Who was the 1st Muslim?

This attack against Islam is a pretty interesting one, but yet again most of them are quite interesting, and a Muslim wonders how can they come up with such? Are they that desperate to find something to confuse people with?
The argument is: in the Quran there are several contradictory statements when it comes to the question of who was the first muslim. The following verses show the contradictions:

Say, verily my Lord hath directed me into a right way, a true religion, the sect of Abraham the orthodox; and he was no idolater. Say, verily my prayers, and my worship, and my life, and my death are dedicated unto God, the Lord of all creatures: He hath no companion. This have I been commanded: I am the first Moslem (Wa 'Ana 'Awwalu Al-Muslimin). S. 6:161-163

THE VERSE ABOVE IS ABOUT PROPHET MUHAMMAD, YET IT COULD BE INTERPRETED FOR US AS WELL, BECAUSE OF THE ORDER QUL OR SAY AT THE BEGINING. In simple language it applies to me, I am the first of the Muslims. Stay with me we will explain it in a few. So far the argument is that prophet Muhammad was the first Muslim. How about Abraham and Jesus? They came before prophet Muhammad and they claim they were the first Muslims.

When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: "Who will be My helpers to (the work of) Allah?" Said the disciples: "We are Allah's helpers: We believe in Allah, and do thou bear witness that we are Muslims. S. 3:52

Ibrahim was not a Jew nor a Christian but he was (an) upright (man), a Muslim (musliman), and he was not one of the polytheists. S. 3:67

So who was the first anyway?

They were all the first Muslims. Again let us keep it as simple and brief as possible: If I tell you I'm the first to be obedient, does it mean that in the whole world I was the first ? No person who is reasonable enought and speaks any language would say that's what I meant. Language carries a meaning, and words describe that meaning. I was the first to be obedient. So was John and so was Davide and Abdullah and Stacy and Fatima. If they claim that they were the first to obey that does not mean they were the first in the whole word. Our attacker here uses different translations to fit his arugment. This is an oft repeated technique of islam haters. The word Muslim should also be translated in the English language in the above quotes (sometimes even authors of the Quran translations leave it as such - they should not). Muslim means the one who submits. So in plain English language prophet Muhammad is saying: I am the first to submit. He heard the message, he was the first to believe, he submited, he was the first to submit. Jesus hear the message of God about 500 years before Muhammad and he was the first to submit. So did Abraham. There is not contradiction for anyone who professes any kind of understanding of language.
If Muhammad was to say: I am the first person in the whole world to be a prophet and Jesus who came before him would have said the same, and Abraham would have said the same, then it would be an argument. If David was to say I am the first engineer in the world yet 100 before him Ahmad was allready an engineer, we would have a contradiction. If I say I am the first to obey my father, doest that mean that I am the first in the whole word? You look at the context and meaning behind my statement and you understand what I mean.

It is too simple yet people are still blind to see.