Why Debating Even the Most Learned Muslims Isn’t a Challenge for a Grounded Christian

Title: Why Debating Even the Most Learned Muslims Isn’t a Challenge for a Grounded Christian

The reality is, debating even the most learned Muslim poses no challenge for a Christian who’s mastered biblical theology, knows the context of Scripture, and is rooted in its historical foundation. The strength of Christianity isn’t in clever arguments but in the revealed, consistent truth of God’s Word, centered on Jesus Christ — the Messiah and God in the flesh.

One of the clearest affirmations of Christ’s divinity is in Revelation 1:7–8, where it declares, “Behold, He is coming with the clouds… ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.’” While some argue this refers to God the Father, the context shows it’s Jesus — confirmed in Revelation 1:17–18, where He says, “I died, and behold I am alive forevermore.” God the Father never died. Only Christ, the incarnate Word, could make such a claim.

Revelation consistently applies divine titles to Jesus — “the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last” (Revelation 22:13), and He boldly identifies Himself: “I, Jesus…” (Revelation 22:16). He accepts worship, commands angels, holds authority over death and Hades, and speaks as God. No prophet would ever dare claim this.

Muslims often counter by claiming Jesus never said “I am God, worship me” verbatim. But in a Jewish context, the language of deity wasn’t framed in modern legalistic phrases. Jesus forgave sins (Mark 2:5–7), declared unity with the Father (John 10:30), accepted worship (John 9:38), and claimed titles reserved for God alone. Revelation magnifies this truth, showing Jesus glorified and worshiped alongside the Father.

Muslim apologists also argue the Bible was corrupted. Yet the manuscript tradition of Revelation is remarkably stable, and early Church Fathers — long before Islam — affirmed Christ’s deity from these very passages. The Qur'an arrived centuries later, not to correct Scripture, but to invent a theology contradicting both Old and New Testament revelation.

Scripture confirms itself: Jesus is no mere prophet but “God with us” (Matthew 1:23), the slain Lamb, and the eternal Alpha and Omega.

Shalom,
Dr. Maxwell Shimba
Shimba Theological Institute

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