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Their strongest objection comes next: the Qur'an does not teach the Christian blasphemy that he was the Son of God. How then, I ask, does the Qur'an describe Jesus? I ask this knowing the Qur'an goes so far as to say Jesus was the "essence" and "breath of God."

After hearing this discussion one day, a government official stood up and said to the group, "We know there is a division between Christianity and Islam over Jesus being the Son of God. The more I come to know Jesus, however, the more I see him as being God. If he is the breath and essence of God, that means he is God." That's what it is all about: to help somebody come to the position that is not the "Christian viewpoint" or the "Islamic viewpoint," but the Jesus viewpoint.

Today, because of the faithful witness of local believers over the years, I'm happy to say that in the Parliament of my country and of several surrounding countries there are Parliament members who meet together weekly to study the Word and to pray. Naturally speaking, this could never have happened, for sociologically they are Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. But the barriers society and religion have built between them, Jesus has torn down. They are followers of Jesus Christ. Please remember these brothers and sisters in your prayers.

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November 16 1998, Vol. 42, No. 13