He's Alive News and Views May 2022

My Brother Tried to kill me because I met Jesus.

When Joshua was caught up in the dilemma of changing his faith, it was such a precious moment because God revealed Himself to Joshua as The Only True Way. It is not easy to convert to Christianity from Islam. You have to give up everything, including your own family. The new faith you embrace not only brings peace and truth, but extreme Persecution. Ex-Muslims in Pakistan are labeled as infidels for betraying Islam. They are expected to be killed wherever found according to sharia law. Their society is so enraged by an infidel that even their own families give them a brutal death for converting to Christianity. This is the high price of loving Jesus in a Muslim country. This is my testimony. The Bible speaks about nothing being able to separate us from the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, not thunderstorms, Hunger, or death. God is for us, and no one can be against us. I memorized verses like these and began following God‘s path of righteousness. First, I would like to share with you that my father was a colonel in the Pakistan army. Five family members are still ministers in the government of Pakistan today. You can imagine how strong my family was, not just socially, but also religiously. After I accepted Christ, I had to separate myself from all of these things. My brothers did not even let me participate in my father‘s funeral. When my brothers first came to know about my intentions, they blamed my grandfather and momfor spoiling me. They were furious so much so that one of my brothers started beating me brutally, eventually breaking my rib. But I realize that God is giving me life and I would not regret it but rather felt honored even if I’m martyred. One of my sisters merely uttered the word “God” instead of Allah and she was burnt alive. The only reason this happened was because she referred to God as Jesus Christ. I did not only lose my friend and my sister by my own brothers, but I lost my family, my inheritance, and my bank balance. Instead of a person who had spent his life like a king and a prince, I began living an average man’s life. My brother was not satisfied yet, so he hired a Pakistani gangster and gave him Rs.1 million to kill me. But God saved me from being assassinated. My family didn’t want me to stay in the house anymore plus it was not safe anymore. My brothers wanted me dead for dishonoring the family and being converted from Islam. Another incident occurred when I was in Gujaranwala. My brothers along with other companions captured me and started beating me in a well known place known as the Maaneer Chowk. I fell on the ground, but they didn’t stop. By chance a very dear friend of mine was passing by when he saw this barbaric act and he tried to stop my brothers. He tried to protect me. Those cruel extremists also started beating him as well. We were hospitalized and after three days my friend succumbed to his injuries. They took me to some deserted place where I was not even given any water to drink, instead they urinated in my mouth. They made me drink urine for the next 17 days and said I would get water only on one condition, if I accepted Islam as my religion. I thank the Lord Jesus that even the urine was like the purest water for me. Not because of anything that I had done, but because it is written in scriptures that people hate you because of my name. I think you God that your words are coming true in my life. Still, they were not satisfied and so they broke my legs. My brother asked me to perform a miracle, but I replied to him From that Page I don’t 1 haven't he power to do it, only my God Can. He then mocked me and told me to ask my God to protect me. Then I pulled my leg with both hands, and I was healed by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ! I said to God to let them know that you’re my God and I’m your son. Show them that you are my Father and I am your son. Then God asked me to rise, and I did. Then He said don’t just stand there, walk in front of them so that they know I am the God Almighty and I have the power to heal you and protect you. When this happened, my brothers were over whelmed with fear, and they asked me to get lost otherwise they would shoot me. I asked them to shoot me so that I can go straight to my Lord Jesus Christ! I would like to convey this message to you my fellow brothers and sisters. If we live, it should be for Christ, and if we die, it should be for Christ. This is the only honorable thing for a Christian My dear fellows I cannot forget that time when my family ended the relationship with me. In fact, I want to add here that Jesus love forced me to leave those brothers, sisters and parents who wanted to separate me from Christ. Besides that, when I ponder that while living in the world a person‘s greatest wealth is their parents and siblings. But for Jesus- Christ I had to separate myself from them. Still, I am happy, and I will stay happy because Jesus said who are my mother and brothers but those who listen to me and follow my word. The word of God says that the world would have accepted you if you belong to it. The reason it does not accept you is because you don’t belong to the World. Fellow believers, I thank God He fulfilled his word in my life. Whenever I physically lack anything, I share and speak with my God because now only He is my mother, father, brother, and everything to me! Jesus Christ for Muslims www.jesuschristformuslims.com