Muslims Common Questions About Christianity Article Index Muslims Common Questions About Christianity What is the Bible? How could Jesus be the Son of God? Can God Take a Wife? According to the Quran Jesus did not die on the Cross. How is this? Why do you speak of three gods? Is not God One and Indivisible? What is the purpose of religious pictures and images in Christianity? Is Christianity a religion of the Europeans? Who killed Jesus? What do you mean by saying Jesus Christ died for us? What can man know of Gods forgiveness? Isnt it only at the Last Day that God will forgive? What does Prayer mean to the Christian? Are we all worshipping the same God? All Pages Page 1 of 12 80- Is the Gospel a book, or four different books? Muslims have the idea that the Gospel (Injil) is a book which God has been pleased to send down to Jesus. But to Jesus first disciples, and to the Christian Church, the Gospel is not a book; it is above all Good News; it is the proclamation of Gods wonderful intervention in the world of men, for our salvation. The Gospel is that the Lord God wished to reveal Himself to us in Mercy and Love; He wishes to bind us to Himself in a relation of dependance, trust and loyalty. He wants us to know Him as Father, to be joyful in living lives that are pleasing to Him, to have hearts filled with His peace. He does not want us to tremble in fear like a slave before his master. He wants us to love Him, and to serve Him willingly and gladly because we like to please Him. The Gospel is that Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus the Messiah came from God to reveal Gods nature and to initiate this relationship between God and man. Jesus is the living testimony to the Love of God; He is the expression of Gods love for man. The Gospel is in brief the proclamation of Gods love revealed in Jesus the Messiah. We also say that the New Testament contains four gospels; these are four narratives which tell the story of the Lord Jesus from different points of view. It is therefore necessary to distinguish between the Gospel (which is the good news of what Jesus means for mankind), and the gospels (which are books describing Jesus life and teaching).
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