Whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service

terrorismAt the time of writing there has been as spate of terrorist attacks in Brussels, and particularly on Christians in Lahore, Pakistan this Easter Sunday. We are reminded of that verse in John 16 – ‘They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me’ (v. 2-3).

March 2016

Islam or Christian – does it matter?

Dead religion is dead religion. Paul said I’m a Pharisee!’ That was his religion.

I have been thinking: Suppose I was in Iraq and my town was overrun by the ISIS terrorists, forcing me, along with all other Christians to flee. Or worse, I was captured, what would I do?

islam-to-christianity

Dead religion is dead religion. Paul said I’m a Pharisee!’ That was his religion.

I have been thinking: Suppose I was in Iraq and my town was overrun by the ISIS terrorists, forcing me, along with all other Christians to flee. Or worse, I was captured, what would I do?

Assuming I was not shot, they might say ‘Will you convert to Islam?’ How would I answer? Of course I could say ‘No way!’ – so I would be shot – absent from the body and present with the Lord – a blessed end, but is this the end that God would have wanted for me?

I thought about the Lord before Pontius Pilate. He stood His ground – not compromising, but not incriminating Himself. Even more Paul – maybe he overstepped the mark in guile (not like the Lord), when he split the Pharisees and Sadducees, but he said that he was a Pharisee. It did not matter to him if he ws classed as belonging to just another Jewish sect in the way which they call sect, so I serve my fathers’ God. (Acts 24:14)

So I could say ‘I’m under islam’ (small-s – but I would be speaking anyway). Let’s face it: ‘islam’ means submission [to the will of God and obedience to His law]. I have no problem with that.

Of course if they asked me to deny my Saviour I could not do that. But what if I am told to recite ‘La illaha illa Allah’ – There is no God but God (Arab Christians call God Allah) – I could even say – and Mohammed is a prophet of a god (small-g). Would they notice?

Then I could go on testifying to Jesus – maybe even those terrorist might be brought to repentance,

 

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