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God is the greatest "Allahu Akbar.” It’s a phrase that brings fear into the hearts of many Westerners. “Allahu Akbar” means, “God is the greatest.” But others have commandeered these words of praise for evil purposes. What a tragedy, that God’s acclaim is invoked by those who wish to kill and destroy! A Frontiers field worker describes how those same words caused his heart to leap for joy. He has been studying the Word of God for several months with his friend Hamid, a man who is discovering the great gift of Jesus’ resurrection. Read on and be encouraged by the greatness of God: “God has been pursuing my good friend Hamid for some time now. I meet with him regularly to read about the prophets in God’s word. “Last week Hamid and I opened up Isaiah 53, which prophesies about Jesus’ suffering as an offering for our sin. In the middle of the chapter, we read how the servant is put to death, even while his life is prolonged. How is this possible, I asked Hamid. How could he truly die and yet have his days prolonged? “Hamid thought for a moment. God must raise him from the dead, he responded. “Suddenly his eyes brightened. This is about Jesus! he exclaimed. Jesus is the only one who has had that happen to him. Hamid looked at the passage again and read aloud from verse 7: “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.” “Hamid turned to me, tears in his eyes, and burst into praise. Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! God is the greatest! “Hamid is so close to the Kingdom. I’m watching him fall into deeper revelation of God’s love, and it lifts my spirit in praise to God. Allahu Akbar!” God’s great love sent Jesus as a lamb led to the slaughter. God’s unfathomable wisdom raised Him to life and prolonged His days into eternity. Pray that God would continue to open Hamid’s eyes to the greatness of God’s love as

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God  is  the  greatest    "Allahu  Akbar.”    It’s  a  phrase  that  brings  fear  into  the  hearts  of  many  Westerners.      “Allahu  Akbar”  means,  “God  is  the  greatest.”  But  others  have  commandeered  these  words  of  praise  for  evil  purposes.  What  a  tragedy,  that  God’s  acclaim  is  invoked  by  those  who  wish  to  kill  and  destroy!      A  Frontiers  field  worker  describes  how  those  same  words  caused  his  heart  to  leap  for  joy.  He  has  been  studying  the  Word  of  God  for  several  months  with  his  friend  Hamid,  a  man  who  is  discovering  the  great  gift  of  Jesus’  resurrection.  Read  on  and  be  encouraged  by  the  greatness  of  God:    “God  has  been  pursuing  my  good  friend  Hamid  for  some  time  now.  I  meet  with  him  regularly  to  read  about  the  prophets  in  God’s  word.    “Last  week  Hamid  and  I  opened  up  Isaiah  53,  which  prophesies  about  Jesus’  suffering  as  an  offering  for  our  sin.  In  the  middle  of  the  chapter,  we  read  how  the  servant  is  put  to  death,  even  while  his  life  is  prolonged.    “How  is  this  possible,  I  asked  Hamid.  How  could  he  truly  die  and  yet  have  his  days  prolonged?    “Hamid  thought  for  a  moment.  God  must  raise  him  from  the  dead,  he  responded.      “Suddenly  his  eyes  brightened.  This  is  about  Jesus!  he  exclaimed.  Jesus  is  the  only  one  who  has  had  that  happen  to  him.  Hamid  looked  at  the  passage  again  and  read  aloud  from  verse  7:    

“He  was  oppressed,  and  he  was  afflicted,  yet  he  opened  not  his  mouth;  like  a  lamb  that  is  led  to  the  slaughter,  and  like  a  sheep  that  before  its  shearers  is  silent,  so  he  opened  not  his  mouth.”  

 “Hamid  turned  to  me,  tears  in  his  eyes,  and  burst  into  praise.  Allahu  Akbar!  Allahu  Akbar!  God  is  the  greatest!      “Hamid  is  so  close  to  the  Kingdom.  I’m  watching  him  fall  into  deeper  revelation  of  God’s  love,  and  it  lifts  my  spirit  in  praise  to  God.  Allahu  Akbar!”    God’s  great  love  sent  Jesus  as  a  lamb  led  to  the  slaughter.  God’s  unfathomable  wisdom  raised  Him  to  life  and  prolonged  His  days  into  eternity.    Pray  that  God  would  continue  to  open  Hamid’s  eyes  to  the  greatness  of  God’s  love  as  

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they  begin  reading  together  from  the  book  of  Matthew.  May  Hamid  have  a  revelation  of  God’s  love  that  defeats  death  itself  and  raises  us  to  life  through  Jesus.    **This  account  comes  from  a  Long-­‐Term  worker.  Names  have  been  changed  for  security.**