Modern Day Saul – Part 1

Modern Day Saul – Part 1

Mualana was born into a Muslim family in the small town of Demak, in central Java. He was raised to love Islam and follow Islamic Sharia laws. He welcomed the ideas of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, and his call to revolution. He hated Western tourists who brought the Western lifestyles into his country. “I see Christians as hindering Sharia teaching in Indonesia,” he proclaimed. “Indonesia must be cleansed from the cross. The Christians worship Jesus, who is merely a man. For us this is sin, and we must stop this movement.”

While the Indonesian government is committed to freedom of religion, many like Mualana consider this wrong and take matters into their own hands. To instill fear in Christians, they attack churches and shoot pastors while they are preaching. “We do not fear death,” Mualana says, “because we were encouraged, by Ayatollah Khomeini, to spill our blood to the last drop to make this happen.

Proudly, Mualana adds, “We devised secret plans to bring about Sharia law in Eastern Indonesia. I was one of the first 5,000 soldiers sent from east Java on a ship to the island of Ambon. En route from Surabaya to Ambon, we hijacked a ship and checked each passenger’s identity. Anyone with a Christian ID was either killed or thrown into the ocean. Together, our group took over the ship and headed for Ambon Island, to eliminate the church of Jesus Christ. Calling us terrorists is a big mistake, because we’re just Muslim God lovers.”

Tomorrow we continue with Mualana’s testimony.

One With Them
Christians have good reason to fear men like Mualana. Please stand One With Them in praying for these enemies of the church; that they will see Jesus in the lives of believers in Indonesia. 

 

 4/5/2013