A testimony of Brian Stubson: A few years back I had been planning suicide and had informed my wife of this when I was ready to do it. At this time God sent a man into my life that began speaking to me in a way that I had never heard before. I had read the Bible from cover to cover several times and was a church goer for years, but had never heard the message of the gospel given like this. He was telling me of the forgiveness of all my sins if I had put my faith in Jesus, and that it is our faith that brings us into union with God and not our ability to obey Him. I understood for the first time that I had been trying to find forgiveness for my sins by trying to stop sinning and by trying to do all the right things. Living this way had brought me to the point of taking my own life because at some point I realized I was a failure at trying to please God. I had even at one time gone into my garage when my wife was away and put on a potato sack (sack-cloth) and smeared myself with charcoal dust (ashes), but still couldnt find relief for my sinful behavior. Anyway, without boring you, I knew that I was going to sin in some way or another the rest of my life and I just couldnt take frustration and failure any more. The understanding that I couldnt perform good enough to find peace with God, and that the peace that I was looking for was found in my faith in what Jesus did on the cross for me, set me free from trying to save myself. Thoughts of suicide have long since gone. I have found what I was looking for. Before I was a non born again religious nut, and now I am a born-again new creation in Christ. We are saved by grace, and that through faith, and not by anything we could possibly do. Thanks for listening. TO GOD BE THE GLORY.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:06:09 +0000
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