A psychotic Gospel presentation

On July 28th 2025, David Wood posted a video entitled "The Worst Day of My Life: A Warning to Mohammed Hijab". This video was a Gospel presentation, but one quite unlike any other.

To my knowledge, Mohammed Hijab has not officially been diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. However, he certainly displays the symptoms, and thus his critics run with the assumption that he is a certifiable narcissist. By contrast, David Wood genuinely has been diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder. In effect, this means one seemingly unredeemable mental patient, having been redeemed, is now reaching out to another seemingly unredeemable mental case.

Of course, this is nothing new in and of itself. Christians, including Wood himself, have been trying to reach Mohammed Hijab since he emerged. But this particular video comes in the context of an ongoing scandal that threatens to destroy not only his Islamic dawah career, but even his very life.

Whether or not Mohammed Hijab really is a narcissist, this will undoubtedly be a painful time for him. Of course, deservedly so. He deserves no sympathy. But the great thing about the Gospel is neither do I, and neither do you. Nothing short of God's grace can account for the fact that every single one of us, in some way, has earned the wrath of God, and only one thing can satisfy that.

David begins his presentation by establishing common ground with Hijab. Mohammed Hijab is a manipulator being exposed, and David Wood knows exactly how that feels. He, too, was once exposed as a "chameleon". He tells the story, explaining that he would adopt different personalities for different people. For people he liked, such as his grandma, he was an angel. For people he didn't like, he would be a nightmare. But what happens when all of these people are in the same room, all sharing stories about him? The curtain is drawn back, and nothing can repair the trust.

Following this encounter, David was given a choice: Stick around, but be expelled if anything else went wrong, or go to a new school for a fresh start. David chose the fresh start, but for the wrong reasons. It wasn't that he'd seen the error of his ways and wanted to start over, but that his victims had seen the error of his ways, and it would now be harder to sustain those erroneous ways. This is what Scripture would call "worldly sorrow" (2 Corinthians 7:10). He wasn't sorry for the crime, he was sorry he got caught.

Wood suggests Hijab has the same problem now, and does so with a brilliant analogy. As things are now, Hijab considers himself a star, and everyone else as his celestial bodies. When they "orbit" him, he sees everything as going smoothly, but if someone breaks off, he gets mad and tries to pull them back in. For Hijab, people failing to do as he wants is a problem. But the real problem is Hijab's mindset.

This is where Wood gets Biblical, explaining that human beings are actually made in God's image. Thus, it's not one person (Hijab) being a star, around whom everyone else should orbit. Rather, we're all stars in a shared galaxy.

But this mindset is difficult to achieve. In fact, Wood confesses the only way for him to achieve it was to be broken. It's not like a switch you can flip, where one moment you're a narcissist, but with one swift click, suddenly you understand your place, and your true value. Rather, you have to watch as your way burns in order to see the truth rising from its ashes. This is not only good for those around us, but for us too. Thus, Wood's message to Hijab is that no matter how painful this seems, it's for his own good that he's suffering like this.

It's unfortunate that this concept is alien to Hijab's religion. As we read in Qur'an 5:18, "The Jews and the Christians each say, “We are the children of Allah and His most beloved!” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Why then does He punish you for your sins? No! You are only humans like others of His Own making. He forgives whoever He wills and punishes whoever He wills. To Allah ˹alone˺ belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between. And to Him is the final return.”"

Notice the absurd logic. The Islamic counterargument to the Fatherhood of God is discipline! Allah does not discipline for the sake of the sons, but entirely on his own whim. But what does the word of God say about this? "In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it." (Hebrews 12:4-11).

Discipline is not an act of gratuitous cruelty by some divine bully. It is meant for our good. It is designed to correct us. To guide us away from the evil that brings such pain. We don't enjoy it, nor are we supposed to. The rewards discipline brings are for after it has been received.

Currently, Mohammed Hijab has not been received as a son. Thus, it's entirely possible he's just getting his comeuppance. But with God, all things are possible, even that which is impossible with man. David Wood can speak with experience, but even he has no power to save. But while Mohammed Hijab is in this dreadful position, he has a choice. He can continue to thrash and fail in a prison of his own making until his very soul is claimed by the fires of Hell. But this discipline is also a grand opportunity. Repent, and turn to Christ, making your boast in Him alone! This path will still be hard. Let no man claim the narrow road leading to life is easy to walk. But it does lead to life.

Prior to his conversion, the Apostle Paul was a terrible man. For sake of Hijab, his testimony is worth repeating: "Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." (1 Timothy 1:8-17).

Mohammed Hijab is lawless and disobedient. Mohammed Hijab is an ungodly sinner. Mohammed Hijab is unholy and profane. He is sexually immoral, he is a liar, he is a perjurer, and he is many other things contrary to sound doctrine. But if God saved Paul, be assured, He can save Mohammed Hijab.

Of course, the likelihood of Hijab himself reading this article are slim, though if the Lord wills, he may. But he is certainly not alone in his sins, and the need for redemption. You, also, are guilty before God. Therefore, if you have not yet repented, this article is for you, too. You, also, may be received as a son or daughter of God. Whatever you've done, whatever consequences you have suffered as a result, you are not beyond His grace. I therefore call on you also to repent, and believe the Gospel. This will not only grant you eternal life, but will even let you live this one anew.

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