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Hi All….

I stumbled upon this blog last year. And I have been following it alot. Even though it does not have much entries in it…..
Anyway, just want to say I share the same views as what Emmanuel wrote. Malays are not equate to Muslims! That is wrong. Sure the majority are muslims. But not all are!
I am also borned in a muslim family. Jesus saves me when I was only 14!! Now ten years have past and Ive grown in faith. I just want to tell you guys out there that malays need to be saved too! In revelations it says EVERY tribe will bow down before God…. We cannot talk about world missions if we leave the malays out…

Sure it is a sensitive issue… But Praise Lord that there are more coming to know Christ….

That alone is the fruits of the many prayers that are made worldwide….

Thank you.

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Hi All,

I just want to address everyone who has contributed to my entries with all your comments and replies.

Thank you very much! Thank you even for those who come against me and what i believe in. The fact that you have read my entries prove a fact that God is doing something GREAT in your lives! He will bless you richly and more than abundantly beyond your wildest imagination!

I am here to share His Love, leave you His peace and to speak His Truth. : )

I left an interesting reply to Brother Shah’s comments and i think i’d like to publish my comments here, so that in future if there is anybody else who’d like to comment similarly as Brother Shah, my response is already here.

Here it goes….

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Hi Brother Shah,

I can see your impassionate plee not to persuade Malays who are born Muslims to become Christians.

I would say that this does not happen all the time. In fact rarely.

1. There is always a certain restraint on speaking to Malay-Muslims about Christianity in countries such as Malaysia or even Singapore.
2. Most of the time, the Malays that embrace Christianity are those who have been on their own personal spiritual journey such as mine. Nobody preached to me or evangelized to me. But it was my own personal decision. And this would be the usual course of a Malay embracing Christianity.

I do understand that this is an extremely sensitive topic, but i hope i can clarify and bring to light some misconceptions and misunderstandings that we have.

Being Malay does not mean this… Malay=Muslim.
So for example if i put this logic, then… Chinese=Buddhist, Indians=Hindu, Caucasians=Christians?… What about Africans then?

We also know for a fact that we have friends who are Muslims but they are Indians, Chinese, Caucasians and even Africans.

So would the definition of race equates faith?

So, maybe let me begin first with defining what is it really being Malay as a race, not ethinic group(ethnicity is influenced by culture).

This excerpt from Wikipedia sums it up quite well,

“Malays (Malay: Melayu) are an ethnic group of Austronesian peoples predominantly inhabiting the Malay Peninsula and parts of Sumatra and Borneo. The Malay ethnic group is distinct from the concept of a Malay race, which encompasses a wider group of people, including most of Indonesia and the Philippines. The Malay language is a member of the Austronesian family of languages.”

As we can see, the Malay race are a people of Austronesian descent. Meaning we have Malay brothers and sisters right across the South-East Asian peninsula. In the Philippines, most of the brown-skinned, tanned Filipinos are Malays by race, but what about faith? They are Catholics most of them. We also have our Malay brothers and sisters in Indonesia, and in some islands there, they are Hindu.

So what we have here is basically a minor misconception of the definition of race and faith. But extrapolating this misconception, leads to BIG misunderstanding spanning decades of confusion. Even back home here in SG, we still encounter many non-Malay Singaporeans simply assuming that all Malays are Muslims. Not their fault actually, because like i mentioned this misconception has spanned quite a long while in our history.

As to the definition of what is Islam and what is Christianity, that is widely available in any resource centres, ie, bookshops, libraries, even the internet.

God made the world so beautiful and unique to have so many peoples of colours and creeds and we appreciate that He left His open arms of Grace for anyone, any of His peoples to come back home.

Much love to you Brother Shah.

Shalom and be Greatly Blessed!

Emmanuel.

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I’ve not posted anything here for a long, long while. Again i really thank you all from the bottom of my heart for keeping my blog alive by constantly commenting and replying on it.

Shalom and Be Greatly Blessed, Highly Favoured & Deeply Loved!

Emmanuel.

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i guys

I personally think you are guys are lost. Pls do not persuade those Malays to be a Christians, especially if there are born as a Muslim.
Islam and Christian have so much similarities BUT not the same at ALL!!

Please define Malay ? if u are malay and religion is ISLAM. Pls do not be a Christian !

Bro,
Pls define Islam ?
Pls define Christian.

If you guys ar not Malay, go ahead and embrace any religion but you are always welcome to be a Muslim and the religion is ISLAM.

 

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Shalom every body! I’ve been thinking about one subject for quite a long time now. After I came across this bloog and read some of the comments to som questions and so on it feels that this is a right place to put my question on. It is my sincere hope that you guys will shed some light to my question. Here is my short question. As believers, born again and spirit filled, is it correct/right  thing to get married to an unbeliever/a person with good moral?I hope the question is clear. Some bible verses would be good to have. thank you in advance for your help/answers.May the Lord bless you in all aspects of your life!!

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Hi all you beloved people out there,

How many times have we, in the search for THE Truth, got lost and totally veered of from the initial objective? Why do we search for God? Love and acceptance. Just like any relationship here in this world. We seek love and acceptance from our parents, children, friends, colleagues etcetera.

With all that searching, do you find the Love of God for you? Do you KNOW that He loves you so so much? Do you know He wants you to call you His own? Do you know He wants to abundantly bless the pants off you [ mind the expression : ) ] ?

With all that “head” knowledge, do you still question your acceptance before God? Do you still question your assurance to a place in Heaven? Do you feel His warm embrace in times of trouble? Do you see Him smiling at you all the time?

Jesus is truly the Way, the Truth and the Life. A God that did not spare His own, for us. How great is my GOD! To understand Jesus with the intellect is IMPOSSIBLE. GOD’s love for us is beyond reason, that’s why He is GOD!

Yeshua Hamaschiach, Jesus the Messiah, Saviour King, Lamb of GOD, I love you. But that does not compare to your love for me my Father. : )

Hallelujah!

Those who have eyes, let them see, those who have ears, let them hear.

Be greatly blessed one and all!

Emmanuel.

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Hi Beloved,

No one can convince you. Not any man or woman on this earth can convince you. Only God can. And only you can see the Truth when you know you’re deeply loved by Him that He gave His best for you. : )

You’re so precious to Him that He gave Himself for you. See the Love of God for you. He wants to call you His own. His child. Receive His abundance of Grace. For you to live a glorious life. A life without doubt that you are assured a place in Heaven without working or doing anything to get to Heaven. Receive Heaven as a free Gift. Live a victorious life, a life without hate, without anger because you know you ARE Loved by the Almighty God, the Alpha and the Omega.

John 14:1-4, A prepared Mansion for you .
1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

I’m sure you’d like that. But also in your heart you’d say it’s too good to be true. That’s why He is GOD and that’s His love for you. It does NOT make any sense but that’s Him. : )

Dear beloved, know that you’re loved by Him and receive His love for you that is through Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ). Yeshua is Jesus’ name in the original Hebrew. Know your Yeshua because Yeshua means: God is my Salvation. And His Salvation came through Yeshua HaMaschiach that walked this earth 2007 years ago and now He is resurrected and in all of those of us that believe in Him. And HaMashiach means: The Messiah. God our Salvation came through Messiah to save us and to show His ultimate Love and Sacrifice for us. Like i said, it does NOT make any sense. That IS why HE is who HE is. : )

Our Daddy God whom we call Abba/Father.

So beloved one of God. Believe that you ARE the beloved one of GOD.

Shalom(Peace) be upon you and your family and let His abounding Love manifest in your lives.

Your brother in Christ,

Emmanuel

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Hi dearly beloved of God,

Some of us might want to make sense of everything in life. But for most parts, our senses are limited to the five basic senses that we have; the sense of Sight, Sound, Taste, Smell and Tactile Feel. So, where are these five senses governed in? It’s in our brain right. So, our mind governs the five senses that we have, and if we try to make sense of God, it will become non-sense. Because God is in the Spiritual Realm. Our five physical senses are unable to reach him. The moment we intellectualize His Grace and Majesty, especially of His Son, Jesus Christ, the further we’ll get from understanding Him.

So, i urge many of my beloved brothers and sisters to approach Him through our hearts. Go to Him with an open heart. Say, “Lord, i seek you. Please help me. I’m lost. How come you always feel so far away from me? How come i don’t feel that you love me? Please Lord, i’m lost like a sheep waiting for his Good Shepherd.”

We intellectualize God’s saving Grace for us. How can we intellectualize LOVE? Impossible!

Ask yourself, how did you feel when the last time your mum or dad forgave you and let it slide something which you know you’ve done something absolutely horrible. Notice i said, how did you feel. If i had asked, what did you think? How different would it have been. I’m sure you can’t think through that moment. It must have felt absolutely ridiculous that they forgave you. But they did.

Now, that was Love on a human scale. What about LOVE on a GOD scale? Unimaginable, absolutely non-sense and downright unbelievable. But that’s Him! He loves us so much!

So, dear brothers and sisters, take the courage to read the Word of God in the Bible. Read the 4 Gospels. Jesus comes to you through His Words in there. In fact, the entire Bible is the culmination of the Revelation of Jesus Christ!

We might think that we are trying to seek the Truth, but most assuredly i say to you, The Truth is Seeking You!

Matthew 18:12-13

12 “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?

13 And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

So, more often than not, it is HE who is searching for us than us searching for Him.

Hallelujah… Praise you Jesus!

I thank you, i exalt your name up on high for you ARE THE RISEN LORD and the King to come.

Your beloved son,
Emmanuel-Reza

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