Creation Artist

I started attending the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church just a few years ago. I am personally glad that they uphold Godly standards. I came into the church dressed very inappropriate and no one said anything-they just loved me where I was at. I had lived in the world and thought that it was fine. Eventually some ladies kindly showed me that it is not appropriate to dress that way and I am thankful. I had been in other churches before but never one that really took God and the Bible seriously. It showed me that God is real, He loves us and wants what is best for us.

My life has been transformed by Jesus because of the Independent Fundamental Baptists. They showed me that God is real and taught me to search the scriptures for my self. Again I had been in and out of other churches but never picked up the Bible for myself and willingly read it until I attended the IFB church. Their music is holy, it is like a touch of heaven. One of the reason I never took God seriously is because some of the churches I had association with in the past played “Christian rock music” and did not really even seem to take God and the Bible seriously.

I have learned in the IFB church why I should believe the Bible. The prophecies in the Bible are true and interesting especially concerning Israel. Israel’s existence and rejection of Jesus at this point is all fulfilling Biblical prophecy. Here is the old testament it speaks of Jesus“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Isaiah 53:3 That sounds like exactly what is going on. This verse describes what the Jewish people were to expect to happen to the Jewish Messiah. “he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5. That sounds just like Jesus to me. Then look here in the new testament “He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.He came unto his own, and his own received him not.But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:” John 1:10-12 Clearly this is talking about Jesus being the Jewish Messiah. I was never taught these things before and never took the Bible seriously. I never knew why I should believe the Bible or even be a Christian at all. The Independent Fundamental Baptists have taught me why to believe the Bible. Now I know that it is God’s Word and it is true.

The Bible also teaches us we can know for sure that we will go to heaven. It says “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God”.Romans 3:23. Clearly we all have done wrong at some point in our lives. Then it says “The wages of sin is death.” Romans 6:23 speaking of the second death mentioned in Revelation “whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Romans 20:15. Then the Bible tells us that “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 and  “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.” Romans 10:9. We simply need to open our heart to God who hears the cry of the humble and admit I am a sinner, I deserve hell, but I want to be saved because I believe Jesus died on the cross for my  sins. If we will do that we can be saved. I asked Jesus to save me a couple of years ago and I have never felt so much joy and peace because it is true. Heaven will be my home and any one else who will ask him to save them will be their too. I am thankful for the independent fundamental Baptists.

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