It is amazing how many Muslims are coming to Christ. As I have been doing radio interviews on my new book, A Biblical Point of View on Islam, I have been talking about these conversions and hear some encouraging stories.
But I am not the only person who is noticing the increasing number of conversions. Joel Rosenberg in his book Epicenter describes some amazing stories of Muslims converting to Christianity. For example, in Algeria more than 80,000 Muslims have committed their lives to Christ in a last few years. While this is considered the birthplace of Augustine, it is hardly a Christian country today. In fact, the Muslim clerics in this country have actually banned evangelism.
There are newspaper articles in Morocco that worry that perhaps as many as 40,000 Muslims have converted to Christianity in the last few years. Even if the estimated figure of 25,000 conversions is more accurate, you can easily see that we are witnessing quite a conversion to Christianity even in Muslim countries in the Middle East.
There is equally encouraging news from Europe. Islam Watch reports that about two million ethnic Muslims in Russia have converted to Christianity just in the last year. Ten thousand French Muslims have converted, as have 35,000 Turkish Muslims.
The reason for this is simple. Muslims desire to know God. In my book, I talk about a study done at an evangelical seminary. They asked hundreds of former Muslims why they converted to Christianity. The number one reason is that they wanted a personal relationship with God. Allah (the god of Islam) is distant and transcendent. You cannot know him personally.
By contrast, the God of Christianity is personal and knowable. We can call God “our father who art in heaven.” We can experience God’s love. Perhaps the most famous verse in the New Testament reminds us: “God so loved the world that He gave His only Son.” When we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord we can know God personally and be saved.
So it is important that when we talk to our Muslim friends to talk about the love of God. I’m Kerby Anderson, and that’s my point of view.
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That is absolutely amazing. Many people have the misconception that Muslims would be extremely hard to witness to. While that would be true for some of them, who might even have you killed if you tried, it's not true for most of them. God has given me a burden for this people group. I can't imagine anything more fulfilling than seeing God liberate these people from their bonds. One thing that I think makes them convert is that you are saved by faith, not through works! Muslims are spending endless years of their life trying to meet up to all their religious restrictions and tip the scales in their favor. Just because they’re a Muslim doesn’t mean they believe they are going to Paradise. So they could spend their whole lives trying to be a good Muslim only to find out when they die they didn’t do enough. That’s exhausting, and scary. That’s why some of them are so angry and bitter. But if you told them of the love of Christ and liberated them from their good works, which aren’t even good in the first place, they will respond. Not only that, but Islam teaches them to hate anyone who isn’t Muslim. Can you imagine that, having to hate someone just because of what they believe? Just imagine how mind boggling it is for them when they hear that God loves all sinners, and they should express the same kind of love to them.
Let’s be thankful that we have a God whom we love because He first loved us, unlike Allah, who only loves those who first love him. Click here to reply to this post
The #1 reason?
Posted On: 04/06/08 08:05:43 AM
Age 45, PA
"The number one reason is that they wanted a personal relationship with God", NO, the #1 reason is that God reached down and chose them period. Now for all you Westeners, leave your hands off the new converts and leave your traditions and organizations at home. If you export your christianity to N. Africa you'll destroy them like the American church is destroyed. America and the american "church" is not the center of christianity, Christ is and you have pilled so much junk on top of Him that He can't be found in your churches. A new convert is better off alone than with help from any church person!!! Click here to reply to this post
Amen, I just came back from a holiday in Mozambique where I stayed with some missionary friends, it was great seeing how God is working! There is also a "More than Dreams" movie thing that is gaining popularity - God is definitely at work.
I was really excited about the article, I just have one issue - we don't "accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord", He accepts us! But other than my fanatical semantic issues, awesome!
I pray that I will get to see a national, if not global, revival in my time but just seeing the work God is doing now is exciting! Click here to reply to this post
God's Will will ALWAYS be done!!!
Posted On: 04/05/08 12:13:29 PM
Age 39, OK
inspite of the war and the deaths that occur in war, some of the muslims can see the benifits of our soldiers. our men and women are building, protecting, and whether they know it or not, they are witnessing. the rest of the world sees us as a Christian nation, and as they show compassion, and kindness and standing up for underdogs--who are murdered, raped, and tortured by their own countrymen--they see Christianity. i am in no way implying that all our soldiers are Christians!!!! but we have a general mindset for compassion and 'protecting the underdog' that is new testament in nature. our early godly heritage has in many ways permiated our culture. also, with our soldiers in the middle east, mission groups can enter and spread the love and compassion of Christ. He healed and fed and helped and loved and showed great forgiving compassion on the people of His time, and these people are His representitives and are doing the work He left them/us to do. Click here to reply to this post
With our divorce,teen pregenacy, drug use......
Posted On: 04/08/08 10:06:23 AM
Age 48, CA
And other vices being at an all time high, we are not a Christian nation. And going to war in order to liberate other nations into our godless decadence is not Gods work. Click here to reply to this post
