propitiation for our sins and in fact the entire world. He's the only human being that ever walked the face of the earth that was perfect. You must believe in his Christs death burial and resurrection.
I recommend reading Mark Matthew Luke and John in the King James Bible and praying. Here's a reason people are blinded as written in 2 Corinthians 4:4 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.