Sharing the Gospel With Muslims

You will often find that sharing the Gospel with Muslims is a very difficult thing to do. They will often get you side tracked with silly questions and debates that have nothing to do with the truth. I encourage you to ignore these things. They will get you to focus on the modesty of how Muslim women dress or about some other topic unrelated to our purpose. Before we speak about how to evangelize to Muslims, I want to speak about some history and facts of Islam.

            Islam was introduced in the 600’s A.D. by Mohammed in modern day Saudi Arabia. The Quran mentions Jesus more than it does Mohammad and it gives him the titles: “Spirit of God” and “Word of God.” It also refers to Jesus and his mother as sinless and that Jesus is the virgin born Messiah. It then says that it is blasphemy to say that Jesus is the Son of God. They say that is the case because they believe it means that Christians believe that God had sex with Mary. No amount of reasoning against this will change their minds. They do not believe that Jesus was crucified, but rather that he was caught up to God and Judas was crucified in his place. They also believe that it is Jesus that will return and set up a worldwide Islamic Kingdom. Women are considered property of men. A man can marry four wives and temporary marriage is also allowed. You could be married for one hour, one week, one year, etc. Sexual degradation is often a key part of Islam. Men are almost expected to be sexually promiscuous; but the women who are promiscuous with them are punished. Conversion from Islam to any other religion is called apostasy and under Sharia law it is punishable by death. This thought always accompanies a Muslim and it is a key part of why it is so difficult to lead them to the Gospel.

            In the Middle East, we have really seen no true move of God among Muslims in converting to Christianity, until recently. Iranian’s are converting at an amazing rate. In 2009 when I first began working with Iranians there were an estimated 100,000 converts in the country. As of 2018, they estimate that there are upwards of 2,000,000. This is totally unprecedented in the history of Islam. In my own experience, when God is dealing with the heart of a Muslim it is so simple to lead them to Christ. So, understand, it is God that converts the heart of man. It is not your argument that does so. However, we should have an understanding of those we are speaking to and be able to bridge the gap from Islam to Christianity.

            The first thing we should address, when speaking to a Muslim, is that the Quran says that Jesus is the Word of God and Spirit of God. Are you different from your word? Are you different from your own spirit? Then if Jesus is the word and Spirit of God, then he is God expressed. The next claim to address is that the Bible has been perverted. This claim is almost always made, but we can address it right away: “You say that the Bible is perverted and only the Quran is the perfect word of God. However, think of this: if God cannot protect the Bible then how can we trust him to protect the Quran? My God is able to keep his word and will never lose it regardless of the sinfulness of man. The Bible is perfect because a perfect God has kept it true. Only the Quran has deviated from the Bible.” Muslims say that Islam is the perfect religion. Notice that they teach that a man can have four wives. God made Adam and Eve to start, one man and one woman and Christ taught us that marriage is for one man and one woman. Which religion is perfect then?

            Next you can begin to tell him about the Garden of Eden and what happened there, resulting in the serpent’s seed and then God’s desire for fellowship to redeem man and that he sent Jesus to bring us forgiveness of sins. Then challenge them to read the Bible or watch the “Jesus” movie. Give them a “New Testament” or the book of John and the Jesus movie. Then treat them with love and respect, not as lower life forms. Care for them and show the love of God and this will be a great testimony. If they are the predestinated seed of God, they will respond to the truth.