Battle Brewing in Pennsylvania Legislature over prayer in the name of Jesus
Verse of the Day
Acts 4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Commentary
There is a huge battle brewing in the Pennsylvania legislature because of a representative who prayed in the name of Jesus. This prayer offended many including Muslims. The legislature is attempting to rebuke the representative and demand “nice” prayers be made.
I believe this is a great time to stand with Representative Borowicz who offered the prayer, and at the same time expose the Koran as anti-Christianity and a great offense to Christians. If Christians can’t pray in the name of Jesus, then neither can the Muslims use the Koran.
I provide all the information you need to stand with the representative and at the same time expose the Koran.
“Resolution Blasts Rep’s ‘Polarizing’ Prayer Declaring Jesus as Nation’s ‘Only Hope’ and ‘Every Knee Will Bow’”
Representative Borowicz’s prayer is still shaking the Capital! There is power in the name of Jesus!
I’m from Pennsylvania, and on Monday I intend to call the representatives who are harassing Rep Borowicz for her prayer in the name of Jesus. I intend to demand that no Muslim representative be allowed to use the Koran because it is anti Christian as it blatantly denies that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the blessed Trinity, Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected. If they want a religious war, these people have to be confronted.
Rep Borowicz can be reached at: (717) 772-9925; (814) 353-8780 or (570) 748-5480.
Rep Kevin J. Boyle is leading the charge. He can be reached at: (717) 783-4944; (215) 695-1016 or (215) 331-2600. Fax: (717) 772-9917
House Speaker Mike Turzai can be reached at: (717) 772-9943 and 412) 369-2230 Fax: Fax: (412) 369-2236
Please see my teaching about the Koran attacking Christianity: The Koran vs. The Bible: The Koran Directly Attacks Christianity, and it posted at the end of this article. This will give you ammunition when you talk to this Rep, or anyone, about the Koran.
John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
From article: “In the meantime, some representatives continued to speak out against Borowicz’s prayer, and Boyle crafted a resolution to both chastise the representative and urge lawmakers going forward to present prayers that are “crafted with the respect of all religious beliefs in mind.”
“Representative Borowicz invoked Jesus, the Lord or God about a dozen times in her one-minute-forty-second prayer,” he said in a statement.” I cannot begin to imagine how uncomfortable that had to make Representative Johnson-Harrell and the 50 guests she had surrounded herself with that day from various religious backgrounds and beliefs.”
“This is not your home where you can say whatever you want,” Boyle asserted. “It is the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where we show a common decency to one another.” His resolution characterizes Borowicz’s prayer as “[a] fire and brimstone prayer” that “epitomizes religious intolerance.”
“Whereas, prayers offered before the House of Representatives in the daily order of business should reflect mutual respect and religious tolerance of our colleagues and constituents, and not intimidate, demean or degrade, therefore, be it resolved that members of the House of Representatives who have the opportunity to offer a prayer in the course of a legislative session are urged to follow the request of Speaker Turzai to ‘craft a prayer that is respectful of all religious beliefs,’” the proposal reads.”
My Fax to Representative Boyle: this is the body of fax
Representative Kevin Boyle,
I’ve been following the events surrounding the prayer in the name of Jesus by Representative Borowicz, and how you were greatly offended. You were very concerned that Representative Johnson-Harrell, who is a Muslim, also was greatly offended.
I would like to bring to your attention that the Koran is highly offensive because it was written as a direct attack against heart of Christianity. Muhammad knew exactly what he was doing when he dictated the Koran. It is anti-Christian because it blatantly denies that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the blessed Trinity, Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected. This is the very heart of Christianity
Since you are very concerned about the sensitivity of Muslims, I suggest you think of Christians and block the Koran from being used or quoted like it was after Rep Borowicz’s prayer.
Attached is my study of the Koran proving just how anti-Christian it is.
The Koran vs. The Bible
The Koran Directly Attacks Christianity: Hate Speech
Psalm 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psalm 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
There is a move in the United States and the entire Western World to block anything from being said negatively against Islam. Exposing Islam and its doctrines that are contrary to Western culture is called “Hate Speech.” In both Europe and Canada , Christians have been heavily fined and threatened with jail for speaking negatively about Islam. Telling the truth accurately means nothing, as it is classified as hate speech. There are forces working in the United States to also promote that speaking against Islam is hate speech. Islam is being packaged and sold to the West as a peaceful religion.
Based on this concept of speaking out about Islam being hate speech, an examination of the Koran shows this book itself is hate speech, specifically, against Christianity. The Bible was written 500 years before Muhammad and therefore has nothing to say about Islam. In fact, the Bible only directly condemns pagan worship. It has nothing directly to say about Hinduism or the other ancient Eastern religions. By doctrine and teachings, the Bible disagrees with the eastern religions, but it does not condemn them.
The Koran directly attacks the major doctrines of Christianity. The Christian faith has several key beliefs. The teaching that is unique to the Christian faith is that there is one God who eternally manifests Himself in three persons: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This is known as the Godhead or the Blessed Trinity. The second critical doctrine is that Jesus of Nazareth is the only begotten Son of God; therefore He is unique from everyone else. His Father was not human, but the holy God of Israel. The third key doctrine is that the Lord Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty for man’s sin and then rose from the dead. There are other important doctrines, but these three really comprise the very heart of the Christian faith.
With this foundation, let us examine the Koran to see what it states about the fundamental doctrines of Christianity. A chapter in the Koran is referred to as Sura, so when reviewing the Koran the word Sura with numbers after it gives the location of the verse. I use the Koran on line for research. This is found at: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/koran/index.html
The Blessed Holy Trinity
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
The Koran clearly states that Christians lie when claiming God is in the form of a Trinity. These are strong words; however this is exactly what the Koran states. The Koran claims that the Lord Jesus is only an apostle and for Christians to desist from teaching the blessed Trinity! In this same Sura, the Koran denies the Lord Jesus is the Son of God.
In one Sura the Koran attacks the very heart of Christianity by denying the blessed Trinity and that the Lord Jesus is the only begotten Son of God! It calls Christians liars and demands that the preaching of the Trinity and Jesus being the Son of God stop. The Koran identifies Christians sometimes as “followers of the book,” but when they proclaim Christian doctrine, the Koran then calls them liars. Muhammad writes that it is acceptable to believe the Bible, but not Christian doctrine!
The Sura to show this follows:
Sura 4.171 O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion, and do not speak (lies) against Allah, but (speak) the truth; the Messiah, Isa son of Marium is only an apostle of Allah and His Word which He communicated to Marium and a spirit from Him; believe therefore in Allah and His apostles, and say not, Three. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is only one God; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector.
The Lord Jesus is the Only Begotten Son of God
John 3:16 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.
One of the central doctrines of Islam, as clearly presented in the Koran, is that God does not have a son. An exhaustive search of the Koran shows that in at least 11 Suras, the Koran states that God does not have a Son! This is clearly aimed at Christianity because no other faith claims that God has a literal Son. The Koran even states in Sura 9:30 that those that believe Allah has a son should be destroyed by Allah! The Koran is very clear that it was written to attack this Christian doctrine.
The following are the Suras claiming that God does not have a Son:
Sura 4.171 Allah is only one God; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector.
Sura 6.101 Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! How could He have a son when He has no consort, and He (Himself) created everything, and He is the Knower of all things.
Sura 9.30 And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away!
Sura 10.68 They say: Allah has taken a son (to Himself)! Glory be to Him: He is the Self-sufficient: His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; you have no authority for this; do you say against Allah what you do not know?
Sura 17.111 And say: (All) praise is due to Allah, Who has not taken a son and Who has not a partner in the kingdom, and Who has not a helper to save Him from disgrace; and proclaim His greatness magnifying (Him).
Sura 18.4 And warn those who say: Allah has taken a son.
Sura 19.35 It beseems not Allah that He should take to Himself a son, glory to be Him; when He has decreed a matter He only says to it “Be,” and it is.
Sura 19.88 And they say: The Beneficent God has taken (to Himself) a son. (91) That they ascribe a son to the Beneficent God. (92) And it is not worthy of the Beneficent God that He should take (to Himself) a son.
Sura 21.26 And they say: The Beneficent God has taken to Himself a son. Glory be to Him. Nay! they are honored servants
Sura 23.91 Never did Allah take to Himself a son, and never was there with him any (other) god– in that case would each god have certainly taken away what he created, and some of them would certainly have overpowered others; glory be to Allah above what they describe!
Sura 25.2 He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure.
The Lord Jesus Died on the Cross
Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
The Koran literally says the Lord Jesus did not die on the cross. It claims that He appeared to have died on the cross, but He was not killed nor was He crucified. Allah just took Jesus to heaven. The Koran directly attacks the vicarious death of Jesus of Nazareth on the cross, and thus rejects His redemption of man from sin. The Koran goes on to state that on the day of resurrection Jesus Christ will be a witness against Christians!
The Suras from the Koran to prove this follow:
Sura 4.157 And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa [Jesus] son of Marium, the apostle of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure
158 Nay! Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
159 And there is not one of the followers of the Book but most certainly believes in this before his death, and on the day of resurrection he (Jesus) shall be a witness against them.
Association
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
According to Islam the worst sin a person can commit is shirk. This sin is also called association. This means associating Allah with a man. The very heart of Christianity that the Lord is the Son of God is the worst sin in Islam! According to the Koran, Allah forbids heaven to anyone who commits this sin and their abode is hell without any help.
The Koran and Islam by their very nature are anti-Christian, and therefore in our modern world’s way of thinking, it is hate speech. There can never be reconciliation between Islam and Christianity because the very heart of Islam is anti-Christian.
The Sura to show this follows:
Sura 5.72 Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah, He is the Messiah, son of Marium; and the Messiah said: O Children of Israel! serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust.
The teachings of the Koran are in stark contrast to the Bible. The Koran states that God does not have a son. The Bible states that all life is in the Lord Jesus as the only begotten Son of God. With the Bible, if you have the Son, you have eternal life: if you do not have the Son, then you do not have eternal life. A person that does not believe this makes God a liar. The Koran written 500 years after these verses denies the Son, and therefore makes the God of the Bible a liar. The Bible is written in the positive stating God has a Son. The Koran is written in the negative attacking this fundamental doctrine of Christianity.
When Muhammad wrote the Koran, he knew exactly what he was doing. He was creating a new religion which rivaled Christianity. He wanted to make sure there was no connection between the God of Islam and the holy God of Israel. The warning of the Bible is same today as it was at the time of Muhammad:
1 John 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
(10) He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
(11) And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
(12) He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
(13) These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
The Bible ends with a warning to those who tamper with it and remove scriptures. The warning is that God will remove that person’s name from the Book of Life which means removal from eternity in heaven with God. Muhammad wrote the Koran as a replacement to the Bible. In the Koran, he removed the Bible’s core beliefs; therefore, Muhammad’s name and those that follow him are removed from heaven. To God, it is extremely serious to tamper with the Bible.
Revelation 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
In summary, the God of Islam has no relationship to the God of the Bible. In fact, the God of Islam is at war with the Bible as the Koran calls anyone believing in the blessed Trinity a liar. The very origin of the Koran was to refute the authority of the Bible and reject the holy God of Israel. The Koran and Islam, at its very foundation, is hatred of Christianity, and therefore have no place in America. The Koran, as given by Muhammad, is hate speech and should be exposed as such.
Note: America was the only nation in all of history that was founded on the blessed holy Trinity. There were three documents which created the United States of America. Most people are very familiar with the first and third documents: The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. It was the second document that ended the Revolutionary War and granted America nationhood. The Paris Peace Treaty of 1783 formally ended the Revolution and granted the United States independence from Great Britain. This document can be found at: http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/paris.html In a real sense, the United States formally became a nation on September 3, 1783.
When the United States became a nation, it was done “In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity.” The preamble to this Treaty states that it is based upon the “Holy and undivided Trinity!” The concept of the holy Trinity is unique to Christianity. This statement means the United States was founded on the Christian faith. The Preamble is very short and follows: “In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity”
The Treaty then ends just like the Constitution with a statement it is being signed in the “Year of our Lord.” The witnesses representing the United States were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and D. Hartley. The section in part follows:
“… In witness whereof we the undersigned, their ministers plenipotentiary, have in their name and in virtue of our full powers, signed with our hands the present definitive treaty and caused the seals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Done at Paris , this third day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.”
By John McTernan: Defend and Proclaim the Faith
Blog: John McTernan’s Insights at www.johnmcternan.name
Thank you brother John for all your hard work on this.I will again contact the reps in Pennsylvania and make my concerns/objections heard.Prayer is to go upward,so it is not for them to like when making an invocation to Jesus.I will tell them it is my business,my house as an American….. Islam is all about conquest..not assimilating in a culture that predates it and not allowed in my house.I’m not talking equal prayer for all faiths.Mohammed is dead..He is a creature.Jesus is alive.He is Creator.
We are in America..in a slow but speeding up of going from the ‘lower house’ to the ‘upper house’ in islamic jargon.What that means is the play peaceful,and use our liberty to get them in power and places of influence,then when the time is right,[almost now]..they switch gears and go from go along to you will be subject to islam.No wiggle room.We are getting there.If Christians don’t stand and articulately oppose this on all fronts..prayer first…we will go the way of Detroit,or England,Sweden..name a place where they took over or the people caved in..see what you have to look forward to.See how the former populace becomes slaves to them in practice and law.That is our destiny if we don’t [shine]…now.
Everybody who names Jesus as Savior and Lord needs to get a hold of these reps that brother John gave us contact points to.He did the leg work..we need to stand with brother John,and all faithful Christians by making a few simple phone calls…leave a message if need be.We ARE in a war.Lets not be found AWOL.Your future,the future of your kids/grandkids are riding on what you do/don’t do.Am I saying you will save your country?Only God could do that,or prolong it..but we need to pray then act.If we don’t,the story will write itself.
Today,monday..I made the calls to all the reps you listed,brother John.Stephanie received another one from me expressing my total support for her prayer in Jesus name.I was civil but direct in my messages.The jist of the messages were ..we were founded on Jesus Christ and His principles..not on islam.I left my name and phone number in case they want to know I’m serious and a real person,not a crank.God bless you brother.I support you 100% in all you do and represent ministry wise..and as a brother in Christ.Thank you……….
Thanks and God bless you
I just want to be counted with the Godly….You are welcome.