If any of you have read my testimony, you know that I was raised in a Christian home and I struggled with whether I was really saved or not until the age of 25. I really believe that this is a huge struggle in many peoples lives. My husband and I both went through that and even our own children have made several professions but hopefully have it settled now.
Today I listened to a message that makes salvation so clear, I really appreciate the time Bro Travis Burke took in making the plan of Salvation so clear and understandable. It is a terrible thing to doubt and to worry about your eternal soul but there is nothing more satisfying than to be at total peace with the Lord knowing that your eternal home is in Heaven.
It seems so appropriate to always use my favorite verse in Titus 1:2 ....God cannot lie.
If he says it, he means it and he cannot waver from his truth. We just have to trust it and believe it. We just have to place ourselves in his hands and trust his ability to keep us and seal us and take us all the way to heaven.
I am so thankful that on May 7th 1992 I did just that and I have not doubted since. It is as sure as I am sitting here in this chair and typing on my laptop that I know that I know that I know I am saved and sealed until the day of redemption.
Praise the Lord that when he does save you, there is no doubt that he has done so. If you doubt than this would be a good time to examine and take a few minutes and listen to Bro. Travis preach this awesome message explaining the simple plan of Salvation.
Listen here to his message on SALVATION
Pastor Travis Burke
Cozaddale Baptist Temple
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Showing posts with label My Testimony of Salvation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Testimony of Salvation. Show all posts
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Do you know Jesus?
I desire to tell the whole world about the Lord Jesus Christ. I was so lost and empty before He came into my life. I have recently joined Twitter and I have been able to direct many people to come visit my site. If just one person comes to know the Lord as their Saviour, It will be worth it all.
Do you know for sure where you will spend eternity?
Do you have something missing in your life?
Do you feel like you go from one thing to another trying to fill the emptiness in your life?
Do you feel that the things you are chasing in this world *riches* will bring you happiness?
Do you realize you are a sinner?
Do you have an interest in what truth really is?
Do you desire to be truly happy and no matter what you try to do to be happy, you always come up short?
God has allowed you to feel this emptiness, so that you would realize that you need something to fill that void. It is within a man to worship a higher power, why do you think that in the deepest jungles they have their rituals? They serve the moon gods, the sun gods, and whatever other gods that they might come up with.
Romans 1:23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
God put it within a man to know that there is some higher power
Romans 1:19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
We are all without excuse, because God has put all things into place to reveal himself. We just refuse to believe.
May 7th 1992 For the first time in my life, I realized according to the scriptures that I was eternally lost without Christ and that I needed a Saviour.
Romans 10:3
FOR THEY BEING ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
I was constantly trying to fulfil my own righteouness, trying to gain God's favour. I had to come to repentance and realize it was nothing I could do to gain his favour. He sent his son to die for me, because I was a sinner.
Romans 3:23
FOR ALL HAVE sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Exodus 20:4
THOU SHALT NOT make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
Exodus 20:5
THOU SHALT NOT bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
Exodus 20:7
THOU SHALT NOT take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus 20:10
But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] THOU SHALT NOT do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
Exodus 20:13
THOU SHALT NOT kill.
Exodus 20:14
THOU SHALT NOT commit adultery.
Exodus 20:15
THOU SHALT NOT steal.
Exodus 20:16
THOU SHALT NOT bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exodus 20:17
THOU SHALT NOT covet thy neighbour's house, THOU SHALT NOT covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.
Have you ever told a lie? Have you ever stolen ANYTHING? Have you ever coveted your neighbors things? ALL of the above are God's laws, and their are over 600 more.
Have you ever Killed? Or do you hate anyone?
The Bible says
1 John 3:15
Whosoever HATEth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
We do not want to believe we are sinners, We have been taught that we are good people, we have been taught that if you are a good person, It will all work out in the end if your good works out weigh your bad
NOT TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are over 600 laws written in the Old Testiment, but if we try to be good enough to obey every law and yet break one law, we stand guilty before God of them all.
James 2:10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is GUILTY of all.
The biggest argument I hear today is that the Bible is not real, just a book of fairy tales. If that is what I tell myself, than I don't feel the need to do anything that about it.
If the truth is that I have cancer, but I choose to tell myself that it is not real, I have killed myself.
Why don't we stop and examine our belief system? Have we taken someone else's belief system on? Have we really examined for ourselves? Have you really spent time reading the Bible *King James Bible* What if everything you have been taught is a lie, what if you really do have a cancer that in the end will be your destruction? A cancer of unbelief.
I have heard others say that religion is a crutch, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I realized that within my own abilities, I was coming up short. I needed a Saviour. I could not keep the laws, I could not save myself. If I am in need of a crutch in order to walk, wouldnt it just make sense to admit I needed that crutch? There are a lot of crippled people walking around today needing that crutch, but refusing through Pride to admit their need.
Psalms 10:4
The wicked, through the PRIDE of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
1 John 2:16
For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the PRIDE of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Proverbs 21:4
An high look, and a PROUD heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.
James 4:6
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the PROUD, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Please humble yourself and admit your need for a Saviour.
Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man is come to seek and to SAVE THAT WHICH was lost.
BEFORE YOU CAN EVER BE SAVED, YOU MUST SEE THAT YOU ARE LOST.
When you realize that you are lost, that is when the Lord can save you.
Believe the Gospel, Jesus was born of a virgin, came and lived on this earth for 33 1/2 years, was crucified, was buried and rose again the third day and is in heaven seated at the right hand of the Father.
9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
If you believe the Gospel and will repent of your sins, call upon Jesus Christ. He will save you and give you an eternal home in Heaven.
Please feel free to leave your comments.
If you have prayed and asked the Lord to save you Please leave me a message and we will rejoice together.
God Bless.
Rebecca
Do you know for sure where you will spend eternity?
Do you have something missing in your life?
Do you feel like you go from one thing to another trying to fill the emptiness in your life?
Do you feel that the things you are chasing in this world *riches* will bring you happiness?
Do you realize you are a sinner?
Do you have an interest in what truth really is?
Do you desire to be truly happy and no matter what you try to do to be happy, you always come up short?
God has allowed you to feel this emptiness, so that you would realize that you need something to fill that void. It is within a man to worship a higher power, why do you think that in the deepest jungles they have their rituals? They serve the moon gods, the sun gods, and whatever other gods that they might come up with.
Romans 1:23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
God put it within a man to know that there is some higher power
Romans 1:19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
We are all without excuse, because God has put all things into place to reveal himself. We just refuse to believe.
May 7th 1992 For the first time in my life, I realized according to the scriptures that I was eternally lost without Christ and that I needed a Saviour.
Romans 10:3
FOR THEY BEING ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
I was constantly trying to fulfil my own righteouness, trying to gain God's favour. I had to come to repentance and realize it was nothing I could do to gain his favour. He sent his son to die for me, because I was a sinner.
Romans 3:23
FOR ALL HAVE sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Exodus 20:4
THOU SHALT NOT make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
Exodus 20:5
THOU SHALT NOT bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
Exodus 20:7
THOU SHALT NOT take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus 20:10
But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] THOU SHALT NOT do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
Exodus 20:13
THOU SHALT NOT kill.
Exodus 20:14
THOU SHALT NOT commit adultery.
Exodus 20:15
THOU SHALT NOT steal.
Exodus 20:16
THOU SHALT NOT bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exodus 20:17
THOU SHALT NOT covet thy neighbour's house, THOU SHALT NOT covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.
Have you ever told a lie? Have you ever stolen ANYTHING? Have you ever coveted your neighbors things? ALL of the above are God's laws, and their are over 600 more.
Have you ever Killed? Or do you hate anyone?
The Bible says
1 John 3:15
Whosoever HATEth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
We do not want to believe we are sinners, We have been taught that we are good people, we have been taught that if you are a good person, It will all work out in the end if your good works out weigh your bad
NOT TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are over 600 laws written in the Old Testiment, but if we try to be good enough to obey every law and yet break one law, we stand guilty before God of them all.
James 2:10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is GUILTY of all.
The biggest argument I hear today is that the Bible is not real, just a book of fairy tales. If that is what I tell myself, than I don't feel the need to do anything that about it.
If the truth is that I have cancer, but I choose to tell myself that it is not real, I have killed myself.
Why don't we stop and examine our belief system? Have we taken someone else's belief system on? Have we really examined for ourselves? Have you really spent time reading the Bible *King James Bible* What if everything you have been taught is a lie, what if you really do have a cancer that in the end will be your destruction? A cancer of unbelief.
I have heard others say that religion is a crutch, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I realized that within my own abilities, I was coming up short. I needed a Saviour. I could not keep the laws, I could not save myself. If I am in need of a crutch in order to walk, wouldnt it just make sense to admit I needed that crutch? There are a lot of crippled people walking around today needing that crutch, but refusing through Pride to admit their need.
Psalms 10:4
The wicked, through the PRIDE of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
1 John 2:16
For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the PRIDE of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Proverbs 21:4
An high look, and a PROUD heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.
James 4:6
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the PROUD, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Please humble yourself and admit your need for a Saviour.
Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man is come to seek and to SAVE THAT WHICH was lost.
BEFORE YOU CAN EVER BE SAVED, YOU MUST SEE THAT YOU ARE LOST.
When you realize that you are lost, that is when the Lord can save you.
Believe the Gospel, Jesus was born of a virgin, came and lived on this earth for 33 1/2 years, was crucified, was buried and rose again the third day and is in heaven seated at the right hand of the Father.
9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
If you believe the Gospel and will repent of your sins, call upon Jesus Christ. He will save you and give you an eternal home in Heaven.
Please feel free to leave your comments.
If you have prayed and asked the Lord to save you Please leave me a message and we will rejoice together.
God Bless.
Rebecca
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
More of my testimony, This was when we lived in Goodland, Kansas
My name is Rebecca Estep. I am 40 years old. My birthday is August 1, 1966 My husbands name is Michael Estep We live in Goodland, Kansas I have been married to a wonderful man for almost 22 years. May 25th 1985 I have five wonderful children: Corey 18 Zachary 16 Sarah 14 11 Jordan 9 My husband is the Pastor of Bible Baptist Church, We have only been in the ministry since Dec, 2004. My husband and I were born and raised North of Cincinnati, Ohio. We moved to Kansas, Dec 2004 My husband was an Associate Pastor for 7 months in Arkansas City Ks. and then Goodland BBC needed a Pastor, We have been here since. Here at our church we have an ACE school, I am the Elementary Teacher, I love my children. I love watching the transformation children make during their learning years. I have been teaching since 2001. If you would have told me before I was a child of God that one day I would be (First) A pastors wife, (secondly) A school teacher.......Never in a million years would I have ever believed. It is amazing what the Lord can do with a old hunk of clay...... My lifes Verse is Psalms 34:6 This poor man cried and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. I pray this will give you alittle insight to who I am.
God Bless,
--- I am forever His, Rebecca
My name is Rebecca Estep. I am 40 years old. My birthday is August 1, 1966 My husbands name is Michael Estep We live in Goodland, Kansas I have been married to a wonderful man for almost 22 years. May 25th 1985 I have five wonderful children: Corey 18 Zachary 16 Sarah 14 11 Jordan 9 My husband is the Pastor of Bible Baptist Church, We have only been in the ministry since Dec, 2004. My husband and I were born and raised North of Cincinnati, Ohio. We moved to Kansas, Dec 2004 My husband was an Associate Pastor for 7 months in Arkansas City Ks. and then Goodland BBC needed a Pastor, We have been here since. Here at our church we have an ACE school, I am the Elementary Teacher, I love my children. I love watching the transformation children make during their learning years. I have been teaching since 2001. If you would have told me before I was a child of God that one day I would be (First) A pastors wife, (secondly) A school teacher.......Never in a million years would I have ever believed. It is amazing what the Lord can do with a old hunk of clay...... My lifes Verse is Psalms 34:6 This poor man cried and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. I pray this will give you alittle insight to who I am.
God Bless,
--- I am forever His, Rebecca
My Testimony of Salvation through Jesus Christ.
The most memerable event that has taken place in my life happened on May 7th 1992. I struggled with my salvation for so long. Raised in a christian home, I rebelled. Once we began attending church, I really saw for the first time in my life, ladies that genuinely had a real walk with the Lord. 'Oh, how i long to have what they had.' The Lord began to deal with my heart about my own personal relationship with him......that I didnt even have one. What a Joy......The Day the Lord showed me I was lost and he so quickly came to my rescue and saved my soul. May 7th 1992, Praise the Lord God gave me peace. Oh satan can immitate alot of things, but one thing he cannot immitate is Peace. I cleaned up the outside......Had it looking pretty good. But deep down in my heart something was not right. I would pray OH Lord if I am not saved, save me......and then I would ask everyone....Do you ever doubt your salvation? I was looking for one person to tell me I was ok.....Thank God. No one ever did. The lady that lead me to the Lord, I had asked her if she ever doubted her salvation and she said you know what! I used to but let me show you what verse the Lord helped me with. Romans 10 Verse 3 For they being ignorant of Gods righteousness going about to establish their own righteousness, having never submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. I knew for the first time in my life....I was lost and I did not even know what Gods righteousness was and that I was ignorant of him. I knelt down at the altar and asked God to save me.....Oh the peace that flooded my soul. Oh the devil has come and tried to cast doubt but immediately, My soul cries out ABBA Father. I deal with children alot and I always tell them if they doubt whether they are saved or not. I say, you know If i came and moved into your house today, would you know that i was there? Well of course, WHY? because i am there. Same way with Jesus,,,,,,When he moves in, there is no doubt he is there, He makes his presence known. My sheep hear my voice and they follow me. God has been so good to me. My biggest burden is that church members make sure they are saved. I believe we have alot of lost church members sitting in the pews. I was one of them. Matter of fact, when i went home and told my Husband I got saved, he said WHAT? but not long afterwards he came to know the Lord himself.....another lost church member. If you are 99% sure you are save you are 100% lost. Have a great day. Bless the Lord, O my soul. )t2
I am forever His, Rebecca
5/9/2007, 6:11 pm
I am forever His, Rebecca
5/9/2007, 6:11 pm
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