Sermon: The False Trinity of the Qur’an

By Dr. Maxwell Shimba
Shimba Theological Institute

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Introduction

Beloved in Christ, today we expose a great deception that has confused many. The Qur’an, in Surah al-Ma’idah 5:116, accuses Christians of worshiping a trinity of Allah, Jesus, and Mary. It claims that our Lord Jesus told people to take His mother as a deity. Let me say it clearly: this is a lie from the pit of hell!

No Christian in history, no Church Father, no council, no denomination—Orthodox, Catholic, or Protestant—has ever declared Mary as God. She is blessed among women, yes; she is the mother of our Lord in His humanity, yes; but she is a servant of God, not part of the Godhead.

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The True Trinity

The Bible is clear: One God in three persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

• Jesus commanded baptism “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).

• Paul blessed the Church with “the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit” (2 Corinthians 13:14).

Mary’s name is never in this divine formula. The Trinity is eternal, holy, and perfect — and Mary is a created being redeemed by her own Son.

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The Qur’an’s Error

Now, if the Qur’an truly came from God, it could not misrepresent the faith of Christians. God is all-knowing. God is truth. God cannot lie.

But the Qur’an does lie. It puts words in the mouth of Jesus that He never spoke. It fabricates a false trinity. And by doing so, it exposes itself as a counterfeit revelation.

This means that Allah, the god of the Qur’an, is not the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The god of the Qur’an is a deceiver. And Muhammad, who spread this deception, is not a prophet of God but a false prophet—for the Bible says in Deuteronomy 18:20: “But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak…that prophet shall die.”

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The Call to Truth

Church, the truth remains unshaken:

• God the Father — the Creator of heaven and earth.

• God the Son — Jesus Christ, eternal Word made flesh, our Savior and Redeemer.

• God the Holy Spirit — the Comforter, our Guide, our Seal of salvation.

This is the holy Trinity, the true God, revealed in Scripture, worshiped by the Church, and confessed by the saints throughout the ages.

Therefore, let us boldly proclaim: The Qur’an is false. Muhammad is not a prophet. And Allah is not the true God. The living God is revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord — the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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Conclusion & Proclamation

Brothers and sisters, lift your voices in faith:

• We do not worship Mary.

• We do not worship a false trinity.

• We worship the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — one God in three persons, blessed forever.

Let the world hear it: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One” (Deuteronomy 6:4), and that one Lord has revealed Himself fully in Jesus Christ.

Amen and Amen!

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