The Way Of Jesus

An alternative approach is to question Christians about the degree to which they actually follow Jesus Christ. Prophets brought divine laws or confirmed those brought by previous prophets, and invited people to worship God by obeying the divinely revealed laws. They also practically demonstrated for their followers how one should live by the law.

Consequently, they also invited those who believed in them to follow their way as the correct way to come close to God. This principle is enshrined in the Gospel according to John 14:6:

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.”

John 14:6

Although those who worship Jesus commonly quote this verse as part of the evidence for his divinity, Jesus did not invite people to worship himself instead of God, or as God. If these words were actually spoken by Jesus, what they mean is that one cannot worship God except in the way defined by the prophets of God. Jesus emphasized to his disciples that they could only worship God by the way which he had taught them.

In the Qur’an, Chapter Aal ‘Imraan, Allah instructs Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to instruct mankind to follow him if they truly love Allah: