Before anything else
Islam is a false religion, Muhammad is a false prophet, Allah is a false god and an idol, and the Quran is a false revelation from God: “Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.” (1 John 2:23) The Bible states: “No, but the fact is that the sacrifices which the pagans offer, they offer to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partners with demons.” (1 Corinthians 10:20). Consequently, people who offer sacrifices to Allah offer them to demons, since Allah is an idol and those who worship him are pagans. The Bible compares idolatry to the sin of sexual immorality and prostitution: “For they committed adultery, and their hands are stained with blood. They committed adultery with idols and even offered the children they bore Me to the idols as a burnt offering for food.” (Ezekiel 23:37) “They defiled themselves by their deeds; they committed adultery by their actions.” (Psalm 105:39) Therefore, those who worship Allah—the false god of Islam—can be compared to those who commit adultery and prostitution, since they do not worship the true Triune God, whom we ought to worship and to whom we ought to be faithful in accordance with the covenant with Adam: “Like Adam, you have broken the covenant; there you were unfaithful to Me.” (Hosea 6:7) I am a Christian and would like to share the Good News about Jesus Christ with you:
God is holy and just. As a righteous Judge, He punishes sin. Any sin (such as lying or lustful thoughts) is a violation of His infinite holiness; it provokes His infinite wrath and is therefore punished with eternal death in hell—described as a lake of fire where the fire never goes out, the worm never dies, and there is weeping and gnashing of teeth, outer darkness, and a place of eternal torment with no rest for the worshippers of the beast.
God judges even our thoughts and motives. It is written: "...everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:28). And also: "Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer..." Since we have all sinned (lied, harbored lustful thoughts, and stolen) so many times in our lives, we all deserve punishment in hell.
Is there hope?
Yes, there is!
God, in His mercy, sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to save us by taking our punishment upon Himself on the cross. Jesus Christ lived a life of perfect righteousness in our place, died on the cross to pay for our sins, and rose again on the third day. "God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in union with Christ we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21). This Bible verse describes the great exchange: Jesus Christ took the sins of all believers upon Himself and accepted the punishment—the curse—that believers deserved for their sin; in exchange, God imputes, or credits, the righteousness of Jesus Christ to all believers so that they might possess the eternal life that Jesus Christ deserves.
Repent of your sins and believe in Jesus Christ as Lord (God) and Savior; then you will be saved from hell and death and receive the gift of eternal life. God is one, yet He exists in three distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Son of God became man 2,000 years ago—taking on flesh to save us—by living a life of perfect righteousness on our behalf and dying on the cross. Only One who was truly God and truly man could pay the price for our sin. Only He could bear the eternal punishment we deserved. Only He could drink the infinite cup of God’s wrath. In other words, Jesus Christ took upon Himself the punishment that believers deserved in hell.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" (Ephesians 2:8–9). This verse tells us that salvation is not earned by works but is a free gift. Our works are like filthy rags in God’s eyes; they are sin. There is no one righteous—not a single one. But when you believe in Jesus Christ, His righteousness is credited to you. Faith is like a hand that receives the free gift of Jesus Christ’s righteousness. Yet even faith itself comes from God. Therefore, salvation is God’s work from beginning to end. However, Orthodox churches (which are false churches) teach that salvation is the result of the works of man and God, which contradicts this verse. Therefore, rely only on Jesus Christ for salvation, not on your own works.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
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