Personal Testimonies

The Blessings of Following a Living Christ
by Carlos

Following a living Jesus

I was raised believing in Jesus. I didn’t think much about Him first, until somebody told me the story of Jesus. It was Easter time so they figured it was a good time to tell me about Jesus death. A sweet young girl in the church told me how Jesus suffered, was despised, tortured and finally killed unjustly in a very painful way, on a cross. I was 7 years old at the time, very impressionable and that story stuck with me for life.

Since then I concluded that to be a good Christian and follower of Jesus I had to follow His sample. He gave us the greatest example of altruistic love, suffering and ultimately death.  The only problem in this story is that there was no victory at all. Yes, He suffered out of love for us – and died, that’s it! So for me, to suffer, be depressed, be sad, be condemned and accused was the way to go if I wanted to be a good follower of Jesus.

That religion led me to a life a great depression in my youth, a life of negativity and almost death. Hell on earth, while longing for true freedom, joy and life. ¹

What the Bible Says About...

What the Bible Says About God, the Natural World, and Us

The natural world was made by God.
Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.—Job 12:7-10 NIV

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THE BLESSINGS OF GIVING!

                W. L. Douglas, the shoe manufacturer, was a well known man. From his early struggling years comes this story. He had been unemployed so long that he was down to his last dollar. Nevertheless, he put half of it--fifty cents--in the collection basket of his church. Next morning he heard of a job in a neighbouring town. The railroad fare to that town was one dollar. To all appearances it would have been wiser if he had kept that 50 cents. However, with the half dollar remaining he bought a ticket and rode half way to the desired place. He stepped from the train and began to walk to the town.