An Experiment and Some Guidelines for Muslims
By Jim Croft
Valley of decision
If you are a Muslim, I know that the contents of Islam Review’s
website might be painful and perhaps infuriating for you. You
know that the behaviors that have been cited in the various articles
are not rare occurrences. If you are residing in a Western democracy,
you likely immigrated to escape the stifling influences endemic
with Islamic regimes. I entreat you not to dismiss that which
has been stated by rationalizing that every religion undergoes
periods of unbecoming policies. Most religions have modified their
former abusive excesses. This was done to keep pace with universally
accepted standards that demand respect for every individual’s
right to freedom of choice. Any spiritual discipline that habitually
insults basic human dignities is at risk of falling into disfavor
and becoming obsolete. The seeds one sows tend to reap multiplied
crops of that which was sown. If we have been intolerant of others,
vast numbers will be harsher with us.
Islam’s current reputation is deplorable to the global community.
At this juncture, liberal France is concerned with the growth
of Islamic fundamentalism. It has recently enacted a law forbidding
female Muslims to wear head coverings in public schools. Belgium
is considering the same and many German provinces already have
them in place. France’s interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy,
is threatening to expel any foreign Muslim religious leader who
disseminates extremist propaganda. Should this occur, it could
eventually escalate to include every foreign Muslim. Historically,
it has happened to other groups, and history does repeat itself.
If France provides a precedent, other democracies could follow
suit. Many want to be rid of elements that have proved to be subversive.
Without question, the propensity of Islam to assert its will on
non-Muslim populations is becoming increasingly disconcerting
within numerous countries.
Apparently Islam’s reputation is also disconcerting to those
within its own ranks. Its ineptness at producing productive cultures
for the nations it controls and its various barbarous policies
are costly. According to an article posted in 2004 on the Arabic
version of the Al-Jazeera news network’s website, it is
losing millions of members each year. In Africa alone it is losing
six million adherents per year. The article’s complaint
was that the majority of them are converting to Christianity.
It also inferred serious concerns about the masses of the world’s
Muslim intellectuals who are making an exodus from Islam. In this
regard, Iran and Western democracies have been especially hard
hit. Interestingly, the reasons for departure that the educated
cite are precisely the issues that are addressed in this website.
Surely, there is a message in all of this for you.
Muslim friend, the True God has been confronting you with a choice
as you have reviewed these articles. It pertains to your earthly
and eternal destiny. You are likely Islamic by birth rather than
choice. Liberate yourself and your descendants by committing yourself
to a religion that bears evidence of the blessings of God. Christians
are not perfect, and Christendom certainly has a few problems.
But, between Islam and Christianity, when it comes to objective
evidence of God’s affirmation, Islam is overwhelmingly outweighed.
As you ponder these matters, there are questions that you must
resolve. What is it about Islam that causes its adherents to engage
in, or to routinely acquiesce to, practices that other religions
find objectionable? Does the content of the Koran have a greater
tendency to enhance people’s compassion for their fellow
man or their inclination for barbarism? Is there any objective
evidence that God endorses Islam more than any other religion?
If you had not been born into a Muslim family, would the overall
quality of life demonstrated by the world’s Muslim populations
attract you to Islam?
Invitation to experiment
Hopefully, you are willing to engage in an experiment that
has transformed the lives of thousands of Muslims. As you have
seen from reading the testimonies posted on this website, God
has a special love for Muslims. He often reveals Himself to those
from Islamic backgrounds through supernatural experiences that
are out of the ordinary from that which most Christians experience.
It is not uncommon for them to receive supernatural dreams and
visions in which the Lord reveals Himself and points to the way
of salvation through Jesus Christ. Many hear His voice speaking
their names. God the Father knows your name. Jesus is waiting
for your heart cry to know the True and Living God. His desire
is that you no longer labor to appease a remote god who gives
you no assurances that your prayers are heard. Here is the experiment
with which I challenge you. Ask God the Father to reveal Jesus
to you through the power of the Holy Spirit. I assure you
that you will not be disappointed. He has appeared to thousands
of Muslims in various ways. He will grace you with a spiritual
encounter that will thoroughly convince you that Jesus is the
Living Son of God. He knows that the spiritual obstacles that
Islam has established in your heart require extraordinary signs
to convince you that Jesus is the Way. Therefore, He routinely
gives Muslims supernatural revelations. Such are the vehicles
that He uses to launch Muslims, like you, into lives of joyful,
intimate, two-way relationships with Himself and His Son, Jesus.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by saying that
simple prayer. It has revolutionized the lives of many Muslims.
Yours can be too. It is something wonderful, why shouldn’t
you experience it?
Especially for Muslims
Unless a minister was either born into a Muslim home or has
studied Islam for years, they have no conception of the challenges
that face Muslims who convert to Christ. Few understand the peer
pressures and the intensities of the spiritual warfare that can
assault you. I want to share some insights with you that will
make your journey as a new Christian easier.
- Know your enemy – You have previously been a devotee
to a religion that is empowered by the satanic spirit of anti-Christ.
Satan will use every device and every demon available to disrupt
your enthusiasm for your newfound faith. For this reason you must
avail yourself of every spiritual weapon in God’s vast arsenal.
You will need to sleep, eat, and drink the Word of God. Every
time the Devil pops a negative thought about Christianity into
your mind you must respond instantly with praises and confessions
of what the Bible says the blood of Jesus has done on your behalf.
Along with that, you should command the spirits of unbelief and
discouragement to leave you in Jesus’ name. This is what
the Bible defines as resisting the Devil. Its promise is that
he will flee from you.
- Repent and renounce – Your years of quoting the Koran
and reciting the Salat have established a stronghold in your heart
and mind that must be broken. Repent for your homage to the Koran
and ask the Lord to shatter its walls in your mind. It is also
helpful to sever the soul-tie that you might have to the Mullah
whose voice you followed as he taught you Koranic verses in Arabic.
That can be accomplished by specifically renouncing him by name.
And last, but not least, it is essential that you renounce Muhammad’s
Allah and the Shahada.
- Your blood confession – The following is a prayer that
will liberate you from all of the aforementioned bondages. Through
the blood of Jesus all of my sins are forgiven. I am redeemed,
cleansed and forgiven by the blood of Jesus. I hereby repent of
every connection that I have had with Islam. I renounce the concepts
that Muhammad’s Allah is God and that the Shahada is a godly
confession of faith. I do not believe that Muhammad was a true
prophet and apostle. God is One by the fact that three distinct
Divine persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit flow in
unified harmony. I believe that Jesus Christ, of Nazareth, was
physically raised from the dead by the Holy Spirit. Jesus is my
Prophet who gives direction to my life. He is the Apostle of my
faith who empowers me to overcome Satan. The Koran is not divinely
inspired, only the Bible is the true Word of God. I renounce the
Mullah (insert his name) who taught me the Koran. I sever the
umbilical cord of any soul-tie to him in the name of Jesus. The
Word of the Lord is like a hammer that breaks the rocks in pieces.
It now shatters the demonic Koranic and Sharia walls of Islam
in my heart and mind. From this point forward Satan and the anti-Christ
spirit of Islam have no power over me, and no unsettled claims
against me. Islam and Satan are vanquished from my life by the
blood of Jesus. My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. The
members of my body are instruments of righteousness, yielded to
God for His glory and His service. I will never again kneel toward
Mecca. I will worship the Living God in spirit and truth anywhere,
at anytime. Lord, I praise Your name that I am a new creation
in Christ Jesus. For me, all things are new and all things pertaining
to me are of God. In Jesus name, Amen!
- Baptisms – The foundation doctrines of the Christian
faith are found in Hebrews 6:1-3. They are repentance from dead
works (adherence to the Sharia in an effort to appease Allah is
a work that produces death); faith towards God; the doctrines
of baptisms; laying on of hands; the resurrection from the dead;
and the eternal judgment. Your building permit to advance in Christian
maturity is predicated upon becoming familiar with these doctrines.
Notice that the word baptisms is in the plural. There are two
forms that are essential for you. One is baptism in water by immersion.
The other is the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Baptism in water
is not an empty ritual like Islam’s ablutions, which have
to be conducted five times daily before performing each session
of the Salat. It is a onetime initiation into Christianity that
is your personal identification with the death, burial and resurrection
of the Lord Jesus Christ. When you are immersed you are demonstrating
that when Jesus died and was buried that by faith you were in
Him and were also simultaneously buried. The Muslim that once
feared breaking one of the Sharia Laws is dead and buried. As
you arise from the waters of baptism you are signaling that when
Jesus arose from the dead, you also arose from the dead. You are
no longer the slave of Muhammad, but rather a member of the Body
of Christ and a beloved child of God. I heartedly suggest that
you do the following when you are baptized in water. Tell the
minister what you chronic problems are with sin, emotional issues
and your health. Ask him to state that those specific problems
are being buried as he puts you under the water. Then ask him
to proclaim that as you come forth from the waters that you are
arising to newness of life. Through the years many people have
testified that this practice has liberated them from lifelong
troublesome issues. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is an immersion
in the Holy Spirit that comes at your request, subsequent to your
salvation experience. It equips you with the supernatural gifts
of the Spirit that will enable you to function in power, as did
the early apostles.
- Get into a good fellowship – Regular sessions of fellowship
are the lifeblood for all believers. While you listen to sermons
it edifies your spirit. The other members of the church have gifts
of the Holy Spirit that you need exercised on your behalf. Likewise,
you have gifts that they need. God has designed the Body of Christ
in manner that partially makes us interdependent upon one another
on the earthly plain, as everyone looks to the Lord and is filled
with the Holy Spirit.
- Stay in the Word and prayer – Reading the Bible in a
language that you understand is not like it was when you read
the Koran in Arabic and attempted to decipher meaning from its
confusion. The author of the Bible is the Holy Spirit. Each time
that you prayerfully approach His Word He is there, as your onsite
personal guide. You will hear the voice of God and receive guidance
for every aspect of your life, as you read the Bible. The power
of prayer cannot be overemphasized. It is your most viable tool
in warding off the powers of evil and apprehending God’s
best for you and your family. It should always be punctuated by
intermittent praise and thanksgiving to God.
- Witness – Share your testimonies of God’s power
in your life with everyone who will listen to you. Be bold enough
to step out in faith by praying for people’s healings. Those
who have been healed of sicknesses as the result of your prayers
are much more apt to listen to the Gospel through you.
By personal experience, I can promise that if you follow these
steps, you will enjoy a victorious Christian life. That is my
prayer for you. Please contact Islam Review if you have any questions
pertaining to the Spirit-filled life in Christ. We also eagerly
await the testimonies of what God has done in your life.
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