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JGB321
Age : 60
Gender : M
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| Member since : 6 month ago |
| Country : United Kingdom |
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About Me
A FATHER AND SON MINISTRY
My conversion from a practising Catholic
to a Bible Believing Christian is
primarily down to the change that I
witnessed in my father's life. One day I
heard him listening to an old time
American preacher. I remember saying to
him: "Why are you listening to this?
You're a Catholic and we're good
people." He responded by saying to me:
"It isn't enough for me now. I need
something else. And I am not a good
person." Now, I must say that for a
person who went to church every day, was
on most church committees and had even
penned a book about our church (which
sold very well), this amazed me. This
was to be a major turning point for my
father and little did I know, for me
too.
During this period, I was a singer with
my own big band orchestra. We were at
the level of semi-professional (I even
worked with a trombonist who played with
Frank Sinatra) and I absolutely
worshipped this musical world that I was
a part of.
All my energy and spare time after work
went into making music my future. I
would record 3 CDs and spend a small
fortune producing these to float around
to prospective agents. However, with the
drastic change in my father's life, I
couldn't ignore it and we would spend
hours talking about the Bible, morals
and the Catholic church. It took me 3
years to fully realise that I too needed
to be Born Again.
As band leader it was my responsibility
to not only hire and fire musicians but
also to find adequate venues to rehearse
the orchestra, sometimes twice weekly.
On numerous occasions I was able to
secure two different church halls. I
distinctly remember one being a
Methodist church and one of the elders
of that church, for a period of perhaps
18 months or so, never once witnessed to
me or my musicians. All I recall him
stressing was that "no smoking or
alcohol was permitted on the premises."
Also intriguing was how our keyboard
player was their Sunday organist and he
too never shared the Gospel with me or
the 17 other guys. One can be
"religious" yet not saved. Needless to
say, when I got saved, Gospel tracts
were sent to both parties and other
"religious" people I had long known,
prior to my new birth.
I should also say that once sin was
presented to me clearly in the Bible, I
took no time in seeking God will all my
heart and mind. I read the Bible every
day for hours and it was quite easy for
me to realise that I needed to become a
Christian, and therefore in January
2002, I got on my knees and prayed to
God for quite some time and started
confessing many sins and sins I probably
hadn't even committed. From that day
forth, I gradually lost interest in my
music and other secular interests that I
once cherished. I would later go on to
sell all my musical orchestrations and
PA system and even witnessed to the
singer who came to buy my charts, by
giving him a tract. Money raised from
this went to needy Christian communities
around the world. And you know what, I
don't miss it at all and neither will
you (1 John 2:15,16.)
However friends left me, because I would
witness to everybody I knew, including
old and new friends, plus workmates.
Family relations would also be strained
and continue to this day.
One of the first groups of people I
wanted to witness to were of course my
Catholic friends, some of which had
participated in producing my CD's with
me. I recall two such individuals, both
practising Catholics and talented
musicians. One had written special
arrangements for me on my first CD and I
wanted to try and reach him with the
Truth. I remember e-mailing him about my
new birth and how wonderful it was. I
tried as best I could as a babe in
Christ to explain what being born again
meant. I even shared my notes from a
distinguished Bible teacher and I was
amazed at his response. "The curry is
great over here." That's all he had to
say! He just wasn't interested. My other
friend requested I stop contacting her,
so I did. I have never heard from either
of them since.
Thank God He saved me from an eternal
Hell and he will save you too.
Because if you've ever lied (Rev. 21:8),
stolen something (1 Cor. 6.10), sexually
desired a person that wasn't your spouse
(Gal. 5.19-21) or even hated someone
without a cause, you are a MURDERER at
heart and such people are eternally
excluded from Heaven (1 John 3:15.)
What Now?
You must repent and then cry out to
Jesus who died for your sins and trust
Him completely to save you. |
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