CONVICTION TO CONVERSION

My first ever personal conversation with the Almighty was a very tearful one. It was then that I totally accepted that I was not actually better than other people as I always thought of, never. And that I am a big SINNER! - Somebody who’s definitely worthy of God’s wrath. Then, Repentance sprung up from the core.

But it didn’t end there. It became a dilemma – knowing I’m a sinner and is going to be punished for eternity. What to do?! I badly needed help but was too timid to ask. Each passing day was nerve-wracking!

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Until December came, that same year, came up a 3-day Youth Camp. Continually I was seeking for answers. Though it was a joy-filled learning experience and adventure but that dilemma continued. Then and there, the second day came. As we were scanning through the pages of the Romans we read at chapter 6 verse 23,

”For the wages of sin is death;

but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Whoah!!! Sudden peace transcends my dilemmas! I read over and over again, “The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord!” Then I was totally comforted! Praise God! Then I remembered the famous verse which almost everyone knew and even memorized,

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,

but have everlasting life."

Only then I was able to understand what this verse really meant. Through believing God’s only begotten Son Jesus Christ and accepting Him as my personal Savior and Lord, I would not perish! That grave punishment he took in my stead was for the forgiveness of all my sins. He accepted God’s wrath upon his shoulders and lovingly saved me, despite all my iniquities and has given me life eternal and gave me the right to be a child of God. How great is his love!

Christ died for me!