A Common Question

Below is a short let­ter writ­ten by Fouad Masri, the Pres­i­dent of The Cres­cent Project (a min­istry spe­cific to reach­ing Mus­lims), about the alleged cor­rupted Injeel (Gospels) . There will be a Cres­cent Project “Shar­ing the Hope” sem­i­nar at Apex on the 5th of Novem­ber. It’s a great intro­duc­tion to Islam and Chris­t­ian apolo­get­ics to Mus­lims, and it’s only $35!

“A Com­mon Question”

On a sunny after­noon by the beach in Europe, two Mus­lim men approached me as I dis­trib­uted Bibles to passersby. Mustafa, the eldest, began attack­ing the Bible and claim­ing the Injeel (Ara­bic for New Tes­ta­ment) has been changed.

I turned to the younger man, named Mounier. ‘Mounier, can you believe Mustafa would say some­thing like that?’ I asked him in shock. ‘How can Mustafa call him­self a Mus­lim and a believer in one God, yet believe that humans cor­rupted God’s mes­sage and book? Humans surely can­not change the words of Almighty God!’

Mounier was dumb­founded. His only response was to begin recit­ing verses from the Qur’an. He said to me that he had mem­o­rized part of his holy book and had read it four times. When I told him I’d read it 12 times, Mounier walked away.

See­ing that no other Mus­lims were within earshot, Mustafa asked for a copy of the Injeel. I gladly gave him a copy and encour­aged him to fol­low Christ and take Him as his Savior.

The best approach we can take with our Mus­lim friends is to help them work through the myths and fal­lac­ies taught by their reli­gious lead­ers. Many Mus­lims are nom­i­nal and have never done a seri­ous study of the New Tes­ta­ment or the Qur’an. Our role as ambas­sadors of Christ is to high­light the majesty and power of God. We stand for the truth that no human can destroy the Word of God. Addi­tion­ally, the Qur’an clearly teaches that Mus­lims must believe in the New Tes­ta­ment (Qur’an 2:136).

Ask your Mus­lim friend, “What are the holy books in Islam?” He will respond, the Torah of Moses, the psalms of David, the Injeel of Jesus, and the Quran of Muham­mad. Then ask, “Since the Injeel is sent by God, shouldn’t all peo­ple obey and fol­low it?”

Always offer an Injeel as a gift. We have them avail­able in dif­fer­ent lan­guages. Check our online book­store. We are here to serve you.

Is the Injeel cor­rupted? It’s the most fre­quent topic that will come up with Mus­lims. Know how to answer the most com­mon question.

Fouad Masri