Sin

Perhaps it's too odd to tell you that our new sister in Christ has been sharing with her other Uyghur friends about sin.  Of course we all want to share with all of them about the Savior but right now, besides this one friend, I've never met a Utghur who understands sin.

For Muslims, and that means basically all Uyghurs, sin is something you do.... or cleaer still, sin is something bad people do.  But yesterday I got to discuss with my precious tutor friend, K, that sin is something that is in us, even in our kids.

She tensed up noticeable at this point in the conversation.... and who wouldn't?  Because if sin is something in us, then we are far less in control of doing/ not doing it.  (Since the Islamic moral law is ar more doable than Jesus'- don't commit adultery vs. don't lust in your heart).  If sin is something in us... if we Are Sinners... than there's really no way out except that we have a Savior.  Islam decieves it's followers to say that sin (and their first idea of sin is eating pork) is something you can work hard to avoid... and if that's the case you can skip out on the Savior "option," right?

Please join us in praying for our friends here, and my dear K, who will be here any second now... that they would know the Lord's kindness in convicting them and leading them to repentance (Romans 2:4) ... and to the Savior who forgives, heals, transforms, loves.