Christianity and Islam are the most dominant religions that have spread all over the world. These religions have differences and similarities in their doctrines, especially about the nature of Jesus. Both religions agree on the humanity of Jesus, however, it is very hard for Muslims to accept the Divinity of Jesus Christ. This essay compares and contrasts what their views about Jesus’s nature, His birth, divine sonship and divinity of Jesus.
In both religions, Jesus was born in miraculous ways because His mother Mary was a virgin, when she gave birth to Jesus. Schirrmacher states that, in the Koran the Virgin Mary was approached by an angel and when he told her, she is going to have a son, she was so frightened because she was a virgin (72), a similar story is found in the Bible in Luke 1:26-38. Christians believe Jesus was conceived by the work of the Holy Spirit and He is God from His birth but the Muslims say He was created. …show more content…
According to Aziz-Us- Samad, the “Son of God” in the Bible doesn’t show that Jesus is the Son of God because in many books of the Bible, Israel and other people were called the Son of God (87). She also states He can be called a “Son of God” like Muhammad and any righteous person called a “Son of God” (66). In contrast, Christianity believes Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, which is His Sonship is not similar to other people and also the Bible shows in many ways Jesus is the Son of God. When Jesus asked his disciples who they think He is, Peter declares Jesus’s Sonship in Matt 16:16, Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” Jesus did not deny
In both religions, Jesus was born in miraculous ways because His mother Mary was a virgin, when she gave birth to Jesus. Schirrmacher states that, in the Koran the Virgin Mary was approached by an angel and when he told her, she is going to have a son, she was so frightened because she was a virgin (72), a similar story is found in the Bible in Luke 1:26-38. Christians believe Jesus was conceived by the work of the Holy Spirit and He is God from His birth but the Muslims say He was created. …show more content…
According to Aziz-Us- Samad, the “Son of God” in the Bible doesn’t show that Jesus is the Son of God because in many books of the Bible, Israel and other people were called the Son of God (87). She also states He can be called a “Son of God” like Muhammad and any righteous person called a “Son of God” (66). In contrast, Christianity believes Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, which is His Sonship is not similar to other people and also the Bible shows in many ways Jesus is the Son of God. When Jesus asked his disciples who they think He is, Peter declares Jesus’s Sonship in Matt 16:16, Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” Jesus did not deny