Stave Creek Baptist Church, Jackson
An individual called me at home late one Sunday evening after church. This person had been attending church for many, many years. There were not many services or opportunities to serve (singing in the choir, visiting, etc.) this person had missed.
Anyway, when I answered the phone, I heard this question “Guess who got saved tonight?” To which I responded by spouting off numerous names of people who I thought would have been good candidates. Every time, the reply was “Nope, nope and guess again.” Finally I told the person that I just didn’t know.
Then I heard a reply that has stayed with me through the years. This person said, “I did.” With an excited voice, the person went on to say, “Before tonight, I never understood that I was lost. When I was a young child, I made a decision that someone talked me into and I didn’t comprehend what I was doing. I just did what I was told. Then tonight God helped me to realize that the reason a person places faith in (Jesus) Christ for salvation is because all people are sinners and without the ability to do enough good things to be right with God. Tonight God spoke to me through His Word, helped me to understand that I needed to be saved not just from the world, the devil and hell but from myself. I am the reason Jesus had to die. Tonight no individual talked me into something; God drew me to Himself (and) made me to know He loved me and wanted to set me free from my guilt by faith in His Son and I received salvation.”
Friend, if one person can talk you into something, then someone else may very well talk you out of it. But when God has spoken to you through His Word and will, it’s settled. If God is drawing you to Himself now, then receive salvation and be baptized.
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