I was born in Pakistan into a Muslim family. Most members of my family are devout Muslims, so that I was brought up in the
traditional way of studying the Koran and prayers etc. I would have happily stuck with being a Muslim had I known it was the true way to salvation, to reaching the kingdom of God.
What then brought about the change in my life?
Firstly you recite the Koran like a Parrot and don’t understand anything that is written in it, most Muslim critics will tell you that it is good to do this purely on
the basis of reading it to please God which is wrong and has no basis whatsoever.
The fact of the matter is that their thinking is seriously flawed as you should read the Koran in your language of upbringing and
understand what you read, obviously if you did then you would find the things that they don’t want you to know like what the prophet Muhammad is up to in his life time namely marrying his adopted son’s wife after Zaid
divorces her for the prophet’s pleasure, marrying a 9yr old Aisha amongst a few things.
Obviously these things would raise serious questions about the so called greatest prophet of God.
It was the inner self-consciousness looking and searching for something missing in my life.
I used to pray, fast, give charity, but these did not give me the peace I needed. I was reciting the Koran and reading some
suras that an uncle of mine had given me to read on a regular basis to strengthen my soul and be in close companionship with God but no it was all in vain.
I wasn't looking at Christianity as a religion to follow and
I had never in my life read the Bible although our elders believed in all the past scriptures but we did not have a Bible namely old Testament (Torah) and New Testament (Injil). To us Christianity was akin to the
Western life style of self abuse which I understood to be following Christianity.
Jesus Christ said Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know
them by their fruits and here we see it in Muhammad’s followers.
Look at what they are doing around the world, Afghanistan banning all women from going outside, human abuse calling for Islamic values and all that.
Killing and persecuting Christians by Muslims, killing and persecuting Christians in Egypt, Pakistan, India and Indonesia to name a few places seems common today.
The only peace can come from Jesus Christ and nobody else, not Muhammad prophet, not Buddha, not Ram.
Jesus Christ is the prince of Peace, look at his life and look at Muhammad prophets life and do a comparison!
Jesus Christ said to love your fellow humans not kill them, he never asked to lift the sword or fight for religion but on the other hand Muhammad prophet asked to kill anyone who doesn’t convert to Islam or else take
Jizzya tax from them.
Yes most will tell you look at Christians, aren’t they hypocrites?
Well of course they are but do they follow Jesus Christ and his teachings, a big NO!
Jesus Christ said to love your
enemies, pray for them who persecute you but these people do the opposite, they are not followers of Christ at all. we should follow our Lord Jesus Christ and his teachings as he lay them down.
I decided to learn
more about Islam and it was when I was browsing a Muslim news group that I came across this testimony.
At this point I only wanted to learn about Islam and still no thought had ever occurred to me about becoming a
Christian.
I was enlightened by what I read and it confirmed my fears regarding Islam, of what I used to think. What will happen if what I follow is not the truth?
Would I then go to hell?
Muhammad prophet
preached to do good and avoid bad but how much good is enough for God as he is holy, if he based his forgiveness on good deeds alone then the Hindus also preach Good and so do the Buddhists, that means they are eligible
for heaven as much as Muslims or Jews.
I found the answer in the Bible (Torah):
Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our
iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Basically the prophet Isaiah was saying that doing good deeds is not good enough and it is like filthy rags in front of the sight of God as he is a holy God and we
cannot appease him just by doing good deeds, we still cannot enter Heaven.
This was further clarified of how to go to heaven as God had decided to descend on earth in the form of Jesus Christ to sacrifice himself in
the human form to save us all as only Jesus Christ was sinless and his blood would atone or cover our sins and let us in to heaven guaranteed if we believe in him.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.
I was shocked at first,
had I been following a religion that is false and if the Bible is really the truth then what do I do?
I then decided to do some extensive research on both the Bible and the Koran and my findings really shocked me.
We have to acknowledge our sins and call upon Jesus Christ as our saviour and redeemer to atone us for our sins and let us enter the Gate.
In fact this is what Muhammad prophet had to say on this issue when his
disciples asked him about going to heaven in the Koran: Sura 46:9
I don't know what will happen with me or you so how can I tell you if you will go to heaven or not.
I completed my research with an open mind.
I found that Islam is not the truth and I was very disturbed by my findings.
The struggle had begun inside of me, what should I do?
A belief that I had held all this time had turned out to be a lie and false
altogether and the evidence was too strong to convict me that this is the case.
Eventually the answer came. Embrace the truth whatever the cost and this is when I accepted Jesus Christ as saviour and Lord. It was a
hard decision but one which has led me to the right path to the truth and grace of Jesus Christ.
After the conversion, how have I changed?
Well my search has come to an end, I feel an inner peace I never
experienced before and no more inner conflict. I feel better as a person towards others.
I was baptized in my fellowship on Dec 13th 1998. Obviously I want others to know the truth but they are not interested in
that. They think what they and their forefathers have been following is the truth. I hate to think what will happen to them but they don't listen for according to the Bible these people walk in darkness and will not be
allowed to go to heaven.
The struggle has just started, not finished, obviously all my immediate family turned against me but that was expected by me so it is nothing new! I have explained my faith to them, had
several discussions with various people, had invited couple of my Christian friends in to debates to discuss with them what the Bible teaches. In the end it is up to them but I am sticking to my chosen and truthful
path.
I pray for all the Muslims that they come to know the one true God that loves them all so they don't perish in their pride and bloated egos. May God give them guidance and wisdom to discern the truth.
Mohammed
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