“Well, from my understanding, you Muslims call him Isa, but we Christians call Him Jesus Christ… Yes, it was Jesus who pleaded on my behalf when I was about to be condemned, and in fact He is still pleading on our behalf daily…”
“ Really?”
“ Yes, our Bible declares that God took an oath and declared Jesus to be our priest forever… “
“ God took an oath and declared Prophet Isa a priest forever?, How do you know that?” Gambo asked
I picked Favour’s Bible and flipped to Hebrews 7:21….
“But there was an oath regarding Jesus. For God said to him, “The LORD has taken an oath and will not break his vow: ‘You are a priest forever.’
“Alhamdulillah!” ( All praise to Allah) Gambo exclaimed
“ Prophet Isa, a priest forever!, How?”
“ Do you know the difference between Jesus and other Prophets or priests…?”
“ What?”
“ Other prophets and priests who have ever lived played their parts of interceding on behalf of mankind, while they were alive , but the moment they died, that assignment ended, but Only Jesus died and rose up again, which makes Him our eternal priest.”
“ But as a Muslim, I was taught not to believe in the resurrection of Prophet Isa, we believe almost every other thing about Him, even his birth through a virgin, but the part about Him being the Son of God and Him resurrecting after dying is false”
“ Well, I am not here to argue what you believe, because I don’t have the time for it, I will never tell you Islam is false because I only know what I know, and what I know is the truth I have personally experienced. The truth I have seen with my eyes, the truth I have experienced first hand, and that truth is that Jesus died on the Cross, I saw his pierced hands, with blood gushing out, I have experienced God’s love, and Jesus pleading on my behalf which is buttressed in the scripture…” I said as I picked up Favour’s Bible again and flipped to Hebrews 7:25
“Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them”…
“ Saved Forever?, once you follow Jesus, you are saved forever and will make paradise?” Gambo asked
“ Well, technically Yes, but that saved forever is only when you are glued forever to Him… Note that , the scripture says He is making intercession ALWAYS, that means He is on Standby to plead on your behalf if you default and you WANT to be reconciled back to God….
Saved Forever does not give you license to sin, because once you sin, and make sin a continuous way of Life, you are no more on the Intercession list of Christ, because the Access Key to Christ for Him to enlist you in his intercession list is in 1st John 1:9
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
“ Hmm, So what you are saying is Prophet Isa is the priest that intercedes always on our behalf to make us acceptable to God”
“ Yes…!” as that was the truth I knew… “ And that explains why we Christians pray in the name of JESUS CHRIST, because He has been given a name that is above all other names, and as our intercessor, We can pray to God using His name… It is as simple as that….”
“ So as a Muslim, I can pray with the name of Jesus!” Gambo asked…
“ Hmm… I don’t want to address you as a Muslim right now, I want to address you as Gambo, so things can be easy”
“ Ok?”
“ Gambo wants to pray with the name of Jesus so as to get access to God, but Gambo doesn’t know Jesus, how can she use the name of someone she doesn’t know to speak to God?”
“ I don’t get!” She looked very confused…
“ Ok, right now, if I want to get something from your father, who is the best person to use his or her name, is your name or Ajaara’s name..”
“ Who is Ajaara?”
“ The girl who brought you in here!”
“ Ok, definitely, you will have to use my name, because I am my father’s daughter…”
“ Great!, but can I use your name if I don’t have a relationship with you?”
“ No, you have to be my friend, to use my name to get anything from my father…Oh I get, before I can pray to God using the name of Jesus, I must know and be the friend of Jesus!” Gambo said
“ Has Someone ever told you how smart you are!” I said laughing
“Sure, I hear it a lot” she said laughing very proudly…
“ So are you ready to meet Jesus and be His friend?” I asked with enthusiasm as I felt if she could accept Christ, a lot of reformation will happen in her…
“ Does that mean I won’t be a Muslim again?”
At that point I didn’t know the right answer to give her, because as much as I wanted her to experience Jesus, I wanted to be careful of not making her see me as someone who wanted to enforce my religion on her….I was not ready to preach religion, but the Love of God, which is GOD HIMSELF….
To be continued
