Testimony

In 2003 I was honorably discharged from the USMC. I had spent six months in basic training. I caught an pneumonia one month into basic training. I recovered from that and went back to training then I broke my foot. that is when I got discharged and went home to be with my fiancee. Ten months after comeing home my fiancee and I broke it off. That is when I went off the deep end with alcohol, Drinking four 40oz beers and one half gallon of Jack Daniels every night. Then I would go in my room and put my shotgun in my mouth and try to pull the trigger. Then a co worker who had been asking me to come to church and finally I told him I want to go to church. that is when I started to attend Church after a while of just comeing on Sundays for a couple months I decided that something was wrong with my life so I drove to the Church to talk to the Pastor he was not there but the youth pastor was and he invited me to be a servent leader at the youth group and I started to be a youth worker after being a servant leader for one year. The Youth Pastor made me an adult leader. While me and a friend trying to figure out what God's purpose was for my life I came across the passage in the scripture where John the baptizer said "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (MATT 3:2) After this the word repent was in my mind for a long time. While I was using Google for the word Repent I came across the ministry Way of the Master and listened to Hells best kept secret. While listening to this message (Available at www.wayofthemaster.com) I was convicted by the use of the law the ten Commandments. Because I've lied, stole, lusted "God sees lust as adultery MATT 5:27,28" and i've hated "God sees hatred as murder MATT 5:21,22" So I found out that when I die I will stand before God and be Judged. God sees me as a Lying, thieving murdering adulterer at heart and no matter how much good I did to make up for the bad it wont be good enough. I broke the law and have to pay the fine which is death, Eternal damnation in hell, burning in the lake of fire for all eternity. That was the worst news i had ever recived but with the bad news came great news that Jesus Christ came to this earth God in human form to live a sinless life so that he could pay my fine. Jesus was brutally beaten and nailed to the cross where he poured out ever drop of his blood and died. But three days later he rose from the dead defeating death hell and the grave. But i said to myself how do I receive this free gift. Do I just believe? NO because even the demons believe (James 2:19) I could believe in a parachute and jump out of a airplane and fall to my death just because I believe doesn't mean I will be saved. What I must do is Repent of my sins that means confess and turn away from my sins and trust in Jesus Christ. I trust in him how you would trust in a parachute. When you put on a parachute you put it on and trust in it. So repent and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and your sins will be forgiven. Not because you are good but because you are bad but forgiven by him come to him not as a fear filled convert because your scared of hell but because your a tear filled convert because your so grateful of what God did for you. If you have never repented of your sins and turned away from them, Then examine yourself to see if you are in the faith 2Corin 13:5 Look into the mirror of the Ten Commandments to see how dirty and wrenched you are then come humbly to God repent and trust in him. Go to www.needgod.com