Submitted to the will of God (Allah) - Luke 22:42,John 5:30
"Jesus (peace be upon him) is a Muslim in the true sense—‘Muslim' means one who submits to Allah, and that's exactly what he did. The Qur'an says, ‘When Jesus sensed disbelief from them, he said, "Who are my helpers in the cause of Allah?" The disciples said, "We are the helpers of Allah"' (Surah Aal-E-Imran, 3:52). He worshipped Allah alone, prayed to Him, and taught pure monotheism, as seen in the Bible: ‘The Lord our God, the Lord is one' (Mark 12:29). That's the essence of Islam—submission to the One God.
Tawhid ties all prophets to this truth: they were Muslims by their devotion to Allah, not by name but by deed. Jesus never claimed divinity or taught a Trinity; he said, ‘I seek not my own will but the will of Him who sent me' (John 5:30). The Qur'an affirms, ‘He was no more than a servant We blessed' (Surah Az-Zukhruf, 43:59). Later doctrines strayed, but Jesus' life—humility, prayer, obedience—mirrors a Muslim's. Islam claims him as a prophet in the same chain, submitting wholly to Allah."
Surah Al-Imran, 3:52
The claim that Jesus Christ is a "Muslim" is an historical anachronism and a theological error that fundamentally misrepresents His identity.
1. Christ's Obedience vs. Islamic Identity
While Christians affirm that Jesus was perfectly obedient to the Father, as seen when He prayed, "Not my will, but Yours be done" (Luke 22:42), this is not submission as a created servant, but the voluntary humility of the eternal Son of God (Philippians 2:6-7). His unique relationship is not that of a prophet but of the Son: "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30).
2. Monotheism and Divine Claims
Christianity is monotheistic, affirming the One God (Mark 12:29), but revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus' actions utterly contradict the idea of mere prophethood or Islamic Tawhid. He demonstrated divine authority by forgiving sins (Mark 2:5-7) and accepting the title "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28). The Quran's view of Him as merely "a servant" (Surah Az-Zukhruf, 43:59) is incompatible with the Biblical witness.
3. Historical Reality
The term Muslim is specific to the religious system founded in the 7th century AD. Jesus was a Jew who fulfilled the Old Testament Law (Galatians 4:4). He never taught the tenets of Islam; rather, He established the Gospel, proclaiming Himself as the unique way to the Father: "I am the way... No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).
Jesus is the Lord and the Divine Son, an identity irreconcilable with being "just a prophet" or a "Muslim."