Blind Religion or Faith in God?
This is my testimony of how I found a true relationship with Jesus Christ. If like me, you are following your religion blindly since you were a child and haven’t examined what it really means for you THINK AGAIN: it could be taking you on a journey to HELL.
I thought I knew Jesus. Like many others I believed I was a good person and that all people get to Heaven but I was wrong. Jesus said I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE: NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME (John 14; 6). This coupled with the first commandment (I am the Lord your God thou shall not have strange god’s before Me) should at least make you think. Jesus also told Nicodemus that he must be born again in order to enter into Heaven (John 3; 1 to 17). All this scripture is in the Bible for you to examine. The history of Christianity is plain and simple. It is not a man made religion but as by its name it means followers of Christ; believers in His Word (THE BIBLE). Everything can be tested in scripture and for the non-believer there is weighty historical proof and evidence concerning the Bible etc. to be had if you could only take the time to examine.
I was 42 years believing what I was told to believe and not examining for myself both the historical and factual evidence. While these things can lead you on the right road, it will never be equalled by the experience of meeting with Christ for the first time and continuing in a close and faithful relationship with Him.
Our children were the first in our family to be saved and to have had that ultimate experience of calling on the Lord and asking for forgiveness and they asked Him into their lives.
I was worried. I set about disproving their experience with Jesus and was convinced that they were after becoming a part of a cult-based religion. To my amazement I discovered how wrong I was and on the very first occasion which I visited the church—I was totally aware of the real presence of Christ. From that moment on I searched. On that first day I loved the fact that the Pastor was preaching from the Bible (You see a Bible was good, ok, safe as we had one in my old church.....But I never read it). Also I couldn’t dispute that presence of Jesus that I felt, it was wonderful. I had never experience anything like it before. Instead of wanting my children out I now wanted to know how to have this experience personally. I continued to attend the church and after a short time, I knew this was very real but I had the silly notion that I had to fix everything in my life before Jesus could accept me or forgive me. My children tried telling me that Jesus loves me even as a sinner (oh....but I wasn’t a sinner. There were people worse than me). I’ve since discovered that sin is not measured in degrees. Sin is sin and the Lord God is so perfect that He cannot allow sin into Heaven. That is why Jesus had to die on the Cross to redeem us from our sin. If you, like me, think you are not a sinner, I ask you, why then did Jesus have to die on the cross to save us?
As time went by the Lord was slowly revealing these things to me through Scripture, He was also teaching me that I could not earn or purchase salvation, I could not be the one in control and yet make everything perfect. Not by good deeds but only by the grace of Christ is this only possible. You see salvation is a free gift and can only be given to you by Jesus when you ask Him into your life with a true repentant heart.
On the day that I was saved, I had been at a meeting in Church. I remember asking how I was ever going to receive the grace of Christ, when I was so afraid to tell people about Him. I remember the wife of the pastor saying to me that Peter was Jesus’ best friend and he denied Jesus three times and Jesus still loved him. This stayed with me all that day. Although I had heard how to receive Jesus into my life, I don’t think I really believed it was possible. All that day was strangely different but wonderful. It was like looking at Jesus with new eyes. I couldn’t stop thinking about Him.
It was my daughter’s birthday and that evening we had gone out as a family for a meal. At the meal I couldn’t stop talking about Jesus and remembering the words of another Christian I had encountered earlier in life. She would always say even in the rough times, we’ll leave it all in the hands of Jesus. This was like a revelation to me that night. It was suddenly ok to do that—to hand everything over to Him. I was feeling overjoyed, I can’t explain it but I could have run a marathon.
We left to go home and I went to my room to change. I don’t know how or for how long but I found myself on my knees before Jesus. I remember praying and handing everything in my life over to Him. I remember asking for forgiveness and knowing that my prayer had been answered. I was so emotional in prayer and not able to stop crying for the joy of it all. I can still remember the realization that Jesus was in control of everything and I could not comprehend how much Jesus loved me, but that He just did. I lay down to sleep that night and found myself wanting to pray. I spent most of that night in prayer with the Lord and I haven’t looked back since.
I don’t know what else to tell you, but I know one thing for sure, up to that point I was living a lie. I had been deceived. There is only one way to have true salvation and secure your place in Heaven for eternity and that is to get to know Jesus and to have that personal relationship with Him. Be truly sorry for your sins and to invite Him into your life. If you do this with a true and honest heart, life will never be the same
for you again, only so much better.
Please do not continue to follow blind religion because you were told what to believe or because the crowd must be right. I urge you most sincerely to check this out for yourself and to have Faith in Christ. Jesus said blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed (John 21:29). God Bless and save all of you that read this testimony and guide you on a path of faith in Christ.
I thought I knew Jesus. Like many others I believed I was a good person and that all people get to Heaven but I was wrong. Jesus said I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE: NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME (John 14; 6). This coupled with the first commandment (I am the Lord your God thou shall not have strange god’s before Me) should at least make you think. Jesus also told Nicodemus that he must be born again in order to enter into Heaven (John 3; 1 to 17). All this scripture is in the Bible for you to examine. The history of Christianity is plain and simple. It is not a man made religion but as by its name it means followers of Christ; believers in His Word (THE BIBLE). Everything can be tested in scripture and for the non-believer there is weighty historical proof and evidence concerning the Bible etc. to be had if you could only take the time to examine.
I was 42 years believing what I was told to believe and not examining for myself both the historical and factual evidence. While these things can lead you on the right road, it will never be equalled by the experience of meeting with Christ for the first time and continuing in a close and faithful relationship with Him.
Our children were the first in our family to be saved and to have had that ultimate experience of calling on the Lord and asking for forgiveness and they asked Him into their lives.
I was worried. I set about disproving their experience with Jesus and was convinced that they were after becoming a part of a cult-based religion. To my amazement I discovered how wrong I was and on the very first occasion which I visited the church—I was totally aware of the real presence of Christ. From that moment on I searched. On that first day I loved the fact that the Pastor was preaching from the Bible (You see a Bible was good, ok, safe as we had one in my old church.....But I never read it). Also I couldn’t dispute that presence of Jesus that I felt, it was wonderful. I had never experience anything like it before. Instead of wanting my children out I now wanted to know how to have this experience personally. I continued to attend the church and after a short time, I knew this was very real but I had the silly notion that I had to fix everything in my life before Jesus could accept me or forgive me. My children tried telling me that Jesus loves me even as a sinner (oh....but I wasn’t a sinner. There were people worse than me). I’ve since discovered that sin is not measured in degrees. Sin is sin and the Lord God is so perfect that He cannot allow sin into Heaven. That is why Jesus had to die on the Cross to redeem us from our sin. If you, like me, think you are not a sinner, I ask you, why then did Jesus have to die on the cross to save us?
As time went by the Lord was slowly revealing these things to me through Scripture, He was also teaching me that I could not earn or purchase salvation, I could not be the one in control and yet make everything perfect. Not by good deeds but only by the grace of Christ is this only possible. You see salvation is a free gift and can only be given to you by Jesus when you ask Him into your life with a true repentant heart.
On the day that I was saved, I had been at a meeting in Church. I remember asking how I was ever going to receive the grace of Christ, when I was so afraid to tell people about Him. I remember the wife of the pastor saying to me that Peter was Jesus’ best friend and he denied Jesus three times and Jesus still loved him. This stayed with me all that day. Although I had heard how to receive Jesus into my life, I don’t think I really believed it was possible. All that day was strangely different but wonderful. It was like looking at Jesus with new eyes. I couldn’t stop thinking about Him.
It was my daughter’s birthday and that evening we had gone out as a family for a meal. At the meal I couldn’t stop talking about Jesus and remembering the words of another Christian I had encountered earlier in life. She would always say even in the rough times, we’ll leave it all in the hands of Jesus. This was like a revelation to me that night. It was suddenly ok to do that—to hand everything over to Him. I was feeling overjoyed, I can’t explain it but I could have run a marathon.
We left to go home and I went to my room to change. I don’t know how or for how long but I found myself on my knees before Jesus. I remember praying and handing everything in my life over to Him. I remember asking for forgiveness and knowing that my prayer had been answered. I was so emotional in prayer and not able to stop crying for the joy of it all. I can still remember the realization that Jesus was in control of everything and I could not comprehend how much Jesus loved me, but that He just did. I lay down to sleep that night and found myself wanting to pray. I spent most of that night in prayer with the Lord and I haven’t looked back since.
I don’t know what else to tell you, but I know one thing for sure, up to that point I was living a lie. I had been deceived. There is only one way to have true salvation and secure your place in Heaven for eternity and that is to get to know Jesus and to have that personal relationship with Him. Be truly sorry for your sins and to invite Him into your life. If you do this with a true and honest heart, life will never be the same
for you again, only so much better.
Please do not continue to follow blind religion because you were told what to believe or because the crowd must be right. I urge you most sincerely to check this out for yourself and to have Faith in Christ. Jesus said blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed (John 21:29). God Bless and save all of you that read this testimony and guide you on a path of faith in Christ.