ICC Note

There are still people who, on the road to their “Damascus”, find  Christ.  There are people who persecuted Christians mercilessly, only to find grace and fine the redeeming love of Christ. Let us remember that God found us and loved us first. And let us all remember through this story of a Muslim convert who once attacked Christians, that God not only loves the persecuted but the persecutor too.  Let this be an opportunity to  pray for them and ask that even the most vicious terrorists, most extremist Islam persons, find the love of Christ and stop pursuing Christians  but  chose follow Him. 

12/2/2016 East Africa (Open Doors) Elias* and Adam* are two cousins living in a remote, Muslim-dominated community in East Africa. Read as the two share their story to salvation with Christ.

Elias was the first to come to Christ. After reading the Bible, he was sure that Christ was the Truth. His faith came with much backlash. His entire family, including Adam, shunned and rejected him.

Adam explains, “For me, Islam was the right way to follow. I was committed to it completely. I was very angry at Elias for becoming a Christian. One day, when I saw him in town carrying his Bible, I confronted him. He showed me the verse, John 14:6, where Jesus says, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me.’ I was so insulted. I threw the Bible on the ground and stomped on it.

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