When I was Muslim, I used to ask Christians:
“If Jesus was really God, why did He eat, sleep, and bleed like us?”
I literally would ask it with pride. I was super pumped about it because like it was some unbeatable argument. I loved how that felt.
But bro, later I realized something:
That question is not exposing Christianity - like at all.
It was exposing my total misunderstanding of what kind of God Jesus claimed to be for His people.
After I became a Christian, I pondered this a lot. I repent for this too!
The question is not: Why would God become weak?
The question is: What kind of God would willingly step into human suffering at all?
This was convicting for me because Islam taught me about a God who was distant and untouchable. But Christianity introduced me to a God who stepped into hunger, exhaustion, grief, pain, betrayal, blood, and suffering with us.
After I understood it, Jesus' humanity stopped looking like weakness to me.
It became proof of love.
If Jesus ate, it means He came close enough to experience hunger beside us.
If He slept, it means He embraced the exhaustion we carry.
If He bled, it means He did not stand above suffering watching us from a distance.
He entered it Himself.
Philippians 2 says Christ emptied Himself and took on flesh. Why? Not because He stopped being God, but because He wanted humanity to finally see what God is actually like.
And it turns out God is willing to suffer for the people He loves. That one realization changed so much for me.
Every other religion demanded sacrifice from humanity. Jesus became the sacrifice Himself.
PRAISE JESUS! I AM FREE! Follow me if you want to become better equipped to defend your faith, understand Islam, and lead Muslims toward Jesus.