The Muslim Who Searches in Sincerity — This Page Was Written Specifically for You
If you are a Muslim reading this website in sincerity — not to argue but to understand — this page was written specifically for you. We speak to you with full respect, not as an adversary but as a human being searching for truth. The God you worship in five daily prayers is the same God we worship — the one and only God, Creator of the heavens and the earth. The difference between us is not about God but about the question: who is Jesus? And how is a person saved?
What the Muslim Believes about Jesus — and What the Holy Bible Says
Islam believes in Jesus as an honoured prophet, born of the virgin Mary, who performed miracles and was raised to heaven. This overlaps greatly with what the Holy Bible affirms — and it is a good foundation for sincere dialogue.
But the Holy Bible goes immeasurably further. It declares that Jesus was not only a prophet — He was the eternal Word of God who became flesh:
Regarding His crucifixion and resurrection — which is the central point of disagreement — the Holy Bible confirms it with solid historical testimony that cannot be refuted. More than five hundred people saw the Lord Jesus Christ risen from the dead at the same time:
The Disagreement over the Crucifixion — Who Was Crucified?
The Quran states: "They did not kill him nor crucify him but it was made to appear so to them." This verse came more than six centuries after the Holy Bible. The Holy Bible — along with the testimonies of non-Christian historians such as Tacitus and Josephus — confirms the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ as a documented historical fact. The historical consensus — even among unbelieving historians — is that a crucifixion took place in the time of Pontius Pilate.
The question is not an insult to your scripture — it is simply: which testimony is more historically reliable?
Why Islam Cannot Answer the Question of Sin Sufficiently
Islam teaches that Adam and Eve repented and were forgiven, and that every person is born without original sin and is judged by his deeds alone. Good deeds in God's balance outweigh bad deeds — and one hopes the balance will tip in your favour.
But this teaching leaves the sincere believer without certainty ever. No Muslim can say: "I am certain I am going to paradise" — because the accounting has not been completed. The Holy Bible offers something entirely different: a guaranteed salvation in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ who paid the full price of sin:
Does the Crucifixion Diminish the Greatness of God?
This is the deepest objection. The biblical answer is: No — it reveals the greatest thing God can reveal: His love. It is not weakness for God to descend and pay the price of His creation's sin — this is the highest expression of divine power: the One capable of paying the price that no one else could pay:
Divine justice demanded a price for sin. Divine love paid it. This is not a contradiction — this is the Gospel.
What Is the Next Step for the Sincere Muslim?
Read the Gospel yourself — without an intermediary and without a filter. Ask the God you know to guide you to the complete truth. The God who created the universe is able to answer a sincere prayer from a searching heart. To understand who the Lord Jesus Christ is from the Holy Bible in depth, we invite you to read our article on Who is the Lord Jesus Christ on this website.
The Word of God in the Holy Bible — Who Is It?
What the Muslim believes is that God spoke His Word to the prophets. The Holy Bible goes beyond this by a profound step: the eternal Word of God is not merely speech given to a prophet — it is an eternal Person existing with God from eternity who became flesh in time. This is what distinguishes the Lord Jesus Christ from all the prophets who came before Him and after.
John 1:1 did not say "in the beginning was a message" — it said "in the beginning was the Word." The Word is a Person — eternal, self-existent, Creator:
The Creator — not the creation. This is what no other prophet ever claimed and what no one attributed to any other prophet.
The Event of the Cross from a Biblical Perspective — What Actually Happened?
The Holy Bible does not present the crucifixion as a defeat — but as God's victory over sin and death. God did not allow humans to kill His prophet — He offered His Son as a voluntary and complete sacrifice for the salvation of humanity:
He came willingly. He offered Himself willingly. He died willingly. And He rose willingly. He was not a victim — He was the Redeemer.
Islam and the Holy Bible — What Does the Quran Say about the Gospel?
The Quran itself venerates the Gospel and calls its people to be judged by what is in it: "Let the people of the Gospel judge by what God has revealed in it." If the Gospel in our hands today is the true Gospel — and this is what thousands of manuscripts from before Islam confirm — then the sincere Muslim is called both biblically and Quraniically to read it and be judged by it.
We invite you to read it — with an open heart, without fear, allowing God to speak to you directly from its pages.
An Invitation to Receive Divine Salvation — Accept The Lord Jesus Christ as Your Personal Saviour
Dear reader — if these words have touched your heart and you have recognised that you are a sinner in need of a Saviour, know that God is calling you to Himself in this very moment. You do not need a priest, or a human mediator, or a holy place, or rituals or works. The Lord Jesus Christ paid the full price on the cross, and the promise of God is certain and clear:
What saves you is not the words of this prayer — but the faith in your heart that the Lord Jesus Christ died for you and rose from the dead. But if you want to express your faith in sincere words, read this prayer with a humble heart as though you are speaking to the living God:
The Prayer of Salvation
"O Great, Holy, and Loving True God,
I come to You now with complete humility, confessing that I am a sinner. I have broken Your commandments many times in my thoughts, in my words, and in my deeds. I know that my sin deserves eternal death and eternal separation from You. I have no good work I can offer that is able to redeem my soul, and no righteousness of my own to cover my nakedness before Your holiness.
But I believe with all my heart in the testimony of Your Word that Your only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, died on the cross for my sins — bearing in my place the punishment I deserved. I believe that He was buried, and that He rose from the dead on the third day, alive and victorious over death and the grave, and that He is alive now unto the ages of ages.
In this blessed moment, I receive the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour. I trust in Him alone — not in my works, not in my religion, not in rituals or any person or angel or saint. On the Lord Jesus Christ alone, and on His precious blood shed on the cross, I build the hope of my eternal salvation.
I thank You, my Father, that You have now received me in the Lord Jesus Christ, and have forgiven all my sins, and have given me eternal life as a free gift by Your grace. I thank You that You have sent Your Holy Ghost to dwell in my heart, bearing witness to me that I have become Your child. Give me grace to know You more day by day, and to live the rest of my life for Your glory alone.
I pray all this in the name of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Ghost. Amen."
After You Have Prayed — What Now?
If you prayed this prayer from a truly believing heart, the greatest miracle in all your history has happened in this moment: you have passed from death to life, from darkness to light, from the kingdom of sin into the kingdom of the beloved Son of God. You have become a child of the living God, and God's own promise guarantees this to you in His trustworthy Word:
Notice the power of this promise: "gave he power" — a settled right, guaranteed, not a wish or a possibility. And notice "them that believe on his name" — not "those who performed great deeds," not "those who completed rituals," but simply "them that believe." You are now one of them — with absolute certainty.
Here are five simple steps to establish you in your new life with the Lord Jesus Christ:
First — Read the King James Bible every day. Begin with the Gospel of John, then continue through the rest of the New Testament, then the Psalms and Proverbs. God speaks to you through His Word as a father speaks with his son. Do not read quickly — read with meditation and prayer. "The holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation" (2 Timothy 3:15).
Second — Pray every day. Speak to God as a loving Father — not with memorised words, but with words from your heart. Share with Him your joys and sorrows and questions and fears. Prayer is the breathing of the Christian life. "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
Third — Join a Bible-believing church. Do not walk this road alone. Faith grows in the fellowship of believers, where the Word is preached faithfully and baptism and the Lord's Supper are practised according to the King James Bible. "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together" (Hebrews 10:25).
Fourth — Be baptised according to the King James Bible. Baptism is not a condition for salvation, but it is the first step of obedience after faith. It is a public declaration that you died with the Lord Jesus Christ and were buried with Him and rose with Him to a new life. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved" (Mark 16:16) — faith first, then baptism as its natural fruit.
Fifth — Witness to others about the Lord Jesus Christ. What you have experienced of salvation and love cannot remain hidden. Begin with your family and friends. Tell them simply and honestly how the Lord Jesus Christ changed your life. "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you" (1 John 1:3).
And finally, remember always that your salvation is not built on your feelings or on any work you perform — but on the unchanging promise of God:
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life."
— 1 John 5:13
Notice: "that ye may know" — not "that ye may hope," not "that ye may wish," not "that ye may wait in anxious fear." But that ye may know with complete, unshakeable certainty that you have eternal life. This is the difference between all the world's religions and the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ: religions say "work and perhaps you will be saved" — and the Word of God alone says: "believe and know that you are saved."
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"Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth." — Luke 15:10