WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:21.420 Welcome. We're going to continue the talk from last week. If you did not get the handout from last week, I can give it to you. I have some extra copies. But also you have a handout for today. Now, this is just the Bible verses that we're going to be looking at looking at today. 00:00:21.420 --> 00:00:34.579 And so what we're going to be doing is looking at how is God changing Muslims and bringing them to Christ? What is God doing and how you can be involved? 00:00:34.579 --> 00:00:54.820 Remember the question that we read last week was in Mark 4.41. And the disciples are saying, who is this that even the wind and the waves obey him? A great question, as I said. You want everybody to ask that question. 00:00:54.820 --> 00:01:14.280 And that's the question you want Muslims to ask. Who is this person? Who is this Jesus? And if I can see it, if a Muslim asks me that question, I say, great. And then we can start talking about what the Gospels say about him. 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:27.340 So look at Romans 10. It's on your sheet. It's 1 through 4 and 9 through 15. Now we have a lot to cover, so we have to read further quickly, but listen carefully. 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:33.120 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.680 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 00:01:39.520 --> 00:01:48.219 For being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 00:01:49.320 --> 00:01:54.659 For Christ is the end of the law, for righteousness to everyone who believes. 00:01:54.659 --> 00:02:03.159 Because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 00:02:03.939 --> 00:02:10.060 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:18.419 For the scripture says everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame, for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. 00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:23.219 For the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 00:02:23.219 --> 00:02:28.560 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:02:29.139 --> 00:02:31.939 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? 00:02:32.060 --> 00:02:35.340 And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:38.280 And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:41.039 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:46.639 As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news. 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:55.099 Now in these verses, Paul is talking about, in the first few verses, he's talking about the Jews. 00:02:55.559 --> 00:03:01.519 But as I was reading this a number of years ago, I thought, wait a minute, this sounds just like Muslims. 00:03:02.339 --> 00:03:02.899 Exactly. 00:03:02.899 --> 00:03:03.019 Exactly. 00:03:04.099 --> 00:03:12.739 Because the description of the Jews sounds just what the Muslims are thinking themselves. 00:03:12.979 --> 00:03:13.799 Almost exactly. 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:18.140 See, Muslims are indeed zealous for God. 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:24.160 But zeal for God cannot make you right with the Holy God. 00:03:24.860 --> 00:03:27.260 Zeal can be misdirected. 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:28.219 You know that. 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:34.240 See, the problem is, their zeal is not based on knowledge. 00:03:34.640 --> 00:03:37.200 Something is missing here. 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:41.400 And it's very, very important. 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:47.599 See, according to verse 3, they do not submit to the righteousness of God. 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:52.759 They are trying to get to heaven by their own works of righteousness. 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:54.219 I can do it. 00:03:54.300 --> 00:03:55.219 I can do it. 00:03:55.920 --> 00:03:57.680 It's my righteousness, they're saying. 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:00.939 But that is not the teaching of the Bible at all. 00:04:00.939 --> 00:04:07.419 But the Bible says we cannot get to heaven by doing righteous or good things. 00:04:07.419 --> 00:04:13.319 We are all corrupt and under God's just judgments because of our sin. 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:20.459 The only way to know God is in trusting the Lord Jesus Christ alone for salvation. 00:04:20.459 --> 00:04:27.139 On the cross, Jesus took our sins upon himself and he died in our place. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:32.740 And he gave us the gift of his righteousness. 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:40.840 No one can come into a relationship with God except through the saving work of the Lord Jesus. 00:04:41.860 --> 00:04:45.519 Which he secured on the cross in his resurrection. 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:49.579 It is for those who are trusting in him alone. 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:53.500 Remember this, my friends. 00:04:53.500 --> 00:04:57.639 You become a Christian not by doing something. 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:01.980 But by believing in a person. 00:05:03.860 --> 00:05:06.199 The person is the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.339 It says in verse 13 that we just read. 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:16.439 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:22.220 Notice who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:05:23.500 --> 00:05:27.639 Sadly, my friends. 00:05:28.420 --> 00:05:30.879 The Muslims know none of this. 00:05:31.779 --> 00:05:32.740 None of this. 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:37.800 A few years ago, a group of us from our church went to the mosque. 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:44.459 And we were there because the Muslims are going to talk about what they believe. 00:05:44.459 --> 00:05:46.899 And we also talked about what we believe. 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:52.100 And I want you to listen to what the Muslims said. 00:05:52.100 --> 00:05:54.140 Listen very carefully. 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:58.020 He said, 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:00.900 I honor Jesus. 00:06:01.660 --> 00:06:02.740 I love him. 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:03.700 I love him. 00:06:03.840 --> 00:06:04.720 I love him. 00:06:05.020 --> 00:06:06.600 And when he returns, 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:10.740 I will hug him and kiss his hand. 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:15.660 That's what the Muslim teacher said. 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:17.760 Is that good? 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:19.920 Or is that not good? 00:06:20.580 --> 00:06:23.700 My friends, it is not good. 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.140 And this is what you must understand. 00:06:27.180 --> 00:06:32.840 The Jesus of Islam is not at all the Jesus of the Bible. 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:35.679 So I went home that day. 00:06:35.679 --> 00:06:39.819 And I looked up and found out what is he saying? 00:06:40.219 --> 00:06:42.060 What do they really believe about Jesus? 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:44.079 And listen to what I found. 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:46.079 It is very disturbing. 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:48.959 He didn't say this. 00:06:49.179 --> 00:06:50.199 I found this later. 00:06:51.339 --> 00:06:53.139 This is what Islamic theology says. 00:06:53.139 --> 00:06:55.779 Jesus will descend to the earth. 00:06:57.339 --> 00:06:58.539 When you see him, 00:06:58.599 --> 00:06:59.719 you will recognize him, 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:01.219 a man of medium height, 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:02.120 reddish hair, 00:07:02.539 --> 00:07:04.800 wearing two light yellow garments. 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:07.800 He will fight the people 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:09.800 for the cause of Islam. 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:10.899 Did you hear that? 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:17.479 He will then break the cross to pieces. 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:22.540 He then will kill the pigs. 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:24.680 Because Muslims don't import. 00:07:24.819 --> 00:07:26.980 That's what Jesus of Islam will do. 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:29.740 And then it says, 00:07:29.960 --> 00:07:33.080 Allah will perish all religions except Islam. 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:35.340 Jesus will destroy the Antichrist 00:07:35.340 --> 00:07:37.520 and will live on earth for 40 years 00:07:37.520 --> 00:07:38.980 and then Jesus will die. 00:07:40.340 --> 00:07:42.160 The Muslims will pray over him. 00:07:43.379 --> 00:07:44.220 And it says this, 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:45.360 Jesus, son of Mary, 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:48.160 will come down to the world. 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:51.000 Now it says he will get married. 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:53.639 He will live for 45 years 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:54.500 and then die. 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:56.360 He will be buried with Mohammed 00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:57.500 in his grave. 00:08:00.379 --> 00:08:02.280 Then I, that is Mohammedan, 00:08:02.280 --> 00:08:03.240 Jesus, son of Mary, 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:04.520 will stand up in the grave 00:08:04.520 --> 00:08:07.280 and ascend to paradise hand in hand. 00:08:08.460 --> 00:08:10.060 Now, is that the Jesus of the Bible? 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:12.939 Not at all. 00:08:12.939 --> 00:08:17.000 Not at all. 00:08:19.259 --> 00:08:22.040 Muslims have no idea who Jesus is. 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:25.000 In fact, what I just read to you, 00:08:25.079 --> 00:08:27.740 this was written over 700 years 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:30.360 after the time of the Lord Jesus Christ in the mind. 00:08:31.659 --> 00:08:33.500 But look again at Romans 10, 14. 00:08:33.500 --> 00:08:35.539 How then will they call on him 00:08:35.539 --> 00:08:37.919 in whom they have not believed? 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.639 And how are they to believe in him 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:41.399 of whom they have never heard? 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:42.940 And how are they to hear 00:08:42.940 --> 00:08:44.080 without someone preaching? 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:45.940 Someone needs to say something. 00:08:46.059 --> 00:08:47.960 They don't not know. 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:54.180 They must come to know the Lord Jesus 00:08:54.180 --> 00:08:57.480 as Savior and Lord and Son of God 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:59.060 to be saved. 00:09:00.700 --> 00:09:02.040 Last week I mentioned to you 00:09:02.040 --> 00:09:03.560 that there are thousands of Muslims 00:09:03.560 --> 00:09:04.920 coming to know the Lord today. 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:06.400 And that is very true. 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:09.959 Despite the great differences 00:09:09.959 --> 00:09:11.539 between Jesus of Islam 00:09:11.539 --> 00:09:12.639 and Jesus of the Bible, 00:09:13.139 --> 00:09:15.039 many Muslims are now 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:17.319 confessing Jesus as Lord and God 00:09:17.319 --> 00:09:17.980 and Savior 00:09:17.980 --> 00:09:21.279 and Messiah and Son of God. 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:24.579 God is doing great work 00:09:24.579 --> 00:09:25.399 in the Muslim world. 00:09:26.059 --> 00:09:27.139 Now, I want to share with you 00:09:27.139 --> 00:09:28.980 two testimonies if I have time. 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:30.019 I'm the only time to do one, 00:09:30.079 --> 00:09:31.500 but I'll try to do two of them. 00:09:32.059 --> 00:09:33.759 And I want to read one of them 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.000 from this book. 00:09:36.779 --> 00:09:37.939 This is an amazing book. 00:09:38.019 --> 00:09:38.120 It says, 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:39.080 From Cairo to Christ, 00:09:39.139 --> 00:09:40.860 It's Egyptian to become a Christian 00:09:40.860 --> 00:09:41.860 from a Muslim background. 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:44.159 Now, listen to what he said. 00:09:44.259 --> 00:09:45.399 It's so good 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:48.899 because he's telling you 00:09:48.899 --> 00:09:51.039 what he was thinking 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:52.379 before he became a Christian. 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:53.759 And that's what's good about it. 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.319 What led him to become a Christian? 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:57.860 He's telling you here. 00:09:57.960 --> 00:09:58.620 Now, listen carefully. 00:10:00.220 --> 00:10:02.759 I kept having internal conflicts 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:05.460 and continued to raise questions. 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:08.120 Most of them had to do 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:10.460 with the behavior of the Christians 00:10:10.460 --> 00:10:11.700 I was getting to know 00:10:11.700 --> 00:10:14.240 in comparison to that 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:16.379 of the Muslims I had long known. 00:10:19.059 --> 00:10:20.700 There's a saying in Arabic, 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:22.879 only a rotten orange 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:25.480 produces rotten juice. 00:10:26.700 --> 00:10:29.220 So if Christianity is so rotten, 00:10:29.460 --> 00:10:30.419 why were the Christians 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:31.500 I had gotten to know 00:10:31.500 --> 00:10:32.240 so good? 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:37.159 How then was this rotten orange 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:37.899 of Christianity 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:39.759 producing such good juice 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:42.240 while the perfect orange of Islam 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:44.159 was producing rotten juice? 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:46.240 See, he's thinking. 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:46.899 He's thinking. 00:10:49.959 --> 00:10:51.219 He says this, 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:51.939 The Christians, 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:53.399 they loved their God 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:54.159 and one another. 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:55.279 A Muslim like me 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:56.819 didn't love or yearn for God. 00:10:57.459 --> 00:10:59.179 We feared and obeyed God. 00:10:59.179 --> 00:11:01.399 The Christians turned to their God 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:03.379 as if he were their dearest 00:11:03.379 --> 00:11:05.019 and most beloved friend. 00:11:05.319 --> 00:11:05.759 Isn't that good? 00:11:08.259 --> 00:11:09.279 For them, 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:11.299 it was almost a romance. 00:11:11.699 --> 00:11:12.179 For me, 00:11:12.219 --> 00:11:13.059 such a romance 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:14.459 was a scandal. 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:15.419 What do you mean 00:11:15.419 --> 00:11:16.399 you love God? 00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:16.579 You know, 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:16.819 they said, 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:17.139 listen, 00:11:17.259 --> 00:11:18.120 don't say that. 00:11:19.839 --> 00:11:20.959 They were shocked by that. 00:11:21.239 --> 00:11:22.139 What's that mean? 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:24.279 He said, 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:24.779 in Islam, 00:11:24.939 --> 00:11:25.480 the goal 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:26.360 is to submit 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.319 to the guidance 00:11:27.319 --> 00:11:29.740 of the prophet, 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:30.399 that is, 00:11:30.460 --> 00:11:30.740 Muhammad, 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:31.340 their prophet. 00:11:32.580 --> 00:11:34.000 Not to understand 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:35.480 more of God's love. 00:11:36.179 --> 00:11:36.919 In contrast, 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:37.840 now listen to this, 00:11:37.899 --> 00:11:38.480 what he says. 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:40.259 In contrast, 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:41.980 the Christians 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:43.240 I don't think to know 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:44.360 weren't worried 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:46.080 about getting everything right. 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:47.539 Isn't that good? 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:49.219 Let me read that again. 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:53.459 The Christians 00:11:53.459 --> 00:11:54.659 I was getting to know 00:11:54.659 --> 00:11:56.219 weren't worried 00:11:56.219 --> 00:11:58.059 about getting everything right. 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:02.059 They were pursuing 00:12:02.059 --> 00:12:03.219 a relationship 00:12:03.219 --> 00:12:04.939 with a person, 00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:05.879 like we said, 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:06.860 the person of Christ. 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:08.779 And that person 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:09.259 loved them 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:09.860 really enough 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:10.959 to give up his life 00:12:10.959 --> 00:12:11.459 for them. 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:13.179 I began to wonder, 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:14.620 how much of what 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:15.559 I have learned 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:16.439 about both Islam 00:12:16.439 --> 00:12:17.120 and Christianity 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:18.120 is wrong. 00:12:19.620 --> 00:12:20.220 So this was 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:21.620 very difficult for me. 00:12:22.580 --> 00:12:23.620 It brought about 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:24.919 an identity crisis. 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:27.299 Could everything 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:28.519 my family and society 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:29.139 taught me 00:12:29.139 --> 00:12:30.299 about Islam and Christianity 00:12:30.299 --> 00:12:31.440 be untrue? 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:35.940 My whole sense 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:37.100 of reality and truth 00:12:37.100 --> 00:12:37.960 was collapsing 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:39.440 right in front of my eyes. 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:40.799 What would I do 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:42.440 if my whole belief system 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:43.279 were a lie? 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:47.379 I came to recognize 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:48.740 that I would never 00:12:48.740 --> 00:12:49.699 become perfect 00:12:49.699 --> 00:12:50.579 by following 00:12:50.579 --> 00:12:51.779 all the rules 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:52.879 of Islamic law. 00:12:54.079 --> 00:12:55.500 I could never be sure 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:56.860 if my book of good deeds 00:12:56.860 --> 00:12:57.579 would be heavier 00:12:57.579 --> 00:12:59.240 than my book of evil deeds 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:00.120 on judgment day. 00:13:01.579 --> 00:13:02.759 For I believed 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:04.720 Christ could make me perfect. 00:13:05.779 --> 00:13:06.459 See, man, 00:13:06.539 --> 00:13:07.980 he's talking about Jesus. 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:08.759 Come here, dear. 00:13:11.259 --> 00:13:12.680 Since he was perfect, 00:13:12.820 --> 00:13:13.680 I could claim 00:13:13.680 --> 00:13:14.580 his perfection 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:15.480 as my own 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:17.080 if I accepted him. 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:19.420 I was about to 00:13:19.420 --> 00:13:19.980 commit 00:13:19.980 --> 00:13:22.659 the unpardonable sin 00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:24.080 that is 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:25.480 blasphemy 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:26.840 putting someone 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:27.539 or something 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:28.180 at the level 00:13:28.180 --> 00:13:28.820 of God, 00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:30.039 namely Jesus Christ. 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:32.019 Would it be worth it? 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:33.139 Should I risk death? 00:13:33.139 --> 00:13:36.779 I became a Christian 00:13:36.779 --> 00:13:37.620 on Christmas Day 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:38.600 in 1977. 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:39.659 I was baptized 00:13:39.659 --> 00:13:40.419 into Christ. 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:41.080 I chose 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:42.120 the Christian name 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:42.699 of Stephen, 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:43.960 the first martyr, 00:13:44.819 --> 00:13:45.639 suspecting 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:46.919 that my own martyrdom 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:48.340 might not be far off. 00:13:49.699 --> 00:13:50.699 Now, how many of you 00:13:50.699 --> 00:13:51.639 changed your name 00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.460 when you became 00:13:52.460 --> 00:13:52.939 a Christian, 00:13:53.419 --> 00:13:54.980 fearing that your martyrdom 00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:56.120 may not be far off? 00:13:57.259 --> 00:13:58.639 He trusted Christ 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:01.240 and God changed his life. 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:04.960 There's two important truths 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:06.220 we need to know 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.980 after reading this testimony. 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:09.620 That God 00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:11.159 used the lives 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:11.939 of Christians 00:14:11.939 --> 00:14:12.699 to begin 00:14:12.699 --> 00:14:13.439 his journey 00:14:13.439 --> 00:14:14.159 from Islam 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:14.899 to Christianity, 00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:15.699 from Islam 00:14:15.699 --> 00:14:16.699 to Christ. 00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:20.059 He met some Christians 00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:21.059 and saw their love 00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:21.600 for each other 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.519 and for the Lord Jesus. 00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:23.299 These Christians 00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:24.480 were different. 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.399 He watched 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:27.080 and listened 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:27.620 to them. 00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:30.000 And number two, 00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:31.100 he wanted to know 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:32.679 why they were different. 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:33.379 And this is important. 00:14:33.739 --> 00:14:35.719 Why are these Christians 00:14:35.719 --> 00:14:36.339 different? 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:37.979 And then, 00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:40.120 why they believed 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:41.579 in the Lord Jesus. 00:14:43.199 --> 00:14:43.979 For him, 00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:44.919 it was the kindness 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:45.699 of Christians 00:14:45.699 --> 00:14:46.779 that caused him 00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:47.739 to start thinking 00:14:47.739 --> 00:14:49.739 about the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:50.719 --> 00:14:51.559 Remember, my friends, 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.259 that Muslims 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:53.519 who visit your church 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:54.459 or even those 00:14:54.459 --> 00:14:55.439 that you know 00:14:55.439 --> 00:14:56.079 in your neighborhood, 00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.599 for them, 00:14:57.719 --> 00:14:58.819 you may be 00:14:58.819 --> 00:15:00.359 the very person 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:01.800 who God used 00:15:01.800 --> 00:15:02.440 to begin 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:03.360 their questioning 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:03.919 about 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:05.820 who is this 00:15:05.820 --> 00:15:06.460 Jesus 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:07.919 that God 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:08.840 can use you. 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:12.460 See, my friends, 00:15:12.580 --> 00:15:13.419 evangelism 00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:15.320 is always done 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:16.440 in relationship. 00:15:18.820 --> 00:15:20.180 It's also done 00:15:20.180 --> 00:15:21.180 in community. 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:22.379 The community 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:23.279 of God's people. 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:24.180 God uses 00:15:24.180 --> 00:15:24.720 his people 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:25.399 of the church 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:26.259 as a witness 00:15:26.259 --> 00:15:26.860 to the truth 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.820 of the Christian faith. 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:28.800 See, mostly, 00:15:29.040 --> 00:15:29.660 whether you think 00:15:29.660 --> 00:15:30.379 so or not, 00:15:30.680 --> 00:15:32.260 Muslims are watching you. 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:34.420 They're watching me. 00:15:35.680 --> 00:15:36.600 They're listening. 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.660 Who are you? 00:15:37.760 --> 00:15:38.500 How do you act? 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:39.340 What do you say? 00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:39.900 How do you treat 00:15:39.900 --> 00:15:40.379 your children? 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.980 How do you work? 00:15:43.920 --> 00:15:45.120 They're watching you. 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:45.740 Whether you think 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.280 so or not, 00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:48.200 they are watching you. 00:15:51.420 --> 00:15:52.400 May God 00:15:52.400 --> 00:15:54.100 bless us 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:55.840 and sharing 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:58.440 with words 00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:59.899 and with our life 00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:00.480 the goodness 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:00.980 of Jesus. 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:01.779 I'm going to do 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.620 one more testimony. 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.500 We've got a few 00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.040 more minutes 00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:05.420 and then we'll 00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:06.680 end with that. 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.300 There was a lady 00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:09.000 from Iran 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.980 who visited 00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.659 our church. 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.840 She came 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:14.120 to the church 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:15.040 to know more 00:16:15.040 --> 00:16:15.720 about British 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.360 culture 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:18.639 since she was 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.340 now a student 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:19.879 in the UK. 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:20.840 In other words, 00:16:21.180 --> 00:16:21.820 she's in Britain. 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:22.540 I'm from Iran. 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:22.960 I know nothing 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:23.580 about Britain. 00:16:24.580 --> 00:16:25.220 I've got a little 00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.780 church to find out 00:16:25.780 --> 00:16:26.560 about British culture. 00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:27.960 That's why she came. 00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:29.060 She even told us 00:16:29.060 --> 00:16:29.820 that's why she came. 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.080 Okay? 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.400 A couple of ladies 00:16:33.400 --> 00:16:33.940 met her 00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:34.780 and started chatting 00:16:34.780 --> 00:16:35.240 with her. 00:16:36.040 --> 00:16:36.840 She did not live 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:38.000 far from the church 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:39.600 so one of the women 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.840 met with her again 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.740 and asked her 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.720 if she would like 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:43.360 to read 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:44.280 some of the Bible 00:16:44.280 --> 00:16:45.680 stories about Jesus. 00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:47.900 Now this woman 00:16:47.900 --> 00:16:48.420 from Iran 00:16:48.420 --> 00:16:49.600 said yes. 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:51.340 And so when she 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:52.060 met with one 00:16:52.059 --> 00:16:52.659 of these women 00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:53.359 she brought 00:16:53.359 --> 00:16:54.259 a list of 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:55.359 questions to 00:16:55.359 --> 00:16:56.279 ask her. 00:16:57.819 --> 00:16:58.559 These questions 00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.379 had come from 00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:00.039 what she had 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.799 learned about 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.559 Christianity 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:02.319 when she was 00:17:02.319 --> 00:17:03.039 in Iran 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:04.200 from Muslim 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:04.659 sources. 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:07.059 The first question 00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:07.480 was 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.559 did Jesus 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.220 preach 00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:09.700 when he was 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.119 a newborn 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:10.700 baby? 00:17:12.379 --> 00:17:12.879 That sounds 00:17:12.879 --> 00:17:13.659 bizarre to you 00:17:13.659 --> 00:17:14.200 but in the 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:14.679 Quran 00:17:14.679 --> 00:17:15.879 immediately 00:17:15.879 --> 00:17:16.759 after Jesus 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.220 was born 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.619 he started 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:18.099 preaching. 00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:22.179 and this lady 00:17:22.179 --> 00:17:22.559 said 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.199 it didn't 00:17:23.199 --> 00:17:23.579 happen. 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.759 And so she 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:25.899 said 00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.579 what do you 00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:26.779 mean it 00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:26.919 didn't 00:17:26.919 --> 00:17:27.159 happen? 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:28.179 But then 00:17:28.179 --> 00:17:29.199 this lady 00:17:29.199 --> 00:17:29.599 said 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:30.219 I'm only 00:17:30.219 --> 00:17:30.519 going to 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.099 tell you 00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:31.959 what God's 00:17:31.959 --> 00:17:32.579 word says 00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.000 and nothing 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.419 else. 00:17:33.919 --> 00:17:34.579 And the woman 00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.240 was impressed 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:35.839 by that. 00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.419 What does 00:17:37.419 --> 00:17:37.899 God's word 00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:38.039 say? 00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:38.519 She's okay 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:39.159 just tell me 00:17:39.159 --> 00:17:39.359 that. 00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:39.959 And she 00:17:39.959 --> 00:17:40.399 was pleased 00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:40.879 with that. 00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:41.779 But her 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.519 next question 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.539 was how 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:44.319 can Jesus 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:45.259 be the 00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:46.299 son of 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:46.659 God? 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.079 How can 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.799 God have 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.259 children? 00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:48.659 She didn't 00:17:48.659 --> 00:17:49.339 understand all 00:17:49.339 --> 00:17:49.859 about Jesus 00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.180 being the 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.419 son of 00:17:50.419 --> 00:17:50.619 God. 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.480 Well they 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:53.059 talked about 00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:53.759 that issue 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.319 a little bit 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:54.899 but mainly 00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:55.419 they started 00:17:55.419 --> 00:17:55.919 reading through 00:17:55.919 --> 00:17:56.440 the gospel 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:57.200 of Mark. 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:58.740 And she 00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.539 was amazed 00:17:59.539 --> 00:17:59.940 at what 00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.740 Jesus said 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.119 and did. 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:01.919 Remember 00:18:01.919 --> 00:18:03.220 she never 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:03.740 read the 00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.039 gospel. 00:18:04.919 --> 00:18:05.419 Almost 00:18:05.419 --> 00:18:07.039 99% of 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.399 the Muslims 00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:08.039 have never 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:08.460 read the 00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:08.879 gospels. 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.200 They have 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:09.759 no idea 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.139 again who 00:18:10.139 --> 00:18:10.599 Jesus is. 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.339 She started 00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:11.720 reading the 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.259 gospels and 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.839 her impression 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.960 was wow 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:14.500 Jesus is 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:14.839 different. 00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:16.039 Yes 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.619 Jesus is 00:18:16.619 --> 00:18:16.960 different. 00:18:18.159 --> 00:18:18.559 How can 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.019 you not 00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.519 see that 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:19.940 reading the 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.559 gospels? 00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:23.700 And her 00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.480 heart began 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.299 to change. 00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:26.779 And what 00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:28.539 made the 00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.440 biggest change 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:29.940 for her 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:31.980 she saw 00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.799 how Jesus 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.500 cared for 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:33.879 women. 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.460 She says 00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:37.379 I have 00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:38.319 never heard 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.059 anything like 00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.539 this before 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.240 in my life. 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:41.799 She says 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.799 I want to 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.240 know who 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:43.720 this Jesus 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:44.099 is. 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:44.539 Isn't that 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:44.819 good? 00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:46.079 Isn't 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:46.539 that great? 00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:48.980 So one 00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:49.259 night 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:50.819 our church 00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.059 there was 00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:51.539 a baptism 00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:51.879 of a 00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:52.099 young 00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:52.480 lady 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.299 and 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:55.179 after the 00:18:55.179 --> 00:18:55.740 baptism 00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.419 the lady 00:18:56.419 --> 00:18:57.119 from Iran 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:58.539 said that 00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:59.019 she wanted 00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.259 to be 00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.639 baptized. 00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.460 She said 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.439 well you 00:19:02.439 --> 00:19:02.700 need to 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.019 believe in 00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.519 Jesus to 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.079 be baptized. 00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.059 She says 00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:06.039 I want to 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.419 be a 00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:06.819 father with 00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:06.960 Jesus. 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:08.039 So she 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:09.359 prayed to 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:09.619 receive 00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.200 Christ 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.960 and then 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:12.279 she was 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:13.160 discipled 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.440 for a 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:13.840 while and 00:19:13.840 --> 00:19:14.200 then she 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.900 was baptized 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.420 at a 00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:15.940 later date 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.299 and she's 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:17.279 now still 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:18.580 following the 00:19:18.580 --> 00:19:19.100 Lord Jesus 00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:19.660 Christ. 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:20.880 See 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:22.140 God did a 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:22.660 great work 00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:22.880 in her 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.279 life. 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.660 She may 00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.039 have come 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.559 to church 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:26.880 for the 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.180 wrong 00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:27.700 reason 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.980 but God 00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.920 changed her 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.440 heart. 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.480 And also 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:33.259 these two 00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:33.799 Christian 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.819 ladies loved 00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.600 her enough 00:19:35.600 --> 00:19:36.620 to talk 00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:37.039 with her 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.480 about the 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.059 Lord Jesus. 00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:40.639 she was 00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:41.480 amazed at 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:41.940 how much 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.659 Jesus cared 00:19:42.659 --> 00:19:43.240 and loved 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.639 others 00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:44.099 especially 00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.659 women as 00:19:44.659 --> 00:19:45.099 I said. 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:46.159 She came 00:19:46.159 --> 00:19:46.659 to see her 00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:47.599 own sin 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.039 and her 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.379 need of 00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:48.839 a savior. 00:19:49.679 --> 00:19:50.019 And throughout 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.740 this entire 00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:51.779 time many 00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.359 many people 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.819 were praying 00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.159 for her 00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:53.379 in the 00:19:53.379 --> 00:19:53.720 church. 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:56.139 And God 00:19:56.139 --> 00:19:56.819 opened her 00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:57.839 heart and 00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.500 she is now 00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.079 a follower 00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.819 of Jesus. 00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.339 Wish you 00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:01.700 could meet 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.220 her one 00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.460 day. 00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:05.200 See both 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.480 of these 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.059 testimonies 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.720 began with 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.919 God moving 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.519 them 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.620 toward a 00:20:09.620 --> 00:20:10.200 location 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.460 where 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:10.840 Christians 00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:11.060 were 00:20:11.060 --> 00:20:11.480 present. 00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.200 Now it 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.660 also means 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.140 that God 00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.980 moves us 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.380 toward a 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:14.640 location 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:14.800 where 00:20:14.800 --> 00:20:15.220 most of 00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:15.240 them 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.360 are 00:20:15.360 --> 00:20:15.740 located. 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:16.200 But in 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.480 these 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.240 testimonies 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.560 they came 00:20:18.560 --> 00:20:19.100 and met 00:20:19.100 --> 00:20:19.620 Christians. 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.100 They saw, 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.940 they listened, 00:20:22.820 --> 00:20:23.380 and God 00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:24.120 used that 00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:25.759 to convince 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.340 them there's 00:20:26.340 --> 00:20:26.660 something 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.259 different 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.820 about the 00:20:28.820 --> 00:20:29.320 Christians 00:20:29.320 --> 00:20:30.080 which led 00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:30.340 them to 00:20:30.340 --> 00:20:31.140 think about 00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:31.759 why are 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.300 they different 00:20:32.300 --> 00:20:32.860 and that 00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:33.300 difference 00:20:33.300 --> 00:20:33.960 is Jesus. 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:36.820 And so 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:38.879 we all 00:20:38.879 --> 00:20:39.139 need to 00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.419 have a 00:20:39.419 --> 00:20:39.899 philosophy 00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:40.539 of ministry. 00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:40.939 Like I 00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:41.220 have a 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.679 philosophy 00:20:41.679 --> 00:20:42.079 of ministry. 00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:42.539 Here's what 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.319 I do. 00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:43.859 This is what 00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.259 I keep 00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.539 in my 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.480 head and 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.059 hopefully in 00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.659 my heart 00:20:46.659 --> 00:20:48.159 is that I 00:20:48.159 --> 00:20:48.819 want to 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.700 listen well, 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.639 I want to 00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.480 love well, 00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:54.000 and speak 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.419 well, 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:54.980 and pray 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.339 well. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.939 That's what, 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.500 that's my 00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.039 ministry. 00:20:59.679 --> 00:21:00.159 Listen, 00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:00.720 love, 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.179 speak, 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.759 and pray. 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.099 And you 00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.500 can do 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:03.939 that. 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.680 That's 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.259 what God 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.240 has called 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.519 you to 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:06.740 do. 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.600 Well, 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:07.980 we're not 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.100 going to 00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:08.440 have time 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:08.980 to look 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.380 at those. 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.000 I want 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:11.160 to look 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:11.480 at one 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.039 more thing 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:13.080 in Matthew 00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:13.600 9, 00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.960 before we 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.360 end. 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.120 Jesus 00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:16.640 says in 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:16.960 Matthew 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.559 9, 00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:18.620 he says, 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.360 Jesus went 00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:20.120 throughout all 00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.559 the cities 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.080 and villages 00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:21.860 teaching in 00:21:21.860 --> 00:21:22.680 their synagogues 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.320 and proclaiming 00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:23.820 the gospel 00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:24.660 of the kingdom 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.259 and healing 00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.120 every disease 00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.620 and every 00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:27.120 affliction. 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.340 When he 00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:28.980 saw the 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.299 crowds 00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.500 he had 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.080 compassion 00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:30.720 for them 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.320 because they 00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:32.160 are harassed 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:33.080 and helpless 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.960 like sheep 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.619 without a 00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:34.960 shepherd. 00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.019 And I 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.480 love this, 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:37.899 that Jesus 00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:38.359 is walking 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:38.899 around and 00:21:38.899 --> 00:21:39.480 he's looking 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.980 at people 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.619 and we 00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:40.859 need to 00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.299 learn to 00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:41.819 look at 00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.220 people. 00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.579 Look at 00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:43.799 them, 00:21:43.919 --> 00:21:44.559 greet them, 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.319 see them, 00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.119 have that 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:47.000 compassion for 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.319 them. 00:21:48.179 --> 00:21:48.960 They're all 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:50.299 like sheep 00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:51.279 without a 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.619 shepherd and 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.039 they all 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.699 have great 00:21:52.699 --> 00:21:53.179 needs. 00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:53.960 Everyone 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.859 struggles 00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.759 with fear, 00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:56.379 guilt, 00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.139 and shame 00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:57.699 and they 00:21:57.699 --> 00:21:58.279 keep it in 00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.899 themselves 00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.699 and they 00:21:59.699 --> 00:22:00.119 don't say 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.639 a word. 00:22:01.699 --> 00:22:02.419 But once 00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:02.900 you start 00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.380 getting to 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:03.640 know a 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.120 Muslim and 00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.600 sitting down 00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:04.880 with them 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.560 developing a 00:22:05.560 --> 00:22:06.019 relationship, 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.600 things start 00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.160 coming out of 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.460 their heart, 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.920 they'll start 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.360 talking. 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.600 They're all 00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:11.000 hurting, 00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.840 just like you 00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:12.160 and me. 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.940 They want 00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:16.100 somebody who 00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.980 will listen 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:18.120 to them and 00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.840 of course share 00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.400 with them about 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.860 how they can 00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.380 have peace 00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:20.960 with God. 00:22:22.300 --> 00:22:22.820 Now, 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.240 I'm going to 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:26.019 close reading 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.880 from this book. 00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.039 It's a 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.800 testimony of a 00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:30.200 Christian. 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.840 It's an 00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.380 amazing 00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:34.700 testimony. 00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.140 Listen 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.580 carefully 00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:38.920 to what he 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.299 says. 00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.200 And then 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:42.440 see how 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.759 God 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.120 says your 00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:44.340 heart. 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:44.819 He says 00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.539 the 00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.220 Reverend 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.480 Subrani, 00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.220 he was in 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.660 Holland. 00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:51.279 And while 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.580 he was in 00:22:51.580 --> 00:22:52.000 Holland, 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.100 he, 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.039 after 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.840 Theo van 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.459 Goh, 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.559 was murdered, 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.279 all these 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.740 mosques, 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.179 this is back 00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:02.099 in 2004, 00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:02.720 and all 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.459 these mosques 00:23:03.459 --> 00:23:03.980 and churches 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.379 even were 00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.059 being burned 00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.639 down. 00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.259 I mean, 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.179 Muslims were 00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.819 being attacked. 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:12.019 The thing 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.519 was, 00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.720 this pastor 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.519 cared nothing 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.199 for Islam. 00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.859 He didn't 00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.639 like Muslims. 00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:19.639 He didn't 00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.199 care anything 00:23:20.199 --> 00:23:20.899 about Islam 00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.659 at all. 00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:23.519 And it 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:23.819 says, 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.559 he's a very 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:24.980 conservative 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.619 Christian. 00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.579 Pastor 00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:26.819 Subrani 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:28.359 firmly 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.739 insisted that 00:23:29.739 --> 00:23:30.359 Jesus is 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:30.799 the only 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.099 way, 00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:31.439 the only 00:23:31.439 --> 00:23:31.719 truth, 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.399 and the 00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:33.279 only life 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.439 worth having. 00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.359 He 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.419 insisted that 00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:37.239 Islam was 00:23:37.239 --> 00:23:37.739 a false 00:23:37.739 --> 00:23:38.279 religion, 00:23:38.699 --> 00:23:38.879 and he 00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.699 called Allah 00:23:39.699 --> 00:23:40.559 a desert 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.619 demon spirit. 00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.579 For peace 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:42.899 sakes, 00:23:42.979 --> 00:23:43.279 what's he 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.519 doing? 00:23:44.439 --> 00:23:45.079 But that's 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.859 what he's 00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.519 saying there. 00:23:46.739 --> 00:23:47.119 Well, 00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:47.679 who is this 00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:47.939 guy? 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.599 But then 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.099 something 00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.679 happened. 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.259 Sobrani 00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.000 stood up 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.599 and walked 00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.099 to his 00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.539 neighborhood 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.099 mosque. 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.680 He knocked 00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.299 firmly on 00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.740 the door 00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.859 and to the 00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:00.519 shock of the 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.000 Muslims 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.619 huddled 00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.039 inside, 00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.660 he declared 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.119 that he 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.720 would stand 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.640 guard outside 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.259 the mosque 00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.039 every night 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.900 until the 00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.259 Dutch 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.960 attacks 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:09.039 stopped. 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:13.220 But why? 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.880 Why was he 00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.619 doing this? 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.220 He hated 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.819 his slum. 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.299 What possible 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.920 reason would 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.500 this conservative 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.279 Christian give 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.059 to explain 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.599 his actions? 00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.420 What could 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.099 have motivated 00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.819 him of all 00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.339 people to 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.039 do this? 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.740 He showed 00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.659 no appreciation 00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:28.279 for Islamic 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.700 culture, 00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.139 clothing, 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.779 or food. 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.519 He recounted 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.500 no stories 00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.019 of past 00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.439 friendships 00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:34.099 or dialogue 00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.819 with Muslims. 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.500 He couldn't 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.079 care less 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.720 about Muslims 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.179 you think 00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:37.819 by reading 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.099 this. 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.000 But listen 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.259 to what 00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.579 happened 00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:39.919 to his 00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.240 heart. 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.200 When I 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.779 pressed him 00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.399 to explain 00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:44.980 his actions 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.500 to give 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.339 some account 00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.740 why he 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.720 would defend 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.259 a religion 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.039 he so deeply 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.740 disliked, 00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.579 here is what 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.079 he said. 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.079 Jesus, 00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.259 Jesus commanded 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.259 me to love 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.000 my neighbor 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.000 and to love 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.699 my enemy 00:24:58.699 --> 00:24:59.119 too. 00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.039 That's why 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.579 I do it. 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.779 Why? 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.919 To love 00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.599 your neighbor 00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.740 and to love 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.299 your enemy. 00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.859 That's what 00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:09.199 we as the 00:25:09.199 --> 00:25:10.299 church are 00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.939 called to do. 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.519 Let's pray.