Names are very
important in Biblical terms. God used to name people according to their job and calling. In the Old Testament we often see that the Angel of the Lord would tell the parents of the prophet what to name their child, and
we see also that God would often change the prophet’s name after a turning point in the prophet’s life. For example, we see it in the life of Abraham, whose name was changed to Abram (Genesis 17:5), as well as many
others through the entire Bible. And it was not just during the Old Testament time; we see it in the New Testament, as well, when Jesus changes the name of Simon into Peter (John 1:42). Jesus was not given His name
because it was the name of His grandfather, not even because His mother gave Him that name, but because the Angel of the Lord gave Him the name Jesus. As we read in the gospel of Matthew 1:21, “You shall call His name
Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins.” Jesus is a Hebrew word meaning “Savior.”
Peter the apostle said in his preaching to the Jews, “Salvation is in one else; for there is no other name under
heaven given among men, by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). By that great name Jesus, which is above all names, those who believed in His name went around preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. They commanded
sickness and demons to leave the bound and the oppressed in the name of Jesus Christ the Son of the living God, and not in the name of Isa the son of Mary.
Isa of the Koran is not the same person as our Lord Jesus
Christ whom we read about in the gospel. Mohammed mentioned Isa as a prophet who came with a book to the people of Israel as it says, “And Allah will teach him (Isa) the Book and Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel, and
(appoint him) as a messenger to the Children of Israel” (Sure 3:48).
He came with a message to His people, saying, “Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord; and I was a witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them;
when Thou didst take me up Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all things” (Sure 5:117).
After finishing His work on earth, Jesus from the Bible said to His disciples, “Go and teach
the nations to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). This could not be a normal prophet or messenger.
Mohammed has changed the biblical picture of
Jesus—the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings to which every knee shall bow—into the picture of a normal prophet. Surely this made it easy for Mohammed to convince his people that he was a prophet to the Arabs, just
like Moses and Isa son of Mary were prophets to their people, the Jews.
If the message of Mohammed is to be believed, then we would also have to believe the messages of Buddha, the Hindus, and many other
false prophets who were sent to deceive the world in order that it would not see the only true Light which came to our world—the one who enlightens every man (John 1:9), who came to set us free of our sins and healed
those who were oppressed of the devil (Acts 10:38).
Jesus Christ the Son of the living God did not come to our world to give us a new religion or a new book, but came to destroy the work of the devil (1
John 3:8), that everyone who calls upon that name of Jesus the Saviour shall be saved of his sins that separate him from the holy God (Isaiah 59:2).
Isa is the son of Mary (The Cow 2:253).
Jesus is the Son of God (John 1:49).
Isa is a prophet (Sure 5:75).
Jesus is the Lord of the prophets (Matthew 22:45).
Isa is a creation (Sure 3:59).
Jesus is the creator (John 1:3).
Isa did not taste death, for god took him to heaven (Sure Women 4:157).
Jesus tasted death for everyone (Hebrew 2:9).
You can read about the prophet Isa
son of Mary in the Koran, but we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of the living God whom was written about in the Bible. That’s why you have to make a choice: Bible or Koran, Jesus the Son of God or Isa the son
of Mary.
