World Religions in a Nutshell by Ray Comfort Page A

the Muslim’s life and practice. Faithfully adhering to these pillars is how Muslims hope to satisfy Allah and achieve salvation.
     
     

     
    How to Reach Muslims
     
    Before you witness to a Muslim, it is important to make sure that he understands that repentance and being sorry for sin will not help him when he faces God on Judgment Day. So make sure you take the time to give the following analogy (you will regret it if you don’t). Tell him that a criminal has committed a very serious crime. It is so serious that there is a two-million-dollar fine. The criminal says, “Judge, I’m guilty, but I’m sorry for what I’ve done, and I won’t do it again.” Is the judge going to therefore let him go? Of course not! If the judge is a good man, he must make sure that justice is done. He can’t just let the man leave because he’s sorry (he should be sorry because he broke the law, and of course he shouldn’t do it again).
     
    The fine must be paid, or the man goes to prison. Make sure he understands this. Go over it again with him. Try to get him to say, “Yes, I understand. That makes sense. Being sorry and saying that he won’t break the law again will not help him.”
     
    Then ask him if he thinks that he will make it to Heaven
—is he a good person? Take him through the Ten Commandments. You will find that it’s often like pulling teeth to get him to admit that he has lusted or lied, but stay with it. Try to keep it light. Smile with unbelief if he says that he has never looked with lust. What he is trying to do is trivialize his sin.
     
     

     
     

     
    Witnessing to a Muslim
     
    You: Hi, my name is [your name here].
     
    Ehud: I’m Ehud.
     
    You: Pleased to meet you, Ehud. Do you like driving taxis?
     
    Ehud: I guess I must. I’ve been doing it for ten years.
     
    You: Hey, Ehud, I have a question for you. What do you think happens when someone dies? Where do they go?
     
    Ehud: They go to Paradise. Or some people go to Hell.
     
    You: Where are you going?
     
    Ehud: I don’t know. Paradise, I hope.
     
    You: There is an easy way to find out, Ehud. Before I share it with you, let me ask you a question.
     
    Ehud: Okay.
     
    You: A criminal has committed a very serious crime. It is so serious that there is a two-million-dollar fine. He says, “Judge, I’m guilty, but I’m sorry for what I’ve done, and I won’t do it again.” Is the judge going to therefore let him go?
     
    Ehud: Definitely not.
     
    You: That’s right. If the judge is a good man, he must make sure that justice is done. He can’t just let the guilty man go because he’s sorry. The criminal should be sorry because he broke the law, and of course he shouldn’t do it again. Does that make sense?
     
    Ehud: Yes, of course.
     
    You: So if a man has seriously broken the law, it’s not enough for him to be sorry and to say he won’t do it again. If a judge just let him go because of that, he wouldn’t be a good judge.
     
    Ehud: That’s right. He cannot let him go.
     
    You: So, Ehud, do you think that you are a good person?
     
    Ehud: Yes, I am.
     
    You: Have you kept the Law of Moses, the Ten Commandments?
     
    Ehud: Yes, I think I have kept most of them.
     
    You: Let’s go through a few to see how you do. How many lies do you think you have told, in your whole life? I don’t mean “white” lies—real lies.
     
    [Again, if you don’t make a distinction between what he perceives as permissible lies and deceitfulness, he will trivialize his lying, so get an admission from him that he has actually borne false witness.]
     
    Ehud: I have told some.
     
    You: Two? Ten? Hundreds?
     
    Ehud: Maybe a few dozen.
     
    You: What do you call someone who tells lies?
     
    Ehud: I don’t call them anything.
     
    You: What would you call me if I told lies?
     
    Ehud: You would be a liar.
     
    You: Ehud, we often think lightly of lying, calling them fibs or “white lies,” yet the Scriptures tell us that “lying lips are an