If I’m a Muslim who rejects crucifixion and resurrection, what do I deserve based on my belief?
If you’re Muslim and you reject crucifixion and resurrection, then it shouldn’t matter to you what the Christian scripture says. To you, it would just matter what the Muslim scripture says, isn’t it so?
But then it’s confusing because the Christian scripture is talking about all people whom Jesus died for — which we’re included in. So how do we make sense of this?
Jesus is perfect. He loves all people unconditionally; it doesn’t matter if you are a Muslim or you reject his sacrifice… because he will love you, me, and everyone else unconditionally. I don’t think Jesus cares about what we believe, but how we live. A perfect example of this is Jesus’ frustration with the rabbis during his time. The rabbis and Jesus come from the same belief in the same God, but Jesus calls them hypocrites because they do not practice what they preach. It’s easy to say you believe something… it’s much harder to live like you believe it.
If you try to live righteously, then you believe in something. If you are not concerned with living righteously, then you actually believe in nothing… or you believe something like, “life is meaningless.” So the rabbis in the earlier scenario said they believed, but they didn’t based on their behaviors. How we live reveals faith and belief in God, not what is believed.
So for people in general, it doesn’t matter what you believe. What matters is what you’re doing, what thoughts you’re thinking, what you’re saying, and what you’re intending. What is Universal is right thought, word, deed, and intention. Another Universal is “love thy neighbor.” And if this “righteous way of living” is practiced, then the practitioner believes in something greater than themself (God, Allah, Jesus, Mohammed, Krishna, Brahmin… fill in your favorite name for God).
Who is my neighbor? Everyone. The whole Universe is OUR home. Everyone is OUR family. God is everywhere, everything, and everyone.
