Hi i am an muslim indian working in saudi i am upset & depress from the ******** muslim fellows i love to convert the religion from muslim to christian but i cant convert in my country & as well as in saudi i will be get killed in my country with my family how i do it i don’t know plz any 1 is there to help me in this matter i want to shift with my family from india to any european country canada usa or any english country where i can live life a human being.
Thanking you may jesus bless u help me.
Dear khanzmajid,
I am sorry I can’t help you with the process of moving to some other more open country. I know there is a process for it, but I know nothing of the steps involved in that process. I have only the following good news for you (and you might think it not very good at all), that news is that if what you are interested in is a relationship with Jesus, and not just a new country, that you can recognize Jesus as Lord of your life in any circumstance. Many of the earliest Christians did just that on pain (and suffering) of death, and sadly sometimes today people do still pay that price. I pray that such would not be the case for you and that God would make for you another way. But, whatever the future brings you in this life, know that just as God was faithful to those Christians who were martyrs in our past, so too God is faithful to all who surrender their lives to him still today. His gifts to us sometimes, but not always, include earthly blessings. But always, his blessing includes the gift of living in a new and secure relationship with him that will bring new meaning to your life today and for all of eternity. We don’t always see this in the way that we might like, but we can see it through the eyes of faith just as the scriptures declare: “faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1).
Indeed the 11th chapter of the letter to the Hebrews, tells the story of others who came to faith, many in situations similarly desperate to your own. Perhaps their story will provide some comfort, or at least encouragement for you:
13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. 14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
In reality all Christians are people without a country. It matters not what earthly nation considers us a citizen, our real home is made secure for us not on this planet, but with God as a citizen of his kingdom. We don’t become that by moving to some particular spot on the globe, but by making God sovereign of our life. Jesus invites us to find that relationship with God secured by our connection with him. We trust Jesus to stand with us should Satan ever accuse us of not being perfectly holy or having always passed every test in life. Those who have put their faith in Jesus know when we stand before God at the time of the judgment of our lives that while we are called to live holy lives and not sin, that “if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One” (1 John 2:1). He becomes our advocate with God, and even more than that he actually makes atonement for us so that “if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
So, khanzmajid, strange as it may sound, that’s all you really need to do to convert. Let Jesus know that you are willing to trust in him by surrendering your life to him. Again we have this promise:
“The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
This is not to say that everything will be wonderful or in any way easier. In fact, life as a follower of Jesus is often harder. In the words of Jesus, “Brothers and sisters will betray one another and have each other put to death. Parents will betray their own children, and children will turn against their parents and have them killed. Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you remain faithful until the end, you will be saved” (Matthew 10:21-23).
The life of the very first Christians showed just how prophetic those words would prove to be:
Many of these people were tortured, but they refused to be released. They were sure that they would get a better reward when the dead are raised to life. Others were made fun of and beaten with whips, and some were chained in jail. Still others were stoned to death or sawed in two or killed with swords. Some had nothing but sheep skins or goat skins to wear. They were poor, mistreated, and tortured. The world did not deserve these good people, who had to wander in deserts and on mountains and had to live in caves and holes in the ground. All of them pleased God because of their faith! But still they died without being given what had been promised. This was because God had something better in store for us.
(Hebrews 11:35b-40a)
