“Muslims are not the enemy they are the prize. “If the end goal is the conversion of the Muslim and not the security of the believer, you’ll get both the person is no longer your enemy, but your brother or sister. Instead of looking for protection for ourselves, we should be looking for protection for our Muslim friends,” urged Nasser. “Wanting to convert someone just because they want to kill you isn’t necessarily a bad motivation, but there is a much greater one. Before He tells her not to sin, He just comes and sits with her.”Īnd like Jesus, our motivation to share the Gospel with followers of Islam should not be out of fear, but out of love. Take, for example, the woman at the well. Find some commonality, then share Christ,” he explained. “Some people jump the gun and immediately begin the conversation. We must verbally share the Gospel, but in the right way. Nasser adds that while relationships are foundational in bringing people of Islam into the Kingdom of God, it’s not enough. It’s amazing what people will volunteer if you just start asking them questions (about their beliefs),” he said. An important part of that is to do an ‘MRI’-look into the life of that person. “We need to familiarize ourselves with their beliefs. Part of being culturally sensitive, Nasser explained, is self-education. Find out what their lives were like back home. Simply develop a friendship by serving.”Īnother important thing to remember when making new Muslim friends, Nasser says, is to be culturally sensitive: “Allow their culture to infiltrate your life. When you get to know them, offer to babysit their kids so they can go out on a date. Or show up with a casserole if they have just moved in. Maybe they have kids the same age as yours. Nasser explained what this might look like in real life: “If you have Muslim neighbors, take time to learn their names. In these cases, he says, we must find commonality and build relationships. And that’s what the people from that Baptist church in Birmingham did for us.” “But once you look outside of that bubble you might find you have a Muslim friend at work, or a Pakistani family that has moved into your neighborhood.
“When we say ‘reaching someone,’ they are imaginary people until we get out of our circles,” he explained. It’s also an example of what Nasser believes is necessary to reach Islamic followers for Christ.
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This was part of a series of events that led the entire Nasser family to the Lord. He explained that the Iranian restaurateur needed help and boldly explained that whoever was in choir would be required to sign up for shifts at his restaurant. One of those church members, who happened to be the worship leader at the church, brought Nasser’s father to choir practice. They rolled up their sleeves and began waiting tables. Members of a local church were patrons of the restaurant, and noticed that Nasser’s father was running low on staff. Several years later, his parents became owners of a restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama. On paper, David Nasser isn’t someone who should be sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, let alone a vice president at Liberty University.Īs a child, Nasser moved from his native Iran to the United States with his culturally Muslim family during the Iranian revolution. "We are part of the only kingdom where the King of our kingdom died for His enemies. "Muslims are not the enemy they are the prize," says former Muslim David Nasser.
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