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Gift of a Holy Son

The answer was there all along

I was visiting with a pastor in a rural area of Ghana. I asked him how his day had gone and he said, "Great."

I asked him why and he said because he had led a person to faith in Christ that morning.

I asked him how that happened and he said he simply used the Koran.

Now intrigued I asked him how he had done that and he explained.

"The man came to me this morning because his daughter was in our school. He was having difficulties paying for his school fees and wanted to talk about that. After concluding that matter, I asked if he knew that the Koran talked about Jesus. He said he did. Then I asked if he knew what

Sura 19:19-21 says.  We read it together. In part it says that God ‘announced the gift of a holy son...and appoints him as a sign.’ So I told the man that in the Koran God says that his son is a sign for people. I asked him if he believed that God's son was a sign like the Koran says.

He said he did.

Next we read Sura 3:55 that says in part that Allah (God) said ‘I will make those who follow, thee, (Jesus) superior, to those who reject faith.’ So I asked the man if he believed that following Jesus was better than not believing and again he said yes.

Finally I took him to Sura 57:26 that says, "We sent Noah and Abraham...and established in their line prophets and revelations."  So I explained that Jesus indeed in the Koran is in the line of Noah and Abraham, came to reveal God and that those who place their faith in Jesus are better than those who do not believe.

He was ready to believe and prayed with me to place his faith in Christ."

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