11/06/2026
To Every Sincere Christian Seeking Salvation:
Are You Truly Following Jesus, or Following What Has Been Said About Him?
Written by: Faisal Saad Al-Sharif
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Creator of the heavens and the earth, who sent His messengers as a mercy to mankind and revealed His scriptures as guidance for humanity. Peace and blessings be upon all His prophets and messengers: Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (peace be upon them all).
This message is not a call to fanaticism, nor is it an attack on anyone. Rather, it is an invitation to the greatest duty for which mankind was created:
The search for truth.
A person may lose wealth, status, or years of life and be compensated for them. But if he loses the truth that leads him to God, he has lost everything.
Therefore, I ask you sincerely:
If you were to stand before God today, would your argument be that you followed the truth, or that you merely followed what you inherited from your forefathers?
The First Truth: All Prophets Called to One God
When we study the history of the prophets—from Adam to Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus (peace be upon them all)—we find one message that never changed:
Worship God alone.
Noah did not call people to worship himself.
Abraham did not call people to worship himself.
Moses did not call people to worship himself.
How then could Jesus alone have come with a completely different message?
Allah says in the Qur’an:
“And We sent no messenger before you except that We revealed to him: There is no deity worthy of worship except Me, so worship Me.”
Did Jesus bring a new religion, or did he continue the message of the prophets before him?
What Did Jesus Himself Say?
Let us set aside the words of philosophers and theologians and go directly to the words attributed to Jesus himself.
When asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus said:
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One.”
He did not say:
* Three are One.
* I am God.
* Worship Me.
Instead, he reaffirmed the same monotheistic message preached by all the prophets.
Elsewhere he said:
“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the Son, but only the Father.”
How can one who does not know what God knows be God Himself?
He also said:
“The Father is greater than I.”
How can the equal be greater than himself?
And he said:
“I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.”
Think carefully:
If Jesus speaks of God as “My God,” then who is that God?
These passages describe a devoted servant and messenger of God—not the Almighty Himself.
The Question Waiting for a Clear Answer
Search the Gospels from beginning to end.
Then ask yourself:
Where did Jesus clearly say:
“I am God, worship Me”?
Where did he say:
“I created the heavens and the earth”?
Where did he say:
“I am the second person of a Trinity”?
The greatest doctrine in any religion should rest upon the clearest and strongest texts.
Why then has the divinity of Jesus become the foundation of salvation when no explicit statement from Jesus himself teaches it?
Is the Present Text the Original Revelation?
Another important question arises.
Scholars of textual criticism acknowledge differences among ancient Biblical manuscripts.
They also acknowledge that some famous passages are disputed regarding their authenticity.
Among the best-known examples are:
* The story of the woman accused of adultery.
* The longer ending of the Gospel of Mark.
Many modern Bible translations contain footnotes indicating that these passages are absent from some of the earliest manuscripts.
Therefore, every sincere seeker has the right to ask:
If scholars themselves debate whether certain passages are original, where does absolute certainty come from that every word has been preserved exactly as it was first delivered?
Where Is the Gospel Revealed to Jesus?
Muslims believe that Allah revealed the Gospel to Jesus (peace be upon him).
However, the Gospels found in the New Testament today are not books written by Jesus.
They are not books dictated by Jesus.
Nor do they begin by saying:
“This is the revelation of God given directly to Jesus.”
Rather, they are accounts written years after Jesus.
So where is the Gospel that God originally revealed to Jesus himself?
This is a question deserving sincere investigation.
The Qur’an Presents the Complete Picture
When we open the Qur’an, we find that it honors Jesus and his blessed mother Mary.
It defends Mary’s purity.
It confirms Jesus’ miracles.
It calls him the Messiah, a Word from God, and a Spirit from Him.
Yet it rejects elevating a servant of God to the status of God Himself.
Allah says:
“They have certainly disbelieved who say, ‘Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary.’”
And the Qur’an records the true call of Jesus:
“Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is the straight path.”
Reflect carefully on these words:
“Allah is my Lord and your Lord.”
This is the same message proclaimed by all the prophets.
Why Islam?
Because Islam does not ask you to believe in doctrines that cannot be clearly found in the teachings of the prophets.
It does not ask you to make the created equal to the Creator.
It does not ask you to believe that God died and then returned to life.
Rather, it calls you back to the message known since the dawn of prophecy:
One God.
One Lord.
One Creator.
One Being worthy of worship.
Without partners.
Without offspring.
Without equals.
A Final Message from the Heart
You may have been raised as a Christian, just as others were raised as Muslims, Jews, or followers of other faiths.
But truth is not determined by inheritance.
Nor by emotion.
Nor by the number of followers.
Truth is determined by evidence.
If you are sincere with God, read the Qur’an for yourself.
Read the Gospels for yourself.
Compare the message of Jesus with the message of Islam.
Then raise your hands to heaven and pray:
“O God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, if Islam is the truth, then guide me to it. Open my heart to it, and do not let me follow anything except what pleases You.”
For whoever sincerely seeks the truth, God will never abandon him.
Salvation is not found in the religion we inherit.
Salvation is found in following the religion that God approves.
“Indeed, the religion in the sight of God is Islam.”
So if the truth becomes clear to you—
Will you follow it?
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