"Christians follow Paul, not Jesus."
That used to be my favorite argument as a Muslim.
Then I actually studied Paul.
And the argument fell apart.
Paul wasn't some random guy inventing theology. He was a Pharisee trained under Gamaliel, one of the most respected Jewish teachers of his generation.
He knew the Torah.
He knew the prophets.
And he hated Christianity.
He persecuted Christians, dragged them from their homes, and approved their executions.
Then something happened.
He encountered the risen Christ.
And overnight, the man hunting Christians became one.
Think about that.
If Paul invented Christianity, why did he spend his life pointing people to Jesus instead of himself?
Why did Peter, James, and John endorse him?
Why did his teachings align with the apostles who actually walked with Christ?
And why would he willingly endure beatings, imprisonment, stoning, and eventually execution for a message he knew was false?
People may die for something they mistakenly believe is true.
But they do not willingly die for a lie they invented themselves.
Paul didn't create Christianity.
He met the risen Jesus and spent the rest of his life proclaiming Him.
If you've been told Paul invented Christianity, you've been handed a slogan, not an argument.
The Gospel that saves
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV
Well, she is right.
Christians believe Jesus is LORD.
Muslims believe he is a prophet.
In the end, Christians and Muslims don't worship the same God.
No confusion here.
Most people have no idea about the real history of Al-Aqsa Mosque, because they’ve only been fed the Islamic Palestinian propaganda version of events.
They believe that Al-Aqsa has always been Islam’s third holiest site, that it has belonged to Muslims since the dawn of time, and that Israel is the oppressor for merely existing near it.
None of that is true.
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem was the holiest site in Judaism for over a thousand years before Islam even appeared in history. It housed the First and Second Jewish Temples, the center of Jewish worship and pilgrimage.
When the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 AD, they built pagan shrines over it, but its Jewish identity never disappeared.
In the 7th century Islam emerges and expands through conquest, and begins hijacking Jewish and Christian sites, prophets, and narratives.
At first, Jerusalem had no major significance in Islam. Muhammad never set foot there. There was no mosque. There was no pilgrimage. There was no Islamic history tied to the city.
But that changed during the brutal power struggle between Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr.
By the late 7th century, Islam was deeply divided. Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr controlled Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities in Islam. And Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, the Umayyad Caliph, controlled the Levant.
But Abd al-Malik had a problem, he didn’t want the people of the Levant traveling to Mecca for pilgrimage, because that would give power to his rival.
Abd al-Malik declared the Temple Mount as Alaqsa mosque that was mentioned in the quran, and he made it an alternative place of pilgrimage.
He ordered the construction of the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque to divert attention from Mecca.
And just like that, Islam manufactured a holy site for political gain.
The real Masjid Al-Aqsa referred to in the Quran was not in Jerusalem, it was between Mecca and Ta’if. There was no mosque in Jerusalem at the time. There was no Islamic presence there.
Yet, centuries later, after Islam had conquered the city, the Islamic narrative retroactively applied this Quranic verse to Jerusalem, again, for political convenience.
If Israel wanted to act like Islamic conquerors, it could have easily done to Al-Aqsa what Turkey did to the Hagia Sophia.
It could have converted the mosque into the Third Temple, banned Muslim prayer on the site, erased any trace of Islamic history, as Muslims did to Christian and Jewish sites throughout history.
But Israel didn’t do that. Israel allows Muslims to pray there freely. Israel protects Al-Aqsa, even as it is used to spread anti-Semitic propaganda and incite violence.
Yet, despite this, the world condemns Israel for merely existing in its own capital.
Why Isaac, Not Ishmael?
Today, Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, believing it marks the moment Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son Ishmael.
But this narrative, recast centuries later by Muhammad, hijacks the original account and distorts it.
In the Bible, the foundation of both Jewish and Christian traditions, the son on the altar was not Ishmael, but Isaac.
Ishmael was the result of human effort, Abraham’s attempt to fulfill God’s promise through his own performance, through Hagar, Sarah’s maidservant.
It was a solution born out of impatience and control.
But God’s redemptive plan was never about what man could do for God, it was always about what God would do for man.
Isaac was the son of promise. He was born not through human scheming but through divine intervention.
Sarah was barren. Abraham was old. His very existence was a miracle. Isaac represents grace, God doing the impossible, fulfilling His covenant not through man’s effort, but through His own power and faithfulness.
The apostle Paul said that Hagar, the mother of Ishmael, represented Mount Sinai, where the law was given, a symbol of human striving, condemnation, and bondage.
But Sarah, the mother of Isaac, represented Jerusalem above, freedom, grace, and divine sonship. Ishmael is law; Isaac is gospel.
If God had asked Abraham to offer Ishmael, it would mean He was demanding a sacrifice born of human effort. But He wasn’t.
He was foreshadowing the ultimate sacrifice, Christ, the Lamb of God, also born of a miraculous promise, also offered by His Father on a hill.
Isaac was the prototype of substitutionary atonement. He symbolized the Son not born of the flesh but of the Spirit, God’s initiative, not man’s.
To replace Isaac with Ishmael is theological vandalism. It exchanges grace for works, divine election for human performance, and the gospel for law.
That’s why Isaac, not Ishmael. Because salvation was never meant to begin with our striving, it was always meant to begin with God’s promise.
Everyone reads the Prodigal Son as a story about a rebellious boy who came home.
It isn't.
Jesus told this parable to show us what God is actually like.
And the portrait He paints of the father is so scandalous, so undignified, that it offended every person in His audience.
It should offend us, too.
A thread on the father nobody talks about. 🧵
Muslims love to say Jesus never taught the Trinity.
I used to think that too until I noticed something wild in the story of the adulterous woman.
The Pharisees drag this woman before Jesus, ready to stone her, trying to trap Him with the law.
And what does Jesus do?
He bends down and starts writing in the dirt.
I used to skim past that part until I read Exodus 31:18:
God gave Moses the law written by the finger of God.
Suddenly Jesus writing in the dirt was not random anymore.
He was signaling something massive:
“The law you’re trying to use against me? I’m the one who wrote it.”
Then it gets deeper.
Jeremiah 17:13 says those who reject the Lord, the fountain of living water, will have their names written in the dust.
And in John 7, Jesus says He is the source of living water and then points directly to the Holy Spirit.
So in one moment you have:
The Son revealing authority over the Law.
The Father’s identity tied to the Lawgiver.
The Holy Spirit described as living water flowing from Christ.
And then Jesus forgives the woman.
This is not random storytelling.
This is theology happening in real time.
Jesus did reveal the Trinity.
He just did it through law, living water, forgiveness, prophecy, and symbolism that the Jewish audience standing there would have understood immediately.
People miss it because they only listen to what Jesus said instead of watching what He was doing.
Pray for eyes to see it.
I confess Jesus Christ of Nazareth as: the only begotten Son of God; the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the ending; the first begotten of the dead; the Truth, the Way, and the Life; King of Kings, Lord of Lords; Creator of Heaven and Earth; and my Lord and Savior.
Bro, when I was Muslim, I used to think I was so holy by washing my feet before prayer.
Islam said, clean yourself before you can stand before God. You do the work. Miss a spot? Do it again. Get dirty? Start over. Scrubbing your record, hoping maybe you’re worthy.
Then I met Jesus.
John 13. The Son of God, robe off, towel in hand, kneeling down to wash His disciples’ feet… right before the cross.
In Wudu, I was at the sink trying to prove I was clean enough for God.
In Jesus, God is on His knees saying, “Let me make you clean.”
Do you understand how wild that is?
This isn’t a servant trying to impress the king.
This is the King becoming the servant, stepping into the mess, the dirt, the shame, and taking it all to the cross.
That’s the difference.
Religion says: fix yourself so God will have you.
Jesus says: I’ll fix you so you can have me.
One is earning.
One is receiving.
One ends in exhaustion.
One ends in freedom.
I used to wash my feet before I prayed.
Now the One I pray to has already made me clean.
Saturday 1pm:
I have this Muslim auntie, and she’s really devout.
Not just culturally, personally. She has a long history of answered prayers. Real things she asked for, and they happened.
I used to wrestle with that.
How do I say Jesus is the only way when her prayer life feels so real—like it saved her from mental hell? If you try to argue with that, you will lose.
Because to her, it’s not a theory. It’s history.
And here’s what most people miss: You can’t tear down someone’s belief system and leave them homeless. You have to show them the home in Christ.
A lot of apologetics today just demolish. Win the argument, lose the soul.
But here’s the truth: Those answered prayers… a lot of them were Jesus.
The character of Jesus.
The mercy of Jesus.
The Holy Spirit moves based on heart posture, not perfect wording.
A sincere heart still matters to a Father who is chasing His kids. That doesn’t make Islam true. It shows how merciful Jesus is.
So yes, expose the cracks. But build Christ louder. Preach the person, not just the proof.
Because my auntie doesn’t need another argument. She needs a revelation.
And Jesus will meet her, even in the middle of praying to someone else. When I prayed to Allah, Jesus was the one who answered me. And I knew it, because I knew His Word, His story, His character.
It’s Easter Monday and I want to speak some deeper truths.
Moses went up the Mount Sinai and saw God (Exodus 33 vs 18)
Thousands of years later, Elijah went up Mount Sinai and saw God. (1 Kings 19)
Another Thousand years later, during the Transfiguration, Jesus went on the Mountain and saw both Moses and Elijah and discussed with them. The disciples described Jesus face as like the Sun. He looked like a God to them. (Mark 9)
This means that Jesus existed outside the concept of Time and Space and was communicating with Moses and Elijah in their respective time.
To Moses and Elijah, they were on the mountain speaking to God in their respective time.
Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Keynote from this: Moses represented the Law, Elijah represented the Prophets. Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets.
If your god requires people to join his religion by using force/violence and your god mandates you to kill those who don’t join,
You are serving a demon.
You don’t know the true God.
And your religion is a bloodsucking death cult.
Feel free to gather and cry under this tweet.