Back in September 2010 on a Wednesday night at youth group God opened Jacob's eyes to see his need for the Savior. And on Sunday, April 17th Jacob decided out of obedience to the Lord, he was going to share his testimony and be baptized. No words can express the joy I know all Christian parents experience when they see their children come to see their own sin and give their lives willingly to Jesus. Sunday was one of those moments. We are so proud of him and can't wait to see what God is going to do in and through him in the years to come. Here is his testimony...
My life before Christ was in sin, but I always thought that I had a great faith and that I loved God, because I was raised in a Christian home with Christian parents. Although my parents would tell what was right and wrong I never usually listened to that because I wanted to do what I wanted to do. I didn’t really know what a true faith was because I was so young and also because I hardly read His Word. I was actually a very disobedient child and did not want to listen to authority. But right around the time when I turned 11 or 12 I realized that my parents faith or just because I was their son meant nothing towards God. During this time I was in full rebellion and wanting nothing to do with God. Also during this time God had put people in my life to show me what was truth and what was not. Then I started to gain more knowledge about being saved and having your own salvation. But it took a whole year or so for me to realize what God was calling me to do.
Christ drew me to Himself on a Wednesday night at youth group on September 29th. That night Rod Shackelford taught on the “Woman at the Well”. But after Josh Petras came up and said “Christ knows everybody’s hearts and if you feel that Christ is calling you to repent and come to Him, then we will have staff leaders in the back for you to talk to”. I knew then that God had known every thought and intention of my heart. So I knew that there was no way that I could save myself and I needed a savior, Jesus Christ. Then I felt Christ pulling me to go back and talk and repent, but I also felt another feeling telling me not to go back and to just walk away. I could not take the battle between both any longer so Christ led me to the decision to go back and repent my offences to Christ. Right then when I was thinking about repentance I thought of something that one of my pastors had said a little while ago and it was “When you sin it’s like spitting in God’s eye”. And that broke me and I thought about how my sin was a huge offence to God no matter how big the sin. So then I walked back and I sat down with Jorge Ramirez. And that night at 13 years old Christ saved me from my sins and now I am one of His children!
Now I want to obey Christ and authorities that He has put in my life. Now every time I sin I immediately get that feeling of conviction by the Holy Spirit and repent to whoever I sinned against. I am very thankful that The Holy Spirit is with me guiding me through life and this crazy world. Even though I do sin and fall short of Christ, I now am convicted by my sin. The Holy Spirit now shows me what is right and what is wrong in different situations and is steering me on the right path. I am also thankful that Christ has picked me, the worst of all, and has chosen me hto be with Him in Heaven forever. It trips me out that there are so little in the world that believe, but Christ chose me to be with Him.
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