(16-03-2025, 06:26 AM)Ali Imran Wrote: So it is true that you do not know our faith and yet you make statements as though you know. There are tons of verses in the Quran stating "Verily, those who have attained faith and do good works...". So you're wrong to say that (in bold). It is not by accident that a student of Jesus pbuh also said the same, that we must have faith and we must work on faith in the hope that our Lord will admit us into Paradise and protect us from the Fire. I don't have to tell you who is that student.
Have you read anything about Prophet Muhammad's teachings found in our Hadith? No. But yet you speak as though you know. That is dishonesty.
(16-03-2025, 06:32 AM)Ali Imran Wrote: Yes, Jesus did say the true God is only 1 person. It is foolish to argue with me on that point. According to your creed, the Father is 1 person. So when Jesus said the Father is the only true God, that also means only 1 person is the true God.
(16-03-2025, 07:04 AM)Ali Imran Wrote: Please tell me the context of John 17:3 where Jesus pointed to the Father as the ONLY true God.
I've long since come to the conclusion that people believe what they want to believe, regardless of whatever evidence is put before them. This seems particularly true in this instance in which you misused this word in an attempt to disclaim Jesus as God. This is one of the most common distortions of our faith. You need to realize that no item of Christian belief can be considered in isolation. Different doctrines tend to be interconnected, each affecting a number of others or being affected by them. Interpretations are checked by believers to ensure they're true to Scripture as a whole and not just "proved" by quoting texts, esp out of context.
You know full well that our kind of "faith" - justification by faith through Christ - isn't the kind professed in Islam. Since the time of Abraham, God has accepted faith in lieu of good deeds and credited it to a believer's account as "righteousness" (Gen 15:6; Rom 4:5). But what is faith? Is it something you think with your mind or feel in your heart? Surprisingly, it's more to do with the will. It's something you do.
I know that profession of faith and practice of faith have often been taught in Islam. My understanding is that the way to gain salvation includes reciting the creed, praying 5 times a day toward Mecca, fasting one month a year, giving one-fortieth of their income, and make the pilgrimage once in their lifetime to Mecca. Muslims who faithfully practice these go to heaven, and those who do not will go to hell. Working out their salvation is seen as working for their salvation. All seems well and good except for the fact that they've not been "born again."
For Christian believers holding on firmly to their belief in Jesus as the Son of God, who's fully divine as well as fully human, the gospel is a "freebie" ticket for heaven. We prefer to think of the kingdom of heaven as a welfare state based on hand-outs. In "justification," we're set free from the penalty of sin. In "sanctification," we're set free from the power of sin. Those "born-again" are given a new nature that share divine immortality.