My son is claiming you can be both a Christian and a part of The Nation of Islam at the same time.... His thinking is the idea Christians are following and submitting to God, and the word Islam means submission....He claims since both are submitting to God, then they are essentially doing the same thing....Hold on wait a minute!!! First off, I recognize the great and wonderful work the nation of Islam do within the black community... But by the same token I don't embrace nor do I support some of there teaching...Meaning any path to God with out Christ I am not buying...With that being said I really believe some one is encouraging and trying to recruit my son into the Nation of Islam... while he's in prison...Many of you who frequent my blog on a regular are aware that my only son is during time in a prison in Alabama...I can tell from his letters and writing that he's being some what influence in his thinking differently...He's now questioning who Jesus is and how I know God have a Son... I want to believe Malcolm X and Mike Tyson were recruited into the Nation why they were in prison also...Anyway I tried to explain to my son...That The Nation of Islam denies the essentials of the Christian faith and they also rejects Jesus and His atonement for our sins...As a Christians I believe and have strong conviction that Jesus Christ, is the only begotten Son of God...I also believe He suffered and died in our place on Calvary for our sin....And any sinner that repents and puts his faith and trust in Him is forgiven and justified before God....I also believe the sinner that dies without a saving relationship with Christ will spend eternity in hell.
