1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,480 S1: Hi friends. Thanks so much for downloading this podcast, and 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:06,000 S1: I hope truly that you will hear something that will encourage, edify, equip, 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,360 S1: and enlighten you to get out there and influence and 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,040 S1: occupy until he comes. And on that note, may I 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,080 S1: take just a few moments here to describe this month's 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,920 S1: truth tool? It's by pastor Jack Hibbs. He's written the 7 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,040 S1: book called Called to Take a Bold Stand. I absolutely 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,520 S1: love this book because it reminds us that in Christ 9 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,480 S1: all things pass away. 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Hi friends, 40 00:01:45,290 --> 00:01:47,570 S1: this is Janet partial. Thanks so much for choosing to 41 00:01:47,570 --> 00:01:50,850 S1: spend the next hour with us. Today's program is prerecorded 42 00:01:50,850 --> 00:01:52,970 S1: so our phone lines are not open. But thanks so 43 00:01:52,970 --> 00:02:16,870 S1: much for being with us and enjoy the broadcast. Oh, 44 00:02:17,030 --> 00:02:20,430 S1: I almost hate to interrupt that. That is. Well, I 45 00:02:20,430 --> 00:02:22,669 S1: know you know, that's Middle Eastern music, but I'm going 46 00:02:22,710 --> 00:02:24,790 S1: to make this tougher for you. If I said, what 47 00:02:24,790 --> 00:02:27,149 S1: country in the Middle East could you name it? Here, 48 00:02:27,150 --> 00:02:34,230 S1: listen a little more. Isn't that cool? All right. You 49 00:02:34,230 --> 00:02:36,150 S1: can use a lifeline. You can call a friend, or 50 00:02:36,150 --> 00:02:39,910 S1: I can just tell you it's from Morocco. It's Moroccan music. 51 00:02:39,910 --> 00:02:42,470 S1: And we're going to talk a lot about Morocco this hour. 52 00:02:42,470 --> 00:02:45,270 S1: Welcome to In the Market with Janet Partial. I'm so 53 00:02:45,270 --> 00:02:47,190 S1: glad you're with us. I tell you what, we serve 54 00:02:47,190 --> 00:02:50,109 S1: a great God, and I love to hear stories of 55 00:02:50,110 --> 00:02:53,350 S1: how people come to faith in Jesus Christ. Aren't you 56 00:02:53,350 --> 00:02:56,160 S1: glad we're going to be an eternity for an eternity 57 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,760 S1: because I have a million questions for a million people. 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,440 S1: I want to hear how people came to know that 59 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:05,560 S1: Jesus is Lord. There are so many fabulous, fabulous stories, 60 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,280 S1: and we all have one. Those of us who know 61 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,440 S1: Him as Savior and Lord, we all have a story 62 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,359 S1: of how he came into our lives. And in some 63 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,520 S1: parts of the world, it's real easy to do that. 64 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,000 S1: You say, yes, Lord, maybe you come forward in a 65 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,480 S1: Sunday evening service, or you bow your head watching a 66 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,880 S1: Billy Graham crusade, and then you decide, I'm going to 67 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,120 S1: get really serious about my walk with the Lord. But 68 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,640 S1: here's what I'm pretty sure in the United States of America, 69 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,960 S1: you don't, do you? Don't worry about whether or not 70 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,240 S1: someone's going to kill you because you've turned your back 71 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,639 S1: on a former religion. And you know, that happens to 72 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,200 S1: many of our brothers and sisters across the globe. But boy, 73 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,760 S1: if you listen to this program with any regularity, you 74 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,720 S1: know where you're rather passionate about the persecuted church, we 75 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,360 S1: can sing. I have decided to follow Jesus. No turning back, 76 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,400 S1: no turning back. And then there's a whole other thing 77 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,490 S1: called living that out. You decide to follow Jesus and 78 00:03:54,610 --> 00:03:58,330 S1: someone decides that you'd better convert to Islam. And if 79 00:03:58,330 --> 00:04:00,770 S1: you don't, they're going to pour acid on you, set 80 00:04:00,770 --> 00:04:03,250 S1: you on fire. And that's happened, by the way, just 81 00:04:03,290 --> 00:04:07,810 S1: recently in Pakistan. Or you decide that you're going to say, 82 00:04:07,930 --> 00:04:10,490 S1: I no longer believe the tenets of the Quran. I 83 00:04:10,490 --> 00:04:13,410 S1: believe that Jesus is exactly who he said he is. 84 00:04:13,850 --> 00:04:17,890 S1: And because there's more geopolitics than there is theology in 85 00:04:17,930 --> 00:04:20,970 S1: that worldview, you are now an infidel. Would you be 86 00:04:20,970 --> 00:04:23,570 S1: willing to still follow Jesus even if there was a fatwa, 87 00:04:23,610 --> 00:04:25,849 S1: even if there was a mark on you that said 88 00:04:25,850 --> 00:04:28,089 S1: you should be put to death? Well, get a little 89 00:04:28,089 --> 00:04:29,929 S1: closer to the radio because we're going to talk about 90 00:04:29,930 --> 00:04:33,610 S1: a great king, a great God, and a great story. 91 00:04:33,610 --> 00:04:36,530 S1: Brother Rashid joins me this hour. He is born in, well, 92 00:04:36,529 --> 00:04:39,130 S1: you guessed it. Why would I be playing Moroccan music? Right? 93 00:04:39,170 --> 00:04:41,570 S1: He is Moroccan, and I don't want to say anything 94 00:04:41,570 --> 00:04:44,610 S1: more than that. Because this entire hour is our opportunity 95 00:04:44,610 --> 00:04:47,370 S1: to meet this dear brother in the Lord. And oh, 96 00:04:47,410 --> 00:04:49,810 S1: what a story he has. By the way, I've got 97 00:04:49,810 --> 00:04:52,270 S1: some super links on my website in the market with 98 00:04:52,270 --> 00:04:54,789 S1: Janet partial.org a link so you can learn more about 99 00:04:54,790 --> 00:04:59,150 S1: brother Rashid. And also a YouTube piece that Brother Rashid did. 100 00:04:59,150 --> 00:05:02,750 S1: So you can learn what he says and how he 101 00:05:02,750 --> 00:05:04,710 S1: loves Jesus. By the way, I got to give a 102 00:05:04,710 --> 00:05:07,230 S1: shout out to my precious Maria, part of our team. 103 00:05:07,470 --> 00:05:10,349 S1: Maria hails from Morocco. She's a student at Moody Bible Institute. 104 00:05:10,350 --> 00:05:13,070 S1: And brother Rashid, I wouldn't know about you if Maria 105 00:05:13,070 --> 00:05:15,750 S1: hadn't told me about you. So it's a small world. 106 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:18,030 S1: I am so glad you're here. Welcome, brother. 107 00:05:18,270 --> 00:05:23,950 S2: Thank you so much, Sister Janet. And thank you, Maria, for, uh, this, uh, networking. 108 00:05:23,950 --> 00:05:26,789 S2: I really appreciate it. I'm very excited to be here 109 00:05:26,790 --> 00:05:27,469 S2: with you. 110 00:05:27,470 --> 00:05:29,590 S1: Oh thank you. And I am so excited. I've been 111 00:05:29,589 --> 00:05:31,870 S1: waiting for this conversation. So I want to start at 112 00:05:31,870 --> 00:05:33,990 S1: the very beginning. You were raised in Morocco, and I 113 00:05:33,990 --> 00:05:36,029 S1: want you I want you to tell us about your family. 114 00:05:36,029 --> 00:05:38,230 S1: And in particular, I want you to tell me about 115 00:05:38,230 --> 00:05:38,950 S1: your father. 116 00:05:38,990 --> 00:05:42,669 S2: Yes, our. I was born and raised in Morocco. Uh, 117 00:05:42,710 --> 00:05:46,830 S2: my name is Rashid, and, uh, my dad was, uh, 118 00:05:46,950 --> 00:05:51,560 S2: the imam for the local mosque for our village, and 119 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:56,119 S2: I was the second in. My siblings and my dad 120 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,960 S2: wanted to. Teach us how to be, uh, like him. Um, 121 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,760 S2: he taught us the Quran since an early age. I 122 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:08,080 S2: started myself at age of four and, um, he took 123 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:12,080 S2: us daily to the mosque and he. Taught me how 124 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,880 S2: to pray, how to recite the Quran and how to 125 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:19,920 S2: memorize big parts of the Quran and, uh, and so on. So, uh, 126 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:24,880 S2: my family is a conservative Muslim family. And, um, we, 127 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,920 S2: we didn't know anything about any other religion. We just 128 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:28,800 S2: knew Islam. 129 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,640 S1: And your dad, in fact, let me put this in 130 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,960 S1: Western Americanized terms. You would be the equivalent of a 131 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,240 S1: pastor's kid. Your dad was the local imam, and you 132 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:39,720 S1: would have been in the United States. We would have 133 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,160 S1: called you a pastor's kid, right? 134 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,160 S2: That's right. And it it is more important because in 135 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:50,250 S2: the West, um, sometimes people do not respect pastors as 136 00:06:50,290 --> 00:06:53,170 S2: they are as imams are respected in the Middle East. 137 00:06:53,370 --> 00:06:55,849 S2: When he goes in the street, people kiss his hand. 138 00:06:55,850 --> 00:06:58,529 S2: When he goes to a wedding, he gets the first 139 00:06:58,529 --> 00:07:02,210 S2: place and everything. If he goes to a funeral, he 140 00:07:02,210 --> 00:07:06,650 S2: does everything for for the family and other kids. When 141 00:07:06,650 --> 00:07:08,969 S2: they see him in the street, they just run into 142 00:07:09,010 --> 00:07:12,970 S2: him and they show respect and kiss his hand. I think, 143 00:07:13,010 --> 00:07:15,489 S2: I think that doesn't happen to pastors here. 144 00:07:15,810 --> 00:07:18,970 S1: No, no. But it helps us understand, by the way, 145 00:07:19,210 --> 00:07:21,610 S1: exactly how much this was a part of your life. 146 00:07:21,650 --> 00:07:24,650 S1: Your father was very, very respected in the community, as 147 00:07:24,650 --> 00:07:27,810 S1: you just said. So let me help us understand this, 148 00:07:27,810 --> 00:07:30,690 S1: because we in the West don't have much of a 149 00:07:30,690 --> 00:07:33,369 S1: point of reference. We don't read the Quran. We don't 150 00:07:33,370 --> 00:07:35,290 S1: do I'll give you a fancy term. We don't do 151 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:38,210 S1: comparative theology where we go side by side between what 152 00:07:38,210 --> 00:07:40,170 S1: the Quran says and what the Scripture says. And yet 153 00:07:40,170 --> 00:07:42,730 S1: we should, because the Lord is bringing this mission field 154 00:07:42,730 --> 00:07:45,090 S1: to our back door, and we should know exactly what 155 00:07:45,090 --> 00:07:48,620 S1: it says. But when you were learning at your father's 156 00:07:48,660 --> 00:07:52,020 S1: knee from the age of four, was there any question 157 00:07:52,020 --> 00:07:54,780 S1: in your mind that God was real? And if the 158 00:07:54,780 --> 00:07:57,300 S1: answer to that question is yes, what kind of a 159 00:07:57,340 --> 00:07:59,780 S1: God was he at that point in your life to you? 160 00:07:59,820 --> 00:08:03,180 S2: Yes. I never doubted the existence of God because I 161 00:08:03,180 --> 00:08:06,740 S2: was raised as a believer. Even if I was in 162 00:08:06,780 --> 00:08:11,700 S2: another faith. And, um, but God was different. Totally different. 163 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:16,100 S2: I believed in a dictator, God who lives up in 164 00:08:16,140 --> 00:08:20,540 S2: the seventh above the seventh heaven, who has no relationship 165 00:08:20,540 --> 00:08:25,660 S2: with us, who, uh, cannot come to us. He cannot 166 00:08:25,660 --> 00:08:29,100 S2: come near to us because we, we, we are not worthy. 167 00:08:29,140 --> 00:08:32,420 S2: We are just his slaves and he's our master. And 168 00:08:32,420 --> 00:08:35,460 S2: we have to do our duties because he asked us. 169 00:08:35,460 --> 00:08:37,660 S2: So we have to pray because if we don't pray, 170 00:08:37,660 --> 00:08:40,300 S2: he will punish us. We have to fast. If we 171 00:08:40,340 --> 00:08:42,860 S2: don't fast, he will punish us. And we have to 172 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:46,880 S2: follow his orders and his commandments. Um. Otherwise we'll be 173 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,360 S2: punished here. And we will be punished in the hereafter. 174 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:55,480 S1: Wow. So punishment, a big word. Not. Not the God 175 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,600 S1: who is the unconditional lover of your soul. We're just 176 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,120 S1: getting started in our conversation with brother Rashid. I am 177 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,360 S1: so thrilled that he gets to spend the entire hour 178 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,840 S1: with us. He is from Morocco. He follows Jesus. There's 179 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,400 S1: so much more to his story. I don't want to 180 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:09,840 S1: give it away. I want you to stick around, and 181 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,800 S1: I want you to hear this because it's going to 182 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,559 S1: remind you that he is a great God, and he 183 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:18,000 S1: is not willing that any should perish more after this. 184 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,360 S1: The Bible calls us to be bold and courageous for 185 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,410 S1: the cause of the cross. But too often we retreat 186 00:09:44,410 --> 00:09:47,290 S1: because of fear of cultural blowback. That's why I've chosen 187 00:09:47,290 --> 00:09:49,329 S1: call to take a bold stand as this month's truth 188 00:09:49,330 --> 00:09:53,090 S1: tool discover how to overcome the fear of intimidation or persecution. 189 00:09:53,290 --> 00:09:55,130 S1: As for your copy of call to take a bold 190 00:09:55,130 --> 00:09:56,730 S1: stand when you give a gift of any amount to 191 00:09:56,730 --> 00:10:01,569 S1: in the market, call 877. Janet 58. That's 877. Janet 58. 192 00:10:01,570 --> 00:10:03,929 S1: Or go to in the market with Janet Parshall. Oh. 193 00:10:13,890 --> 00:10:17,130 S1: I just love this. This is Moroccan music. It fits perfectly. 194 00:10:17,330 --> 00:10:20,250 S1: As we learn more about Brother Rashid, who is Moroccan. 195 00:10:20,250 --> 00:10:23,689 S1: And what you know so far is that raised in Morocco, 196 00:10:23,730 --> 00:10:27,610 S1: the son of an imam, very, very respected man in 197 00:10:27,610 --> 00:10:32,010 S1: his community. And you also got this initial impression of 198 00:10:32,330 --> 00:10:35,370 S1: in the world of Islam, there is not this sense 199 00:10:35,370 --> 00:10:38,010 S1: that Jesus knows the numbers of hairs on our head, 200 00:10:38,010 --> 00:10:40,770 S1: that there is this unconditional lover of our soul, that 201 00:10:40,860 --> 00:10:43,459 S1: there's a lot of works and a lot of threat 202 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:48,060 S1: of punishment. So. Rashid, you're obviously having this conversation with 203 00:10:48,059 --> 00:10:50,780 S1: me today, not because you're still a follower of Islam, 204 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:53,780 S1: but because you're a follower of Jesus. How in the 205 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:56,260 S1: world does a man who is the son of an 206 00:10:56,260 --> 00:10:59,579 S1: imam even dare to do exploration in that area? 207 00:11:00,580 --> 00:11:04,140 S2: Yes, it was really hard. And when I look back now, 208 00:11:04,179 --> 00:11:09,900 S2: it's it was really impossible. Uh, from a human perspective, um, 209 00:11:09,940 --> 00:11:12,660 S2: I was in a little village. Uh, we don't have 210 00:11:12,660 --> 00:11:16,780 S2: access to, um, the Bible. The Bible is not allowed 211 00:11:16,780 --> 00:11:21,420 S2: in Morocco. Uh, and, and we didn't have any book 212 00:11:21,420 --> 00:11:25,260 S2: that will talk about Christ except the Muslim books. And 213 00:11:25,340 --> 00:11:28,540 S2: they talk about Christ as a prophet only, and that 214 00:11:28,540 --> 00:11:33,460 S2: he was never crucified and he is not divine. And, uh, 215 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:39,680 S2: he was never resurrected. And, uh, so it's a total 216 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:44,560 S2: different story. It's not the gospel story about Jesus. So, uh, 217 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:48,920 S2: at age of 12, I had the opportunity to listen, uh, 218 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:54,079 S2: through radio program, um, Transworld radio. It was, um, broadcasting 219 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:58,240 S2: from Monte Carlo and, um, it was at night and 220 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:04,520 S2: we didn't have iPads or internet like now. Uh, we 221 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,320 S2: didn't have any entertainment except TV and, and, uh, and 222 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,760 S2: TV stops at 6:00 actually, in the evening. So only 223 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:17,720 S2: radio stays at night. And, um, so I started just 224 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,960 S2: searching for any channel to entertain myself. And suddenly I 225 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,040 S2: hear something in Arabic about Jesus, but from a different perspective. 226 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,959 S2: The first time I heard the word Yeshua, it's like 227 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:34,400 S2: Yeshua in Hebrew. And uh, normally Muslims call Jesus Asa. 228 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,770 S2: So I never heard this, uh, this name. And then 229 00:12:37,770 --> 00:12:41,090 S2: I heard he was crucified for our sins, and he's 230 00:12:41,130 --> 00:12:45,130 S2: God Himself. And as a Muslim, that's blasphemy for me. 231 00:12:45,130 --> 00:12:48,250 S2: So I started like, trying to close my ears because 232 00:12:48,250 --> 00:12:52,930 S2: that's blasphemy against God. Uh, and, uh, but I couldn't 233 00:12:52,929 --> 00:12:55,970 S2: resist to listen to the program. And I kept listening. 234 00:12:56,650 --> 00:12:59,730 S2: And I remember I was, I was scared, I was 235 00:12:59,730 --> 00:13:03,970 S2: angry because these people speak Arabic, but they are saying 236 00:13:04,010 --> 00:13:08,130 S2: a different story than the Quran and they are trying to, to, uh, 237 00:13:08,130 --> 00:13:11,650 S2: to reach to us so they can change our beliefs. 238 00:13:11,690 --> 00:13:14,569 S2: That's how I, I saw it as a Muslim kid. 239 00:13:14,770 --> 00:13:17,330 S1: Let me pause for one minute, brother Rasheed because I, I, I, 240 00:13:17,490 --> 00:13:20,089 S1: I want our friends to understand, first of all, I 241 00:13:20,090 --> 00:13:22,970 S1: want you to pray and continue to support ministries like 242 00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:27,170 S1: Trans World Radio and Far East Broadcasting and ministries that 243 00:13:27,170 --> 00:13:29,810 S1: broadcast the message of the gospel. You know, you can 244 00:13:29,850 --> 00:13:32,650 S1: build walls, but you can't stop sound waves and they 245 00:13:32,650 --> 00:13:34,650 S1: can come in. So brother, they're going to be a 246 00:13:34,650 --> 00:13:36,740 S1: lot of people saying, well, wait a minute. Here you 247 00:13:36,740 --> 00:13:40,300 S1: are searching the channels and you suddenly hear this gospel message. 248 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:43,339 S1: No Bibles are allowed. The only time Jesus is referenced 249 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:46,660 S1: is if he's done within the parameters of Islam, which 250 00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:49,020 S1: means he's a prophet and he wasn't crucified for your sins, 251 00:13:49,020 --> 00:13:52,699 S1: and he certainly wasn't resurrected. So how is Trans World 252 00:13:52,700 --> 00:13:55,780 S1: Radio able to beam in? I know, but I don't 253 00:13:55,780 --> 00:13:58,180 S1: know that our friends are going to understand how that 254 00:13:58,179 --> 00:14:01,860 S1: message can get across a geographical boundary and into a 255 00:14:01,860 --> 00:14:03,660 S1: country where the gospel is not allowed. 256 00:14:03,660 --> 00:14:07,900 S2: Well, at first, at first I tried to prove them wrong. I, uh, 257 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:11,660 S2: I had some curiosity and I was so confident that 258 00:14:11,660 --> 00:14:14,380 S2: Islam is the right path to go to God and 259 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:18,099 S2: that Christianity is wrong. And the Bible was changed. That's 260 00:14:18,140 --> 00:14:21,100 S2: that's what they taught us since we were kids. And 261 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:24,940 S2: that's what the Quran says about Christianity, and that Christians 262 00:14:24,940 --> 00:14:28,700 S2: are polytheists because they believe in 3 in 3 gods, 263 00:14:29,020 --> 00:14:32,140 S2: God and his and his wife, and they had a son. 264 00:14:32,380 --> 00:14:41,680 S2: And so all these, these, uh, let's say pre, uh, pre, uh, 265 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:48,120 S2: ideas that I had before dealing with Christian's pre assumptions. 266 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:52,680 S2: So I, uh, I started correspondence courses with them. I 267 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,000 S2: tried to prove them wrong. I wrote some verses from 268 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,400 S2: the Quran. I sent the first letter and then they, 269 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,040 S2: they sent me back and we kept back and forth 270 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,240 S2: for four years. No emails back then, remember? 271 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:05,600 S1: Right. 272 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,520 S2: So in order to receive one letter, sometimes it takes 273 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:11,160 S2: a month. 274 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:12,600 S1: MM. 275 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:14,000 S2: And and you. 276 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:19,400 S1: And and you're interacting by way of correspondence classes with 277 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,400 S1: the program on Trans World radio. That's excellent. So and 278 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,160 S1: you're really not doing it because you're searching, you think 279 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,000 S1: you're really doing it because you're going to try to 280 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,760 S1: poke holes in their ideas. 281 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,890 S2: Right? I'm going to show them that they are wrong, 282 00:15:32,930 --> 00:15:35,290 S2: and probably I'm going to win some of them to Islam. 283 00:15:36,450 --> 00:15:38,570 S1: After all, you're the son of an imam. Why not 284 00:15:38,570 --> 00:15:41,410 S1: think that way? That makes perfect sense. So it must 285 00:15:41,450 --> 00:15:43,690 S1: have been interesting for you to have to wait again. 286 00:15:43,690 --> 00:15:45,930 S1: No emails. So this is what we call in the 287 00:15:45,930 --> 00:15:49,570 S1: United States snail mail. It moves slow, sometimes up to 288 00:15:49,610 --> 00:15:52,130 S1: four weeks in between. But that must have given you 289 00:15:52,130 --> 00:15:55,010 S1: a lot of time to anticipate what their answer was 290 00:15:55,010 --> 00:15:57,730 S1: going to be. So when these letters started coming back, 291 00:15:57,730 --> 00:16:00,530 S1: Brother Rashid, did you think, well, wait a minute, that's 292 00:16:00,530 --> 00:16:01,970 S1: not the answer I thought. Or I don't know if 293 00:16:01,970 --> 00:16:03,250 S1: I'm going to be able to poke a hole in 294 00:16:03,290 --> 00:16:04,930 S1: that one. What went through your mind? 295 00:16:05,850 --> 00:16:10,330 S2: Um, every time I was so confident in myself. When 296 00:16:10,330 --> 00:16:13,810 S2: they respond, they respond with love and respect and the. 297 00:16:14,050 --> 00:16:17,130 S2: And they try to explain things as much as they can. 298 00:16:17,290 --> 00:16:20,850 S2: And sometimes I think I'm, I'm a, I'm on a rock. 299 00:16:20,890 --> 00:16:23,890 S2: I'm on a solid ground. And when they respond, I 300 00:16:23,890 --> 00:16:27,290 S2: find myself on a shaky ground. I don't have anything 301 00:16:27,530 --> 00:16:31,620 S2: to respond with when when I say the Bible was changed, 302 00:16:31,660 --> 00:16:34,460 S2: they say, okay, can you show us the proof? Do 303 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:37,300 S2: you have anything? And I will be like the Quran 304 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:40,340 S2: said so. And they will be like, that's not an argument. 305 00:16:40,620 --> 00:16:43,580 S2: That's not a proof. Can you show us something? And 306 00:16:43,780 --> 00:16:46,300 S2: I found myself empty hands. 307 00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:49,660 S1: Wow. Well, let me take a break. And what a 308 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:52,060 S1: place to take a break. So here's the ministry of 309 00:16:52,060 --> 00:16:54,340 S1: Transworld Radio, by the way. They can set up their 310 00:16:54,340 --> 00:16:57,780 S1: repeaters on a place where the gospel is not outlawed, 311 00:16:57,780 --> 00:16:59,980 S1: and it can beam right in. And it does throughout 312 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:02,020 S1: the Middle East, and it does all over the globe 313 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:04,179 S1: for that matter. So here's Brother Rashid, the son of 314 00:17:04,180 --> 00:17:06,900 S1: an imam, going through the radio stations. Here's this broadcast 315 00:17:06,940 --> 00:17:10,500 S1: talking about Jesus. Actually, it was a brilliant move on 316 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:13,139 S1: Brother Rashid's part. I'm going to start writing them. I'm 317 00:17:13,140 --> 00:17:15,340 S1: going to take the correspondence course. I'm going to poke 318 00:17:15,380 --> 00:17:17,860 S1: a hole in theirs. I their ideas and after all, 319 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:19,980 S1: is the son of an imam. I might win them 320 00:17:19,980 --> 00:17:25,180 S1: to Islam. Yeah, well, there's more to that story. We're 321 00:17:25,180 --> 00:17:44,149 S1: going to continue with Brother Rashid right after this. I 322 00:17:44,150 --> 00:17:46,830 S1: want to get right back to our conversation with brother Rashid, 323 00:17:46,830 --> 00:17:50,109 S1: who is Moroccan, but he follows Jesus, which is pretty 324 00:17:50,109 --> 00:17:52,670 S1: impressive when you realize that he was one of many 325 00:17:52,670 --> 00:17:55,750 S1: children born to an imam, a man who was respected 326 00:17:55,750 --> 00:17:59,190 S1: greatly in his village. And so he's going through the radio. 327 00:17:59,190 --> 00:18:02,350 S1: Don't you love Christian radio? Well, I'm a little partial 328 00:18:02,350 --> 00:18:04,470 S1: in that area. Obviously. I'm sitting this side of a 329 00:18:04,470 --> 00:18:07,030 S1: microphone on Christian radio, but I know what it can do. 330 00:18:07,030 --> 00:18:09,030 S1: I know what it can do in terms of transmitting 331 00:18:09,030 --> 00:18:12,550 S1: a message that has eternal consequences. So Brother Rashid's going 332 00:18:12,550 --> 00:18:14,990 S1: through the dial. He hears a message about Jesus. Everything 333 00:18:14,990 --> 00:18:17,230 S1: he hears is the opposite of what he's been taught 334 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:19,429 S1: in Islam. So he decides that he's going to take 335 00:18:19,430 --> 00:18:23,710 S1: some correspondence courses through this Trans World Radio broadcast program, 336 00:18:23,990 --> 00:18:27,290 S1: and he starts writing back and forth. Takes forever four 337 00:18:27,290 --> 00:18:29,730 S1: weeks or so to get these responses back and forth. 338 00:18:29,730 --> 00:18:31,649 S1: And he thinks he's going to poke a hole in 339 00:18:31,690 --> 00:18:34,530 S1: their arguments and win him as converts to Islam. And 340 00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:37,090 S1: they keep writing back. And they were respectful and kind 341 00:18:37,090 --> 00:18:40,850 S1: and gracious, and they left you empty handed. And that's 342 00:18:40,850 --> 00:18:43,450 S1: where we pick the story up again, Brother Rashad. So 343 00:18:43,690 --> 00:18:45,770 S1: they left you empty handed, and at some point you 344 00:18:45,770 --> 00:18:47,649 S1: could have done this. You could have said, forget it. 345 00:18:47,650 --> 00:18:50,850 S1: I just walk away. But that's not what happened. Pick 346 00:18:50,890 --> 00:18:52,010 S1: up your story from there. 347 00:18:52,410 --> 00:18:59,490 S2: Yes. It was really, um, uh, shaking my foundations and, and, um, 348 00:18:59,490 --> 00:19:04,090 S2: I started having doubts in my own faith, uh, especially 349 00:19:04,090 --> 00:19:08,810 S2: the crucifixion. I thought we, we as Muslims, we have 350 00:19:09,130 --> 00:19:13,170 S2: a strong argument that, uh, Jesus was never crucified on 351 00:19:13,170 --> 00:19:16,730 S2: the cross and that God put his resemblance on, on 352 00:19:16,730 --> 00:19:21,370 S2: somebody else and he died instead of Jesus. And Jesus took, um, 353 00:19:21,450 --> 00:19:24,660 S2: God took Jesus to him and he saved him And 354 00:19:24,660 --> 00:19:30,580 S2: that person might be, uh, Judas might be anybody. Any person. So, uh, 355 00:19:30,619 --> 00:19:36,340 S2: when I started searching the Muslim commentaries about the Quran, uh, 356 00:19:36,340 --> 00:19:40,619 S2: I found it is we don't know. We don't know the, 357 00:19:40,619 --> 00:19:43,540 S2: the alternative story of the gospel. We don't know who 358 00:19:43,540 --> 00:19:46,699 S2: was crucified instead of Jesus Christ. We don't know when 359 00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:49,500 S2: it happened. We don't know where it happened. And we 360 00:19:49,540 --> 00:19:53,340 S2: don't have any details. Uh, but the gospel gives you 361 00:19:53,340 --> 00:19:57,460 S2: a clear details. Uh, where, where they captured Jesus, where 362 00:19:57,460 --> 00:20:01,060 S2: they took him and how and how he was crucified, 363 00:20:01,060 --> 00:20:03,220 S2: who was next to him on the cross. They have 364 00:20:03,220 --> 00:20:08,100 S2: so many details and usually liars. Um, they try to 365 00:20:08,100 --> 00:20:11,660 S2: avoid details so they will not be caught. And I, 366 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:14,420 S2: I was, I was in that position. I was why 367 00:20:14,420 --> 00:20:17,300 S2: we don't have any details about this story and how 368 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:20,740 S2: can we be sure that somebody else was crucified, not 369 00:20:20,780 --> 00:20:26,590 S2: Jesus himself. And what's, what was, um, the, the, the 370 00:20:26,590 --> 00:20:29,510 S2: fault of those who believed it was Jesus Christ. So 371 00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:34,070 S2: God himself deceived them. So God is a deceiver. He 372 00:20:34,070 --> 00:20:37,390 S2: made them think that Jesus was crucified and died for 373 00:20:37,390 --> 00:20:41,790 S2: their sins. So if if Christians are wrong, then God 374 00:20:41,830 --> 00:20:44,710 S2: is to blame for that because he deceived them. He 375 00:20:44,710 --> 00:20:47,710 S2: made the appearance of somebody else look like Jesus, and 376 00:20:47,710 --> 00:20:51,470 S2: they took him. They crucified him and he made false doctrine. 377 00:20:52,430 --> 00:20:56,430 S2: So I was in a dilemma. And at the end, 378 00:20:56,670 --> 00:20:58,830 S2: at the end, I just I'm trying to make the 379 00:20:58,830 --> 00:21:03,150 S2: story short, at the end of all these subjects, comparing 380 00:21:03,150 --> 00:21:08,470 S2: one to another, one to another, I was totally sure 381 00:21:08,750 --> 00:21:12,590 S2: that the gospel is the true path to God, and 382 00:21:12,630 --> 00:21:16,230 S2: that the Quran was a false path to God. And 383 00:21:16,230 --> 00:21:22,530 S2: at that moment, at that moment, I couldn't bear the. This. 384 00:21:22,810 --> 00:21:27,890 S2: This discovery. I was I couldn't sleep for days and 385 00:21:27,890 --> 00:21:31,250 S2: sometimes I stay. I stay the whole night just crying 386 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:36,050 S2: to God. And, um, I got a gospel at the end. 387 00:21:36,090 --> 00:21:39,290 S2: I will tell you how. But, um, I was putting 388 00:21:39,290 --> 00:21:41,730 S2: the gospel in the Quran in front of me. One 389 00:21:41,770 --> 00:21:43,850 S2: on the right, one on the left and just praying 390 00:21:43,890 --> 00:21:47,210 S2: to God I. God, can you help me decide here? 391 00:21:47,369 --> 00:21:51,649 S2: I'm really confused. I cannot forsake the the fate of 392 00:21:51,650 --> 00:21:55,370 S2: my parents, the fate of my society, the faith of 393 00:21:55,369 --> 00:21:58,690 S2: my country. And take this bold step. Can you help 394 00:21:58,690 --> 00:22:02,130 S2: me here? Can you show me with certainty where is 395 00:22:02,170 --> 00:22:05,530 S2: the the right path to you? Because I didn't want 396 00:22:05,570 --> 00:22:08,409 S2: to take a false step. I didn't want to take 397 00:22:08,810 --> 00:22:12,890 S2: a risk, even if it was 1%, that I could 398 00:22:12,890 --> 00:22:15,889 S2: be wrong. I didn't want to take it. But, uh, 399 00:22:16,730 --> 00:22:19,220 S2: I mean, I was I was hoping that God will 400 00:22:19,260 --> 00:22:23,219 S2: burn the false book and keep the right book. I 401 00:22:23,220 --> 00:22:26,139 S2: was hoping for a miracle that that will happen in 402 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:30,260 S2: front of my eyes. A material miracle. Mhm. Of course 403 00:22:30,260 --> 00:22:35,540 S2: nothing happened. Otherwise, we will call. Will call the firefighters. 404 00:22:38,619 --> 00:22:41,500 S1: So. But but can I just tell you, brother, I 405 00:22:41,540 --> 00:22:44,980 S1: love your prayer. I mean, even though you didn't know 406 00:22:44,980 --> 00:22:48,260 S1: that the way to God is through His Son, Jesus Christ, 407 00:22:48,260 --> 00:22:49,780 S1: I am the way, the truth, and the life. No 408 00:22:49,780 --> 00:22:51,700 S1: one comes to the father but by me. You didn't 409 00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:53,820 S1: know that truth yet, but you had a heart that 410 00:22:53,820 --> 00:22:56,620 S1: loved God and I love you brought tears to my eyes. 411 00:22:56,619 --> 00:22:58,700 S1: I love the fact that you open both books, and 412 00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:01,540 S1: you ask the Lord to tell you, in whatever way, 413 00:23:01,540 --> 00:23:03,700 S1: through the power of the Holy Spirit, he would reveal 414 00:23:03,700 --> 00:23:06,500 S1: where was truth? I'm like you. I would love to 415 00:23:06,540 --> 00:23:08,460 S1: have had that. I always say I'm on the bottom 416 00:23:08,460 --> 00:23:11,340 S1: half of God's graduating class. Make it easy for me 417 00:23:11,340 --> 00:23:14,100 S1: so I get it right. But he didn't burn the book, 418 00:23:14,580 --> 00:23:17,020 S1: but he was going to reveal truth to you. So 419 00:23:17,109 --> 00:23:18,629 S1: how did he do that? 420 00:23:18,670 --> 00:23:24,630 S2: Well, I started reading the Quran without that, um, with 421 00:23:24,630 --> 00:23:29,070 S2: another perspective. And I started reading the Bible with another perspective, 422 00:23:29,390 --> 00:23:32,830 S2: which means I started reading the Quran as if it's 423 00:23:32,830 --> 00:23:35,990 S2: not the word of God. And I started reading the 424 00:23:36,030 --> 00:23:40,190 S2: gospel as the Word of God. So when I changed 425 00:23:40,190 --> 00:23:43,390 S2: those perspectives, because I was reading the Bible with a 426 00:23:43,390 --> 00:23:47,230 S2: skeptic mind, with a person who was trying to find 427 00:23:47,270 --> 00:23:51,790 S2: something so I can show them. And, and when I 428 00:23:51,790 --> 00:23:55,949 S2: started doing that, then God revealed the truth to me. 429 00:23:56,350 --> 00:23:59,710 S1: Wow. I think of the scripture, if you seek me, 430 00:23:59,710 --> 00:24:01,870 S1: you will find me. If you seek me with all 431 00:24:01,869 --> 00:24:05,710 S1: your heart, I will be found. That's the kind of 432 00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:07,909 S1: God we have. There's so much more to the story. 433 00:24:07,910 --> 00:24:10,430 S1: This hour is flying. We're already halfway through. But there 434 00:24:10,430 --> 00:24:13,030 S1: is still so much more you're not going to forget, 435 00:24:13,030 --> 00:24:15,310 S1: Brother Rashid. But I'm also going to make it easy 436 00:24:15,310 --> 00:24:17,450 S1: easier for you not to forget Brother Rashid. I've got 437 00:24:17,450 --> 00:24:19,250 S1: a link so that you can learn more about him. 438 00:24:19,250 --> 00:24:21,449 S1: I've got a YouTube piece I want you to watch 439 00:24:21,450 --> 00:24:24,169 S1: all at In the Market with Janet dot o r g. 440 00:24:24,210 --> 00:24:25,850 S1: We're going to take a break, pick up the story 441 00:24:25,850 --> 00:24:44,290 S1: right where we stopped right after this. Friends, this is Janet, 442 00:24:44,609 --> 00:24:46,130 S1: and I want to take a moment to remind you 443 00:24:46,130 --> 00:24:49,410 S1: that today's program is prerecorded so our phone lines aren't open. 444 00:24:49,410 --> 00:24:51,810 S1: But I sure do appreciate your spending the hour with us. 445 00:24:51,810 --> 00:24:54,250 S1: And thanks so much and enjoy the rest of the program. 446 00:24:59,369 --> 00:25:01,609 S1: As a Christian, how do you digest the cultural issues 447 00:25:01,609 --> 00:25:03,650 S1: of our day and in the market? We believe that 448 00:25:03,650 --> 00:25:06,770 S1: understanding happens when we bring biblical truth to expose the 449 00:25:06,770 --> 00:25:08,890 S1: darkness in our world. That's what we do every day 450 00:25:08,890 --> 00:25:11,090 S1: and in the market. May I ask you to join us? 451 00:25:11,090 --> 00:25:13,740 S1: When you become a partial partner, your monthly gift ensures 452 00:25:13,740 --> 00:25:16,940 S1: this daily program continues. Become a partial partner today by 453 00:25:16,940 --> 00:25:19,700 S1: calling 877 Janet 58 or go to in the market 454 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:32,580 S1: with Janet Parshall. We're visiting with brother Rashid, who is 455 00:25:32,580 --> 00:25:36,180 S1: a Moroccan, but he is also a follower of Jesus 456 00:25:36,180 --> 00:25:39,020 S1: and we are only halfway through his story. Absolutely gripping. 457 00:25:39,380 --> 00:25:41,620 S1: But this is a big God who loves us and 458 00:25:41,619 --> 00:25:43,580 S1: who we serve. And I love to hear stories of 459 00:25:43,580 --> 00:25:45,739 S1: how people come to faith in Christ. This is a 460 00:25:45,740 --> 00:25:47,820 S1: reminder for us to be praying for the persecuted church, 461 00:25:47,820 --> 00:25:50,939 S1: to be praying for ministries that proclaim the gospel even 462 00:25:50,940 --> 00:25:53,979 S1: into countries where the gospel is not allowed. Because Brother 463 00:25:53,980 --> 00:25:57,260 S1: Rashid's story gets replicated over and over and over again 464 00:25:57,260 --> 00:26:01,140 S1: across the globe, he is not willing that any should perish. 465 00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:02,859 S1: And this is what it sounds like when you realize 466 00:26:02,859 --> 00:26:05,139 S1: that this is the heart of God. So, Brother Rashid, 467 00:26:05,140 --> 00:26:06,780 S1: I love the way you started to look at the 468 00:26:06,780 --> 00:26:09,060 S1: scriptures now in a completely different way. Instead of being 469 00:26:09,060 --> 00:26:13,470 S1: antagonistic and looking for holes and problems and contradictions. Now 470 00:26:13,470 --> 00:26:15,230 S1: you sit in front of the word and you open 471 00:26:15,230 --> 00:26:18,510 S1: your heart and you say, I really want to understand 472 00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:20,949 S1: what's in this book. So pick up the story from there. 473 00:26:20,990 --> 00:26:21,870 S1: Then what happened? 474 00:26:21,910 --> 00:26:24,510 S2: I just want to tell you how I got the 475 00:26:24,550 --> 00:26:27,869 S2: gospel because it was not allowed. They tried to send 476 00:26:27,869 --> 00:26:32,750 S2: me 20 Bibles and never made it through. Oh we always. 477 00:26:32,790 --> 00:26:36,990 S2: We had a censorship in Morocco. They open letters and 478 00:26:36,990 --> 00:26:39,630 S2: they search. And if they. If they find Bibles, they 479 00:26:39,630 --> 00:26:43,670 S2: will just throw them away. So, um, at the end, 480 00:26:43,830 --> 00:26:48,190 S2: the the postman just got the Bible, uh, without an 481 00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:51,230 S2: address or anything. He just got it home and he said, 482 00:26:51,230 --> 00:26:55,670 S2: can I talk to somebody here who's an adult? And 483 00:26:55,710 --> 00:26:59,669 S2: then I called, I called my uncle and he came 484 00:26:59,670 --> 00:27:02,470 S2: and he, he just showed him the Bible and he said, 485 00:27:02,470 --> 00:27:05,550 S2: this kid, he will, um, bring a lot of trouble 486 00:27:05,550 --> 00:27:09,310 S2: to you guys. And then then my uncle said, what 487 00:27:09,310 --> 00:27:12,810 S2: are you doing? Rashid? I said, I'm just curious. I'm 488 00:27:12,810 --> 00:27:17,530 S2: just corresponding with people, uh, overseas, and I'm trying to 489 00:27:17,530 --> 00:27:20,250 S2: understand so many things around me and I'm not doing 490 00:27:20,250 --> 00:27:22,690 S2: anything wrong. And so he gave me the Bible and 491 00:27:22,690 --> 00:27:26,370 S2: he said, be careful. So I was, I hope I 492 00:27:26,490 --> 00:27:28,770 S2: got the Bible. I ran to my room and I 493 00:27:28,770 --> 00:27:32,570 S2: started reading and that's when when those things happened. So 494 00:27:32,570 --> 00:27:35,290 S2: I started comparing it with the Quran and that's when 495 00:27:35,290 --> 00:27:38,929 S2: I prayed. So when I started looking at the, the, 496 00:27:38,930 --> 00:27:43,970 S2: the Bible, especially the New Testament with open eyes and 497 00:27:43,970 --> 00:27:46,850 S2: trying to listen to Jesus. And when I started reading 498 00:27:46,850 --> 00:27:50,730 S2: the Gospel of Matthew, it just touched my heart. It 499 00:27:50,770 --> 00:27:56,730 S2: changed my heart completely. And I was with tears following 500 00:27:56,730 --> 00:28:01,129 S2: Jesus everywhere he went and trying to listen to his words. 501 00:28:01,770 --> 00:28:05,490 S2: And when I started listening as a disciple, I just 502 00:28:05,490 --> 00:28:10,939 S2: felt his powerful words. um, go through my heart and 503 00:28:10,940 --> 00:28:15,940 S2: changed my view about God. Uh, a loving God. A 504 00:28:15,980 --> 00:28:19,380 S2: God who is love is not somebody who's watching me. 505 00:28:19,380 --> 00:28:22,180 S2: If I do something wrong, he's going to hit me 506 00:28:22,180 --> 00:28:26,500 S2: with a stick. He's not. He's not the God who who, um, 507 00:28:26,540 --> 00:28:31,220 S2: just created us as, as slaves. And he is the master. 508 00:28:31,540 --> 00:28:33,700 S2: He is a God who wants us to be his 509 00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:37,660 S2: sons and daughters. So. So the whole thing started changing. 510 00:28:37,660 --> 00:28:42,620 S2: It's like living all your life, um, as a slave. 511 00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:47,860 S2: And suddenly you find that your master was actually your daddy. Um, 512 00:28:48,180 --> 00:28:52,660 S2: it's it's that shock. So when I was shocked with 513 00:28:52,660 --> 00:28:55,940 S2: with what the gospel revealed about God and I started 514 00:28:55,940 --> 00:29:01,260 S2: comparing with my Islamic background, I just felt I'm a Christian, 515 00:29:01,260 --> 00:29:03,940 S2: but I didn't know how to pray the salvation prayer 516 00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:07,510 S2: because nobody taught me. So I just sent a letter 517 00:29:07,510 --> 00:29:10,790 S2: to my friends and I said, hey, I think I'm 518 00:29:10,790 --> 00:29:16,030 S2: a Christian. But I didn't know what to do. I said, 519 00:29:16,030 --> 00:29:18,870 S2: what should I do now? Uh, how many times do 520 00:29:18,870 --> 00:29:22,070 S2: you pray? And because we have five prayers as Muslims. 521 00:29:22,390 --> 00:29:26,230 S2: And how many days, how many days you fast and how? 522 00:29:26,270 --> 00:29:29,510 S2: So I was looking for, uh, rituals again. 523 00:29:29,870 --> 00:29:30,390 S1: Mhm. 524 00:29:30,950 --> 00:29:33,510 S2: And they sent me. They said, no, no, no, no, no, 525 00:29:33,550 --> 00:29:37,190 S2: you got it all wrong. You. There are no times 526 00:29:37,190 --> 00:29:40,710 S2: you just pray to God. You can pray the whole day. 527 00:29:40,710 --> 00:29:44,990 S2: You can pray one time. You you choose. Uh, he's 528 00:29:44,990 --> 00:29:48,870 S2: not going to punish me for anything. They were like, no, no, no, no, 529 00:29:48,910 --> 00:29:52,030 S2: he's not going to punish you for anything. It's your daddy. 530 00:29:52,030 --> 00:29:55,750 S2: You can talk to him anytime. And I was how 531 00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:57,870 S2: many days you fast? They were like, you can fast 532 00:29:57,870 --> 00:30:00,830 S2: as much as you can. And you can choose. And 533 00:30:00,830 --> 00:30:07,000 S2: and you're free. And that's a feeling of freedom. I 534 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:12,320 S2: have never felt it as a Muslim. I had to 535 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:17,200 S2: wash and go pray every single time. So you feel 536 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,480 S2: it's a burden on you. You are not going to 537 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,320 S2: talk to your daddy. You're just doing your duties. Because 538 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,680 S2: if you don't do them, you're going to hell and 539 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,960 S2: God will punish you here, even. Mhm. So the whole 540 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,920 S2: thing changed. And when I said I feel I'm a Christian, 541 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,400 S2: they sent my address to a missionary who lived in Morocco, 542 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,920 S2: an American missionary. And I hope he's listening right now. 543 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,720 S2: And when? When I sent him the link, by the way. 544 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:46,959 S1: Good. 545 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:53,400 S2: So. So when he got the letter from those guys, 546 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,720 S2: he just sent me a letter from Casablanca. And when 547 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,640 S2: I got the letter, I was suspicious at the beginning, but, um, 548 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,180 S2: he gave me his phone number. Home phone number. So 549 00:31:03,180 --> 00:31:06,219 S2: I went, I called that number and we met and 550 00:31:06,260 --> 00:31:10,500 S2: made an appointment downtown, so I went, I saw him, 551 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:14,860 S2: I met him for the first time. I met another Christian. 552 00:31:16,060 --> 00:31:19,180 S2: And then when I met him, he, he started asking 553 00:31:19,180 --> 00:31:24,660 S2: me questions about God, about Jesus, about sin, about human beings. 554 00:31:24,660 --> 00:31:28,140 S2: And I was answering. And then he said, I believe 555 00:31:28,180 --> 00:31:31,580 S2: you are a Christian. And I said, I told them, 556 00:31:31,620 --> 00:31:36,340 S2: do they doubt me or something? I thought he was 557 00:31:36,340 --> 00:31:42,980 S2: testing me. So he said, um, would you like to 558 00:31:43,020 --> 00:31:47,700 S2: join us? And I was, who are you? And he 559 00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:53,380 S2: was people like you. And I said, who? Who? Moroccans. 560 00:31:53,780 --> 00:31:58,940 S2: He said, yes, there are many like you, many secret believers. 561 00:31:59,180 --> 00:32:03,110 S2: I was that's the second shock for me. And now? 562 00:32:04,070 --> 00:32:07,709 S2: What do you mean? Like me? Like me? He was. Yes. 563 00:32:08,070 --> 00:32:12,990 S2: I said I thought I'm the only one. He was like, no, 564 00:32:12,990 --> 00:32:16,830 S2: you're not the only one we meet. Can you come tomorrow? 565 00:32:17,230 --> 00:32:21,510 S2: I said, sure. So I went there next day and 566 00:32:21,550 --> 00:32:26,030 S2: I found the people, young people like me, gathering around 567 00:32:26,030 --> 00:32:30,070 S2: with Moroccan tea and just sharing the gospel and reading 568 00:32:30,070 --> 00:32:35,030 S2: the gospel and joyfully they are all together sharing, um, 569 00:32:35,230 --> 00:32:39,670 S2: different verses, uh, trying to discuss them. I couldn't believe 570 00:32:39,670 --> 00:32:44,990 S2: my eyes. I was like living a dream. This is 571 00:32:44,990 --> 00:32:50,230 S2: not reality. I never heard of this. And, um, they 572 00:32:50,270 --> 00:32:53,430 S2: are doing it secretly because they are afraid of the police. 573 00:32:53,790 --> 00:32:56,550 S2: And the funny thing, they were doing it in a 574 00:32:56,550 --> 00:32:58,070 S2: house in front of a mosque. 575 00:32:59,360 --> 00:32:59,680 S1: Oh. 576 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:04,400 S3: Oh my goodness. 577 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:11,160 S2: I, I was afraid to death because I, I thought, 578 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:15,000 S2: what if somebody comes and find out what will happen 579 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,280 S2: to all of us? But in the same time, I 580 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,880 S2: was so happy to meet brothers and sisters like me 581 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,480 S2: and singing with a quiet voice almost and. And closing 582 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:29,920 S2: the windows and all these things, it. It was the 583 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,239 S2: best days in my life. I can say it was 584 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:34,920 S2: the best days in my life. 585 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:39,120 S1: So now because. And I love the stories and I 586 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,880 S1: hope that we in America who can sing out loud 587 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,400 S1: anytime we want to and have church anytime we want to, 588 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,920 S1: and carry our Bibles out in public, anytime we want 589 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,360 S1: to start to create a more sensitive and tender heart. 590 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,640 S1: Because it's not the same for all of our brothers 591 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:56,120 S1: and sisters around the globe, as you just beautifully testified. 592 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,060 S1: But I want to know what happens now between you 593 00:33:58,060 --> 00:34:02,380 S1: and your earthly daddy. He's in a mom. Everything he's 594 00:34:02,380 --> 00:34:05,459 S1: believed he's passed on to his children and sons hold 595 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:09,620 S1: a special place in the Middle Eastern world. Your daddy 596 00:34:09,660 --> 00:34:13,299 S1: on earth wanted you to be a follower of Islam. 597 00:34:13,540 --> 00:34:15,779 S1: What in the world do you do now? Because you 598 00:34:15,780 --> 00:34:19,580 S1: just said everything you've ever known has been completely shattered 599 00:34:19,580 --> 00:34:22,739 S1: and redefined what happens in your relationship with your father? 600 00:34:22,940 --> 00:34:27,020 S2: When? When my family, um, the extended family found out, 601 00:34:27,020 --> 00:34:32,020 S2: they transmitted the message because I discussed with cousins and different, um, 602 00:34:32,219 --> 00:34:36,380 S2: relatives and they found out that I'm Christian. I tried 603 00:34:36,380 --> 00:34:38,420 S2: to hide it for a certain time, but I couldn't 604 00:34:38,420 --> 00:34:41,820 S2: keep it for a long time. And then they transmitted 605 00:34:41,820 --> 00:34:45,780 S2: the message to my mom. And then one day the, the, 606 00:34:45,820 --> 00:34:49,620 S2: they were all together and they just asked me to 607 00:34:49,660 --> 00:34:53,300 S2: say the shahada, the shahada is the testimony, the Islamic 608 00:34:53,340 --> 00:34:56,150 S2: testimony that there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad 609 00:34:56,190 --> 00:34:59,910 S2: is the messenger of Allah. And I, I couldn't say 610 00:34:59,910 --> 00:35:04,990 S2: it because it will contradict my new faith. And when 611 00:35:04,989 --> 00:35:07,670 S2: you don't say it as a Muslim, that's a clear 612 00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:12,030 S2: sign that you left the faith and the Islamic faith 613 00:35:12,030 --> 00:35:16,070 S2: I meant. So my mom started crying. Everybody started, um, 614 00:35:16,110 --> 00:35:20,430 S2: talking to me, um, some cursing, some saying, get out 615 00:35:20,430 --> 00:35:23,910 S2: of here. And you brought shame to the family, and 616 00:35:23,910 --> 00:35:28,509 S2: everybody is doing, um, something. It was surreal because I 617 00:35:28,510 --> 00:35:31,390 S2: was hearing voices from here and there, and I was 618 00:35:31,390 --> 00:35:34,470 S2: crying and I didn't want to. I didn't, I didn't 619 00:35:34,469 --> 00:35:38,669 S2: know what to do. And I called that brother, that 620 00:35:38,670 --> 00:35:43,230 S2: missionary who, um, was, um, like a family to me. 621 00:35:43,469 --> 00:35:46,589 S2: And he said, we will pray for you and what 622 00:35:46,590 --> 00:35:50,190 S2: are you going to do? So I started trying to 623 00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:54,040 S2: go from one place to another. I lived, um, almost 624 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:58,640 S2: for two years, almost homeless, not knowing where to go. 625 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,239 S2: Every time I just spent time with, um, a friend 626 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:07,040 S2: or another missionary or, um, a friend from school or 627 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,719 S2: just going from one place to another, I didn't have 628 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,280 S2: a stable place where to live. 629 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:12,320 S4: Wow. Wow. 630 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:17,200 S1: So now when you sing, I've decided to follow Jesus. 631 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:22,360 S1: Think of brother Rashid. So his family relationship changed completely. 632 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,000 S1: He's literally out on the street. It would have been 633 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,759 S1: so easy to say no. No. Not enough. I'm going 634 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,919 S1: to go back to the way that I knew. But 635 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:34,280 S1: that's exactly the opposite that happened in Brother Rashid's life. 636 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,919 S1: I have one more segment so much to talk about 637 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:54,380 S1: in this last segment. Stay with us. What a fascinating story. 638 00:36:54,380 --> 00:36:57,219 S1: Reads like a novel, doesn't it? Only it's real life. 639 00:36:57,219 --> 00:37:00,940 S1: Brother Rashid, the son of an imam in Morocco, comes 640 00:37:00,940 --> 00:37:03,220 S1: to faith in Jesus Christ as a result of listening 641 00:37:03,260 --> 00:37:06,340 S1: to Trans World Radio opening the gospel, his life has changed. 642 00:37:06,340 --> 00:37:11,060 S1: He discovers there are secret believers in Morocco. They gather 643 00:37:11,060 --> 00:37:14,940 S1: together softly, sing their songs, share the gospel message. He 644 00:37:14,940 --> 00:37:18,820 S1: shares the news with his family. There's literally crying, gnashing 645 00:37:18,860 --> 00:37:21,540 S1: of teeth, to use a phrase from the scripture, and 646 00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:23,820 S1: he literally ends up on the street for two years. 647 00:37:24,180 --> 00:37:26,460 S1: Brother Rashid, I want only because I have this last 648 00:37:26,460 --> 00:37:28,300 S1: segment and there's so much I want to know. So 649 00:37:28,620 --> 00:37:31,660 S1: tell me what happened because you're obviously not on the street. 650 00:37:31,660 --> 00:37:36,859 S1: In fact, you are an unbelievably important TV broadcaster. You 651 00:37:36,860 --> 00:37:41,300 S1: do a weekly live call in show on Al-Hayat TV. 652 00:37:41,660 --> 00:37:44,900 S1: It goes back to Morocco, back to the Middle East. 653 00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:47,820 S1: How do you go from being homeless to telling about 654 00:37:47,820 --> 00:37:48,820 S1: Jesus on TV? 655 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:53,870 S2: It was a long story of a faithful God who 656 00:37:54,430 --> 00:37:59,509 S2: used different people in my path, and those people discipled 657 00:37:59,510 --> 00:38:03,590 S2: me and taught me. And they, they, um, they helped 658 00:38:03,590 --> 00:38:06,230 S2: me a lot. And, um, to, to be where I 659 00:38:06,230 --> 00:38:09,870 S2: am right now. Um, I wish I could have told 660 00:38:10,070 --> 00:38:13,029 S2: the whole story, but just to make it a little 661 00:38:13,070 --> 00:38:16,230 S2: bit summarized, I lived in Morocco. I got married there 662 00:38:16,230 --> 00:38:21,469 S2: to a beautiful Moroccan Christian lady, uh, who has a 663 00:38:22,430 --> 00:38:26,750 S2: wonderful testimony with her parents as well. And then God, um, 664 00:38:26,830 --> 00:38:30,589 S2: just opened the path there. I started serving among the 665 00:38:30,590 --> 00:38:35,110 S2: Moroccans there. And then, um, things didn't go the way 666 00:38:35,110 --> 00:38:38,109 S2: that I thought it would go. And I started having 667 00:38:38,110 --> 00:38:42,790 S2: problems with the authorities, started having problems with the society 668 00:38:43,070 --> 00:38:47,830 S2: and um, our lives was not, um, we didn't feel safe, 669 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,560 S2: in Morocco, so we had to leave. When we left Morocco, 670 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:55,320 S2: I didn't know what to do. But God again just 671 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:59,439 S2: showed me that, um. He reached me through media, through radio, 672 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,000 S2: and I have to do something through media to reach 673 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:05,600 S2: my own people. So I started thinking about it and 674 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:10,000 S2: I felt that we, uh, sometimes we, we don't want 675 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,000 S2: to take the gospel seriously. We don't want to risk. 676 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,520 S2: We just want to live a happy life. I left Morocco, 677 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:20,360 S2: I thought, that's it. And I will live the happy life, um, 678 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:25,400 S2: in the West. But, um, what about the rest? Yeah. Um, 679 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,120 S2: what should I do to them? I just leave them behind. 680 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:32,640 S2: It's like you left, um, a burning house and there 681 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:36,960 S2: are people dying inside. So you just leave, rescue yourself 682 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:40,560 S2: and just leave. So I started looking. I my heart 683 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:44,960 S2: stayed in Morocco when I left Morocco. And I wanted 684 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,890 S2: to do something from my people. And that's when I 685 00:39:48,890 --> 00:39:51,850 S2: felt the burden to go on TV and share my testimony. 686 00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:55,770 S2: Share what I my studies and share what I know 687 00:39:55,770 --> 00:40:00,090 S2: about Islam and Christianity. And share that message and let 688 00:40:00,130 --> 00:40:05,970 S2: people like me to feel what is it to be 689 00:40:05,969 --> 00:40:09,770 S2: to to be a Christian and um, help them in 690 00:40:09,810 --> 00:40:14,169 S2: their path. I have seen I started in 2006 and 691 00:40:14,170 --> 00:40:17,850 S2: now it's 2018. I have seen thousands of people who 692 00:40:17,850 --> 00:40:21,490 S2: are coming to Christ through this message. Uh, it's, it's 693 00:40:21,489 --> 00:40:26,970 S2: an amazing journey. I, I, I really, um, with all 694 00:40:26,969 --> 00:40:30,290 S2: the sacrifices, with all the risks we take, so many 695 00:40:30,290 --> 00:40:32,529 S2: people are looking for me to kill me. So many 696 00:40:32,530 --> 00:40:36,370 S2: people are threatening me on my website, on my Facebook, 697 00:40:36,730 --> 00:40:40,890 S2: but it's, it's worth it. It's worth it because Jesus 698 00:40:40,890 --> 00:40:44,629 S2: paid his life for us. What we're doing is nothing. 699 00:40:44,989 --> 00:40:49,790 S2: And we owe him our lives. Um, it's the gospel 700 00:40:49,790 --> 00:40:53,470 S2: is a great message. It's changing Muslims in Morocco, changing 701 00:40:53,469 --> 00:40:57,790 S2: Muslims in Egypt and Saudi Arabia everywhere. I received thousands 702 00:40:57,790 --> 00:41:01,549 S2: of emails from people in these countries, and I received 703 00:41:01,630 --> 00:41:05,430 S2: thousands of testimonies and people even who cursed me in 704 00:41:05,469 --> 00:41:08,150 S2: the past and people who threatened me, so many of 705 00:41:08,150 --> 00:41:12,069 S2: them changed and, and, and just say, thank you for 706 00:41:12,110 --> 00:41:15,110 S2: doing this. Thank you. Thank you for taking this bold 707 00:41:15,110 --> 00:41:19,950 S2: step and bringing Jesus to us. So, um, there is 708 00:41:19,989 --> 00:41:23,030 S2: there's a lot going on in the Muslim world. Probably 709 00:41:23,030 --> 00:41:25,390 S2: you don't hear it on the news because we hear 710 00:41:25,390 --> 00:41:28,670 S2: only the bad things. We hear only the bad news. 711 00:41:28,670 --> 00:41:31,989 S2: But the good news, Jesus is saving people in the 712 00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:34,350 S2: middle of the chaos that's happening in the Middle East 713 00:41:34,350 --> 00:41:35,350 S2: and North Africa. 714 00:41:35,590 --> 00:41:39,190 S1: Amen. You answered my question, but I want to dig more. 715 00:41:39,190 --> 00:41:41,430 S1: I want people to get excited about this. I don't 716 00:41:41,430 --> 00:41:45,120 S1: care what other news stories you hear today? This is 717 00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,280 S1: the headline. God is not willing that any should perish. 718 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,400 S1: And there are people who are coming to faith in 719 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,879 S1: Jesus Christ, even in countries that are so-called closed. There 720 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,520 S1: is no door that can keep Jesus out. And that 721 00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:00,600 S1: message gets in and lives get changed. So when you 722 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,800 S1: get people who call in, is there a hunger? I mean, 723 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:07,239 S1: you talked about feeling and you you didn't use this word, 724 00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:10,160 S1: but the sense was almost in bondage in Islam, where 725 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,960 S1: it's it's not a relationship, it's rituals, it's procedures. It's 726 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,400 S1: five times a day. It's the fasting, it's know, loving 727 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,239 S1: connectedness with a god. So after a while, that has 728 00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:22,960 S1: to make someone so weary of their spirit and soul. 729 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,040 S1: Is there a hunger for the gospel in the Middle 730 00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:25,800 S1: East right now? 731 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:32,680 S2: Absolutely, absolutely. I have a live call in program every Thursday. Um, 732 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:36,160 S2: it's prime time in Middle East and North Africa. And 733 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:39,080 S2: when I started, I was hoping just ten people will 734 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:42,650 S2: call the first episode because we didn't broadcast it. We 735 00:42:42,650 --> 00:42:46,090 S2: didn't advertise for it. And when I did the first hour, 736 00:42:46,489 --> 00:42:51,570 S2: we got over 800 people who called and the phone 737 00:42:51,570 --> 00:42:57,810 S2: system dropped and, and, and the website got jammed. Even 738 00:42:57,810 --> 00:43:01,890 S2: the provider said, said, take your website and go somewhere else. 739 00:43:02,250 --> 00:43:03,970 S2: We'll give you one month for free. 740 00:43:06,730 --> 00:43:09,930 S3: Oh, I love it. So my goodness. 741 00:43:10,170 --> 00:43:14,930 S2: You will not believe what's happening. It was beyond what 742 00:43:14,930 --> 00:43:18,370 S2: we what we were thinking. And when I, when I 743 00:43:18,410 --> 00:43:22,490 S2: saw emails pouring and people giving their lives to Jesus, 744 00:43:22,489 --> 00:43:26,330 S2: people crying on air and giving their lives to Jesus 745 00:43:26,570 --> 00:43:30,450 S2: in a powerful way, I was so humbled and. And 746 00:43:30,489 --> 00:43:36,810 S2: so because God is using, um, these empty vessels to 747 00:43:36,850 --> 00:43:40,390 S2: get his love through to the Muslim world. Um, we 748 00:43:40,590 --> 00:43:43,870 S2: we are nothing but. But God is a mighty God 749 00:43:43,870 --> 00:43:47,870 S2: who used a little boy who's coming from a, an 750 00:43:47,910 --> 00:43:51,710 S2: unknown village. And he used him in a powerful way. That's, 751 00:43:51,710 --> 00:43:54,590 S2: that's a testimony of how great our God is. 752 00:43:54,989 --> 00:43:56,310 S3: Amen. Oh. 753 00:43:56,750 --> 00:44:00,350 S1: I have tears. I love, love, love these stories. Now, friends, 754 00:44:00,510 --> 00:44:02,350 S1: you believe in the power of prayer. I'm talking to 755 00:44:02,350 --> 00:44:05,149 S1: people from Guam to the Cayman Islands. Pray a hedge 756 00:44:05,150 --> 00:44:08,069 S1: of protection about Brother Rashid and his wife. You can 757 00:44:08,070 --> 00:44:10,469 S1: imagine there are people who want him silenced, who don't 758 00:44:10,469 --> 00:44:14,189 S1: want that message proclaimed. Pray protection for his family, but 759 00:44:14,190 --> 00:44:17,510 S1: then pray also that the door swings even wider, that 760 00:44:17,550 --> 00:44:19,790 S1: more people in the Middle East hear the gospel of 761 00:44:19,790 --> 00:44:22,469 S1: Jesus Christ, and that they might come to faith with 762 00:44:22,469 --> 00:44:26,230 S1: a loving God who knows them personally. Brother Rashid, I 763 00:44:26,230 --> 00:44:29,110 S1: want this to be the first of many conversations we have, 764 00:44:29,150 --> 00:44:31,989 S1: not the last one. Maria, thank you so much for 765 00:44:31,989 --> 00:44:34,509 S1: connecting me with Brother Rashid so that many of our 766 00:44:34,510 --> 00:44:36,430 S1: friends are now connected with him as well. We'll see 767 00:44:36,430 --> 00:44:37,430 S1: you next time, friends.