Jesus or Muhammad?
About this sermon
In “Jesus or Muhammad,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, God’s commandments, salvation. Drawing especially from John 14, Romans 2, Romans 10, Isaiah 46, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that God’s commands reveal His standard and direct the obedient life.
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Odle focuses on family discipleship. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith while working through John 14. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on God’s commandments while working through Romans 2, Romans 10, Romans 1. The message argues that God’s commands reveal His standard and direct the obedient life. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Isaiah 46. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on eternal judgment while working through Romans 1. The message argues that the reality of final judgment gives urgency to repentance, salvation, and faithful witness. It connects this with the conviction that Islamic claims and biblical revelation present incompatible accounts of God and salvation. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on gratitude. The message argues that thankfulness remembers God’s mercy and guards the heart from entitlement and complaint. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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i love this little exchange between jesus and the pharisees let's just read what he jesus speaking with the pharisees they had a little discussion got a little heated let's start reading at verse 12. people think christians shouldn't have heated discussions with messed up religious folks but it's going to happen verse 12 then speak jesus again unto them saying i am the light of the world he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life the pharisees therefore said unto him thou bearest record of thyself by record is not true so they are again with him now think about this think about standing before the judgment seat on the day of judgment and having this recall that you argued with the messiah that's what you call pride right there right a little religious pride but yeah just that's for free right there and jesus answered and said unto them though i bear record of myself yet my record is true for i know from whence i came and whether i go but you cannot tell once i come and whether i go you judge after the flesh i judge no man and yet if i judge my judgment is true for i am not alone but i am the father that sent me it is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true i am one that bear witness of myself and the father that sent me beareth witness of me then said they um of him where is your father unto him brother jesus answered you neither know me nor my father he said if you had known me you should have known my father also now these words spake jesus in the treasury as he taught in the temple and no man laid hands on him for his hour was not yet come and then said jesus again unto them i go my way and ye shall seek me and die in your sins whether i go you cannot come now where was jesus going jesus was going back to heaven he said well i'm going you can't come oh strong words people get upset when i say no you're not going to make it to heaven not not not believing that not saying that you're not going there you're not going where i'm going people get offended well i'm sorry get offended all right i know who it takes to get there and how it you get there right here's what he said where where were we 21 then said the jews well he killed himself because he says where whether i go you cannot come and he said unto them i love this jesus spoke plainly didn't he said you are from beneath i am from above you are of this world i am not of this world i said therefore unto you that you shall die in your sins for if you believe not that i am
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he you shall die in your sins then they said unto him who art thou and jesus said to them even the same that i said unto you from the beginning i have many things to say and to judge of you but he that sent me is true and i speak to the world those things which i have heard of him and they understood not that he spake to them of the father then said jesus unto them when you have lifted up the son of man then you shall know that i am he and that i do nothing of myself but as my father hath taught me i speak these things and he's and he that sent me is with me the father has not left me alone for i do always those things that please him so jesus is speaking this to the pharisees but there's also a bunch of people around he's speaking this in the treasury in the in the temple area and it says look at verse 30 as he spoke these words many believed on him and but listen what jesus said many believed that means to have faith in to have an inward revelation of who jesus is to know it and to believe it but then jesus said it's not enough to believe it oh don't shout me down because jesus said this to the jews that believed on him verse 31 then said jesus to those jews which believed on him if you continue in my word then are you my disciples indeed and you will know the truth and the truth shall make you free the moment you depart from the word of god the bible genesis to malachi matthew to revelation once you depart from the truth of the scriptures and i'm talking about sound doctrine rightly divided true sound foundational doctrines of christianity once you depart from the word you are not free you do not have the son of god you do not have the father you do not have life you have death and the only hope you have is of eternal death eternal damnation in the lake of fire there is no hope but continuing in the faith continuing in the word of god continuing in the truth continuing in a relationship with jesus right and in the context of this a lot of people don't even realize that he's talking about the context of sin he told them he said if you don't believe that i am he you're going to die in your sins now belief is more than just saying i believe jesus exists but i'm going to do what i want belief says i believe it and i'm going to act upon that faith and i'm going to do what god says for me to do there is no faith without obedience there is no salvation without repentance and change there is no relationship with jesus without turning from sin and evil and becoming a disciple there is nothing that's why most of the christian world
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now is a sham it's a deception they offer forgiveness without telling you you have to repent they say believe but they never define that belief means you have faith enough to change these are not new concepts truth and he goes on he says to the jews verse what was read again then said jesus to those jews which believed on him if if if if you continue in my word did he say if you continue in the catholic church did he say if you continue being a good person or trying to be a good person but telling people they can believe whatever they want and still go to heaven no no he said if you continue in my word then are you my disciples indeed and you shall know the truth why the truth is in the word of god listen folks i know there are people who have academic knowledge of the bible but don't know jesus i know that and yes you can have knowledge of the bible and not have a relationship with jesus christ and not be born again and not be saved not be ready to go to heaven but this other is true if you are born again if you want to stay in a relationship with jesus and make it then you have to continue in the word of god it's your only hope it's your only safeguard it is the anchor in the storm it is everything it is the foundation of our faith and if you move away from it your house will crumble and here's what's amazing you can just move away from one little part of it and the crumbling begins and he said that he said you shall know the truth look at verse 33 and they answered him we be abraham's seed and we're never in bondage to any man how sayest thou you shall be made free and jesus answered then said verily verily i say unto you whosoever committed sin now this is a present tense greek verb which means habitually practice and presently habitually practicing sin is the servant of sin or the slave of sin and a servant or a slave will not abide in the house forever oh boy jesus is saying right there if you are a servant or a slave to habitual sin
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as a christian you will not abide in this house the house of god the kingdom of god heaven you won't abide there forever so the context jesus talked about being free are you getting free from sin are you getting free from habitual sin the practice of sin the lifestyles of sin are you getting free by continuing in the word of god are you becoming more and more in bondage to it see there's only two ways you can go you're either getting freer and closer to jesus and more obedient and more holy are you getting worse you're getting more and more in bondage you're getting more and more compromised and hear me folks this is why what you believe matters if you believe in some concept of universalism which really starts with what saved always saved i'm saved no matter how i live that's where universalism starts if you start there that belief system will eventually lead you down a path into more slavery to sin but if you believe what jesus said if i continue in the word of god in the truth of god in the ways of god if i continue then i will know the truth and the truth will start making me freer and freer and freer from practicing sin that will damn me and that's why jesus told these pharisees that you will die in your sins if you don't believe oh if you don't believe that i am he and continue in my word and there's no hope for you and what is this saying again very clearly i am the only way and can we make that any clearer flip to john 14. verse 5 thomas saith unto him lord we know not whether he thou goest how can we know the way and jesus said unto him i am the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the father but by me no one's coming no one now i'm going to share something with you go to romans chapter 2.
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