GOD HAS opened my eyes
By: Kartini A. I.
This testimony is written in the hope that what I experienced, would be a blessing both for those who already believe or not believe.
Before I believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, I am a Muslim, a background of a Muslim family and grew up in Pondok Pesantren Miftahul Huda, Sukabumi West Java. From what I believe and have learned that long, I grew to be a fanatic Muslim and anti-Christian, and trap Christians argue even the most hobby.
Yelling in front of the church by saying: "Mary, called Jesus ignore it" I ever did. Because I feel that what I believed then, is the most true and blessed God Almighty, in accordance with the Qs. Ali Imran 19, which reads: Innaddinna indallaahil Islam (Truly, the religion (the blessed) with Allah is Islam)
Outside of everything I consider Islam heretical, what else Christians, infidels, because his God there are three: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. But I never Alhamdullilah to kill Christians.
And why I can believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior? Although I am proud of what I believe it, but when talking about the judgment-day, was the most feared and most terrified because I do not know for sure, if I die got rahmnat God (in heaven) or the curse of God (in hell), because I am human regular who never escaped from the mistakes of sin.
I migrated from Sukabumi to Bandung to learn skills. In this developing city I live in hostels or boarding. My friends mostly Christian and my old habits never change, trap and argue with Christians still often do and I still hate the Christians.
For some reason one day I want to read the Bible and have friends in the book of Genesis it is written, "God created man from the land ..." I wonder, how the same with the Qur'an, when the gospel was already forged etc., and now Christians are 'infidels'.
Starting from the curious, I find friends to go to church. I want to know and want to explore how Christians worship. I went right and the first church that I could not contain his emotion and sadness, I cried until the service was over, my inner struggle between the sin of apostasy and disbelief, apostasy because of the church and believe in God.
Following weeks, I've always wanted and longed to come to church again, and for four months I like to go to church, but as long as I do not want to pray in the name of Jesus or Isa Al-Masih, I believe in God but do not believe in Jesus as God and as Son of God because I have a notion that the existence of the dispute, namely Al-Ikhlas letter which reads:
Qul huwallahu ahad
Say: "He is Allah, the Almighty"
Allaahush shamad:
God is the God who rely on Him all things
Another wa Lam yalid yuulad:
He did not have children and not (also) begotten
Wa lam yakul lahuu kufuwan ahad:
And no one is equal to Him.
Although I go to church but my duty as Muslims to pray five times I still do. Until the day I fell ill after two weeks of pain and no signs of improvement, finally on the third week, when a harnba God invites me to pray in Television spontaneity took the Bible and the Bible suddenly open
himself there, God gave the verse to me and I remember very passage:
"A virgin who suffered from bleeding for 12 years when the Messiah 'Isa by her touch his cloak, he touched his cloak believe he will recover."
I think it's the same with my kok. Finally, I challenged Jesus, I pray: "Ya Rabbi 'Jesus, if indeed thou God and can heal all kinds of diseases, heal me," and miracles happen the next day, I have been healed.
Finally I studied again surah Al-Ikhlas is a rebuttal, to believe about Jesus the Messiah, and I compare with the life story of Jesus, the son of Mary, from birth, miracles, miracles, until the death and resurrection back to even His second coming. More embedded in my heart, is Jesus, the son of Mary can bring a dead person, if humans could be like that, he'll arrogant especially when there's no love in his heart foundation and have dominion over the demise of human life itself is only the Creator God.
Of all of the verses of Al-Ikhlas is why I can prove that Isa (Jesus) was God. God opened my spiritual eye, which had been closed by the gods-gods of this age and time can not believe that Jesus Christ (Jesus Christ) is not only a prophet but He is also truly God Almighty.
One day I took my diploma legalization in Sukabumi to attend school in Bandung; I have to go to my old school, where my school and mesantren. When I asked for legalization, for some reason my letter of good conduct from their police and unreadable by my religion there Protestant written while my diploma from Tsanawiyah; ultimately not accept the legalization but instead to argue with the teachers and my Ustad, I finally came home to Bandung empty-handed.
After I could believe that Jesus was God and Rabboni, the first challenge actually came from the Christians themselves. I used to judge the Christians who love the church's good because of love but no, I never cursed and made fun of "You're so Christian pretending, how could people get in a Christian boarding school, basic carpenter pellets, etc. wizards ".
Of sadness that I wanted to go home to complain to my parents, but what I found when I got home, all the family away, I wonder why it changed like this, even when my parents told me: "You are given what is as they are, until you can sell your religion and convert to Christianity? " I'm surprised my parents know? And my thought was given to Christianity supermi or anything similar given the church, like what they thought all along, that people seduced Islam to Christianity or be given money or food is also given.
And obscenities came out, my father said: "I never thought you could be like this, if you like any sin can be forgiven but sin is apostasy, sin can be forgiven again, once I'm proud of you can teach, teach Koran, used in the community but now no meaning anymore, I got to be tried by the chairman of the foundation, and there teachers cursed because you are a Christian, you have really defamed from boarding to be a Christian, either placed in which the face and the good name of this family with you, you if the animal had to be killed so is completely defamed, trash on the street can still valuable, but you have no cost at all, and let you know that your name father had put a proposal and sent to the Minister of Religion "
For what? I asked, let me one time if anything happens to you, as a parent I do not want to have more responsibility because you are a Christian.
Like being struck by lightning in the daylight, why do they have the heart like that, and my misery was complete at that time, apparently after the legalization of diplomas, foundation chairman immediately called my parents, until finally they agreed to my name included in the proposal and send to the Department of Religion , after knowing that, I have no choice
other than go from the house and determined in the hearts "Yes Rabboni 'Jesus, I will not leave you, even if my parents or brother-mara ignoring me. padamulah Only God I give all this burden". Lord God has been very good to me. Even though I've gone without anything supplied by the mother and father, God the Father syurgawiku never ignore me! Halleluyah! Alhamdullilah! Since then God the Father who has syurgawilah equip me every time in terms of spiritual and physical, and He never deny His promises to all his sheep, including me!
So finally it was time for me to express my faith believe to Al-Masih 'Isa as my Lord and Savior through Holy Baptism at the church GKI West Java in Bandung in December 1994, after spending nine months studying catechism. After the baptism was done I prayed, "Lord, thank you because you have my seal, but I do not want my only safe course, I also want my family and my brothers saved, and I want to be the evangelist, to preach the gospel of come from you as I have received ".
And the magic that once our Lord, He sent two mothers with evangelistic books a lot, but
previously I had never known and had never met the two men's mother, and it was a great joy I once felt, as an answer to my prayer to be evangelists, and thank God I was allowed to study at the Training Center 'Nehemiah Christian Center 'Jakarta and from what I experienced my conclusions:
1.Tidak there are concerns in the name of Rabbi 'Isa.
2. We can not rely on human power that even his own parents.
3. And safety can not we get with our good deeds or with cuba collect as much reward, because salvation is a gift and is solely in the name of 'Isa al-Masih.
So I wrote this testimony, as my sense of gratitude for Rabboni Al-Masih 'Isa son of Mary was
save me from the valley of sin and darkness and that has been brought into the light of God's miraculous.
Amin ya robbal alamin,
Sincerely,
Kartini A.I.
Editor Note:
Two of these mothers find the relevant addresses in a book shop in Bandung. Two mothers feel burdened and search until you find the address. Thanks to God! God himself who lead them, must be met.
Hodu ladonai! Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!
God bless them all Amen
Reviews Editor:
Most Muslims, like brothers Kartini AI much hate and argue with Christians, but
The Qur'an mentions Christians, the Christians had the closest friendship premises
