As Christians in Britain seek to reach out with the gospel to those of other faiths, including Muslims, it is vital that we ask ourselves what place we are giving to the Lord Jesus Christ in that witness.
Is it possible, for example, that the controversy between Islam and Christianity about who Jesus Christ really is and what he came into the world to do has made us uncomfortable in speaking boldly of the true glory of the God-man? We have been encouraged by some Christians that in speaking to Muslims we may need to avoid referring to Christ as the Son of God, lest we reinforce Muslim misunderstandings about Christian doctrine. Yet can we avoid the Bible’s high designations of Christ without being unfaithful?
It is not the intention of this article to give a definitive answer. Its purpose is rather to stimulate you, the reader, to think about the place that a full-orbed doctrine of Christ must have in your evangelism. While we do well to appreciate that there are complexities involved in speaking of the person of Christ to those of other faiths, surely we need to remember that presenting the real Christ to sinners as the only Saviour is the heart of the task that God has given us. In the end, it is the revelation that the Holy Spirit has entrusted to us in the Scriptures, and not our own human wisdom or cultural reservations, which must define the content of our message.
