The difference is Jesus
George Bernard Shaw once said something like this, “Islam is the best religion, but its followers are the worst.” (my paraphrase)
Mr. Shaw was wrong. If Islam was indeed the “best” religion, it would have within itself the power to change the hearts of its adherents. Then its followers would not be “the worst” as Mr. Shaw states.
The biggest problem with Islam is that it does not give humankind a Savior, and thus is unable to save anyone from their sin nature. Islam tells people how to live, but without giving them the power to live that way. There are many other things that are wrong with Islam that I will not go into detail about at this time, amongst those things are the teachings to fight and kill those who refuse to bow to Islam.
My Muslim friends and relatives are good people. They mean well, and they try to live good, moral, and upright lives, but all of this is in vain. Islam does not have the power to transform them from the inside. They have no peace with God, no assurance that their sins are forgiven.
My Muslim friends ask me, “So why did you change your religion from Islam to Christianity?” By this they mean that there is a plethora of religions in the world, and if one would compare them, Islam would come out as #1. So why would someone leave Islam and follow an “inferior” religion?
There is one major difference between Christianity and all other faiths. The difference is JESUS. All religions teach a moral code to live by, but Christianity is about JESUS. Jesus is the Savior! Jesus Christ did not come to the world to start a new religion, but He came to save sinners by taking their sins upon Himself and dying in their place upon the Cross. That is what He did for me, and that is why I gave my life to Jesus.
When Jesus Christ came into my heart, He changed it. He changed me from the inside out. He gave me a new life.
That is why I left Islam and chose to follow Jesus. I did not make a study of Islam vs. Christianity and then choose that which I thought was better. Jesus came into my heart and changed my life. He did something indescribably amazing in the life of a man who was suicidal and hopelessly lost in his sin. That is the reason why!
Christianity is about Jesus, and about the Power of Jesus Christ to change the life of anyone who would surrender his or her life to Him.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthians 5:17
THAT is why I follow Jesus Christ!
Originally posted on Facebook by Pastor Christopher Alam