Hebraic
Musing – A Testimony - What witnesses
to a Muslim?
I
have tried unsuccessfully to draft a musings on the theme “How to witness to a
Muslim”; and then this blog came from Ron Cantor testifying powerfully to us
Christians. Ron works with a Messianic
Fellowship in Tel Aviv:
“Today was one of the most amazing days in our congregation.
An Arab woman from the Iraq shared how she left Islam for Yeshua.
Fatma was raised in a strict Islamic household. When she was
eight years old, her father took her to Mecca, where she saw a woman beheaded
for adultery. Her father told her that the same thing could happen to her, if
she did not live a devout Muslim life.
From that time on, Fatma was afraid of Allah. She
shared with us that in Islam there is no assurance of eternal life.
Allah is not a loving father, but someone to be feared. Despite the fact that
she prayed and prayed, Allah never answered her prayers. Eventually,
she was not allowed to leave the house without her father, brother or uncle.
Her younger brother was given permission to abuse her physically if she
was not living up to Islamic standards.
They took a trip to America and because of political unrest
in their home country, they sought asylum and it was granted. As a young adult,
while living in Georgia and still under her family’s control, she met a
believer. Her grandmother, who was her only friend, had just died and she
was devastated. This woman befriended her and took her to her congregation.
One striking part of her
testimony was that Fatma had lived in the U.S. for eight years and passed
church after church in Atlanta, and yet, not one person invited her to go to
one. Not one person—until this friend.
She went and was amazed at how friendly everybody was.
In Islam, everything was competition—there was little affection, but here were
people who simply loved her. She took a Bible home and began to secretly
read it. She loved what she read.
Eventually, Fatma decided that she wanted to be immersed in
water as a believer. After that, her whole life changed. She has no
contact with her family and has to be very careful, as there are those who
would like to hurt her.
She now travels around the world sharing her testimony. The
most powerful part of her message is that she was wearing full Muslim
dress—like a burja, with her face covered during the whole story—until she
shares about being born again. Then, dramatically, she removes the
oppressive Muslim garb to review a beautiful young woman, full of the light of
Yeshua. Everyone in the
congrgegation clapped for joy!
Tiferet Yeshua (their Fellowship) prays and blesses Fatma. She repented before us for the hatred she had
of Jews—a hatred that was instilled in her from childhood. She said that she’d
never met a Jew, and yet she hated them. Several in the congregation
expressed forgiveness to her and asked for her forgiveness for their own
attitudes towards Arabs and prayed that God would open their eyes.
Everyone was deeply moved, not just by her testimony, but
also by her expression of love for the Jewish people and the Jewish nation,
that she carried as an Arab woman.”
Points
to ponder
Are we ready to reach out to
a Muslim and show them the love of Jesus?
Might Muslim men find
Christianity appealing for similar reasons?
"Go into all the world and preach the good
news to all creation”. Mark 16:15
Yosef a.k.a.
Joe Brusherd June 13,
2017
Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith”
“Biblical Marriage” Weekly “Hebraic Musings” www.InsightsByYosef.com
Copied
from Ron Cantor’s http://messiahsmandate.org/ “Muslim Woman gets Radically Saved” May 26, 2017
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