We still have hope although it seems that we are utterly ruined because of our sin and that we are dying. Now in lesson – 4 we are discussing the important thing about our life: God has given a solution in the dilemma of life.

We need to put trust on God in everything. Everything in the world is before Him. He knows and sees all things. When we are faced with any impossible situation only He is there to make things possible for us.

God has created the universe only for supreme purpose, which is that He wants to have communion with mankind – that part of creation only who bears His image. He did not forsake us even when are sinners because of our descent from Hazrat Adam and Hazrat Eve and as much we were in the dark domain of sin. Rather when we were in sin and could not deliver ourselves from sins, He, according to his plan, completed His work of salvation for us. God himself has done for us what we would not be able to do ourselves. This truth has been written about in many portions of the Quran and the Bible. In brief this truth is that He has dealt with the problem of sin by mean of a great sacrifice.

Prophetic Books

Isaiah 19:20 : for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.

Al-Zabur  (Psalm)

Chapter 49 verses 7-9 : None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him— For the redemption of their souls is costly, And it shall cease forever— That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit.

There is nothing in this world for anyone to pay for his or her sin. Salvation is so great a thing that no man can achieve it. 

Al-Injeel

Romans 3 : 20  : Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Ephesians 2 : 8-9  : For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, ⁹ not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Al-Quran

Surah 37. As-Saffat (Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn Up In Ranks) 107 verse : And We (Allah) ransomed him (Abraham) with a momentous sacrifice:

In the Arabic language the word ‘great’ means something, which has no limited value or price. Therefore we cannot save ourselves from our sins because of our uncountable limitations. So man look to God to achieve salvation because He is the only God, who made the great or supreme sacrifice as the way of salvation of man from sin.

A story would make this subject clearer. The story is something like this:

An employee of a company was brought before the court for stealing money from that company. During the normal process of judgment for arriving at the verdict the Judge came to realize that the accused parson was his friend during his young days. At this the Judge found himself in a dilemma. So he was thinking how he could avoid giving his friend – the accused man the punishment that would be due for the crime. On the other hand he was also thinking that he must not do anything unjust to the company because the complaint against his friend was true.

After a considerable amount of thinking he decided that he would pay back the amount of money that the accused man had embezzled from the company from his own pocket. He did as he decided. The company representative happily left the court on receiving the money. On the other hand the accused man was released and as a result of this he lived a life of gratefulness to his friend – the Judge.

In the same manner all of us deserve punishment for our sin. But God in His mercy paid the price for our sins on the cross through a great sacrifice. God is just as kind as He is just. Al-Injeel – Romans 3: 26 says, “to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”

It is very important for us to know the significance of the Cross. The basic idea is to pay a price for someone else’s wrong doing. It is like paying the ransom-price for freeing a slave. Man became slave to Sin. The Cross of Christ is like the ransom-price which paid for making us free from the bondage of Sin. From the verses of the Quran and Bible given below it can be seen that God had made a plan for paying a great price in exchange of our release or freedom from Sins.

Al-Torah

Genesis 22: 13  : Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

Exodus 12 : 13  : Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

Just in the same way God chose the blood of a lamb without blemish to deliver the children of Israel from the destruction and death in Egypt, as like He had planned to save us from our punishment of eternal death in hell through the blood of the sinless Christ.

Leviticus 17: 11 : For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’

God required the full price to be paid in term of the innocent blood for our sin. In the beginning God sacrificed an animal and thereby He hid the sin of Hazrat Adam and Hazrat Eve and hid their nakedness with skin of the animal sacrificed (Al-Torah; Genesis 3: 21).

Prophetic Books

Isaiah 63 : 8  : For He said, “Surely they are My people, Children who will not lie.” So He became their Savior.

From this we can understand that God Himself is the redeemer of His people.

Al-Zabur  (Psalm)

Chapter 34 : 22  : The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.

 Chapter 31 : 5  : Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

Chapter 56 : 13  : For You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, That I may walk before God. In the light of the living?

We see that it is said in Al-Zabur 34: 22 that God would deliver us from our guilt or sins. This is to mean that God himself could free and deliver from our sin (Al-Zabur 31: 5 and 56: 13). It implies that we cannot save ourselves from sins by our efforts in doing good deeds. But God has shown us through His own word of saving us that we need to turn to the way of life after being released from the power of sin.

Chapter 107 : 6-7  : Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses. And He led them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.

 There are many people in the world who pray to God a few times daily that He might lead them on to the right path. And the books teach us that we must trust in God only for our forgiveness of sin or salvation, and not on our own work.

Al-Injeel  

Matthew 26 : 28  : For this is My  (Jesus Christ) blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Romans 3 : 23 – 25 :  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,

In the Injeel– Matthew 26:28 Hazrat Isa Mashi (Jesus Christ) himself explained and taught that innocent blood is required for the forgiveness of sin. In Romans 3:23-25 more emphasis is given on this truth and it is said that we are all sinners and are in need of forgiveness for our sins and this forgiveness can be received through Christ, but not in exchange of any good work. How greatly is God kind and forgiving that through the great sacrifice of His son Jesus Christ granted us the pardon for our sin! Therefore there is no need of any price to be paid for our sin since Christ has paid this.

Al-Quran

Surah 28. Al-Qasas (The Story, Stories) 16  : He (Hazrat Musa) prayed: “O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul! Do Thou then forgive me!” So ((Allah)) forgave him: for He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Many think that the Prophets did not have any sin; e.g. Hazrat Musa (Moses), Hazrat Daud (David) etc. But it can be understood from the above Quranic verse that all the Prophets need to receive salvation from sin.

Surah 2. Al-Baqara (The Cow) 38 verse : We (Allah) said: “Get ye down all (Adam & Eve) from here; and if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance from me, whosoever follows My guidance, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

Even after their sin Hazrat Adam and Eve sought God’s help He granted them guidance for their lives. It is implied that God Himself was their savior. They did not depend on any of their work for their salvation.

Surah 4. An-Nisa’ (Women) 110 verse: If any one does evil or wrongs his own soul but afterwards seeks Allah’s forgiveness, he will find Allah Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

Generally some people believe that the merit of their good work undo the effects of their bad works making their way clear to heaven in God’s mercy. But it is said in the above mentioned verse that they must repent for their bad works and will have to pray to God for forgiveness.

Surah 6. Al-An’am (Cattle, Livestock) 69 – 70 verses : On their account no responsibility falls on the righteous, but (their duty) is to remind them, that they may (learn to) fear Allah. Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But proclaim (to them) this (truth): that every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own acts: it will find for itself no protector or intercessor except Allah. if it offered every ransom, (or reparation), none will be accepted: such is (the end of) those who deliver themselves to ruin by their own acts: they will have for drink (only) boiling water, and for punishment, one most grievous: for they persisted in rejecting Allah.

According to the above verse we ourselves will have to come to God for forgiveness. Even after we receive forgiveness we have to live carefully so that we do not fall into the same sins as before.

From this lesson certainly you have been able to understand that you are a sinner. And God has made plan for you to be saved by means of a great sacrifice. For God also loves you. He wants that all of us will be there in front of Him in heaven for His glory. He created us as the crown of His creation. He does not want that anyone of us is perished in hell.

Do you also want to get saved? If are really eager to then please ask God and He will show you the right way.

In the next lesson we will discuss “only one parson is God’s way.”  Before we do that please fill up the annexed Questionnaire and then send it back by clicking Submit button after answering the questions.

Meantime thank you for completing lesson – Four. We believe that you will be with us patiently doing the next lesson. Certainly the valuable time that you have used to learn about God that will became blessed to you. Amen.