First of all, I would like to point out that there are similarities between the teachings of Jesus and the teachings of Muhammad. For example, both Jesus and Muhammad taught that there is only one God. However, they taught very different things about the God they were proclaiming. One of the most important differences in this regard is what they taught about God’s attitude towards sins. Muhammad taught that God forgives all sinners who repent, believe in Islamic monotheism, and do righteous deeds. The Qur’an even says that these sinners will have their sins changed into good deeds. The problem with this position is that a god who forgives sins without punishing them and that even changes those sins into good deeds may be a merciful god, but is not a just god. For example, imagine that a man steals three million pounds and is later arrested and taken before a judge. Now, imagine that the thief admits to stealing the money, but that he is sincerely sorry for what he has done. What if in view of the man’s repentance the judge simply declares him innocent? What if the judge goes even further and declares that the government now owes the thief three million pounds? Such a judge may be merciful, but he is certainly not just. Even human beings are just enough to avoid doing what this hypothetical judge did. Hence, we can safely conclude that God, who is more just than a human being, will not act in this way either. That is why both Jesus and the Bible as a whole teach that God is not only infinitely merciful, but also perfectly just. Jesus taught that when confronted with sin, God would always punish that sin. God cannot just look the other way and pretend that the sin did not happen. He will never take evil for good, nor good for evil. Now, if we examine our consciences for a moment, we will all have to admit that we have sinned. We have all had bad thoughts or done bad things. Since God is merciful, he wants to save us despite our sins, but since he is perfectly just, he cannot pretend that we have not sinned. So, to solve this problem God himself came into the world in human form, in the form of Jesus Christ, to pay the penalty for our sins by dying on a cross. The punishment that we should have received for our sins, was bore by Jesus on the cross. As a result, God can forgive all those who repent and believe in Jesus Christ, since Jesus Christ has suffered in his body the punishment for our sins. Both God’s mercifulness and God’s justice can therefore be fully satisfied. God’s mercifulness because he can forgive the sins of those who repent, and God’s justice because he punished those sins on the person of Jesus Christ.