sharing Christ with Muslims
How do I invite Muslims round for a meal?
Unfortunately, most first-generation immigrants have never been invited to a Western home. Even second and third generation Muslims rarely experience this. The solution is very simple: invite them!
There are several reasons that may prevent us from doing this. We can feel just too busy, or that it would be complicated to have someone over we don’t know very well. We may feel uncomfortable about it. But let me encourage you to invite them into your home and persevere with your invitations. This will help your Muslim contacts get used to Western culture. Invite them! They can only say yes or no!
sharing Christ with Muslims
Sharing Jesus with Muslims: The key is relationship
Have you ever had the opportunity to share your testimony or explain the gospel to a Muslim? If so, you have probably realised that simply presenting the essential points of the gospel is not enough to win them over.
Booklets such as The Bridge, The Four Spiritual Laws, Two Ways of Living and Knowing God Personally are very effective tools for explaining the gospel to Muslims. However, be prepared. Once you’ve explained using these materials, you’ve just begun. The Lord is sovereign, He can do anything. But I have rarely heard of a Muslim praying to receive Christ immediately after hearing about the Four Laws. There are important questions about the very nature of God, about Christ and about the Bible that require serious reflection and that a Muslim needs to understand.
sharing Christ with Muslims
Employing the ‘Columbo’ tactic in conversation
If we want to be ambassadors for Christ, having the right answers will not be enough.
We need to do it in such a way that it creates an environment conducive to respectful conversations and allows them to be maintained through difficult moments of disagreement and debate. The best way to achieve that is to ask questions.
