Introducing the Gospel to a Muslim

Is there only one God? el-o-heem'

Is el-o-heem' the only one true God?

God is one God

Deuteronomy 6:4 (KJV) Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

The LORD – yeh-ho-vaw’ (Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God)

Our God – el-o-heem’ (gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God)

No other gods

Exodus 20:3 (KJV) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

One Lord

Mark 12:28 (KJV) And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

But is this one God as multi-persons in the bible?

God as "US" - Creating man

Genesis 1:26 (KJV) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

God as "US" - Tower of Babel

Genesis 11:6 (KJV) And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Matthew 28:18 (KJV) And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

The meaning of "one"

Two-people, but in bible as one:

Genesis 2:24 (KJV) Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

The concept of one, does not meen automaticly that it is one person. Here we see two people, but they shall be one flesh.

Jesus and Father as one

John 10:30 (KJV) I and my Father are one.

Hebrew word for "one"

Deuteronomy 6:4 (KJVSL) Hear שָׁמַע, O Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל: The LORD יְהֹוָה our God אֱלֹהִים is one אֶחָד LORD יְהֹוָה:

אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd’ – a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, altogether, together.

God as "Father" in the bible

Father in heaven

Matthew 23:9 (KJV) And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

One Father

Malachi 2:10 (KJV) Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Lord is our Father

Isaiah 64:8 (KJV) But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

My Fathers house

John 14:2 (KJV) In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

God as "Son" in the bible

Immanuel - with us (is) God

Isaiah 7:14 (KJV) There-fore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

A Son is born

Isaiah 9:6 (KJV) For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Jesus the son of God

Ephesians 1:3 (KJV) Bles-sed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

God has a Son

Proverbs 30:4 (KJV) Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

God as "Holy Spirit" in the bible

Spirit of God as creator

Genesis 1:1 (KJV) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Jesus send the Holy Spirit

John 16:7 (KJV) Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

Show all of Jesus

John 16:13 (KJV) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

Original bible

Dead Sea Scrolls: Discovered mid-20th century, these scrolls (c. 250 BCE – 68 CE) contain the oldest surviving Hebrew Bible texts and early Christian writings, revealing remarkable textual consistency.

The New Testament autographa, the manuscripts written by the original authors, are unavailable, but manuscripts have been discovered that are dated as early as the 2nd century.

Textual Variations

Scholars estimate that biblical manuscripts contain between 200,000 and 400,000 textual variations, though the vast majority are minor—such as spelling differences or changes in word order. These arose naturally through centuries of hand-copying. Modern research emphasizes the quality of these variants rather than just the quantity, and studies show that about 99.9% of the text remains stable. Importantly, none of the core doctrines of Christianity are affected by these variations.

Many translations

Yes, there is many translations of the bible in the world. That does not mean they have different messages. Translations are there for people of different langauages.

Divine revelation from God

Surah 3:3
He hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture with truth, confirming that which was (revealed) before it, even as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel

Surah 2:136
Say: “We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the descendants (of Jacob) and in what was …

Were available in Mohammed’s day

Surah 4:47

O you who have been granted the Book! Do believe in what We have (now) revealed, which confirms the revelation which you already possess.

Surah 5:47

Let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed in it. And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are ˹truly˺ the rebellious.

Surah 5:68

Say to them: ‘People of the Book! You have no solid ground to stand on unless you establish the Torah and the Gospel and all that had been revealed to …

Surah 5:68

They are˺ the ones who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whose description they find in their Torah and the Gospel.1 He commands them to do good and forbids them from evil, permits for them what is lawful and forbids to them what is impure, and relieves them from their burdens and the shackles that bound them. ˹Only˺ those who believe in him, honour and support him, and follow the light sent down to him will be successful.

Are authoritative - should be believed and obeyed

Surah 4:136

O believers! Have faith in Allah, His Messenger, the Book He has revealed to His Messenger, and the Scriptures He revealed before. Indeed, whoever denies Allah, His angels, His Books, His messengers, and the Last Day has clearly gone far astray.

Surah 4:136

O believers! Have faith in Allah, His Messenger, the Book He has revealed to His Messenger, and the Scriptures He revealed before. Indeed, whoever denies Allah, His angels, His Books, His messengers, and the Last Day has clearly gone far astray.

Jesus claimed to be God in such a way that the Jewish people that knew the word of God, knew that He did not claim to be the Father, but the Son which is equal to the Father in essence and nature. 

John 10:27 (KJV) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and my Father are one.

So those that knew the scriptures, knew that Jesus claimed to be God. “My sheep that hear my voice, and My sheep in my hand”

Psalm 95:6 (KJV) O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Again the same words “out of My hand” and Jesus is the only “Life” who gives everlasting life.

Deuteronomy 32:39 (KJV) See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 

Now the Jews wanted to stone Jesus – because they understood what Jesus said. Below you see clearly that why thy say they wanted to stone Him.

John 10:31 (KJV) Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 

All have sinned

 Romans 3:23 (KJV) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

 Romans 6:23 (KJV) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The only way to heaven

John 14:6 (KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

God love you so much

 John 3:16 (KJV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Jesus on the cross

Matthew 27:46 (KJV) And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Mark 15:34 (KJV) And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Old Testament prophesy

 Psalm 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.