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After falling completely away from the Catholic church, I went through the rest of my college life with minimal struggles. What still remained was the gap in my heart that needed to be filled. Even though I had cleaned up my sexual life and my drinking had become moderate. I still had that emptiness inside. At age 24 I purchased my first Bible and immediately felt God leading me to His Word. It is very evident how He was working on me at this point in my life. Soon I learned that the Catholic doctrines that I was raised with were completely contradicting God's Word. My doubts were confirmed when I began a diligent, 6-month study between Protestant Christianity and Catholicism. At this point in my life, I began to attend different non-denominational services. Many of the sermons were on salvation, repentance of sins, and being obedient to God. Over the next year I put together an elaborate front. On the outside, I had friends and some family believing that I turned from my sinful nature and was living for God. I attended Bible studies, discipleship classes, and even gave my testimony in front of others. On the inside it was a much different story. I continued to struggle with sins of the flesh. You see, even though I had studied the Word, and heard the sermons, I was too stubborn to give my heart to Jesus. Eventually I gave into my passionate nature and willingly committed adultery. I had now broken all of God's commandments. Even though I continued to keep up my strong outward appearance, I was swimming in even deeper sin. This was by far the lowest point in my life. I had been studying the Word of God diligently for over a year. I knew very well of my actions and the consequences. The sad part was that I could have prevented the pain in my life if I would have let Jesus in and allowed Him to take control. Unfortunately, in my heart, I did not believe. And only God knew of the hypocrite that I had become. So there I was, confronted with reality. Was I going to continue to put on this false Christian act or was I going to give up my life for Jesus. On one faithful Sunday during a business trip, I listened to a sermon on the forgiveness of sins. I knew this was God speaking through a preacher right into my heart. It was a feeling like none other that I had experienced before. I felt the presence of God and I could hear Him inside of me telling me that it was time to make the decision. Either I accept His Son as Lord and Savior, or I turn my back for good. I finally made the right decision and accepted Jesus into my heart. I must have wept for at least an hour. I eventually composed myself enough to make a mental covenant with God. Complete repentance from immoral sex and pornography, absolutely no more alcohol, elimination of all filthy language, and to view other people through the eyes of Jesus. Everyone in the world needs a Savior and the only true Messiah is Jesus Christ. It has been a hard road to haul these past few years after accepting Jesus into my heart. But they have been by far the best ones. Sure the devil stops by and slaps me from time to time to see if my convictions are still true. He wants to see if I will fall back to my old ways. Being human, I do stumble nows and again. But I know how to rebuke the devil and live for Jesus. That is what keeps me going every day. Sure I have a loving wife, a beautiful child, and a roof over my head, but Jesus is the glue that holds it all together, every minute of every day. When that slips for even a second, and I try to pull the load by myself, things get ugly. God is real and He will free everyone from the bondage of sin and false religion. All you have to do is accept the truthJesus is the ONLY WAY to Heaven. He saved a sinner like me who broke all the rules from God. And know He is using this willing servant to help spread the Kingdom of God. Don't be fooled by men who teach that tradition is final authority. Find the truth in Jesus, read your Bible, and discover the blueprint to salvation
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that God spells out for all of us. I owe everything I have to Jesus. He is my Savior, Lord, King, and Prince of Peace. I will give of my entire being to Jesus. Nothing else on this earth matters except living as a servant to the one true God. Because in the end, it doesn't matter what color you are and how much money you have, all that matters is that Jesus is your personal Savior. It took me 26 long years to figure this out. And those were 26 years of pain. Why put yourself through the same? Get right with God now! Die to the things of this world, and live for Jesus! "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." John 17:3
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