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Question 7
The speaker said the hardest concept for Arabs was the Trinity, yet Matthew 3:16–17 (“a voice from heaven… Spirit descending like a dove… Jesus”) felt like “boom in my heart”; what does this tell us about God’s ability to reveal Himself through Scripture, and how should this shape the way Christians rely on the Bible rather than argumentative techniques?
Another way to ask: If the Trinity felt hard to understand but Matthew 3:16–17 hit his heart strongly, what does that show about God using Scripture to reveal Himself? How should this change the way Christians depend on the Bible instead of just debating people?
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His testimony suggests Scripture itself carried God’s persuasive power: a passage he couldn’t intellectually “get” became clear and compelling when he read it, and it struck his heart. This points Christians toward trusting the Bible to reveal God, not just relying on debate or technique.
- He openly struggled with the doctrine: “Now you are telling me God has a son… They tried to explain to me. I couldn’t get it… the most hardest thing for Arabs to understand.”
- He connects the difficulty to Quran teaching: “It’s mentioned in the Quran… if you believe in the Trinity… you will go to hell.”
- The shift came through reading, not argument: he read Matthew “chapter three, verse 16 and 17.”
- The text itself displayed Father, Son, Spirit: “A voice from heaven… Holy Spirit descending like a dove… Jesus Christ is the Son of God. The Trinity.”
- His response was spiritual conviction: “I felt something boom in my heart… I believe the seed of faith.”
- He later describes Scripture as God speaking personally: “I felt… he’s speaking to me directly… from the scripture.”