Muslims, and especially Muslim religious leaders, can strongly identify with the dilemma faced by Nicodemus. They, too, are parts of religious systems which largely reject Jesus as being Lord and Savior. Receiving Jesus as Lord triggers apostasy status in Islam and typically a lot of persecution as well.

Some time ago I spoke with Ibrahim, a former Muslim, and he said, “I have put my trust in Jesus as Savior, and I feel like a new man.”...