Q)  Now that I have become a Christian will my relatives be automatically granted heaven through me?

A) The answer unfortunately is No, unless these Muslims accept that the Lord Jesus died on the cross for their sins they cannot be forgiven for their sins so cannot enter heaven and will die in their sin as Jesus said:

John 8:23-24

He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins." 

Romans 10:9

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Muslims believe they can attain heaven through good works but salvation has been always through faith even Abraham attained his salvation through faith not through righteousness for God said to him "Because you have been faithful you have been saved" not the other way around, you do good works after you have been saved to show God your appreciation of what he has done for you which you could not achieve on your own merit.

We are all sinners whether we believe it or not, we all carry Adams original sin, if we didn't then why does a baby die that has not committed no sin?

Precisely because of the original sin which means we have lost immortality, we are no more able to live for ever until we are reconciled with God through Jesus Christ.

Q)  What will happen to us when we die?

A) All believers who die believing in Jesus as saviour will sleep until his second coming and will be raised from their death when he comes back.

All non believers who do not believe Jesus is saviour will also sleep but will not be raised after the second coming but until Judgment day.

Q) Muslims believe that you will be punished in your graves after your death, is that true?

A) This is not biblical and is not true according to the Bible, when you die you do not get any punishment in the grave but simply sleep until judgment day if you are a non believer and until Jesus Christ's second coming if you are a believer.

Q)  All Muslims believe in the same God as we Christians do, don't they?

A) The Muslim God Allah is not the same God that we worship in the Bible, our God Lord Jesus Christ is a knowable God and we can have a relationship with him for he dwelt among us as flesh where as Allah is a Created God by Muhammad prophet who did not know the real name of God was YAHWEH and the Muslims highest scholars such as Al-Ghazali state that Allah is an unknowable God so what is unknowable cannot be known categorically even though Muslims pretend that they know him for their is no proof of this in the Qur'an.

Allah cannot enter into time space as did our God Jesus Christ to save us from our sins so we can know him personally, our God Yahweh is a lovable God, in fact he is love but Allah does not state that he is Love anywhere in the Qur'an for he claims to be a God who can deceive people if he wills or show them the way if he wills it so I can understand why Muslims are deceived up to today, unless they repent of their sins and ask Jesus Christ to save them otherwise the only place for them is the lake of fire same as the type of Anti-Christ Hitler, Muhammad prophet and the ultimate Anti-Christ to come in the future who will sign the seven year covenant with Israel.

God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM.  This is what you are to say to the Israelites: `I AM has sent me to you.'"

Q)  What about the Muslims who have never heard of the Gospel, will they be also punished, isn't this unfair?

A)  Every Muslim has a chance to hear the Gospel and it is their prerogative to know the one true God if not through the Qur'an then through the Injil and Torah as stated by the Qur'an but if they refuse to read these books then they have only themselves to blame for it for the Gospel is testified to the World and their can be hardly a place where the Gospel is not preached.

Anybody that does not Believe in Jesus as Messiah and saviour is condemned already and the Bible is very clear on this for everone.

John 3:18

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

John 5:24

"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.

Revelation 20:15
If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Q)  What rituals do I have to do now that I am a Christian?

A)  You don't have to do any rituals or pilgrimages after you become a Christian, the only thing that you are asked to keep is communion as often as possible and Baptism.

Communion is breaking of the bread and drinking the wine in remembrance of Jesus Christ and Baptism is our faith of convenant.

1 Corinthians 11:23-24

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me."

Q)  Do we pray for the Dead?

A) No, it is not Biblical to do this as your prayers cannot cross over to the dead, the Roman Catholic church teach this in error based on the Apocrypha which is not considered to be inspired by God and Muslims pray for the dead which is wrong also.

This is best illustrated by this Parable of Jesus.

Luke 16-19-31

There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.  At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table.  Even the dogs came and licked his sores.  "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side.  The rich man also died and was buried.   In hell,  where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.  So he called to him, `Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'

"He answered, `Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'

"Abraham replied, `They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.' "`No, father Abraham,' he said, `but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.' "He said to him, `If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"

Q) My Muslim relatives say that Jesus Christ only came to save the Jews and not the rest of the world?

A) Jesus Christ came for the Jewish people first as their expected Messiah but also came to save the rest of the Nations the Gentiles which is us.

Acts 26:23

Psalms 98:2
The LORD has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations.

Isaiah 51:5
My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my arm.

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