A City Of Refuge

Pastor Ibrahim Ag Mohamed,
of the METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE,
LONDON, is a converted Muslim.

During his years of schooling, in which he learned French and later English, the influence of Islam also shaped Ibrahim. Required to commit the Qur'an (or Koran) in Arabic to memory, he was compelled to believe its tenets without question, though he did not fully understand its meaning.

As a young adult, along with a group of other young men, Ibrahim burned Bibles and any Christian literature he could find. According to their Muslim beliefs, these writings were the corrupted Word of God, and therefore should be destroyed.

One day Ibrahim found a Gideon New Testament that belonged to a cousin who had become a Christian several years earlier. Ibrahim could see that his cousin's life had changed in ways that he admired. Also, his cousin prayed in his own Tamasheq language, demonstrating it was possible to communicate with God in one's mother tongue.

While reading the New Testament, two concepts struck Ibrahim. First, the genealogy in Matthew outlined a history he was familiar with, including such names as Abraham and King David. His interest piqued, as chapter after chapter drew him in.

Then he read Jesus' own words: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Mtatthew 11:28, KJV). "This," says Ibrahim, "is my best word in the Bible: 'Come.' It's an invitation. … "

A powerful invitation  STORY HERE:

***WATCH THIS POWERFUL SERMON HERE, BY PASTOR IBRAHIM. "THE CROSS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST."