Paradigm Shift.
He was a "Moslem"
Hijackers; Kidnappers; Bombers, Terrorists - and who knows what else? ,I hated the idea of meeting an "infidel, hijacker, kidnapper, bomber, terrorist, non-believer." Any normal person would be repulsed at the idea. I couldn't believe my ears. A 'Moslem?' No way! I reminded my dad of the various different things that we had heard about these people.
In early 1991 these were the thoughts of a Christian priest after his father began doing business with a man from Egypt. He said, “I want to meet your son.”
Since he was a Christian Priest he came up with an idea that he would convert this Muslim man whose name was Mohammad into a Christian. Christian priest started to meet Mohammad.
According to the word of Christian Priest, “I agreed to meet him on a Sunday after church so we would be all prayed up and in good standing with the Lord. I would be carrying my Bible under my arm as usual. I would have my big shiny cross dangling and I would have on my cap which says: "Jesus is Lord" right across the front. My wife and two young daughters came along and we were ready for our first encounter with the 'Moslems'.”
Mohammad replied with a "yes" to almost every question that was asked by Priest
"Do you believe in Adam and Eve?"
"What about Abraham? You believe in him and how he tried to sacrifice his son for God?"
"What about Moses?", "Ten Commandments?", "Parting the Red Sea?"
"What about the other prophets, David, Solomon and John the Baptist?"
"Do you believe in the Bible?"
"Do you believe in Jesus? That he was the Messiah (Christ) of God?"
Mohammad astounded him by replying with a confident "yes" to every question posed by the Priest, but he was happy that it was going to be easier to convince Mohammad to embrace Christianity. The Priest started to meet Mohammad every now and then, and since they were business partners they had a lot of time to interact during business trips. They became friends and started to share their beliefs, their agenda was common "they were searching for truth".
Fast Forward
Mohammad had some issues with his residency. The Priest offered him to live at his place thinking that Mohammad could share some of the work and some expenses.
Fast Forward
Mohammad and the Catholic preach and Priests family had intense debates on religion around the kitchen table after dinner every night to discuss religion. Everyone used to prepare for the debate so that they could argue effectively and won't miss anything while giving their point of view. The Priests father would bring his King James Version of the Bible. The Priest would bring out his Revised Standard Version of the Bible, his wife had another version of the Bible. The Catholic priest of course, had the Catholic Bible which has 7 more books in it than the Protestant Bible. So they spent more time talking about which Bible was the right one or the most correct one. Then they would try to convince Mohamed about becoming a Christian. The Priest recalls that one time he asked Mohammad about the Quran and how many versions of it there were in the last 1,400 years. Mohammad told him that there was only ONE QURAN. And that it had never been changed. Today and over 9 million Muslims have memorized the entire Quran from cover to cover.
Catholic Priest was the first to be impressed by Islam but he wanted to know more so he requested Mohammad to take him mosque. So they went to mosque one day and the Catholic priest just noticed how Muslims used to pray.
After some time Catholic priest again requested Mohammad to take him to mosque. When they returned home Catholic Priest was no longer priest and he had become Muslim. That made the other Christian priest more curious about Islam and when he talked about this Catholic Priest becoming Muslim with his wife, announced entering into Islam and told him that she was going to enter into Islam, because she knew it was the truth.
He was really shocked now. He went downstairs and woke up Mohamed and asked him to come outside with him for a discussion. They walked and talked through the whole night. By the time Mohamamd was ready to pray Fajr (the morning prayer of the Muslims) Priest knew that the truth had come at last and now it was up to him to do his part. He went out back behind his father's house and found an old piece of plywood lying and right there he put his head down on the ground facing the direction that the Muslims pray five times a day.
Next day priest and his wife embraced Islam. After a few months Priests father and children followed.
This is the story of "Yusuf Estes - Ex Christian Priest".
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