May 15, 2019 Show with Dr. James F. Gauss on “Understanding Islam in the Light of Christianity”

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Introducing Dr. James F. Gauss and the Conference on Islam

And I am thrilled that I received a high recommendation to Tom, or should I say from Tom Smith at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Dale City, Virginia, to interview my guest today, who is a first-time guest.

His name is Dr. James F. Gauss, and he is an author and a conference speaker, and he is addressing the theme of his new book, Understanding Islam in the Light of Christianity, and we're also going to be promoting a conference on that theme.

For three days, it's going to be held at the Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Dale City, Virginia, and it's my honor and privilege to welcome you for the very first time to Iron Sharpens Iron Radio, Dr. James F. Gauss.

Thank you very much, Chris, and thank you for having me. I appreciate the opportunity.

Oh, the pleasure is all mine, brother. And what we do on Iron Sharpens Iron Radio when we have a first-time guest is we have them give us a summary of their salvation story, what kind of religious atmosphere you were raised in, if any, and what providential circumstances our sovereign Lord raised up in your life that drew you to himself and saved you.

Okay, so my maternal grandmother, that continued. We can't go back there anymore, and we're not going back to Catholicism.

Wow, praise God. And can you pinpoint, even though you really were unlearned, if that's a good phrase, at that time in your early stages of being drawn by God, but can you pinpoint anything that made your hearts troubled over the Catholic Church that eventually led to your leaving?

After getting out of graduate school, and I had a new job with a...

And of course, since the Pope, the current Pope, is a communist, he would never approve of that.

Really, and I can't remember. Oh, I know what it was. The Catholic Church disappeared somehow.

How long ago was that? Wow, that's surprising to me, because after Vatican II, there was obviously a lot more ecumenical relations, and I'm assuming that these individuals saying these things were probably diehard old-school Catholics, because, just so our listeners know, even though these are facts from your personal history, there are obviously sort of unusual things that have happened, because I know also, and believe me, I'm no ecumenist when it comes to the Roman Catholic Church, but I just don't want any of them complaining that.

I'm giving some kind of a slanted view, and I know that there are Protestants and fundamentalist Baptists and so on, and I'm not saying all those folks would do this either, but who have said similar things, who have delighted in the death of the wicked and so on.

There are certainly a lot of great Catholics out there that are free to leave in his church.

Well, we praise the Lord that you have come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and his true Gospel, the Gospel of the Scriptures, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as opposed to the false Gospel of the Church of Rome and the Council of Trent.

And so, tell us now, how did my friend Pastor Tom Smith of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Dale City, Virginia, learn of you and invite you to this conference where you'll be speaking starting on the 17th of May, that would be day after tomorrow, Friday, May 17th, and going through the 20th, I'm sorry, the 19th, which is this coming Sunday.

Right.

Tell us about how he learned of you, how you got to know him, and how he came to invite you to do this conference.

Sure. We grew up together in New Jersey and see each other.

Yeah, I apologize for the mix-up with identifying Tom as the pastor, but I'm sure Tom isn't going to be too insulted by that.

Sorry, I didn't know that.

Maybe Bob Gifford will, but in fact Pastor Gifford is in an ad that is voiced by me that airs every day in the show, an ad for First Love Radio, because they air his sermons on that radio network.

Okay, great.

Well, how did you come to, starting off by being a former Roman Catholic turned Mennonite, turned Bible church, biblical, non-denominational Christianity advocate, how did you begin to say to yourself, there needs to be another book on Islam, and how did you get the necessary training to write such a book?

That's excellent. Peter Marshall, books on Islam, not me. Anybody I know, you need to get this out there, out to Muslims with the true gospel of Jesus.

I am going to give our e-mail address for anybody in our listening audience who wants to submit a question for our guest today. Our e-mail address is chrisarnson at gmail .com, chrisarnson at gmail .com.

Whether you agree with our guest, whether you adamantly oppose what he's saying, or whether you just don't know, and you want some clarification, and you want some knowledge on the subject, feel free to e-mail us at chrisarnson at gmail .com, chrisarnson at gmail .com.

As always, please give us your first name, city and state, and country of residence if you live outside the USA. Obviously, with a sensitive subject like this, we will permit you to remain anonymous if your question involves a personal and private matter, especially if you are a Muslim writing in.

Perhaps you are rethinking your religion, your faith, or perhaps you're just a Muslim who wants to disagree with our guest and you don't want to identify yourself. I understand that, so feel free to write in anonymously.

But please, if it's just a general question on theology and something of the history of Islam, please at least give us your first name, city and state, and country of residence. Well, this is a massive book.

It's over 480 pages. Obviously, a lot of research was poured into this. If you could, tell us something about Pastor Reza Safa, whom is promoting this book and has supported your work that's contained in this book.

Sure. I actually have not met Safa, and he converted to Christianity. Well, I think it would probably be a good idea.

To get a little bit of a summary of the origins of Islam, what century does Muhammad appear on the scene, what was his own background religiously, and the religious atmosphere surrounding him, and so on.

Okay. In the book, I don't spend a lot of time. Basically, I rejected his message and rejected him as Islamic message.

They basically went from being persecuted to being the persecutors, did they not?

Exactly, exactly.

If you don't mind me backtracking a little bit, and forgive me if you said this, I just did not hear a more detailed explanation on this. Did Muhammad ever explain how he became convinced that it was the angel Gabriel giving him the information that was to be included in the Quran, and after having already been under the opinion that it was a demonic influence?

Obviously, his wife was a catalyst in convincing him that it was not demonic. Was it apparitions or voices only? And how did he switch from thinking it was demonic to specifically the angel Gabriel? Because that's a very specific source of the information he was getting.

Right.

We're going to our first station break right now.

Okay.

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Before we go to any of our listener questions, Dr. Gauss, if you could tell us specifically the subjects involving Islam that you intend to address this weekend from Friday the 17th of May through Sunday the 19th of May at the Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Dale City, Virginia.

Friday night at 7 o 'clock. Introduction, but then also...

We do have a listener in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. We have Susan Margaret who asks, I hope you didn't already say this and forgive me if you did, but what was Muhammad's personal religion, if any, before he came to begin the Muslim faith?

Well, he came from a...

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So thank you very much for joining us on today's show. Let's see here, we have Arnie in Perry County, Pennsylvania who asks, was the rapid spread of Islam primarily due to using the sword and how did it get to the point where he had enough army where he could boldly pursue forcing converts to begin with?

That's a good question because Islam definitely was an ultimatum so they kept following to follow up on that.

How do you explain the growth of Islam prior to them having the threat that they posed through strength in numbers and weapons. There must have been something compelling about Muhammad's message to others that caused a rise in their numbers before the threat of the sword was possible.

Well actually there was not. That's why he was run out because they didn't know what he wanted and so he didn't have his message. I think I failed to let Arnie.

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Let's see. Here we have Grady our old friend Grady a long time listener of Arnie Sharp and Zion Radio who has been very generous to us through his benevolence. Grady in Ashboro, North Carolina says. Another great show Chris.

Our brother Dr. James R. White has been debating Muslims on the differences in Christianity and Islam and has had criticisms from some Christians for this. I agree with Dr. White that we must show the love of Christ towards Muslims for our Lord will use his holy scriptures to convict hearts.

Have you found Muslims receptive to hearing about the Christian faith. And I guess that question is for you Dr. Gauss since you are our guest. Have you found Muslims receptive to hearing about the Christian faith.

Well I have to admit personally I haven't had a lot of opportunity by Christian brothers to have that information their testimonies after they converted and that would obviously.

Go with anybody even those that profess to be Christians but are false converts. We are never to be afraid to present the gospel. We are to fear God much more than man infinitely more than man. Thank you Grady.

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