True Christian Charity is No Compulsion Compared to Quranic Beneficence

Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Mar 11, 2022 at 12:25

Continuing to ascribe comparable motiviation for acts of charity between Islam and Christianity is still as misleading now as it was when Islamic followers were compelled to replace such charitiable acts as Muslims and redirect away from any Christian motivation. Replacement theology was compelled in order to minimize the effect of the Gospel of the Messiah in a world forced to make Islam the reigning theosophy of the Middle East.
By doing so, the replacement thinking was that the charity was to become the proof of one's fidelity to his/her belief and not as Christianity was supposed to teach; that faith in Yeshua is the basis of belief, just as it is today. For Christianity, charity is a demonstration of one's character and is not the proof of belief; see Paul's letter to the Ephesians at chapter 2:8. How does q9:60 comport with that?

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