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When I accepted Christ
I officially accepted Christ when I was 14 years old. It was during the summer of starting high school as a freshman. I was attending a Baptist Church at the time. Well we were on a youth conference trip in Indiana and I remember going forward during the invitation towards the end when the speaker asked us if we were assured that if we died that day, that we would be in heaven. When he asked us this I really wasn't all that sure. I mean at this time in my life I knew that I loved God and that I wanted to live my life the way that he wanted me to but I had never confessed my sins and told God that I believed that His Son was my Savior. As I was walking forward one of the college students that were helping out at the conference had her bible with me and we sat down. She started to explain Jesus Christ dying on the cross as a gift. She told me to think of it this way: When it's your birthday you many gifts from friends and family who love you. "The gift that you receive costs them something but costs you nothing." These were her exact words. And then this young lady went on to talk about how it is the same thing with Jesus Christ. He died on a cross and paid all of MY debt. He had none at all. She told me that Jesus loved me SO MUCH that he would DIE for ME. It was then that I began to weep because of how much He loved me. I couldn't believe that someone would love me enough to give their life for me. That night I asked God into my life, that night I accepted Christ.
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