You say, well, “Christian”, “a Jew”, so…..
(To clear the doubts and confusion about the verse), See what surah Al-Araaf has to say, Just as they say, God is not an author of confusion.)
“Those who follow the messenger, The unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of The Torah and The Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they, who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him-it is those who will be the successful”.
Surah Al-Araaf (The Height) 7 verse 157.
(where was he mentioned in the Gospel or Torah?)
Did the “unlettered” come with a different message from the message of Jesus Christ?
No!
Is his message different from that of Moses, Abraham, and every other prophets of old?
No!
So, what happened to the teachings of Jesus Christ?
Is it different?
No!
But John?
Apostle Paul?
Well, Jesus Christ has been “deityfied”.
(Is that a word?) laughs.
What made Christianity different from Islam and even Judaism?
Let me do a quick breakdown, Islam belief in the worship of one God, the one True God, which is monotheism, belief in all the messengers (including Jesus Christ and Moses), all the books, the Angels etc.
Judaism belief in One God, (monotheism, too) the one True God, belief in some, not all the messengers for example, they belief Malachi was the last prophet of God, and that no other prophet came after him, thereby, they have so much respect and regard for the “Muslim prophet” but they do not believe he was sent to them or that he was a prophet of God.
In the case of Jesus Christ, the same idea applies, they do not believe Jesus Christ was sent to them as well, they do not regard him as the messiah, as the Muslims do. However, both Islam and Judaism do not regard or accept the divinity of Jesus Christ, they both do not regard him as the “son of God”.
However, the Christian faith is based on the ideology that “Jesus is the son of God”, The third of the trinity. Buddhism on the other hand, regard Jesus and Mohammed as great spiritual leaders, “awakened beings” {Buddha(s)},with so much respect and regards, however, their teachings do not encourage the “belief in the existence of a god or an All-powerful God.
{“And if your Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community; but they will not cease to differ.”}
Surah Hud 11 verse 118.
Shall we talk about freewill?
“And Allah had already taken a covenant from the children of Israel, and we delegated among them 12 leaders. And Allah said, “I am with you, if you establish prayer and give zakat and believe in my messengers and support them and loan them a goodly loan, I will surely remove from your misdeeds and admit you to gardens beneath which river flow, but whoever of you disbelieves after that, has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way”.
“So for their breaking of the covenant, we cursed them and made their hearts hard. They distort words from their (proper) usages and have forgotten a portion of that which they were reminded of. And you will still observe deceit among them, except a few of them, but pardon them and overlook (their misdeeds). Indeed, Allah loves the doer of good.
Surah Al-Maaida (The table-spread) 5 verses 12-13.
“And from those who say “we are Christians” we took their covenants; but they forgot a portion of that of which they were reminded. So we caused among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. And Allah is going to inform them about what they used to do”.
“O people of the scripture, there has come to you Our messenger making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the scripture and overlooking much. There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear book.
Surah Al-Maaida (The Table-spread) 5 verses 14-15.
I mean….where is the lie?!
Indeed, not an author of confusion!