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Derek Prince spoke very critically about Islam as a religious system, while also saying he had compassion for Muslim people. His comments came from an explicitly conservative Christian theological viewpoint and focused especially on Islam’s rejection of Jesus as the Son of God.
His central views
Prince described Islam as “one of the most powerful examples of the spirit of antichrist,” because he believed it denies the Christian teaching of the Father–Son relationship and the deity of Jesus Christ.[3]
He said Muslims could accept discussion of Jesus as a prophet, Messiah, or savior, but that affirming Jesus as the Son of Godbrought strong opposition.[7]
He warned Christians that Islam, if politically dominant, would suppress Jews and Christians. He connected this claim to the historic legal status of dhimmi—a category used in some Islamic states for non-Muslim communities.[7]
In a 1990 Middle East teaching, he characterized Islam as hostile to Israel and to what he called “the true Church,” and claimed its ultimate program was worldwide religious domination.[1]
What he said about Muslims personally
Prince made a distinction between the religion and its adherents. He explicitly said:
“I am not against the Muslims. I have a deep concern for them.”
He said he had lived in Muslim-majority nations and viewed many Muslims as spiritually captive under Islam. His stated response was prayer that Jesus would free them and open a way for them to become Christians.[1]
Bottom line
Derek Prince’s teaching was strongly opposed to Islam theologically and politically, often using end-times language such as “spirit of antichrist.” At the same time, he said Christians should approach Muslim individuals with concern, compassion, prayer, and a desire to share the Christian gospel rather than personal hostility.
I was amazed once (actually, I have been amazed many times) but specifically when a typewriter repairman (yes, they did exist a few decades ago and I typed 150 words a minute) came and checked out my office machine.
When done, he typed, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Or something like that. It was to test each letter to see if each was properly working, he said.
At first I thought it was a message to me, before he explained. Somehow though that stuck with me.
What now amazes me, among other things, is the explosion, literally, of ideals and actions taking place in our country these days, these past years in fact, directly opposite of what many of us believe. It is absolutely appalling.
Or more specifically, what is happening in the USA with the political upheavals and non-Judeo-Christian beliefs taking over large regions of our country.
Normally I don’t speak my mind about certain groups. I have many white, black, Indian, and even a Muslim friend or two. But to see when Islamic groups are winning elections, with the ultimate purpose of replacing our USA Constitution, tearing down our judicial and governmental establishments of the last 250 years, I have a problem with that.
When politicians, teachers, news organizations and social “influencers” (somebody with a brain, so I guess Scarecrow qualified)…take over our truth channels and replace with ungodly, anti-Semitic, out to destroy family values, I have a problem with that.
“When good men do nothing, evil flourishes. But God calls His people to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Him.” (cf. Book of Micah 6:8)
Our Jewish/Christian Bible states clearly, as follows:
Book of James 4:17: “Whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”
Book of Proverbs 31:8–9: “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves… defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
Gospel of Matthew 5:13–16: Jesus calls His followers to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
As a believer, supporter of Jews and Israel, conservative, Christian Zionist, patriot, or whatever label put on me, I will not sit by and watch our country being taken over by those who do not love and stand for what is truth, based on biblical principles.
"I call heaven and earth to witnesses against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live" (Deut. 30:19).
As America's sesquicentennial year approaches, and as we have recently remembered the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, we reflect on some of the history of our nation and actions undertaken so we might live free.
Without dispute, the war that's underway around the world against freedom, Israel, the United States and the entire Western world—and witnessed in increasing acts of wanton terrorism worldwide—is Islam. Most disturbing, but something of which most non-Muslims seem oblivious, is that Islam is the primary source of terrorism and war worldwide and the reason we're sacrificing the lives of precious freedom-loving American men and women every day.
The terrorism of ISIS as we've seen it acted out on our televisions in multiple countries is not some hijacked form of Islam. It is clear and pure Islam. Throughout the world, these horrendous acts of terror are nearly universally perpetrated by so-called "good Muslims," not lone wolves or a small group of "outliers" who have hijacked a "peaceful religion." Islam by definition, by the way, means submission—either willing or forced.
The fallacious and dangerous 'peaceful' view of Islam espoused by former President George W. Bush launched an Islamic propaganda strategy that is enabling the assault on freedom we see today. The murder of innocent people as they are rounded up and ruthlessly raped and killed in some countries and the acts that kill hundreds in events such as the Florida nightclub attack are lauded by Muslim leadership and considered perfectly normal to the Muslim belief system. In fact, it's a political philosophy of expansion of Islam and condoned as a means of establishing a worldwide ruling caliphate.
Some professing Christians and many pulpits have chosen to believe the Bush view and become silent enablers of this "grand deception." As a result of the Bush view and rising calls for peace through political correctness, Western governments and militaries have become impotent in the face of militant jihadist Islam. This assures the growth of worldwide jihad.
We are now at a critical and crucial point of understanding the true threat of Islam. It is the lie that, if not soon understood, will cause the collapse of America and the Western world.
Unlike Islamic sympathizers or biblically ignorant non-Muslims, jihadist terrorists are not exceptions to the rule, they are the rule. They are the "point of the Islamic jihadi spear." The mainstream media would have us believe all Muslims are benign in their beliefs. They are selling us the lie that good Muslims are peace-loving and simply want to live their lives, practice their faith, attend their mosques and raise their families.
This is despite the fact that "good Muslims," including their children, attend mosques where sharia law is drilled into their minds and hearts as dictated by Muhammad and the Quran. It is totally unlike any other religion that people can halfway practice in peace like Catholicism or Evangelicalism. The truth is hard to believe, but it should make every non-Muslim revolt in horror. When a 'good Muslim' attends a mosque, they learn jihad because this is what is taught:
Imams who lead these mosques are "certified in sharia" by one of two Muslim Brotherhood-directed institutions either in Egypt or Saudi Arabia.
It is the teaching of sharia that requires jihad as mandated by Muhammad and the Quran. It is this teaching that makes Islam incompatible with Judeo-Christian or Western thought.
It is why this ideology is antithetical to our U.S. Constitution and can never be compatible with or protected under the First Amendment.
It is this teaching of sharia in mosques that recruits and trains "good Muslims" to follow the dictates of Muhammad and the Quran, which commands them to kill or subdue all infidels (all non-Muslims).
It is this reality that makes mosques not centers of legitimate worship but recruiting and training centers for terrorists, and why mosques are not "churches" in the sense as envisioned by most Americans and by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Islam's teaching authorizes the use of lying and deception—taqiya—to whatever degree possible to undermine and destroy all ideologies or political systems opposed to the Islamic political system and way of life.
It is taqiya that commands every Muslim to lie and deceive to further the cause of Muslim world domination.
The local mosque is where "good Muslims" are taught to follow and pursue sharia, which demands the death and destruction of all unbelievers and the United States of America (the Great Satan) and Israel (the Little Satan). It is also where the destruction and the collapse of the entire Western world is demanded.
Another advanced strategy of deception taught to be used in this war is the silencing of the pulpits of America and Islamic infiltration into the government to aid in the unwitting facilitation of the destruction of America.
This is not a hijacked view of Islam (read the Quran chapters 1-9) but the historic, pure view of Islam and Muhammad. The lie that Islam is peaceful, that ISIS-type terrorists are untypical of Islam, and Muslims generally are "good Muslims" who want just what Jews, Christians and those who believe in a Judeo-Christian view of life have is the lie that must be addressed.
The truth is that Islam teaches, yes commands, Muslims, to be involved in jihad—actions like those of the 9/11 hijackers, the Paris, London and Orlando bombers and the perpetrators of death and destruction around the world.
"Good Muslims" are commanded to be either active jihad, like ISIS, al Qaida, al Shabob or any of the groups that spring into existence seemingly out of nowhere, or to be "stealth jihad." The choice to become an active jihadist like ISIS is to become part of the "tip of the jihadi spear."
The more common choice is to become part of "stealth jihad/civilization jihad"—a part of the larger and less visible "shaft of the jihadi spear." Those who choose the path of "stealth jihad"—the "peaceful appearing" Muslim chooses to quietly send money to support the training and recruitment of active jihadists in the over 3,000 jihadi training centers across America called mosques.
These Muslims finance, otherwise facilitate or enable the 'tip of the spear' jihadists. They quietly work to advance a most sophisticated propaganda machine dedicated to advancing the strategy perpetrated by such Islamic organizations as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and orchestrated by the Muslim Brotherhood of North America—the world's leading jihadist terrorist organization. This leaves a third group of Muslims who, while still possessing a choice, do so with potentially fatal results.
This third group of Muslims, of which there are hundreds of thousands, are Muslim by birth or Muslims by the fact that they grew up in a Muslim culture or a sharia-led society. These are Muslims, not by choice, but by coercion or forced involuntary servitude. These Muslims are not "good Muslims" but they must still make a choice. When confronted with the truth, all Muslims must choose to be part of the tip or the spear or to leave Islam altogether.
In reality, tens of thousands of Muslims worldwide are coming to faith in Christ and experiencing true freedom. For many, this choice results in death because Muhammad and the Quran mandate the death of all Muslims who choose anything other than the way of Muhammad.
For American Muslims who are still protected by the civil laws of the United states, there is still an opportunity to choose. They must choose life and freedom in Jesus Christ or choose death and slavery in Islam. In America, they can still choose life without the promise of death under sharia. But they must choose.
As an American Christian, I desire all people to come to Christ, experience the assurance of eternal life with God and to enjoy an earthly life blessed by God. That means Muslims, Christians-in-name-only, atheists or any other person who has not yet agreed with God, repented of their sin and accepted Jesus Christ as Savior still has hope. Those who know the truth of God's Word and stop believing the lies must choose life in Christ or this nation will fall. The shining city on a hill will grow dark and the world will fall into the hands of a totalitarian regime that will make all previous wars and atrocities appear like child's play.
From this day forward, may American Christians, pastors standing in the pulpits of America, members of the government and all "gatekeepers" of truth in our country redouble their effort to help those who hear them to choose wisely.
When America's sesquicentennial year comes, will there be Christian faith left on the earth? Truly, the future of our homes, families and country are at stake.
The Hon. Sam Rohrer is president of the American Pastors Network, a national network of pastors with constitutional and biblical teachings that discusses today's pressing issues. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for 18 years and is co-host of the daily "Stand in the Gap Today" national radio program on 425 stations.
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