calling sinners to repentance

i was raised in a rough area located in tulsa, oklahoma. the environment was filled with alcohol and partying. i became a violent youth that lived an immoral life. at the age of 18 my life was out of control. i had quit high school and was headed nowhere fast. i was without hope and in darkness. nevertheless, God had a master plan for my life. in His providence He brought me into contact with one of His servants. this man, who happened to be african american, loved Jesus and was an avid soul winner. he witnessed to me and invited me to church. that sunday i knelt at a little old fashioned altar and confessed my sin to God asking Him for forgiveness. instantaneously, i was born again and Jesus Christ became the Lord of my life. my sins were forever forgiven and I became a new creature in Him.

before my conversion experience i had no personal assurance that i would go to heaven. i had no objective truth, the word of God, and no subjective truth, a holy lifestyle, to give me any assurance whatsoever. i feared death and the afterlife. Jesus Christ was not the Lord of my life. the world, the flesh, and the devil ruled my life although i was ignorant of this fact and thought i was controlling things. when i repented of my sin and submitted myself to the Lordship of Jesus Christ this all changed. now, i do have personal assurance that i am a child of God. i have objective truth, the Word of God, and i have subjective truth, a heart that now wills to please God. Jesus is the Lord and authority of my life. this does not mean that i am perfect at obeying His will, it just means that when i do not obey His will, the person of the Holy Spirit is there to convict me of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.

“not to us, O LORD, not to us…”-psalm 115:1

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