I Was Born a Muslim (or Hindu).

In this article I would like to show you some things that will help you to steer clear of certain errors.

This defense by some Muslims---I was born a Muslim and I will die a Muslim.--- is not solely a Muslim's defense against the gospel of Jesus Christ. Some Hindus also use this defense with the word Muslim changed to Hindu.

An appropriate response to that defense is ---You could not be born a Muslim (or Hindu.). You were born in a Muslim (or Hindu) family, but were not born a Muslim (or Hindu).

The reason a person cannot be born a Muslim (or Hindu) is because even Muslims (or Hindus) must have a confession. That confession requires knowledge and belief. A baby does not come into this world with any knowledge. Therefore, a baby does not have any knowledge of Islam, the religion of Muslims or of Hinduism, the religion of Hindus. A baby cannot make confession and neither can a baby believe in any confession.

You were not a Muslim.

One of my close relative pointed out to me one day--- "You were not a Muslim ..." I answered that I was a Muslim. The reason she said that I was not a Muslim was because I was not living the life that a true Muslim should live. I must say, I was a sinner. I followed a Muslim lifestyle as many of my own relatives were doing. I say that those relatives also were not Muslims if they were living like me. Here is the hypocrisy, those same relatives are treated as Muslims. When they want a reading (a religious service), their other relatives go to their function and bless them. Their priest does not tell them I cannot come to do a reading for you because you are not a Muslim. When one of them dies, the mourning and services are carried out by Muslims (and their so- called Muslims). No one prevents the drunkard and wife- beater Muslim from having a Muslim burial.

My Muslim friends and relatives do not realize that what makes them a Muslim more than anything else is their confession and the belief in that confession. That belief comes from the heart (spirit). As long as that confession and belief is in their hearts they are bound to Islam, even if they do not keep all of its teachings.

How do I know this? I know this by studying the word of God and by experience. A few days after I made my prayer, accepting Jesus, His forgiveness and eternal life, I had an encounter with a devil and got deliverance from the Lord Jesus. I was flooded with fear and the attack was that I had left Islam. I was challenged to confess Mohamed as the Messenger of God. I was pressured to choose between Mohamed and Jesus. It was a raging battle in my mind. My mind was not entirely in my control. But my heart had turned away from Islam, Mohamed and Islam's confessions, and God was looking at my heart. It was an awful test to go through at such a baby state in my new life with God. Though my mind was in terror, with my heart I chose Jesus. Then it began, floods of tears, my belly moving its muscles as emotions kept gushing out of me--- emotions that I never experienced in my life before and ever again. When all the crying subsided there was peace and love in my heart, assurance that Jesus was real, and that He was with me. My confession of Jesus had triumphed over the fears of leaving Islam. In my heart (spirit, where it really mattered) I was free from a demonic confession. That night Satan was defeated and Islam became dead to me. Thank you Jesus. I love you.

I know some of you will still say that I became a Christian only because I was not a practicing Muslim. You will say, if I had studied the religion more I would not have left it. My answer to you is that I know others who were Muslims, who studied Islam and were living the life of Muslims, yet they left Islam for Christ. They knew to read the Qur'an more than some of you. One was even trying to go into areas of Islam where one can summon Jinns (demons), to do his bidding. My own grandfather tried this and left off because of fearful visions he had while trying to get this power. How can one serve devils or demons and at the same time say he is serving God? Simple--- strong deceptions and strong delusions.

Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit has really made salvation simple to receive. A little child with just enough knowledge about Jesus can believe in Jesus and be born again. Why do people think they need to study, and study and debate much before God will save their souls?

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