CENTRAL ASIA: So Many Questions, Then God Spoke Her Language

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🗓️ 28 September 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

As a young woman in an Islamic culture in Central Asia, Sara was drawn to stories of Jesus. He was a good man, she thought, one whose life matched his teachings. But how could Jesus be God?

Sara wrestled deeply with this question in her search for truth. Intellectually, she found the Bible to be true, but she couldn’t commit to everything it said. Eternal life was attractive, but the idea that Jesus was God was confusing to her. Sara poured herself into studying different religions, desperate to figure out how she could be confident she’d go to heaven when she died.

She prayed, “God, there should be only one way to you.”

Sara loved the Bible study she joined at a local church. She was attracted by the love Christians had for each other, even being willing to share their weaknesses and struggles. Everything about Jesus and his followers was attractive to Sara.

After so much study and so many questions, Sara heard God’s voice—speaking to her in her own language. “You need to make a decision.” She knew it was God himself speaking with love, authority, gentleness, and power. Sara remembered reading John 14:6 where Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and they life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Listen to hear how Sara came to understand Jesus as the perfect sacrifice for her sin and the peace he gave to overcome her anxieties. Join us next week to hear the price Sara paid for her faith in Christ.

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0:00.0	Sarah was taught atheism by her communist government and taught Islam by her family,
0:07.0	but she still had so many questions.
0:10.0	Intellectually, she came to believe that the Bible was true but she wasn't yet ready to commit her life to that truth
0:19.2	But then God spoke to her and I hear this voice audible voice in my language calling me by name and saying
0:29.9	you need to make a decision I was was quite puzzled. I was like, that's God.
0:34.8	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:39.8	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:43.5	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:46.4	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles,
0:49.4	and they're still coming true today
0:51.1	in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:53.6	Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help.
0:58.6	Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:00.8	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:03.3	My name is Todd Nettleton and we are on the road this week in Central Asia and we're
1:08.3	going to have the great privilege of hearing from Sarah.
1:11.2	She is a Christian from this part of the world involved in ministry, but with
1:16.1	her own story of coming to faith in Christ.
1:19.2	Sarah, welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:21.8	Thank you for inviting. Well, it is our pleasure to have you here and why don't we start your story back at the beginning? How did you come to know Jesus? I grew up with my grandfather who told me that God exists. He created us and
1:36.2	he made Ottoman Eve. And then I went to school and then I was told that we are coming out of the monkeys. So all of that was super confusing.
1:47.4	And my knowledge about God was that limited.
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