It was the year of 1989 when I got saved and received the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior.

I was 50 years old at that time. What was so pathetic about it is that I claimed to be a Christian at the time, and had even joined a church.

Simply because others were going up to the alter to receive their Savior, I went too. But I had no conviction in my heart that led me to the Lord, I just went because everyone else was going.

Then the Holy Spirit of God began to draw me. I started reading the bible, the word of God, and learned that going to a place called Hell, or going to a place called Heaven was a choice, and that I had to determine which way I wanted to go. It was then that I realized what the cross stood for, and that what the Son of the Living God did for me on the cross was to make a way for me to escape a place called Hell! That God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, and that I could be redeemed by the blood of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the cross. For the first time it was real to me, He got my attention. I received the Lord as my Savior and have never been the same since.

I am now an ordained minister and often preach a message on what a loving God did for me. The title of this message is “How can You Keep from Loving Someone like Him?” The more I read and study the bible, and rightfully divide the word of God of Truth, the more faith I have in Him.

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