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To: Gregory D. John who wrote (12876)	3/31/1998 2:08:00 AM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

" For example, from when you were born again, was there ever an instance when you suddenly questioned your Christianity?" Never once. From the moment God revealed that His Words in the Holy Scritptures were eternal truths, I have never once doubted the Scriptures. A short time after I started reading the Bible I ran into many things I could not understand the spiritual meaning. Then I read in the Bible where it said: "if you lack wisdom, simply ask God and He will give it to you". Like a little child, I got on my knees by my chair and prayed for God to open my understanding of certain passages. After praying, I went to the verses I was having trouble and they immediately opened up. I thought to myself:what a God of love and miracles; simply ask when the faith and humility of a child and He pours wisdom withing your heart. Another diffiuclty I had occurrd about three months after accepting Jesus as the sacrifice for my sins. I had been flying high after first hearing God speak to me and then having Him reveal and confirm to me that Jesus had died for my sins. I set my heart to never sin again. Since I lacked sound teaching on this, I believed that once a person accepted Jesus he could never never sin again. If he did, it would be the same as rejecting Him again. This was my thinking on the subject for my first couple of months I was a Christian. After about three months, I was put in a very compromising situation and lust was conceived in my heart--which I had already read was the same as adultery. I fell into deep despair and figured I had blown my salvation. I was totally digusted with myself and unable to go to God in prayer and fellowship as before. A few days later at work I had time to kill and decided to sit and read fro the Bible. I opened the Bible at random to the 51 psalm. I had never read it before. I think the Psalm is worth quoting here. ------------------------- Psalm: 51 1: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2: Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3: For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4: Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justifiedwhen thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 5: Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6: Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to knowm wisdom. 7: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8: Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9: Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10: Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11: Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12: Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13: Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14: Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall singm aloud of thy righteousness. 15: O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 16: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 18: Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19: Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. -------------------------------------------------- The words of David became my words. I didn't know the full historical story of Davids' sin but I suddenly knew the spiritual story perfectl. I started sobbing like a child and I was suddently caught up in the Spirit of God. He poure out His Spirit upon me and I couldn't move nor did I want to move. Not only had He once more covered my sins with His Blood, but now He give Himself in fullness to fellowship with me. I thought to myself: I never want to move from this spot and this Joy. I was experiencing the the reality of 1John 1:9:"If we confess our sins He is faithful and Just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness" Even as I write this almost 30 years after the fact I am crying like a baby and filled with love, joy and gratitude to God our Father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. All glory and honor and praises belong to them now and foreever.