Testimony of Personal Experience of Salvation
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To: All and Anyone
Re: My Testimony of Personal Experience of Salvation
Dear All,
Born and raised during the sixty's, seventies and eighties was quite a challenge for a generation of children to grow in the Lord. Many things changed in America to give Satan more power then ever before. Prayer was removed from schools; Abortion was made legal and Drugs and Alcohol became a part of life. Poverty rose and Family Values died.
I became a child of the world, leading strong in my views and beliefs. My morals were of the world. I recall a point in my teenage experiences of actually telling a Church Official, I did not believe in God. I fell into the clutches of the world and allowed it to be my god. As I grew, I assumed I knew everything, as with most teenagers. I sinned in many directions and was on the road of the unrighteousness (Rom. 1:18; 2 Thes:2:10). I did not have a clue of who God was. My heart always wanted to do the right thing but my flesh and my mouth would lead me astray. I rebelled very strongly against God without even knowing that is what I was doing.
One evening in my early twenties, my television was on with no one paying any attention to it as I washed the dinner dishes. Everyone was out busy and I was alone, or so I thought. Something within me drew my attention to the living room and to the television. On the screen I saw and heard a gentleman asking me if I wanted to ask Jesus to be my personal Savior. My background relating to God up to this point was weak and shallow. I had had experiences relating God from the world that had turned me away from Him.
This man however, just asks that question and I in turn instantly became intent on what he had to say, (later I learned his name to be Ben of the 700 Club).This was of the Lords doing of opening my eyes, ears and heart to Him (Isa 6:10). The Lord used Ben as a tool to save me that night.
As I listened, something within myself bloomed. I felt a lump within my throat as I prayed aloud for Jesus to come and save me from my sins and be my Savior. I believed in His name and that He had come to save me from damnation (John 3:16,36; Acts 2:21:Rom.10:9-10) something I had learned in Bible School and knew to be true as a small child. Before that very moment I had never before comprehended its real meaning.
Later that summer's eve as I was turning into bed for the evening, I recall still feeling that lump in my throat, to this day I believe that was Christ coming alive in me (John3:3). Slowly, I began to grow as a Christian reading my Bible, somewhat attending Church, and witnessing my new beliefs to others. As time went by I fought with many news ideas, I was changing in my philosophy of life and character (2 Cor5:17).
At one point, I began to wrestle with Baptism. While in my youth, I had almost drowned causing me to be extremely fearful of going under the water. I had learned of Baptism and felt the Holy Spirit requesting for Baptized and me to be fully emerged into the Lords family. Terrified and after much contemplation on the subject, I recall in a matter of fact way, God exclaiming to me it was time and not to fear.
Are you saved? Are you uncertain? If you were to die within the next 30 seconds....where would you go? Have you ever opened up your Bible and read an entire book within it? Did you understand what you read? Want to know how to be saved?
A Suggestion: Pray to the Lord that He will fill you with His Holy Spirit to guide and to teach you as you read your Bible, then start here:
- If you are a Gentile of Christian or Non Christian Background-
Read the Gospel of John - If you are of Jewish Faith-
Read the Gospel of Matthew - If you are Greek-
Read the Gospel of Luke - If you are European-
Read the Gospel of Mark
Four Gospel were written to reach Four sets of people, you fit into one of those categories and from the cultural direction you were raised, the Gospel above will speek the clearest to you:-)
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