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Christianity and Islam are the largest religions in history, and together, Christians and Muslims make up about half the world's population. However, the average Christian knows almost nothing about Islam, and the average Muslim knows almost nothing about Christianity. The difference here is that the average Christian knows that he knows almost nothing about Islam, whereas the average Muslim thinks that he knows all about Christianity when he most certainly does not.
I think we're at a point in history when it's very important for people to know about both faiths, but for very different reasons. This video is for Muslims who would like to learn something about what Christians believe but who might not have a lot of spare time to study Christianity, and for Christians who would like to share some Bible verses with their Muslim friends but who might not be sure what to share. So, we'll keep this as simple as possible.
We're going to look at four Bible verses, one from each of the four gospels. All four verses are the words of Jesus. I will quote a bit more for context, but we'll focus on just four verses.
Let's start with the Gospel of Luke. In Luke 9:22, Jesus says to his disciples, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed, and on the third day be raised." Who is this Son of Man? Just so everyone understands the context, Jesus is referring to the mysterious Son of Man prophesied in the book of the Prophet Daniel 7:13-14, where Daniel says, "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory, and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed."
Jesus claimed to be this Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven, who would be given authority, glory, and sovereign power, who would be worshiped by all nations and peoples, and who would have an everlasting dominion and a kingdom that would never be destroyed. But Jesus said that, contrary to the popular belief of his time, the Son of Man would suffer many things, be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, be killed, and on the third day be raised.
Jesus says he's going to be killed and on the third day be raised. Why is he going to be killed? He tells us in the Gospel of Mark. In Mark 10:45, Jesus declares, "For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many." Again, this is Jesus talking; this isn't the Apostle Paul or later Christians. Jesus says that he came to give his life as a ransom for others. He's going to die for others.
What should our response be? Jesus tells us about the will of God in the Gospel of John. In John 6:40, Jesus says, "For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day." Everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and Jesus will raise him up on the last day. Do you believe in the Son? If so, Jesus says that he will raise you up on the last day. Jesus is the one who raises the dead at the resurrection. That's an interesting claim for Jesus to make since, according to both the Old Testament and the Quran, God is the one who raises the dead. Who does that make Jesus?
Now, why am I sharing these verses with you? I'm doing it because of what Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew. In Matthew 28:19, after Jesus has risen from the dead, he commands his followers, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Baptizing them in the name, singular, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are somehow one.
But we have a "therefore" here, and as the saying goes, when you see a "therefore," you should see what it's there for. So, let's read the context. Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
His disciples, who were devout Muslims according to the Quran, worshiped him, and Jesus said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." What were the disciples supposed to do? They were supposed to tell the entire world that Jesus has all authority and that people of all nations should therefore be baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Doesn't this sound exactly like the fulfillment of the prophecy we read in Daniel 7? "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory, and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed."
You see how these Bible passages are all connected to each other to convey one core message. So, according to Jesus, God is a Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Son entered creation to die as a ransom. After he completed that mission, he rose from the dead, and by believing in him, we have eternal life.
Obviously, the message of Jesus completely contradicts the message of Islam, which is a huge problem for Islam because Islam affirms the message of Jesus. If you're a Muslim, you may think you can escape this problem by saying that the gospel has been corrupted. Unfortunately for Islam, that escape route has been blocked by the Quran itself. The Quran affirms not only the message of Jesus but also the inspiration, preservation, and authority of the Christian scriptures that Christians still have, which record the message of Jesus.
If you'd like proof, be sure to check out my videos "99.8% of Muslims Don't Know Allah Says This About the Bible" and "What the Quran Really Says About the Gospel." You won't be disappointed. Well, you will be disappointed because you'll realize that your sheikhs and imams have been lying to you for your entire life. But once you've discovered that and discovered the truth about Jesus, remember to get baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.