The Apostle Paul explained the contents of the gospel, or good news, in this manner as he wrote to the Corinthians.īrothers and sisters, I’m making known to you the Good News which I already told you, which you received, and on which your faith is based. This is the gospel, or good news which believers are to preach. It also proclaims that He will return to earth as Savior and Judge. The Bible says that some forty days later He ascended to heaven after his death and resurrection. Three days later, He was raised from the dead. Jesus Was Raised Bodily from the Dead Three Days Later He died in our place so that we would not have to suffer for our own sins.Ģ. Therefore, not only did Jesus die, His death was of the utmost importance for the world. We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, “Be reconciled to God!” For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. We are Christ’s ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others. Paul wrote the following to the Corinthians.įor God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. In other words, He died in our place so that we could live. The Bible not only says that it was Jesus who died on the cross and not Simon or Judas, it says that He died on a cross for the sins of the world. Jesus Died on a Cross for the Sins of the World The Christian response to Islamic teachings concerning the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is as follows.ġ. Therefore, the key teachings of the New Testament, the death of Jesus Christ for the sins of the world and His resurrection three days later, are rejected by Islam. Muslims do not accept the New Testament teaching of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Since, according to the Quran, and Muslim belief, that Jesus did not die on the cross, He certainly did not come back from the dead three days later. This is something which Islam insists upon. According to Islam, it was Judas or Simon the Cyrene, the man who carried Jesus’ cross, which was actually crucified in His place. It was not Jesus that was crucified, but only a likeness of Him. There is not one of the People of the Book but will assuredly believe in him before his death, and on the Resurrection Day, he will be a witness against them. Those who are at variance concerning him surely are in doubt regarding him, they have no knowledge of him, except the following of surmise and they did not slay him of certainty.no indeed God raised him up to Him God is Almighty, All-Wise. The Quran says,Īnd for their unbelief, and their uttering against Mary a mighty calumny, and for their saying, “We slew the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of God”.yet they did not slay him, neither crucified him, only a likeness of that was shown to them. Instead of dying on the cross, He was protected from a death of crucifixion. Muslims do not believe that Allah would allow one of their prophets to be killed in the manner Jesus was killed. The Quran teaches that Jesus did not die on the cross. While Muslims accept Jesus Christ as a great prophet they do not believe the New Testament account about His death on the cross or His resurrection from the dead. Three days after His death on the cross, Jesus was alive forevermore. The central message of the New Testament is the death and resurrection of Jesus, the promised Messiah. How Does Islam Understand the Death and Resurrection of Jesus?
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