11-year-old Abdel at a Turkey refugee camp spent most evenings reading a New Testament that local Christian workers gave him - to the grief of his Muslim parents. Recently his mother became angry at him and ordered him to do his schoolwork. Abdel told her it reminded him of the passage he had just read in Matthew 19:13-15 about children being kept from drawing close to the Prophet Jesus, as He is known among Muslims. Stunned, his mother asked him where he had read this. Abdel told her the passage was in the Gospel of Matthew. As scripture is given to refugees the missionaries sometimes find children learning the gospel and explaining it to their parents, or vice versa. His mother explained this event to his father and together they sat down and read the New Testament. The missionary said, ‘I am not saying that they accepted Christ immediately, but truly God is doing amazing miracles here.’
Turkey: God’s word transforms refugees
Written by David Fletcher 12 Jan 2023Additional Info
- Pray: for God to help those teaching the Bible to Muslims to overcome prejudices and train those who come to Christ how to refute the biases so that God's amazing work continues. (John 16:33)
- More: www.christianaid.org/missions-insider/2023-gods-word-transforms-refugees-in-turkey/
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