Aug 14, 2008
FOXNews.com has a fascinating article about Mosab Hassan Yousef son of someone in the leadership of Hamas. The article is mostly interview form and centers on Yousef's conversion to Christianity from the religion of peace. In commenting on what other Muslim's think of his conversion he provides one of my favorite quotes from the piece:
Yeah, they think that Christians took advantage of me, and this is completely wrong. I've been a Christian for a long time before they knew, or anyone knew. I love Jesus, I followed him for many years now. It wasn't a secret for most of the time, and this time I just did it to glorify the name of God and praise him. They're not dealing with a regular Muslim. They know that I'm educated, they know that I studied, they know that I studied Islam and Christianity. When I made my decision, I didn't make it because someone did magic on me or convinced me. It was completely my decision.
There is also a video report which I have embedded here as well:
Comments
Incredible testimony. I do have to challenge the thought/belief; however, that his decision was completely his based on any work of his own doing as far as being an educated one. What about Zacharias coming to see Jesus in the middle of the night? One of probably the most educated men of his day walked away from Jesus' challenge to sell everything he had and follow Him.
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Posted by: sheldon jones | August 15, 2008 11:20 PM
Sheldon,
Agree brother - I think his point in the above quote was that no Christians brainwashed him or made him believe things he did not understand...
Romans teaches exactly what you are getting at: "So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy"
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Posted by: Reid | August 16, 2008 07:11 AM