Radical Islam

Radical Islam 
“¹Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. ²This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. ³But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here. ⁴But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. ⁵Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them. ⁶But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception. ⁷Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. ⁸But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. ⁹God showed how much He loved us by sending His one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him. ¹⁰This is real love—not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. ¹¹Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. ¹²No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and His love is brought to full expression in us.” 1 John 4:1-12 (NLT)

Radical Islam: Those who want to impose strict Islamic law (Sharia), by violence if necessary, until the society submits.

Christians view and oppose Islam as a false ideology that denies Jesus is the Son of God, denies the cross, and offers a different gospel. 

“But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.” 1 John 4:3 (NLT)

Christians view Muslims as people, distinct from the Islamic system, and made in the image of God. Many are peaceful people. They are the mission field, not the enemy to be destroyed. 

We oppose Islam. We love Muslims.

Culture of terrible violence, suppression and control.

Intent and strategy

• Slow roll takeover
• Radical Liberalism is the trojan horse

Radical Islam’s 3-fold strategy

• Jihad of the womb
• Immigration without assimilation
  
  “³³Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land. ³⁴Treat them like native-born Israelites, and love them as you love yourself. Remember that you were once foreigners living in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” Leviticus 19:33-34 (NLT)
   
• Using America’s own freedoms against it

History of violence

• The pattern is the same: gain a foothold, impose Sharia, and use violence against those who resist.

9-11

• We said we’d never forget, but I think many have forgotten!

We’re being gaslit.

Some are even saying it out loud

• “The wombs of our women will give us victory.”
• “We are going to fight not through bullets but the ballots.”
• “Death to America!” 

Let me be abundantly clear: Love is our playbook!

I’m aware that I’m now a target for saying this out loud.

“⁴⁰They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go. ⁴¹The apostles left the high council rejoicing that God had counted them worthy to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus. ⁴²And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: ‘Jesus is the Messiah.’” Acts 5:40-42 (NLT)

“Sean, you’re talking so extreme!”

• Nigeria is the deadliest country in the world for Christians right now.
• 2025 deaths: at least 3,490
• 2026 deaths: at least 4,216
• At the hands of radical Islam.

“⁷Now, son of man, I am making you a watchman for the people of Israel. Therefore, listen to what I say and warn them for me. ⁸If I announce that some wicked people are sure to die and you fail to tell them to change their ways, then they will die in their sins, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths. ⁹But if you warn them to repent and they don’t repent, they will die in their sins, but you will have saved yourself.” Ezekiel 33:7-9 (NLT)

Our God-given playbook

• Many Christians have been asleep at the wheel!
• 44% of Christians (~75,000,000) didn’t vote in 2024.
• Election November 3
  • Online deadline to register to vote: Oct 13
• Thinking Biblically Class
• Give your life to Christ and live out your faith! (Gal 2:20)
• Love people (Romans 13:8-10)
• Share the Gospel! (Matt 28:19)
• Genesis 1:28 (NLT) - “Be fruitful and multiply.”

This is ultimately a spiritual battle between good and evil

“For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 (NLT)

“³We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. ⁴We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. ⁵We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NLT)

We know who wins.

“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 (NLT)