When I was in Iran
every morning before class
saying
"DEATH TO ISRAEL!"
And there's a very strange hatred
about Israel
hatred about Jewish people...
It came into my heart.
“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day"
"and they shall become My people." Zech 2:11
I went for military service
and they sent me for extra training
like a commander.
I became addicted to drugs.
I stopped all religious activities.
When I finished military service,
after that I found a very good job
in business receiving good money
I left Iran just for a better life.
My illegal journey started:
I flew to Turkey, Instanbul
and from Turkey I flew to Bosnia
that was a very risky and dangerous way.
When I arrived in England,
I applied for asylum
I didn't have any good reason
I left Iran just for a better life.
I decided to tell a lie to the government
through the application form
I told them it was because
I was a persecuted Christian
that life was dangerous for me
and I sent this document to
the immigration office in London.
I said to myself,
"Daryoosh, if the government"
"asks you about Christianity,"
"what do you have to tell them?"
I decided to go to church
just to get information about Christianity.
I went to the church, I heard
all the basic things about Christianity:
About the Messiah
about repentance
about the cross...
He rose again after 3 days
and He's alive, he can change lives...
My brain was full of information
but my heart was still dark.
Then I received a letter from the
government, for an interview.
I picked up the phone and I called
my pastor.
"I'm going for an interview"
"Could you come and help me?"
"What to say, what not to say"
to the government?"
When he came, he said to me,
"Daryoosh, you're not a Christian!"
"It's all lies!"
"Jesus asks you to stand on truth"
"and truth will set you free"
I became very angry
I said, "No I can't! They'll deport me"
"back to Iran!"
I went to my room, I locked the door
and I bowed down
I cried and shouted... I said,
"If there is any God"
"You show yourself to me!"
"I can't continue anymore!"
When I said that,
- that moment!
That moment he revealed Himself
That moment He came!
That moment he healed me
completely from drugs.
That moment I gave my heart to Him.
He touched my heart.
and he gave me strength
a power - there was a power working
inside my heart
because I tried several times before
to give up the drugs, but I couldn't
but that time, I asked Jesus
to start a new life
and He did!
And He said to me, "Daryoosh"
"I love you as you are"
"with dirty things"
"because I died on the cross for you"
I went for my interview in London
and the officer said to me
"We have just a couple of questions."
I said to him,
"I'm so sorry about the application form"
"I wasn't a Christian in Iran"
"life wasn't dangerous for me"
"I came to this country"
"just for a better life."
"But two days ago"
"I gave my heart to Jesus!"
"If you want to send me to Iran"
"or anywhere... I am ready for that."
He looked at me and said,
"You told a lie?"
They refused the application form.
In court, the judge, he looked at me
and said,
"what did you do yesterday?"
because my court date was on a Monday.
I told him, "Yesterday I was"
"leading the worship group."
And he said, "How did you do that?"
I told him I was reading Psalm 96
And he said, "What does Psalm 96 say?"
And everyone in the court opened the Bible
and everyone just reads Psalm 96!
"Sing a song to the Lord!"
"Sing a new song to the Lord!"
"proclaim His salvation!"
And there was a miracle -
He said to me, "You are accepted"
"to stay in England."
For a long time, I used to believe lies
about Israel
about this nation
about Jewish people.
I started to read the Bible
from the beginning
and through this study
God gave me a passion, a love
for the Jewish people
because the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Jesus Christ
saved my life.
He changed my life.
I am ONE FOR ISRAEL.