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Welcome to all our viewers on
Amin TV
My name [is] [Hasan] and I'm very happy to [be] with you today
[today], [I] would like to share with you my testimony about how I came to know [the] Lord Jesus Christ as my lord and my
Savior
[I] was born in the United States
my father is
Palestinian
My mother is from Brazil
[so] my father was Muslim and my mother was catholic [and]
But there was an agreement made between my family my parents when I was born
That I would be raised as a Muslim
because that was my father's religion and
So I was brought up our home. I was a nominal muslim. You know we just did what most?
Or a lot [of] muslims in the west do which is we don't eat pork , eat any pork maybe not drink alcohol
[and] of course I never went to church
The only time I ever went to church. I remember was a wedding and I was like the ring one of the
one of the kids holding the rings or something so that's the only time I ever went to church and
But I wasn't allowed to go to church, but I always used to wonder about church
I was always even though I was Muslim brought up Muslim I
always loved Jesus and
And I know Muslims. Love Jesus lots of Muslims. Love Jesus
I remember watching the movie Ben hur and I will remember watching the movie
There's another movie called the robe these were big movies about they have
like
scenes of the Crucifixion
About jesus and I was always fascinated by Jesus there was something about Jesus that fascinated me, and I used to always
Bother my mother to try to tell me about Jesus
but because of this agreement between my mom and [my] dad that you know she didn't used to tell me about Jesus and
But I kept bugging her and then one day when I was like around seven years old
My mom allowed me to bring the bible from the public library and I read it
And I remember sitting on the sofa in my house
And I was like [7] years old
And I remember that it was the gospel of John and I started reading it
And I just sat there and read it from beginning to end. I I was so hungry
Spiritually, and I just [loved] Jesus so much
And I remember seeing you know the pictures of him opening the eyes of the blind and I remember the pictures of them
whipping him and
Saying that he was the king of the jews and and saying crucify him and the blood coming down and dancing on the cross
and I was so moved by that I was just so moved and [I] what I did is I got a piece of paper and
I and I got a ruler and I drew a cross and I drew jesus on the cross
And I went and I showed it to my mom and as she was in the kitchen
and then she said to me said your dad's not going to like that and
I knew [my] dad wasn't going to like [that], but I wasn't sure why
And so I kind of knew there was something different about my family
And I wasn't too sure what it was my dad didn't really teach me too much about islam
You know I mean he told me about how to say all [uh] how's anus. Good [allah]. You know thank God and stuff
But otherwise. I wasn't you know he took us to mosque a few times, you know
in San Francisco and but you know otherwise I didn't really know too much about Islam, [but]
then when I was [9] years old my parents divorced when my parents divorced my father
Took us to the holy land to his country where he's from the West bank
from a village near Jerusalem and
He took us there and when I went there, I was put in the motherís in the school
And there I started learning islam because we used to have ships that would come to our school [and] would teach us about islam
and they would teach us about
About later - culturally, and I was a big thing that kids used to like to learn about lailatul cuddler
It's a night of wishes where during ramadan if you asked for any say it's supposed to give it
You know God will give it to you and everything and I was [a] young kid you know and because I had?
lived in America
And then moved to the holy land
You know one thing that I really wanted was tacos because ice-t tacos when I was here a lot
I love Tacos, but there were no tacos over there, so I wanted to always ask [unlaid] [it's] [a] cutlet
Which is the night of power?
I want to ask for hundred Tacos and so but
Anyway, you suppose stay up until two o'clock and then everything turns upside down and you ask for anything you want
He's supposed to get it. You know, but anyway it never happened
But but I I became very because like I described about when I read about Jesus
I was so spiritually hungry. [I] was so hungry spiritually and when I wanted to know about Jesus and then the Muslims
taught me because my village is muslim they taught [me] about the muslim Jesus or ASa, and
[they] told me Isa was a great prophet
He was a very good profit. You know very highly respected he did miracles
He's born of a virgin you know he opened the eyes of the blind he raised the dead
He was sinless and all these great things they taught me about Asa, and I
Believed it you know and I because I didn't really know too much about
the real Jesus to where when they told me about the muslim jesus I accept a said [ok] yeah, I accept that and
After a little while they would specified for me, they said it'd be very careful. There's one thing you need to know about Jesus
He says he's not the son of God, and there's in the quran. It's called Surat, Al-Ikhlas
Which is completely about how about jesus not being the son of God?
It says [who] allahu ahad the law some let me [at] it with a muted [willemien] local for not
You know say that allah is one. He's
Unchanging he wasn't born he doesn't give birth. There's no one equal to him
this is what the [quran] says and so I was taught home, so there's a different and
Then they told me he didn't die. They said there that jesus didn't die
They said that when the soldiers came to arrest
Jesus that allah took our ISa into heaven and made somebody else look like Asa
And and they taught me that and I believed it. I was 100% convinced about it. I was so convinced
I was so religious. I was so spiritually hungry when they told me about islam
I ate it up, and I became [very] committed I became the most religious
Muslim in my family. I mean I was known for [my] religiousness
I used to memorize quran, and I want to come back to the West
I wanted to come back to the west and I had planned how I was going to start preaching to my
Friends you know my American friends to tell them about
muhammad I
Was going to tell him you know that the the Christian the the jews only accept moses and the Christians accept moses and Jesus
But Muslims accept muhammad moses and Jesus so everybody should become Muslims
and this is you know I wanted to I was have little sermons that I was going to prepare and
then when I was 12 years old
we came back to
America and when we came [back] you know [I]
Continued in islamic kept reading the quran kept doing you know what I thought. I needed to do and I was very committed and
One thing that I used to do you know is that [I] hated I hated
Christianity [I]
Didn't hate jesus, but I hated Christianity and one thing. I would do whenever I'd walk by a church
You know I would spit at it. You know just to show my irreverence and
And there's this little thing and I was young I was 12 years old, you [know] like whenever I'd see a telephone pole
You know because it's a shape of a cross. I was not I would look away because it's a shape of a cross
And I didn't want to look at a cross
You know and I had this I had this anger inside of me in this hatred for Christianity now not not all muslims do that
Not all muslims do that
but I did that because I was worried about and and I was very you know committed wanting to learn about Islam and
I continued Faithfully in islam
Until I was 15 years old, and then when I was 15 years old, [you] [know] like I said
I always loved Jesus and even as a muslim. I loved Jesus and
one night, I was watching A
Watching a program it was oral Roberts
He was preaching about [Jesus] the resurrection and death of Jesus and when he was speaking
You know I wasn't really even paying attention to what he was saying
but I was alone in the house and as he was speaking the spirit of God just
It fell on me. You know I described it that way because it was so powerful. It was like whoa. It's like
You know and you know the bible says God says in the latter days. I will pour out my spirit on all flesh
That's exactly what happened you God just just poured out the holy spirit on me
and it was like all the desire and the longing that I had for jesus for
For God in a relationship with God was satisfied at that moment he filled my heart and Jesus was right there I?
Always remember I turned my head as a jesus and I know he was right there
and when Jesus came I
knew I
knew he was the son [of] God I
Knew he was the son of God as a Muslim
And I told you what the quran says I told you what the muslims taught me, but when he came and I he came
When he came, and I'm saying this because he's coming to some of you
He's going to come to some of you some of you. He's already come to you
When he came, I knew he's not just a prophet [I]
Knew that he's not just a prophet. He's not just a man [he] is God
he [is] God and he came in he
Satisfied that hunger inside my life as you know muslims are so religious. You know, they're so committed to their religion
They do so many things to try to to please all [aw] they do. They're so sincere. I know because I was one of them
But but but you know there's one thing that I want to say about my time in
Islam I want to say this one thing, and [I] really want to say I want this to be
Really focused and that is that my heart was so empty [I]
Did the religious thing?
I was religious. I tried to do good things I'd read the quran
I'd say allah come help me do something fill me but my heart was so empty
It was so empty and it was an emptiness that hurts
It was a painful
emptiness I
Remember that emptiness. It was like
It's like oh something supposed to be in my life
Why is it so empty and it's a painful emptiness?
And I'm focusing on this because God has been putting this on my heart lately
There's a lot of you who know exactly
What I mean, I'm not the only one who has felt this painful
emptiness
You're living it today
You're not listening to me by accident
Because God wants [to] come and fill [that] painful
emptiness
There's nothing that can fill it not money not [cents] not drugs not fame now
Fortune not power
Not religion not philosophy not politics
Arabs love politics they love philosophy they love poetry they love religion the level words love talking
That leaves you empty
And I was living [with] this
miserable miserable
emptiness I
Mean it was so huge it was so painful, but when the holy [spirit] came
when the holy spirit came
He filled that emptiness
like this [cup]
It's made to be filled. It's not made to just be a cup
It's made to have something in it, and you're made to have something in you
And you're made the bible says that the body is for God
You're supposed to be filled with the presence of God
But you can't because of our sin. God can't live in that unholy place
but when the blood of Jesus comes he
cleanses the place so the holy spirit can live in [you] and
when he came
all that [I] had looked for for years in islam as
A devout muslim I looked for this relationship with God I never had it
but when Jesus came when the holy spirit came he
Instantly satisfied just like Jesus said to the Samaritan woman
He says I will give you water if you drink of this water, you will never thirst again
And I'm telling you 38 years ago. He did that for me
You know it was a miracle. It was such a powerful miracle. The way. He did it he came to me
He doesn't do [that] for everybody, but he did do it for me. I don't know why but
And I don't know you know. Why did he do it that way for me?
I don't know He doesn't do that for everybody not everybody has to experience that that powerful
But you will it the holy Ghost will come and fill your empty heart
You're never going to be filled
Religion will not fill you [mohammed] will not fill you all of islam will not fill you, but Jesus will fill you
He'll fill that emptiness he'll give you life. He did it for me
He'll do it for you, [and] you know how it was through the television
I was watching television the whole spirits poured out on me, and you're watching this right now
He can pour out his spirit on you you can ask and say God I've got that painful emptiness
and
hurts, God and
hurts, it's
so painful
He'll come and fill it
He did it for me. I'm not just saying words [I]
Lived in religion long enough it did nothing for me. It left me empty and miserable
but when Jesus comes he
Fills that emptiness he did it for me
He'll do it [for] you. Just just say say dear. God
The emptiness is so painful
I've tried so hard [so] many ways to fill it and I am miserable and empty
Come fill me with the [holy] Spirit. I
believe Jesus died on the cross
[for] my sins and that
his blood
cleanses me
So the holy spirit can live in me
forgive me for my sins I
turn away from my sins I
Want to follow you every day for the [rest] of my life?
Thank you, Jesus, and I just want to say I
am [a] Christian I
Testify that Jesus
is God
The Bible is my book
The Church is my home
The believers are my brothers and heaven is my home