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Originally Posted by KeeperOfCourage
The God of the Bible is knowable (John 17:3) Allah is so exalted that he cannont be known personally
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Christian theology would distinguish between God's essence as is known by man (e.g., in the beatific vision), and God's essence as God knows it. Man knows God's essence, but does not comprehend it. That is to say, his mind can never completely wrap around and encompass God's essence. God, however, fully knows himself.
For this reason I would be careful with this difference-- it could be possible that Muslims rightly deny that man can comprehend what God is entirely, in which case all monotheists would have to agree that in God there is a mystery strictly beyond created intellects.
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God is one God in three persons, Quran denies the Trinity.
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The Koran does deny the Trinity, but Jews would also affirm that the God of the Hebrew Scriptures is not Trinitarian. After all, the Hebrew Scriptures greatly emphasize monotheism, and have no explicit revelation (as Christians believe) of the Trinity. So, unless we're unwilling to exclude Jews from worshiping the same God as Christians, we ought to be careful about excluding Muslims.
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God is limited by His own nature. We are told he cannot lie. Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18 Whereas Allah isnt limited by anything. Said in the Quran.
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This would seem to be more accurate from what I know-- but there are probably different schools of thought in Islam.
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Christians are saved by Grace and the intercession of Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5, Ephesians 2:8
whereas in the Quran it teaches nothing of an intercessor
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This is a difference in doctrine, surely, but in doctrine about man's relation with God, not about God. (Well, in a sense it's a difference in doctrine about God, because it all flows from it, but we must also admit that Jews do not have any explicit revelation about Jesus as mediator.)
-Rob