It was in November 2013 I
started having those dreams. I would see a man beckoning on me to follow him
and when I got close he disappeared. I realised he was Prophet Isa: the one the
Christians call Jesus Christ. When it happened the third time I was no longer
myself but I had decided to follow him. I was a driver in Gombe state at that
time and had studied up to a higher institution. My near relation living with
me noticed something was happening to me and began asking me what was wrong. I
told him about the dreams and he became alarmed. He warned me of the
consequences of becoming a Christian; consequences I know only too well. The family members have the duty of killing
such a one. When my father got to hear he sent for me and asked me about
it. After I told him he asked me the consequence of becoming a Christian. I
told him. He said it was good I knew the consequences. You
will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will come when those who
kill you will think that by doing this they are serving God Jn 16:2(GNB).
A little later I saw he had
gathered a family meeting and realised my life was in danger. The following
morning I left for the park not knowing where to flee to. I saw a vehicle
headed for Enugu that needed just two passengers and entered it. I had never
been there before and knew no one there. When we arrived in the night I chose
to stop by the polo park seeing there was a campus next to it. I felt I would
get shelter there. I took shelter in the campus and sought to join a nearby church
but they were suspicious of me and none of them took me in. When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join
the disciples, but they all were afraid of him because they wouldn't believe he
was a disciple Act 9:26(ISV). I spent a month eating unripe
mangoes and staying on the campus. Eventually I got introduced to a pastor who
agreed that I pack in with him. He was staying in one room. To my horror he
would be visited by female members of his congregation and would sleep with
them. I had to move out any night they came. Two sisters were involved without
knowing they were sleeping with the same man. I was tempted to return to Islam.
Eventually I left him and to cover up he accused me of stealing his money. In ... dangers of rivers, in dangers of robbers, in
dangers from my own race, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the city,
in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers in the sea, in dangers among false
brothers; 2Cor 11:26(EMTV). A bible passage kept popping up to me about that
time encouraging me that we must pass through persecution, and I reconnected
with the first church. They now told me they had been watching me as I kept
coming for programs every month and were now convinced I was genuine. God has
brought me to other Muslims like myself in Enugu who have turned to Christ. I
now train as a missionary to reach Muslims and intend to return to Gombe with
the gospel someday. I will continue to rescue you from your people and
from the gentiles to whom I am sending you Act 26:17(ISV). ‘Abdul’ works with Gospel Across Barriers
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