Amen, dzheremi.
People who are quick to say Muslims worship the same God, just in their own way, seem to forget some fundamental facts about the rise of Islam:
- It’s source is an “angel” calling himself Gabriel, from whom Mohammad received the entire Koran.
- Mohammad, with this spirit as his source, taught many things contrary to Christianity - including denial of the crucifixion, denial of the Trinity, and denial of Christ’s divinity.
Now let’s see what scripture says about this:
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. [1 John 4:2]
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. [Galatians 1:8]
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. [1 Corinthians 15:14-17]
The apostles of Christ were very clear - if someone receives any revelation or believes anything contrary to the gospel, they are contradicting the word of God and the instructions of Christ, and are heading far, far away from God.
Perhaps sincere believing Muslims have a thirst for God - but so would Arians, Nestorians Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and other heretical sects. Nevertheless, they are still following a false doctrine and not heading towards God.
That has been Christian tradition for over 2000 years. There are martyrs throughout the centuries who have died attesting to the Trinity. Only recently did people suddenly believe that one can treat the Trinity like a buffet - leaving out certain Persons but keeping the whole Being of God. That is not orthodox Christianity.