Bible Question: What do you guys know about Islam? Why is Islam growing so fast? and Christianity growing so slow? What can Christians do to spread God's Word faster than the Islams? |
Bible Answer: generally, i inform you that modern Islam has been riddled with radical uprisings and political outbursts, including manhunts and assassinations of gov leaders especially since the 1960s Islam grows faster than Christianity because converts prefer simplified religion. Christianity is quite abstract for new believers eg Doctrines on Trinity, Salvation, Sanctification, Gifts, Fruits of Spirit, Obligations to everyone else incl. church not many can make out much from volumes of Systematic Theology, even if it's just a one volume one tailored for laymen like Wayne Grudem's i am committed to praying for believers in Islamic countries who are limited by their circumstances in their ability to Witness for Jesus. i use this simplified adult english translation Psalm 22 For the director of music. A psalm of David to the tune of "The Doe of the Morning." 1 My God, my God, why have you deserted me? Why do you seem to be so far away when I need you to save me? Why do you seem to be so far away that you can't hear my groans? 2 My God, I cry out in the daytime. But you don't answer. I cry out at night. I can't keep quiet. 3 But you rule from your throne as the Holy One. You are the God Israel praises. 4 Our people of long ago put their trust in you. They trusted in you, and you saved them. 5 They cried out to you and were saved. They trusted in you, and you didn't let them down. 6 People treat me like a worm and not a man. They hate me and look down on me. 7 All those who see me laugh at me. They shout at me and make fun of me. They shake their heads at me. 8 They say, "He trusts in the Lord. Let the Lord help him. If the Lord is pleased with him, let him save him." 9 But you brought me out of my mother's body. You made me trust in you even when I was at my mother's breast. 10 From the time I was born, you took good care of me. Ever since I came out of my mother's body, you have been my God. 11 Don't be far away from me. Trouble is near, and there is no one to help me. 12 Many enemies are all around me. They are like strong bulls from the land of Bashan. 13 They are like roaring lions that tear to pieces what they kill. They open their mouths wide to attack me. 14 My strength is like water that is poured out on the ground. I feel as if my bones aren't connected. My heart has turned to wax. It has melted away inside me. 15 My strength is dried up like a piece of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You bring me down to the edge of the grave. 16 A group of sinful people has closed in on me. They are all around me like a pack of dogs. They have pierced my hands and my feet. ... 26 Those who are poor will eat and be satisfied. Those who look to the Lord will praise him. May their hearts be filled with new hope! 27 People from one end of the earth to the other will remember and turn to the Lord. The people of all the nations will bow down before him. 28 The Lord is King. He rules over the nations. 29 All the rich people of the earth will worship God and take part in his feasts. All those who go down to the edge of the grave will fall on their knees in front of him. I'm talking about those who can hardly keep themselves alive. 30 Those who are not yet born will serve him. Those who are born later will be told about the Lord. 31 And they will tell people who have not yet been born that he has done what is right. New International Reader's Version (NIRV) Copyright © 1996, 1998 by International Bible Society |
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