The following is the first in a three-part series about engaging Muslims for Christ. These are modified from my book, Breaking the Islam Code.
Muslims worldwide who come to faith in Christ consistently identify one of three factors leading to their conversion (or a combination of these three).
1. A copy of the Bible is placed in their hands.
When I first arrived in Southeast Asia, the only “win” I counted was a conversion. Because I wasn’t seeing a lot of those, I downgraded my “W’s” to sharing the Four Spiritual Laws. At our team meeting each month, we would share how many people we had walked through the “plan of salvation.”
For Muslims, however, rather than defining your “W” as presenting a gospel formula, make it getting them to study the Bible with you.
A friend of mine, “Danny,” found this out after spending nearly two years debating with a Muslim friend, “Solomon.” Through the course of their friendship, Solomon told Danny that his arguments had not convinced him to be a Christian, but to be a better Muslim! Exasperated, Danny asked Solomon to read through the book of John, and Solomon obliged.
As Solomon read through the gospel, the words pierced his heart in a way that none of Danny’s arguments had. He read and re-read the Gospel of John, and soon came to faith in Jesus. What inspired this change was his exposure to the Word of God.
The Word of God is powerful. Let the Holy Spirit use the Bible to do the work of winning hearts to Christ. As Charles Spurgeon said, the Bible is like a caged lion. When it is attacked, we do not need to defend it; we simply need to let it loose.
