response to ahmad zafire

Submitted by clarence puckett (United States), Aug 23, 2006 at 23:32

Ahmad: I have been a christian for about thirty years now [born again at age 42, now 69]. I have studied the bible daily all those years, I have been an elder and pastor's council member in two large churches, outreach director. When I talk to people like yourself about their religion, I don't get angry, I do it out of love for my fellow human being. When people get defensive about what they believe, like muslims do when their beliefs and mohammed and their god [allah] is critiqued, then something is very amiss.

I don't take it personally when people critisize me about what i believe in, because I know that what I believe is true and real and is the only way to heaven[personal relationship with the Jesus of the bible, God's son, his word revealed in human flesh.] you can read all the religious books in the world and still not know the God of the bible. I am very careful about the bible I read, there are 5 or 6 thousand different ones in the world, most written by sinful carnal minded men who decided to change God's holy word, because they don't agree with the textus receptus[greek for the original text KJV bible 1611, still valid for today] It is a spiritual book, you can't change it, but it can change you.

Many muslims are coming to Christ in our time, they no longer believe in a religion of violence. St. John 16: Jesus said, for the time will come when they will kill you, thinking they are doing God a favor, they neither know me nor the father. I believe Jesus was prophetically speaking about a time in the future and a false religious people killing people in the name of God. I don't have the space to share with you all the wisdom God has given me over the years by praying and reading his word daily. One question for you: If you died today, would you go to heaven ? If you belive so, why should God receive you in his heavenly abode ? You can't save yourself and you are not good enough, so that is what Jesus is all about and his death on the cross. John 3:16 sums up the gospel, but you have to make a decision for Jesus and when you do, you have to reject any and everything else you have ever believed.

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