Continued from Facebook.
As I was saying before I interrupted myself, the Muslim vendors were aggressively attempting to distribute their literature. When not engaged in a heated discussion, they were going from pop-up to pop-up and attendee to attendee, trying to push a bag of literature into anyone’s hands who would unknowingly take it. They were almost as bad as the J.W.s.
I have read their literature. They claim to be a religion of peace. But is that really true? I’ve read parts of their Quran. It tells them to conquer with the pen, the word or the sword. If history teaches us anything, we know the pervasive nature of Islam. Now, there may be some Muslims, like Christians and Jews who simply want to be left alone to enjoy the American dream, but there are others who follow the Quran strictly. And it is they who worry me.
Fortunately, there was a strong presence of the Christian faith on full display. Young people with signs and placards walking up and down the street singing and declaring “Jesus is Lord.” I was very proud of them. Others were handing out Gospel tracts. As I said, there was a spiritual battle going on and we were right in the middle of it. When a young boy not older than 12 approached, offering me a bag filled with Islamic Literature, I engaged him in conversation. He was well indoctrinated. He claimed Jesus was not God. I pointed him to the cross and the empty tomb. He said, “Prove it.” I countered with the fact that there were over 500 people who saw the risen Christ. He quickly beat a hasty retreat.
I am fairly certain that the Muslim clerics holding court in their booth ten spaces down from mine, got an ear full. And I am just as certain that they rejected the truth as they have for hundreds of years, but at least they heard...that 11 year-old boy did. We can only pray that our testimony will resonate with some of them. The battle is not simply political. Islam is a religion, a religion which rejects the Biblical view of God, i. e. who Jesus is. Allah is not God. Not the God of the Bible. He is a concoction of a drug-induced mad-man who married a teenage girl, and would give his male followers permission to do the same. The Quran must be exposed as the fraudulent, twisted, confusing and contradictory piece of literature ever written. The only antidote to the infection of Islam is prayer, Biblically sound preaching, and an ample amount of God’s love displayed by His children.
Many years ago, a man wearing Muslim attire approached me at a gas station. It was a cold and rainy night, and he said he needed money to hire a locksmith to unlock his apartment door. Whether or not it was true, I can not say, but as I reached into my pocket and prepared to offer him some assistance, he said, “There are three religions (holding up three fingers) that worship one God: the Muslims, the Jews, and the Christians.” To which I said, “True, but only one proclaims their God both died and rose to life and His name is Jesus. And in that name I give you this money.” His mouth fell open, but he accepted what I gave him with thanks. That’s how you win the battle; in the name of Jesus, offered and demonstrated in love.
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