Wondeful testimony, Julie. Thanks for sharing. It was so refreshing after
30 vitriolic posts from Glenn. :-)
Peace be with you.
David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida USA
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From: Marlin Halverson
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk]testimony
Hello,
You all do not know me. I am Marlin's wife. During prayer I have been
led by the Holy Spirit to write. I would like to give you a little history
of my walk with God.
I came from a background of a non denominational charismatic type
Christian faith. After years of following God and praying for my first
husband who had walked away from God (he is now deceased) I saw my husband
change practically over night. He found the Lord in a real way. God was no
longer the god he had been shown who seemed to have a doctrine of anything
goes, and all you have to do is love me and live how you want to. My
husband had been disillusioned by the church because of this type of
teaching.
He had said that "if this is how Christians are then I want no part in
it." The world had seemed to be better than the church. After watching my
husband's sudden change I had no choice but to seek out truth from my Bible
as I had been taught that the law had been done away.
As I started keeping the Sabbath, God's word started opening up to me
like never before. Things that hadn't made sense became clarified. I can
not tell you why this happened except that out of obedience God had blessed
me.
I do not keep Gods laws to be saved but I keep them because I am saved.
They are not grievous to me but are a delight. As David said Oh how I love
Gods Laws! His laws are a light to me; they show me the ways of God. The
life of Christ is a perfect example of keeping Gods laws, not of going away
from them. Jesus died on the cross to pay the death penalty for our sin.
But we do not keep sinning willfully. We know that he paid our debt so that
our sin is covered as we can not live the perfect life that he did.
The blood sacrifice of bulls and goats never did pay for anyone's sins.
It was a symbol to recognize the Christ to come. So the act of sacrificing
in faith of the Christ to come saved them from their sin beforehand through
the Christ to come.
I do not have intention of debating with anyone. I am just testifying
to you what God has done in my life. May God bless you in your walk with
him as you seek for his truth. Nothing matters except His truth. I pray
more earnestly than anything that I may be guided by his truth and nothing
more or less.
Julie
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