Common Questions & Answers

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Question: Can we trust what the New Testament says about Jesus?

 

Yes, we can trust what the New Testament says about Jesus because in the New Testament we have three things.

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1. We have early witnesses of Jesus (first century).

 

2. We have eyewitnesses of Jesus (the disciples).

 

3. We have multiple witnesses of Jesus (different books).

 

None of this is true of the Quran and of what the Quran says about Jesus.

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Question: Is Jesus God or Jesus the Son of God?

 

Jesus is both.

 

‘God’ describes what Jesus is (Jesus is divine) and ‘Son of God’ describes who Jesus is in relation to the Father (Jesus is the Son of God, ‘God’ being the Father in this case).

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For example, every male human (except Adam and Jesus) is both human and the son of a human.

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Question: Was Jesus a Christian?

 

Yes, Jesus was a Christian in the sense that Jesus believed what Christians believe.

 

The following are four examples.

 

1. Jesus believed in the Trinity (that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit).

 

2. Jesus believed in His own divinity (that He is the God-Man, fully God and fully man).

 

3. Jesus believed that His death will be the atoning sacrifice for sin (that He is the universal Saviour of humanity and the only way to the Father).

 

4. Jesus believed in the authority and reliability of the Bible (that the Bible is God’s inspired and inerrant Word).

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Question: What is the gospel?

 

The gospel is God’s promise of forgiveness in Christ that we receive through faith.

 

The gospel can be understood as follows.

 

1. What is the gospel? A promise.

 

2. What does the gospel offer? Forgiveness.

 

3. What does the gospel require? Faith.

 

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Question: Why did God become human?

 

Firstly, God becoming human was foreshadowed in the Old Testament and became a reality in the New Testament.

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Secondly, God became human to carry our sin and be our Saviour.

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Question: Are you guilty according to God’s Law?

 

Consider the following questions.

 

1. Have you broken God’s Law? Yes.

 

2. How have you broken God’s Law? In many ways.

 

3. Did you break God’s Law because what God asked was unfair or unreasonable? No.

 

4. What do we call those who break the law? A criminal is someone who breaks the law.

 

5. Does this mean that you’re a criminal before God? Yes.

 

Why should God let a criminal like you into His perfect and eternal kingdom?

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Question: Were all the prophets Muslim?

 

Yes, all the prophets were Muslims if you believe what Muhammad said about them (all the prophets submitted their will to the will of Allah).

 

However, according to the Bible, the prophets were not Muslims.

 

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Question: What will the Messiah be? 

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The Messiah, when He comes, will be four things.

 

1. The Messiah will be a prophet (he will receive revelation from God).

 

2. The Messiah will be a priest (he will perform sacrifices to God).

 

3. The Messiah will be a king (he will rule on behalf of God).

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4. The Messiah will be God (he will be the incarnation of God or God in human form).

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