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All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, no never, reject one of them who comes to Me]. John 6:37

The calling of Abraham

But I Am A Good Person......

Of all the subjects that I have covered with my family, friends, and people I meet on a jobsite or store, two seem to stand out as the most difficult to talk about; salvation and death. I have found it the most difficult to talk to my family members about salvation because they have known you all of their lives, your ups, your downs, and all of those little quirks you have. Even after your salvation experience, your family still sees you as this hard headed and obnoxious little brother or sister that has a mean streak a mile long; so yes it is hard to witness to family but witness we must and witness I did although to this day, I still feel that I fell short of what I wanted to do in that respect.

My mother went to church with me for awhile many years ago but was she saved? I cannot honestly tell you if she was or wasn't. My dad believed in God but as far as I know he never accepted Christ as Savior. My older brother has gone to church on a fairly regular basis but saved? Probably not. Eldest sister? No. My other sister says she is and I have no reason to doubt her. So all in all, I feel as if I failed in some way to communicate the Gospel to my family.

The family’s and friend’s biggest mental block is this--You witness to them and ask them are you saved and they will tell you, "Well, yes because I'm a good person and I go to church". Trust me, it is sometimes very difficult to break through that mental. Are we good enough to make it to heaven? Is our going to church every week giving us an inside path to heaven? Well, I volunteer for charity and have never broken a law! Well sorry to burst your bubble but that ain't gonna fly in the light of Scripture.

Romans 3:10”As it is written, there is non righteous, no, not one
Romans 3:23 " For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God
Romans 6:23 " For the wages of sin is death but; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

So you see, salvation cannot be "earned". Everyone is a sinner and deserves death. Going to church and doing good works won't get you to heaven. God alone can give you eternal life. Ok, then how does a person "get saved"? You believe the Gospel. Gospel? What is the Gospel you may ask? It amazes me just how may people don't know what the Gospel is. They compare it with good deeds and church membership. Wrong again my friends. Scripture tells us different.

Romans 5:8-9----" But God commendeth His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him."

Romans 19:9----" That 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".

       That my friends is the Gospel and that is the "only" way to be saved, not simply going to church, doing good deeds, having friends over for coffee and donuts and putting on sporting events to "bring" people into the church so they can sit there and be just as bored as you are. If you still insist on the fact that you are "good" enough to make it to heaven on your own through your own good works think again because God says differently in Ephesians 2:8-9---" For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, least any man should boast."

       That pretty much says it all. If you are currently depending upon your own works to make it to heaven, my friends, you took a wrong turn in life's road. Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father. All of the works and good deeds that you have done down here on this earth will get your name on a pew in church but it won't get your name written in the Lamb’s Book Of Life.

       My elder friends I urge you now, to take the only path to heaven and that is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. It is never too late to do this. Jesus is very patient and He is waiting for you to embrace Him and what He has done on the cross of Calvary. I myself would love to meet you in heaven, shake your hand, give you a huge hug, laugh, sing, praise the Lord together and then look into the eyes of the One who made it possible, the Prince of Peace Himself, Jesus Christ our Savior, Lord and King.

The writings that you read in this section were written by Gary Karopczyk of Grand Rapids, Michigan

my testimony-

I realize that I gave my testimony on the website but I suddenly felt the urge to give it again. This is not to glorify myself or give myself any credit whatsoever but what it is for is to glorify the Lord God Almighty.

I was raised in a home without God but it was a good home full of love but also turmoil that I had no idea even existed. It wasn't until our family moved from the city into the country that I began to witness the wonders of creation. During the warm summer nights I would lay out in the front yard and gaze up at the moon and stars in total wonderment. Although I wasn't really sure what this Higher Power was that was speaking to my total being when I marveled at creation I knew that there was more than this. At the age of about 10 or so some people came to our door and gave my mother a book that talked about God and creation. I read it with relish. So this Higher Power that I knew existed now had a name "GOD".

As the years passed by and I entered into my teen years God was always there prompting me and letting me know that He was there waiting. Then in the year of 1975 after I read the book, The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey and my Christian friends talked to me and prayed for me, I was saved. I was standing at a desk doing my job when suddenly a feeling like nothing I ever experienced before overcame me with a vengeance. I saw Jesus hanging on the cross shedding His blood for me and the words that came out of my mouth were simply this---------My God, you know, Jesus did die for me. He entered my heart right there on the spot. My friends could see it and my family could definitely see the change in me. A weight of sin had been lifted but it was at the moment of salvation that I finally realized and knew that all I had been witnessing all through my life, the sun, the moon, the stars, the clouds the awesome expanse of the heavens was given to me, to you, to everyone by El Shaddai, God Almighty. The pieces finally came together in one great forever life-changing moment in time.

Satan was not a happy camper knowing that he had lost another one. Just a couple days later the devil came at me with both barrels. I was at work walking to another part of the work area when suddenly the presence of evil permeated that whole area. It literally drove me down to a sitting position. I wasn't used to praying yet but this ole boy did his best, God heard me and my friends whom I asked to pray for me as well. Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. Those are comforting words taken from Scripture.

God never told us that we would be without trials and tribulation but what He did say was that He would always be there and all we need to do is call upon Him, through the good and bad times. Did I always do what I was supposed too in my walk with Jesus? Nope, I did not and I paid dearly for some of my stupid decisions. Did I ever blame God for my trials, no I didn't but what I did do was question His reasoning for them. Of course later I realized that God does not tempt with evil nor is He tempted with evil. Granted God does allow certain things to happen in our lives to help us grow in faith but for the most part we bring the trouble that we experience throughout life, onto ourselves. Thank the Lord God Almighty that His Son, Jesus Christ died so that we wouldn't have to. The sting of death is no longer there.

I praise and thank God all the time for letting me know that He was there from an early age onward up into adulthood and beyond. As we read in Romans 1:20-----" For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so they are without excuse."

All of mankind is without excuse before God because it is very plain that He exists and if one chooses not to acknowledge God his blood is upon his own head if he dies without Christ. I am eternally grateful to God for instilling His attributes into His creation and I thank Him for calling me all of the years before I was saved. I love Him so very much and I thank Him that I listened to His still small voice that whispers throughout His creation.

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