Comparative Theology · Common Ground
Not everyone who says Lord, Lord
In short
- 1.Matthew 7:21 makes doing God's will the criterion.
- 2.Confession alone is explicitly ruled out.
- 3.Islam frames faith and action the same way.
The claim being examined
Jesus warns that verbal confession without doing the will of God is not enough.
The Islamic position
Islam teaches that faith is affirmed by the heart, spoken by the tongue, and acted upon by the limbs.
Analysis
The saying stands in tension with later formulations of salvation by confession alone, and it aligns closely with the Islamic understanding of iman as belief expressed in action.
From the Qur'an
Qur'an 103:2-3
Indeed, mankind is in loss, except those who believe and do righteous deeds.
From the Bible
Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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