Accept Jesus As Savior

bling said:

I agree you start with where you agree, but will move on to where you disagree. I can agree with a lot of what Muslims say and teach and they can agree with me, since we use a lot of the same words, but with different meanings. I go back to the assumes and the assumed meanings they have. They are not going to be picking up stones, but often feel very uncomfortable.
Sometimes you can only set a seed of contingent, that hopefully at some later date will under some stress cause them to come back to you. This has happened with my experiences.
Do you listen to them the way you want them to listen to you?

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Yes. I think we have similar things in common. We of course would have differences.
I am trained to talk to people of all kinds of faith, and to do that, the first priority is to understand what their views are, and then to use their "language" in conversing with them.
For example, rather than say "Bible", when speaking to Muslims, I would say, holy writings, or the Torah, and Prophets, and Psalms.

Incorporating what Paul said, in the ministry is very important. 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

bling said:

At the prison I taught in and also with my friends in communist China at unregistered churches there is this "in or out"/committed or not committed. The raids by the communist will result in taking only baptized believers, so if you are there and not baptized they might take your name and just let you go.
In prison we had four groups of 14 or so prisoners (some committed Christians and some prisoners just there listening [it could be for just something to do]). There was no week, partial, or nominal "Christians" in prison (you were in or out/ committed or not committed/baptized or not baptized).

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bling said:

Being baptized was a sign to the world of being committed in those locations.

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Yes. This is why it is important that persons understand that being a Christian involves more than saying "I do", but involves "performing deeds in keeping with their repentance". Acts 26:20