How do you know God and Jesus?

I used to endure all sorts of guilt and shouting from the pulpit until I realized that the very words of God and Jesus were at times being defied. Emotionally I left Christianity and started searching. I still loved God and Jesus but to me the Church had lost it. I briefly looked at Judaism and left in discouragement. I investigated Islam and learned so much. Perhaps 1/4 or more of the Quran is about Jesus (Issa) and Mary (Miriam) (From Arabic)

More than 20 years later God and Jesus are still central for me. I trust God (Allah if you wish) and know deeply that he loves me and is ever before me. I'm not really open to changing my mind.

I sought Him until I found Him. It took 4 months of earnestly seeking Him. I already believed in Jesus in my heart, but one day in July, 1994, I walked into a church I knew nothing about. After a simple service, I went up for prayer. Out of several hundred people, I was the first one to get prayed for.
I had several visions, the last one was when I met my Father. I didn't see a man, but I was aware of His presence and His unconditional love for me. He was paying attention to me! It was the best day of my life! I found what I was searching for...my destination.
"You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart." - Jeremiah 29:13

Hello Katia,

I'm new here too. Hope you are well and enjoy good fellowship.
If you haven't heard any good news lately, it might be because the clear grace gospel is missing from too many churches. I don't blame them Al though. One church took vacation time and expense to go to Guyana to share God's good news with children in schools, police, neighborhoods and whoever wanted God's promise of heaven.

God and Allah are not the same.

God is not Allah.

Allah is not God.

Open your heart right where you are, receive Him [by faith] into your heart as your Lord. He is knocking on your door right now.

and welcome

Arab Christians often call God Allah.

Good News for the wonderful children of Guyana.

I wouldn't know.

I know God and Jesus who are One from the Holy Bible and from the moving of the Holy Spirit upon my conscience..

I believe i was fortunate to have read the Holy Bible during the process of becoming a Christian..

Then why have you come to a Christian website? Are you here to preach islam?

Nice to meet you Katia and I think talking things out is a good way to start understanding each other here. If there's something you're unsure of perhaps pick a forum to post the issue in. We are all still learning and growing, especially in the kindness area, lol. God bless you and your time here!

My problem with Islam is simple. They place a blood thirsty, murdering paedophile above the Lord Jesus. Jesus harmed no one, healed and delivered even His enemies, endured slander and abuse for the salvation of all who would receive Him. Mohamed murdered anyone who opposed him, killed anyone who mocked him and slept with a 9 year old girl. His weapons were lies, deception and a rampaging army. As a conquering warlord, he was highly effective. You could say that about Hitler also, at least for a few years.

ISIL, the Taliban, Pakistani Muslims, Saudi Arabia are not extremists. Neither are the other hard line Muslims. It is normal Islam. Jesus rules and reigns at the right hand of God. Mohamed is dead and buried, judged a sinner whose destination is the Lake of Fire.

Jesus, murdered by His enemies, rose from the dead to be King of Kings and Lord of Lords. I know who I believe and it's not Mohamed.

I John chapter 2

[18] Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
[19] They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
[20] But you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things.
[21] I have not written unto you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
[22] Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son.
[23] Whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: (but) he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
[24] Let that therefore abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, you also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

Again:

II John chapter 1

[7] For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
[8] Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
[9] Whosoever transgresses, and abides not in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. He that abides in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son.
[10] If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
[11] For he that bids him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

"How do you know God and Jesus?"

Matthew chapter 11

[25] At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes.
[26] Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in your sight.
[27] All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knows the Son, but the Father; neither knows any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
[28] Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
[29] Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.
[30] For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Hi, Katia.

I'm not sure exactly what you endured rom the pulpit in the past, but I've got plenty of horror stories of my own from my experiences in "church", so I can definitely understand how "churches' might turn people away.

You mentioned the "guilt" from the pulpit, but I'd like to ask you a question about "guilt" in general.

In other words, how do you presently find redemption from the guilt of your sins against God?

Biblically speaking, there's only one remedy for "guilt", and that is the spotless sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary in which he became our "scapegoat" or sin-bearer.

Islam not only denies this atoning sacrifice, but also denies the Father/Son relationship between God the Father and Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us that those who do so are antichrists.

Does this concern you?

It should.

Anyhow, I'm not asking these questions to condemn you, but rather to hopefully help you realize how much you need the redemption that is found only in Jesus Christ. He's A LOT MORE than just the "prophet" that Islam claims he was.

*from the pulpit

Dear Katia, I understand what you go through, i myself looked at many religions in search of the one true GOD, i was raised a catholic and despised this church for all the wrong that they do. in my late teens, i studied briefly many many of the world's religions , i knew there was a GOD, had always felt a presence with me and wanted to know. The last religion I had not studied was what was in the Bible.

Immediately i was intrigued and found what i was looking for; GOD the creator and the history of his chosen people. When i reached the writings about out LORD Jesus I was completely enthralled. I knew then I had found the truth, there is only one GOD YAHWEH and his Son Jesus Christ.

I saw while reading the bible, great wisdom and continuity in the texts and great Hope that no other religious texts can come close to it was like one GOD wrote it all through different people, I was hooked and that will never change, I have found a great treasure of love and wisdom and Hope in the sacred texts and remain firm in my faith, nothing can change that now.

For many years I thought that many of the world's religions shared the same God at their core but i found it was false, there is only One, the GOD of the bible YAHWEH. I urge you to continue your search for the truth and I know that you will find it. Please remain firm in your love of GOD and his son Jesus, they are the way and the light of the world.

Blessings and welcome!

JF

How do you know God and Jesus?
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In a very real and personal way. I talk to Him all the time. It gets "sweeter and sweeter as the days go by."
Revelation 3:20
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”

Yes, it happens a lot these days.

What you were seeing was the false church. The true Church is a precious thing, but Satan has many counterfeits. Then there are so many lukewarm and watered-down Churches. Please don't give up seeking. The real thing is out there, but loving Jesus is the key thing.

Welcome to CC, dear sister. True Christianity is simple indeed.

Matthew 22
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Jude 1:3
“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”

Godspeed.