A few years ago the son of a prominent Bedouin sheikh from the south of Israel applied for a residential permit in the U.S.A. during a visit there. The application was at first rejected. Later a Christian preacher accompanied him to the head of the competent department to support the case. The latter asked the young men a series of questions.
The Arab described the situation in Negev in the south of Israel. He told of his family and his own personal history. Then he began to speak in detail of his faith. To the astonishment of the official he mentioned what CHRIST had done for him and what HE meant to him. Finally the young man had the courage to say, That is the story of my life! His counterpart replied, May GOD be praised! I, too, am a born again Christian.
It turned out that the head of the department was a Jew by birth, who had equally been converted to CHRIST. So now the Arab and the Jew shook hands as brothers in CHRIST! At the end of the conversation the young man said, We have now experienced the real solution to the problems in the Middle East. It is CHRIST, The Living LORD! No human being, no nation, no peace treaty can help us. The LORD JESUS CHRIST alone can do so.
CHRIST is truly the PRINCE of Peace. For issues concerning the future and eternity, any certain hope rests on HIM. HE is our hope.
1 Timothy 1:1, Isaiah 9:5, 6
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