MEETING WALID SHOEBAT

WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, I PEN THE WORDS THAT CAN LEAD TO PUBLIC DISCOVERY.YET IT WAS SOMETHING WALID SAID TO ME, THAT IN REFLECTION; LED TO MY CHOICE. AT AN UNDISCLOSED MEETING, AT AN INDETERMINATE TIME; HE SAID."MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PRAY FOR ME; BUT FEW ARE WILLING TO JOIN THE STRUGGLE."
IF YOUR NOT FAMILIAR WITH WALID SHOEBAT; HERE IS A BRIEF HISTORY: WALID WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM, ISRAEL. WHERE HE WAS RAISED BY AN ARAB FATHER, AND AN AMERICAN MOTHER. HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH HAJ-AMEEN AL-HUSSENI; WHO WAS THE GRAND MUFTI OF JERUSALEM, WHO IN TURN WAS AN ASSOCIATE OF ADOLF HITLER, AND HIS NAZI REGIME.IN AN INTERESTING TURN OF FATE, HIS MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDFATHER F.W. GEORGESON, ONCE MAYOR OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA; WAS A CLOSE FRIEND TO WINSTON CHURCHILL. ( THIS FROM HIS OWN BIO. FROM A BOOK HE'D WRITTEN. )
WALID GREW UP A TERRORIST! ( AGAIN, SELF DESCRIBED )IN 1993 HE WAS CHALLENGED BY HIS WIFE,TO READ THE HOLY BIBLE-IN COMPARISON TO THE QURAN. THESE ARE HIS CONCLUSIONS:
"ONLY BIBLICAL TRUTH HAS TRANSFERRED MY WAY OF THINKING FROM BEING A FOLLOWER OF MUHAMMAD AND IDOLIZING ADOLF HITLER TO BELIEVING IN JESUS CHRIST. FROM BELIEVING LIES, TO KNOWING THE TRUTH, FROM BEING SPIRITUALLY SICK TO HEALED, FROM LIVING IN DARKNESS TO SEEING THE LIGHT, FROM BEING DAMNED TO SAVED, FROM DOUBT TO FAITH, FROM HATE TO LOVE,AND FROM EVIL WORKS TO GOD'S GRACE THROUGH CHRIST. THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT GOD IS THAT WHEN SOMEONE SINCERELY AND HUMBLY CRIES OUT TO HIM TO HELP HIM OR HER FIND TRUTH, HE ALWAYS ANSWERS THAT PRAYER. TODAY I AM A CHRISTIAN."
SINCE MEETING WALID, I'VE COME TO THIS CONCLUSION "FAITH WITHOUT WORKS,IS DEAD!" JAMES 2:17.FOR ME TO SIT IDLELY BY, AND ALLOW FEAR TO CONTROL ME IS COWARDNESS. WE LIVE IN A TIME OF GREAT PERIL; WHERE FENCE WALKERS CAN NO LONGER JUSTIFY THEIR OWN EXCUSE; AND I, FOR ONE, WILL STAND!
I SEE, AND FEEL A PREVAILING FEAR; EVEN IN THE STRONGEST OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES; TO SUCCUMB TO THE BIG BULLY ISLAM, IN AS MUCH, AS WE HAVE THIS WESTERN MENTALITY TO APPEASE THEM; NOT REALIZING THAT WE ARE AT WAR; NOT WITH A RELIGION, BUT WITH AN IDEOLOGY OF HATE. SHEEPLE, ALLOWING OURSELVES TO BE LED TO THE SLAUGHTER WITHOUT EVEN AS MUCH AS A PROTEST- I.E. NIGERIA; WHERE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, HUNDREDS OF CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED! HOW FAR MUST IT GO, BEFORE WE RAISE OUR VOICES IN CONDEMNATION, AND PROTEST? DO AMERICANS REALLY NAIVELY BELIEVE, THAT IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, AS WELL? OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR, FROM THE SENSOR POLICE, TELLING US THAT WE CAN NO LONGER PRACTICE OUR FAITH; OR WORSE YET, TO BE HERDED OFF TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP TO SUFFER A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH!!!
THIS IS MY ASSUMPTION ONLY; BUT I FEEL THAT A LOT OF CHRISTIANS BELIEVE, THAT THE RAPTURE WILL OCCUR BEFORE WE HAVE TO SUFFER TOO MUCH. THIS AT BEST, IS NAIVE! AT WORST, JUST PLAIN IGNORANT! OPEN YOUR EYE'S BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. TAKE A STAND WHILE YOU STILL HAVE TIME, TO STAND. IF WE AS A PEOPLE, RAISE OUR VOICES TOGETHER, CAN WE NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? AND IF NOT, WHY ARE AMERICAN SOLDIERS DIEING IN THE FIRST PLACE; IF NOT TO PROTECT THOSE SELF SAME FREEDOMS?
I WANT YOU TO ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION. CAN YOU, IF THE NEED ARISE, PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR YOUR FAITH? WALID DOES, AND EVERY DAY! IS HE AFRAID, IF NOT FOR HIMSELF, THAN CERTAINLY FOR HIS FAMILY. DOES THIS STOP HIM? NO, MY FRIEND, IT DOES NOT; BECAUSE COURAGE IS THE ABILITY TO MOVE THROUGH OUR FEAR; NOT THE ABSENCE THERE OF. AM I AFRAID? YOU BET I AM! BUT I'M NO LONGER WILLING TO SIT BY AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.I HAVE SHAKEN OFF THE SLUMBER FROM MY EYE'S TO SEE; I HAVE TAKEN MY HANDS FROM OFF MY EARS TO HEAR; AND I'VE RISEN FROM THE COMFORT OF MY OWN IDLENESS TO STAND! STAND WITH ME, AND JOIN YOUR VOICE WITH MINE; AND WALID'S, AND THE FEW WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO GET OFF THEIR BLESSED ASSURANCE... AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!
MEETING WALID SHOEBAT CHANGED MY LIFE FOR EVER; AND READING HIS BOOK "GOD'S WAR ON TERROR" SLAPPED ME FASTLY AWAKE, AND FOREVER.I'LL NEVER FORGET THE LOOK IN HIS EYE'S; WHEN HE SAID, WHAT HE SAID TO ME. IT MADE ME REALIZE, THAT ONE VOICE, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT THAT TWO VOICES, CAN MAKE A CHANGE.
FOR MY MUSLIM SISTERS AND BROTHERS, I LOVE YOU IN JESUS CHRIST'S NAME. I SINCERELY, AND DEEPLY MEAN THAT. I PRAY THAT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, THAT YOU MAY OPEN YOUR EYE'S, AS WALID HAS; AND KNOW, THAT A MARTYRS REWARD IS NOT FOUND WITH ALLAH; BUT WITH A CARPENTER NAMED JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS FULLY GOD; AND FULLY MAN.

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