The Unexpected Adventure Continues

Thoughts from our 6-week Bridges small group

For the quarter of a million Muslims who live in the Washington metropolitan area, there is no assurance of salvation. Muslims may try to please God through emulating Muhammad’s example and by trying to obey the laws in their holy books, but their efforts to win God’s favor through their good deeds outweighing the bad will never succeed in producing the righteousness God requires. By contrast, God offers all peoples including Muslims salvation freely through faith in Jesus Christ. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) God’s Word was not sent just to become a book of laws as Islam claims, but God’s Word became a Savior to take away our sins.

These are some of the truths members of the MBC Loudoun campus were discussing at the first Bridges small group meeting this week. They were encouraged not to ask God if they should share the gospel with their Muslim friends and acquaintances, but to ask God to open doors to share Jesus. Look around Loudoun County and you will see many Muslims who live and work among us. Perhaps the reason God has brought them here is so that we can develop loving relationships with them and hence gain opportunities to share the good news of Jesus. Don’t be afraid to reach out and get to know your Muslim neighbors. Maybe God wants to use you in their lives in “unexpected” ways. The Unexpected Adventure didn’t have to end after you finished Day 42—it can continue every day!