IRAN: From Sufi Muslim to Christian Pastor
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 11 December 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
"I was really thirsty for God, hungry for God, to find who He is," Pastor Amir Bazmjou says. "That's why I became very fanatic Muslim."
Amir was born into a Shia Muslim family in Iran, and he grew into a very devout Muslim seeking to earn Allah's favor. When Shia Islam couldn't answer the desires of his heart for a relationship with Allah, he became Sufi, a form of Islamic mysticism.
Then someone gave him a Bible. In spite of a lifetime of conditioning not to believe the Bible, Amir began to read. When Amir asked Jesus—if He was real—to change Amir's heart, God answered that prayer.
Listen to hear Amir's inspiring testimony, and pray for persecuted Christians in Iran.
Amir's wife, Rashin Soodmand, is the daughter of Iranian martyr Pastor Hossein Soodmand. Listen to her story. Connect with Amir, Rashin and Torch Ministries at their web site.
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| 0:00.0 | The word of God is powerful. To illustrate, consider the story of Amir Basimjou. He was a devout Muslim who believed that Jesus was a prophet, but certainly could not be the son of God. |
| 0:16.0 | Then someone gave Amir a Bible, and everything started to change. |
| 0:22.0 | First few pages, Jesus changed my mind to see differently. |
| 0:29.0 | I do remember when I prayed to Jesus for the first time in my life, and I said to Him, if you are really real, just change my life. |
| 0:41.0 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, He told us disciples that the world would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 0:51.0 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles, and they are still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 0:58.0 | Join us, Todd Netletons. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. Right now, on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 1:05.0 | Welcome again to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd Netletons. We are in the studio today, not in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, but in another studio. We're thankful for that. |
| 1:15.0 | With Amir Basimjou, Amir is the founder and president of Torch Ministries. He has been involved in outreach and pastoral ministry among Persians, Iranians. |
| 1:26.0 | For more than 20 years, Amir, welcome to Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:31.0 | Thank you, Saul, for having me. |
| 1:33.0 | I want to say one other thing about you. Amir, you are the husband of Rashine Sudman, who has also been on Vom Radio. Some of our listeners are familiar with her story. Her father was martyred in Iran. |
| 1:45.0 | So now it's nice to have the other half of that couple on Vom Radio. |
| 1:49.0 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:51.0 | Let's talk first about your story, how you came to faith in Christ, because you were a Muslim living in Iran. |
| 1:59.0 | Yes. |
| 2:00.0 | Now you're a follower of Jesus. How did that happen? |
| 2:03.0 | Yeah. So I was born in Iran, Esfahan, and also I was born in Muslim family, she and Muslim family. |
| 2:11.0 | And I brought up in Islamic Shia, a tradition. As a baby, I nearly lost my life in car accidents, but God saved me. |
| 2:24.0 | Years later, when I heard about that, it made me to follow God, it made me to seek God who I believe saved me. |
| 2:33.0 | I began my search in Islam, and I practiced all Islamic law, and I kept all Islamic Sharia law. |
| 2:42.0 | So meaning you were very devout, you did the five-time day, every day you prayed, you were really seeking Allah. |
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