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Marcel's avatar

Hey Pratyush.

Thanks for sharing your story.

My name is Marcel Bjerkmann. Like you, I used to be a poker pro, making a career as a HSMTTer under the screen name "p3rc4" during the online poker boom. Just as I was about to lose the grip from all the drugs and gambling, Jesus Christ appeared to me one Sunday morning following two weeks of intense partying at the 2012 PCA.

Now some 8 years later I gladly confess: Jesus saved my life. I was on the highway to destruction and had it not been for the intervention of a loving God, I don't even know if I would have been alive today, much less in a sound state of mind. Needless to say, I can relate to your experiences.

Would you be interested in having a talk some time? I'd love to hear more of your story, share some of my own and offer you my brotherly support. You may find me on Facebook.

Yours,

Marcel

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Aaron's avatar

Great testimony. I am also playing poker professionally and invested in crypto.We all chase after idols to try and fill the void that only God can fill before Christ. We are born lovers of self and sin and haters of God and righteousness. Only through repentance and faith in Christ can we be transformed and given a new heart that desires to love and obey God and die to self.

I noticed you brought up how you didn't really believe because of reason, but rather faith. I would like to provide a different perspective than what we hear in culture today in regards to the relationship between faith and reason. When the Bible speaks of faith it doesn't speak of blind faith or hope as blind hope. Prov 1:7 says the fear of God is the beginning of knowledge. It is faith in the one true and living God that makes reason possible. God provides the foundation for knowledge. Without God there is no justification for laws of logic, uniformity of nature (foundation for science), objective morality, reliability of sense perception, etc. In order to even formulate an argument against God, you must presuppose God in order to make sense of the argument. This is why God calls unbelievers fools. They know better, yet they reject God because they love their sin. I encourage you to get the book, "Against All Opposition" by Greg Bahnsen. I think this will bless you on your journey. You can also find some of his material on YouTube.

God bless,

Aaron

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