Do you get points for going to Muslim paradise for coming on a Christian website and trying to disprove a fundamental of the faith - the deity of Christ? I know Muslims have to earn their way to God. And sadly, that Allah, can pretty much take or reject whoever he wants, but particularly if those balance scales of good and evil are awry!
Christ is the hope of the world. He is our salvation. Because he was sinless, and voluntarily died on the cross, he redeemed or paid the ransom/price for us to be reconciled with God. That is in this life, and in the next. The Holy Spirit is Christ's presence on earth, within us, and he leads us to follow and obey God, and transforms or changes us into the image of Christ.
If Christ was only a perfect man, as Muslims think, then Jesus could not pay the ultimate price for us to be saved. A mere mortal cannot pay the price for sin, no matter how perfect he is. Although, of course, the Bible says in both the New and Old Testaments, that "there is no one righteous, no not one!" In Romans 3:10. Yet later on, in the same book, it is clear that Christ, is a man who is also God, who makes atonement for our sin.
"For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 (For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.) 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God’s wrath. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life? 11 Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation." Romans 5:6-11
"What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:31-39
This is the God we serve. I've studied Islam in seminary. I also visited Muslim websites and got to know people, who literally posted a testimony every visit for me, and I was not impressed. Have also attended services at a mosque and was so grieved for the people there who were kind, but lost from God. It was all legalism and personal decisions. I don't know about you, but I am sinful, I NEED the Holy Spirit to lead and guide me in to all truth. I can't make it on my own without the full Trinity to help me. You too, can experience the joy of knowing Christ. Continuing in Romans, it is very simple.
"But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:8-13
You too, Fahad, can know the joy of a sure way to heaven, and relief from the burden of sin. Just believe that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart God raised him from the dead (no Judas did not take his place on the cross!) and you will be saved.
God saved me, and has kept me for 39 years. He wants to do the same for you. Just listen for his voice. God is not just some transcendent God high in the heavens. Jesus is also immanent. He came to earth and lived as a man, to die on the cross for our sins. The Holy Spirit lives in the hearts of believers. God is with us. That is what the Old Testament says, and it is echoed in the New Testament.
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel" Isa. 7:14. (Im- with; man - us; el - God. Hebrew.)
"She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”)." Matt 1:21-23
There, spelled out clearly for you - Jesus is God. Now, what are you going to do about it? Continue to follow a religion of the lost, or confess Jesus as Lord and God? I pray God will show you the truth, and you will be saved. You certainly are not, right now.
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