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[paul12]

Hi!
I'm Paul.
Somewhere in middle east. I saved by Jesus (my testimony).
Being here in a community is very valuable for me. Because I live in isolation no one should know that I'm a Christian, except in home, my father who threated to kill me and my mother who disowned me. Basically I'm one inch away from persecution and death by authority.
But I'm trying my best to be "wise as serpents" [Matthew 10:16] and not to hand myself to authority and die, And same time trying to help others to know Jesus and be saved.

I'd love to know you and speak to you and share our faith.
As your little brother, I tell you, If you are living in a relatively safe environment, you can freely pray the Lord in church and have your brothers and sisters beside you, having a bible and reading it, a supportive family, good friends who can rely on them. Give thanks for all of it.

God bless you

 

[lisatanner]

welcome.

 

[RoboOp]

Thank you Paul for sharing about your situation; I have known of other brothers in person and online who have faced similar persecution and even risking their lives.

What matters more than anything is that you truly have eternal life; no one can take that away.

Having said that, I also pray for God's mercy and protection on you in this life and if God has purpose for you elsewhere (e.g, to share with other muslims in other places, or even non-muslims), that He deliver you from that place.

I hope the site here is helpful to you; I hope that you find encouragement here, and I pray that you can somehow have in-person fellowship in the near future.

 

[faithlife]

Hi Paul12 glad the Lord led you to CC, welcome to the fellowship! I did read your testimony and 'bravo' you really got it right. I know angels are all around you and I pray IJN God protects you and keeps you from harm. Jehovah bless & keep you always IJNA🎚

 

[tourist]

You are in a very hard situation and I will pray for God to deliver you from it. Glad to have you join our community. God bless you too and those that you love. Welcome to CC.

 

[Gideon300]

Hi!
I'm Paul.
Somewhere in middle east. I saved by Jesus (my testimony).
Being here in a community is very valuable for me. Because I live in isolation no one should know that I'm a Christian, except in home, my father who threated to kill me and my mother who disowned me. Basically I'm one inch away from persecution and death by authority.
But I'm trying my best to be "wise as serpents" [Matthew 10:16] and not to hand myself to authority and die, And same time trying to help others to know Jesus and be saved.

I'd love to know you and speak to you and share our faith.
As your little brother, I tell you, If you are living in a relatively safe environment, you can freely pray the Lord in church and have your brothers and sisters beside you, having a bible and reading it, a supportive family, good friends who can rely on them. Give thanks for all of it.

God bless you

Amen, Paul. You are living proof that God is greater than even the most oppressive regimes. Many former Muslims are turning to Jesus. They also risk their lives. Many believers pray for the persecuted. You are not alone because Jesus has promised to be with you always.

 

[andy700700]

James 1:12
New International Version
12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Revelation 21:1-8
New International Version
21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

1 Chronicles 16:34
New International Version
34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.

Mark 12:30-31
New International Version
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

John 14:6
New International Version
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

1 Corinthians 12:12-27
New International Reader's Version
12 There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body. It is the same with Christ. 13 We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink. 14 So the body is not made up of just one part. It has many parts.
15 Suppose the foot says, “I am not a hand. So I don’t belong to the body.” By saying this, it cannot stop being part of the body. 16 And suppose the ear says, “I am not an eye. So I don’t belong to the body.” By saying this, it cannot stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell? 18 God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be. 19 If all the parts were the same, how could there be a body? 20 As it is, there are many parts. But there is only one body.
21 The eye can’t say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 In fact, it is just the opposite. The parts of the body that seem to be weaker are the ones we can’t do without. 23 The parts that we think are less important we treat with special honor. The private parts aren’t shown. But they are treated with special care. 24 The parts that can be shown don’t need special care. But God has put together all the parts of the body. And he has given more honor to the parts that didn’t have any. 25 In that way, the parts of the body will not take sides. All of them will take care of one another. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is honored, every part shares in its joy.
27 You are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of it.