There's a christian sister where i work as a printing apprentice, who we always discuss about various issues ranging from politics to religion. During our chit-chat few days ago, she stopped at a point and said brother; did you go to school at all ( she asked me this because of my modest and hardworking lifestyle) and I said yes and as a matter of fact i'm a graduate. She said are you kidding me, and i said no i'm not that i'm truly a graduate, she said what are you doing here then, and i told her that after a fruitless search for a job for good two years i decided to come and learn this printng work so that i would not just stay at home doing nothing. The next thing she told me was that ; you need Jesus in your life, you need him to deliver you from the curse. To be sincere, it got to a point that i got confused, you know being a muslim, i was like let me give it a try. Just yesterday, i followed her pastor to a CAC church because she had discussed about me with her pastor who stays very close to our shop, when we got to the church, their pastor held my hand and started praying with me. After the prayer, the pastor said: he saw Jesus behind me waiting for me to come to him, he also said he saw me at the Airport, that I should've been abroad if only i had accepted Jesus christ a long time ago, he concluded by saying; my brother you really need Jesus in your life and i told him i'd think about it. I started thinking about it till i got home yesterday, when i got home, i brought out my quran and i said "i'm not going to denounce you because of my joblessness, there's no other God except Almighty Allah". when i woke up this morning, i observed my subhi prayer and i prayed to God to shower his blessings on me. When i got to shop this morning, the sister said what's your decision now brother and i told her i was coming. Pls help me

tartar9:
is this Ifeann?

seemples:


You're surprised at your misconception!

Ifeann:


I would hope that you read the gospel and become a Christian one day but your current reason is not a true one.

Peace.

tartar9:
yea but even thou,why must it still be about/connected to Islam,shez still sick just hope shez getting cured.

Rilwon:


So, are you saying, reading the bible will automatically make one a christian?

Is the bible you read different from the one catholics are reading?

Also, if you are to recommend a good church for the guy, can you recommend the church you attend for him? which of the thousands of church do you attend?

Ifeann:

Salam rilwayne001

Reading the bible does not make one automatically a Christian. I recommended he does that because its a good way to start the journey.

Again I will not recommend a church for him.

There are tonnes of Good churches both orthodox and protestant/pentecostal.

Having said that, it is important to warn him of the false prophets/priests/pastors who have gone into the world.

It is not easy being a Christian you need to kEep both eyes open and trust in the holy spirit.

Even Christ said be gentle as a dove and wise as the serpent.

And lastly, English is a very poor language (u will only realize this when u try learning a finer language) hence bible translations to English need expert skills and sometimes it is important to use more than one bible translation to fully understand an obscure Greek/ aramaic/ hewbrew word.

I use 3 bible translations ; the Jewish orthodox translation(prefered by Jewish Christians) which has the original Hebrew juxtaposed with some English, I also use the New king James version (preferred by protestants) and the Good news version(preferred by Catholics).

I hope I answered all your questions

Ifeann:
Hello thesource

I happened to read your post https://www.nairaland.com/2286369/how-nearly-became-christian-yesterday

and it caught my interest, unfortunately I don't comment in the Islam for muslim section so I repost it here.


You said




First of all I pray your situation improves.

I read ur post and was concerned about what the pastor said to you. If the pastor truly said this then u are probably in the WRONG hands. This is the problem today. Some "Christian" who run churches feel it is okay to entice people to their churches by making saying "prophetic" things about how u would have been successful and prosperous if only u had Christ.

Yes Christ says he will meet our needs but never promised material wealth or worldly suCcess. If this were the case then all Christians will have a Bentley in the garage and a villa in Monaco.

If you chose to come to Christ because of the "sweet talking Christian" then u are most likely converting for the wrong reason.

If you chose to read the gospels (new testament) and Christ's message touches your heart then you are in the right path to truly experiencing Christ's salvation.

Be careful of false Christians, especially sweet talking church business owners who aggressively seek the contents of your pocket. However, there are also tonnes of really Good bible reading churches around who truly teach Christ's gospel and message of salvation. Christ will meet your needs and can make you wealthy. But material prosperity is not a reason to leave your religion, a tonne of atheists are rich but does that mean that Christ loves them more than Christians struggling to make a living, of course not.

I would hope that you read the gospel and become a Christian one day but your current reason is not a true one.

Peace.

Ifeann:
Hello thesource

First of all I pray your situation improves.

I read ur post and was concerned about what the pastor said to you. If the pastor truly said this then u are probably in the WRONG hands. This is the problem today. Some "Christian" who run churches feel it is okay to entice people to their churches by making saying "prophetic" things about how u would have been successful and prosperous if only u had Christ.

Yes Christ says he will meet our needs but never promised material wealth or worldly suCcess. If this were the case then all Christians will have a Bentley in the garage and a villa in Monaco.

If you chose to come to Christ because of the "sweet talking Christian" then u are most likely converting for the wrong reason.

If you chose to read the gospels (new testament) and Christ's message touches your heart then you are in the right path to truly experiencing Christ's salvation.

Be careful of false Christians, especially sweet talking church business owners who aggressively seek the contents of your pocket. However, there are also tonnes of really Good bible reading churches around who truly teach Christ's gospel and message of salvation. Christ will meet your needs and can make you wealthy. But material prosperity is not a reason to leave your religion, a tonne of atheists are rich but does that mean that Christ loves them more than Christians struggling to make a living, of course not.

I would hope that you read the gospel and become a Christian one day but your current reason is not a true one.

Peace.

You are quite a discerning reader... You're gifted!

iamjane:
I used to think you were too lopsided, biased and bigoted. ..I thought that in order to defend your religion you would shield the wrong doers. my impression about you has changed.
You are strong though I must confess it's not easy handling the nl Muslims

Anas09:
My sister ifeann, you r indeed a disciple of christ. I respect you so much. What you say is so true. If u come to christ because of what you will gain, then you have not actually come to Christ. Don't seek the gift, seek the giver of the gift.

Ifeann:


Thanks anas09. I respect you as well. U make very compelling arguments. We are lucky we have the internet to wake Muslims up about the lie they believe as well as inform Christians or otherwise about false conversion, false prophets etc.

Channelz thanks. I really appreciate how u compile those comments, and reading your comments is always a delight.

malvisguy212:
God bless you for this wonderful thread.

bashbabe2:
The brother doesn't need your help.
Your obsession with Islam and Muslims is beginning to turn to something else.
Please save yourself first because you are completely lost. I hope you find the truth before it's too late.
Stop the obsession. I keep saying involve your self with something that would really benefit you and your christian folks.
We believe in God same God jesus (ra) believed, same with all other prophets.we are on the right path
Alhamdillilah and InshaALLah nothing will make us worship what you worship. salam

Ifeann:


However, there are also tonnes of really Good bible reading churches around who truly teach Christ's gospel and message of salvation.

Ifeann:


And lastly, English is a very poor language

hence bible translations to English need expert skills and sometimes it is important to use more than one bible translation to fully understand an obscure Greek/ aramaic/ hewbrew word.

I use 3 bible translations ; the Jewish orthodox translation(prefered by Jewish Christians) which has the original Hebrew juxtaposed with some English, I also use the New king James version (preferred by protestants) and the Good news version(preferred by Catholics).

I hope I answered all your questions

Anas09:
@empree and rilwayne. Christianity is not like Islam. There's no christian nation, but they r christians in the nations. Its personal. Not even family or community, That there so many christians in a state doesn't make that state a christain state. So that u don't attribute what the govt does to chritstianity. But they r islamic nations. U join islam and state. Christ seperated church and state. He said "Give to ceaser what belongs to ceaser and to God what belongs to God" so u see? American can't act and u put it on christians. AnD, check, before america comes in, is to intervene. The muslims don't say what they do to bring America in, they only say what American did. Some characters. Secondly, rilwon, NO one comes to christ on his own. I laf at u to say u have been reading the bible from wen u were 15. As what? As a literery text or what? You think the bible is a koran which u read as textbook? See this one. If christ wants u, today, I mean now. U be toy. U don't go to christ, he calls and draws u to himself. U r dead. A dead man does not have a will, wen he reaches out to u, u'll come alive. Just keep on. He needs u there, if u r not there the scriptures won't be fulfilled. So just go on with what u r doing. U being there confirms that the word of God is true. Those who worship man made god, having eyes but not seeing, like their god, having ears but not hearing. That's u. It just bothers me that u read the bible, which will inturn used to judge u. U'd wish, u did something abt it.

Rilwayne001:


I don't understand all this your rantings. You should simply address my post. I asked some poignant questions up there which you master ifeann is yet to address.

Ifeann:


I am nobodys master.

You statement only shows the slave mentality u Muslims have.

I am busy with real life stuff and will discuss with you when I can spare the time

Rilwayne001:

There is even one of them that used to upload one nonsense pics where you alone couldn't be defeated by my brothers, I wonder what that clown was thinking when creating such pics. But I think they are now getting back to their senses and they all are gradually seeing your featherhead, that you know nothing but copying and pasting same old lies.

Ifeann:
Hello thesource

I happened to read your post https://www.nairaland.com/2286369/how-nearly-became-christian-yesterday

and it caught my interest, unfortunately I don't comment in the Islam for muslim section so I repost it here.


You said




First of all I pray your situation improves.

I read ur post and was concerned about what the pastor said to you. If the pastor truly said this then u are probably in the WRONG hands. This is the problem today. Some "Christian" who run churches feel it is okay to entice people to their churches by making saying "prophetic" things about how u would have been successful and prosperous if only u had Christ.

Yes Christ says he will meet our needs but never promised material wealth or worldly suCcess. If this were the case then all Christians will have a Bentley in the garage and a villa in Monaco.

If you chose to come to Christ because of the "sweet talking Christian" then u are most likely converting for the wrong reason.

If you chose to read the gospels (new testament) and Christ's message touches your heart then you are in the right path to truly experiencing Christ's salvation.

Be careful of false Christians, especially sweet talking church business owners who aggressively seek the contents of your pocket. However, there are also tonnes of really Good bible reading churches around who truly teach Christ's gospel and message of salvation. Christ will meet your needs and can make you wealthy. But material prosperity is not a reason to leave your religion, a tonne of atheists are rich but does that mean that Christ loves them more than Christians struggling to make a living, of course not.

I would hope that you read the gospel and become a Christian one day but your current reason is not a true one.

Peace.

obiZEAL:
if u r a christian and ur so intolerant about muslims like I've seen from ur from all ur previous posts...then I'll die an agnost.
the hate in ur heart towards ur fellow humans just cos an unproven god is scary.

obiZEAL:

the hate in ur heart towards ur fellow humans just cos an unproven god is scary.