What Jesus Would Say To A Muslim

My heart broke as I began to understand what the typical Muslim understands about heaven. An Islamic paradise (heaven) is a place where all fleshly appetites are fulfilled.

Beyond just the issue of what heaven is, there is an even greater worry: no one can really know if they are going to paradise or not.

Like many others I have met – they believe that ultimately they will either make it to heaven or not based on either their good works outweighing their bad deeds or maybe God will simply decide to let them in.

But for a Muslim there is no way of knowing until the final judgment.

Maybe you are here this morning worrying about the same thing. You’re just not sure what heaven is and even less sure of whether you will ever get there.

Contrary to what many believe, the Bible teaches that heaven is more than just a “happy place” – Heaven is where God is! Heaven is where every true believer will spend eternity with Jesus.

And how to get there…?

It’s not anything we can do! It’s already been done!

“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”

“He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit”(Titus 3:5

Jesus would tell each one of us that He is the way to heaven and heaven is a place where He is!

There is a way to know this morning exactly where you will spend eternity. That way is Jesus.

Simply by giving yourself to Him, accepting His death and resurrection and the payment for your sin debt and allowing Him to be the Lord of your life – you can know for sure that heaven is your destiny and Jesus is your Savior!

What would Jesus say to a Muslim this morning – the exact same thing He would say to each of us

– God is a God who loves us – enough to come to this earth and take on a human form – Jesus.

– God wants to have a personal relationship with each of us through Jesus Christ

– God wants us to spend eternity with Him in His heaven – but the only way there is through Jesus.

This morning it’s really not about what Jesus wants to say to the Muslims, the Buddhists, the Baptists or whoever – it’s what He wants to say to you!

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