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I just want to start by saying, I am nothing,
I cannot live, walk or even take my next breathe
without the Lord Jesus Christ. It is because of
the Lord Jesus Christ I am alive, and I love Him,
I love Him because he died for me. That
is my testimony! So here's the part where
you find out how I became a child of God.
Unlike the other guys (bar James),
I didn't grow up in a Christian home. Mum and
Dad had always lived by 'Christian' morals though,
treat others as you would be treated, don't steal,
don't kill, walk away from fights, don't pull
your sister's hair... and so on... so my sister
and I had a very moral and 'Good Person' up bringing,
the perfect Nuclear Family. Well, that's all you
need isn't it? Just be a nice person, live and
let live and you'll get to heaven some day because
you deserve to, because you're a good person?..................and
our survey says? X
May 1992, Hampshire England,
my dad worked in housing, mum was manager of a
chain of shops, and my sister and I were in school.
Mum and Dad had decided to come back home to Northern
Ireland, where the rest of the family was, so
because I was the youngest and had no commitments,
I was shipped over first, while mum, dad and Sam
(my sis) stayed to finish work and school. Thinking
about it now, I think they just needed a break
from me!! Only kidding. I stayed with relatives
back here in Northern Ireland for about three
months before the rest came home.
During my stay with Aunty Joan,
she brought me along to church...wait a minute....
this wasn't church, people seemed to happy they
were there, people seemed to be happy other people
were there, people seemed to be HAPPY!!! I hadn't
a clue what was going on! I was only nine years
old, but I knew this was different. The pastor
made an appeal at the end of the service, Sunday
19th July 1992, and I didn't know what it meant,
but I told my Aunty that I wanted to put my hand
up, so I did. From then on all I knew was that
I had been 'Saved' as we put it, saved from sin,
saved from a life without Christ, a bit much for
a nine year old to understand. (I find it hard
to understand most things now!!)
It wasn't putting my hand up
that saved me; over the next lot of years I had
to ‘grow’ in the Lord and talk to
Him everyday and read the Bible, and really worship
Him. It’s developing a relationship with
the Lord that brings me to knowing more about
Him and His work, right up to now, and from this
point on, as I type this ‘testimony’
I grow more and more in the Lord. It's only been
in the last four years or so that I have really
known what it is to be a 'Christian', a 'Child
of God', there's so much to it that I could not
possibly type it all down to let you read, but
here's what I believe:
Its not just about living a
good and moral life, it’s not just about
being a good person, (though these things are
good to have) it's about being thankful to God
for sending His Son to die for your sin, FACT:
you are a sinner, FACT: I am
a sinner, FACT: The ONLY
way to Heaven is through Jesus Christ, nobody
else, no other way, absolutely nothing else but
Jesus, I can't stress that any further, Jesus
only, only Jesus, Jesus Jesus Jesus!!!!!!!!! Are
you getting the picture?
There are many choices you make
in this life, schools, partners, friends, careers,
all of these very important, but the most important
choice you will ever make is, will you confess
your sinful state, and that the only way to break
free from it is to ask the Lord Jesus Christ into
your life, and grow with Him everyday, from now
and to when He comes back, because He is the only
one who died for your sin, He is the only one
who can take it away, and the only way He can
take it is if you confess it, then ask Him to
take it.
“Behold the Lamb of
God, which takes away the Sin of the World…….”
What will you do?
God bless, Billy
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