Christian cow says "I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes."
Posted on 10/09/2007 12:48:56 PM PDT by 2banana
I hope it’s genuine and not an attempt to infiltrate the church from within.
Praise the Lord indeed!
I think, looking at the Book of Daniel, you are not required to martyr yourself as a Christian, but can “lay low” and survive if that is your choice. In Daniel when told to bow to an idol, they did not bow, but did not make a show of it, they simply did not bow. Similarly when Daniel was ordered not to pray to anyone but the King he continued to pray to God but did not charge in and berate the king or his advisors, inviting martyrdom. When asked though, in every case in Daniel, Daniel, Shadrak, and Abednigo did not deny God when faced with martyrdom. They did not seek or avoid.
In other words, if I were a Muslim, who became a Christian, in a country with Sharia law, I’d think seriously about keeping it as quiet as possible and witness “on the sly.”
Good advice.
Good advice.
However, for former Muslims, this is literally a life and death choice.
Hey just tell them you only have to go to church one day a week not five times each day. Should be an easy sell. Also, tell them there are alot of churches that let you believe anything you want so there isn’t much asked of you for converting. Finally, tell them thats where all the hot American chicks are.
Christians, consider joining or forming a prison or jailhouse ministry in your community. This is one of the most direct “confrontations” of Islam and Christianity in the U.S.A. that you can affect. Islam is there and being promoted to them in the jails. Respond with the truth. Practically everyone has a county jail around them and that is a great place to witness.
Yeah but we don’t have sharia law in the USA. Muslims are actually very fertile ground for the seed of the Gospel. They’ve been fed enough of the counterfeit to be able to recognize the real thing when shown the truth of scripture and the promise of true salvation and true peace through new life in Jesus Christ.
And thankfully in the US and other non-Muslim-ruled nations, you won’t be put to death for trying to convert them nor will they for converting. Witnessing in Muslim nations is a lot trickier, but some hardy souls do it - and with some success, too!
Just today at our women’s Bible study, there was a young 25 yo missionary to Thailand. The Bible study is broadcast over the internet, but before she took the stage, they were careful to turn off the internet connection. They said her life could be in danger because of where she works. She’s assigned to an area of Thailand that is mostly Muslim, and over the past two years has become good friends with the daughter of the local Muslim “bishop” — not sure of what his title would be. The daughter has become a Christian and studies the Bible each week with this missionary. God has really given this missionary a heart for Muslims, but she has to do her work there very carefully. She said that when she meets with this daughter to study the Bible, they have to meet in a different location each time. Thinking about it now, I think she very much underplayed the dangerous situation she is in on a daily basis.
Christian cow says "I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes."
Admiteedly I was speaking mostly of developed countries such as our own. And yes I am aware that even here there are cases where former Muslims have been threatened. But of course on the whole it’s certainly far better where sharia law is not the law of the land.
Praying for the Christians in the Muslim nations.
LOL! I know you’re being humerous, but I’ve got to tell you, my problem is not that I only “have” to worship one day a week...I love the Lord so much that it takes all I have not to sing his praises out loud seven days a week, 24-hours a day! :-D
Though it is hard, I’ve tried to throw my bitterness against the muslims aside and pray for them instead.
I pray for their conversion every day now. God bless and protect these brave muslim converts to Christianity.
I will still never trust the followers of islam, but I will pray for them.
We had a beautiful Pakistani girl at in an apologetics ministry at my church who was a convert from islam. I remember she asked a question about how to respond to persecution.
I think it’s a very good thing to pray for: for muslims to come to Christ.
They must be Ann Coulter fans.
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