John 8:32 Says :- 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
31 Jesus said to the people who believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Dear Breath of GOD
I wish to bring to your attention what JESUS said to the people who "BELIEVED" in HIM.
Even though I was born and brought up in a Christian family I never know JESUS as my LORD and personal SAVIOUR. I was just following Christianity just because I was born and brought up in that custom. I never had any knowledge of who JESUS was and is.
Finally, when I was sixteen I heard for the very first time in a Pentecostal church about the LORD's rapture, antichrist and HIS second coming. He also preached by saying "If you die today where will you go" that scared the nerve out of me.
In the end of the sermon, the pastor who preached mentioned to raise the hand of people who accept JUSUS as LORD and personal SAVIOUR and I did. That's was the day I asked JEUS into my heart in fear of being left out during rapture and in fear of facing the days of antichrist.
My fear was, I wanted to be taken up in the rupture, without being left out. That was my highest priority and I did all what I can to keep my sprit, soul, mind, and body without blemish from wrong doings. I was sixteen in the year 1990 when I first heard such message and due to that, a transformation took place in my life.
The fear of antichrist and rapture did not last long in my life. I was able to keep the light burring within myself only for about sex months and gradually I became cold within myself. I was thinking it was too soon to become holy by trying to be perfect following the truth, while there is lot of fun and folly out there to enjoy, explore, and discover the possibilities of impossible.
Though I consumed alcohol and smoke cigarettes, I never had any kind of drugs.
What caught me was my own weakness of my flesh for flesh. I was much keen to explore the human sexuality (involvement or interest in sexual activity with) with the counterpart. I was not like this before. All started after I started to read explicit literature about sex and it motivated my mind to try those in real life taking advantage of weaker sex by manipulating them to trust me as a honest guy, this became a pleasurable adventure for me.
I never gave up on attending the Pentecostal church. With all my falsehood "I was a wolf covered with sheep skin" no one knew what sort of a person I was except LORD JESUS and satan. Yet with all my sins, I truly had a desire to follow JESUS because I was hearing every Sunday life saving message about the love of CHRIST from the "pulpit" to bring me out of the pit.
I was touched by the love and sacrifice JESUS made on the cross with obedience and humbleness in order to save me from my sin and shame. To save me from my willful sins to give me courage and strength to resist t them.
Even after knowing the truth and the truth will set me free, I was not happy to follow the truth but followed the lies of my mind. I know very well the truth kept on pricking my conscious to repent from my willful sins but simply the mind did not give in.
Surge bem de mansinho
quando duas pessoas se conhecem
se for fraca ninguém lembra
se duradoura ninguém esquece
pois o verdadeiro amigo nos ajuda a viver
apaga o nosso medo
nos da força e confiança
e com cuidado guarda segredos
na tristeza nos consola
nas horas de frio nos da calor
nos acompanha na boa e na má hora
e na vida nos da amor
com carinho sempre nos ampara
com alguma coisa boa nos faz surpreza
sempre nos livra de enrrascadas
e está conosco na alegria e na tristeza
por isso nunca devemos magoá-lo
se fizermos isso devemos sim, pedir perdão
pois uma linda amizade não se joga fora
se guarda no fundo do coração.