{"id":720,"date":"2016-08-05T16:35:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T20:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/?p=720"},"modified":"2016-08-05T16:35:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T20:35:17","slug":"the-truth-set-me-free-over-and-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/2016\/08\/the-truth-set-me-free-over-and-over\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth Set Me Free &#8212; Over and Over!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question. Someone I witnessed to wrote me this kind response:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I dont need to hear what you think-why do you always think your way is the right way-maybe you should be president being so righteous-bet if we looked into your life we could find something -no one is perfect -i always thought being a Christian was to be forgiving and not to think you knew everything -will say one of my Catholic prayers for you&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it comes across like I am better. I am merely better off because I am saved. Anyone can be saved! Everyone is offered this eternal promise. But it starts with admitting you are wrong and that God is right. Attack me, but if you don&#8217;t humble yourself you will never experience eternity in Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Those in Heaven have come to realize they deserve Hell.<\/p>\n<p>I have been proven wrong by God over and over and over. It started 14 years ago when I saw Jesus was right and I was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>I thought religion was a personal choice you kept private, and I was agnostic and did not think the Bible was anything. I never was shown any evidence for God or the bible or Jesus. When I saw how reasonable it was to take a leap of faith, my eyes were opened.<\/p>\n<p>I was proven wrong. Jesus opened my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>I had been brought up Catholic and thought they must be true because of how religious they all acted. I was baptized and confirmed and figured I could live my life and die and then they would take care of my eternal destiny. As I read my bible I started to see the lies they told us, and the bondage the church held. I never had before seen the clear difference between the promises of the bible and the truth of JESUS and the blind traditions of man-made religion. When I saw clearly you had to choose one as your final authority of all matters of faith and practice, I easily chose JESUS Christ and I left the Catholic Church for good. My eyes were opened and after 3 years of searching for the right church Jesus led me to where I am today. They are not perfect, but they point me to a PERFECT SAVIOR, not themselves.<\/p>\n<p>I was shown the right perspective, and put church in it&#8217;s proper place. I was proven I was wrong with the religion of my youth, I had to choose truth over tradition, and Jesus opened my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>I went to pharmacy school and never gave much thought to anything else than evolution. I never was shown any evidence for creation or any alternative views. Once I saw how reasonable it was to believe God created the heaven and the earth and life cannot come from non life, my eyes were opened.<\/p>\n<p>I was proven wrong. Jesus opened my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>I always thought after I was saved that those that said only the King James bible were bigots and closed minded. I thought they were cultic. Then God showed me it was the Word of God when I did a 30 experiment looking for truth. And once my eyes were opened, I was amazed at how much evidence there was for the preserved word of God.<\/p>\n<p>I was yet again proven wrong. Jesus opened my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>I always assumed the earth was millions of years old and that dinosaurs were extinct for millions of years. I never heard there were other explanations, such as the flood 4,200 years ago. When i realized I had a preserved Word of God that I can hold in my hand, the rest of the bible could then be taken literally. And my eyes were opened. And then after I as amazed how much evidence there was for a young earth, 6,000 years old or so, and how the modern dating methods are flawed and biased.<\/p>\n<p>I was yet again proven wrong. Jesus opened my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>I could go on and on. Do you want the truth and will you let it change you? Or do would you rather stay &#8220;right&#8221; in your own eyes, and bet your eternity you already have it all figured out?<\/p>\n<p>Jesus said YE shall know the truth and the TRUTH shall make you free.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to continue keeping everything from bursting your bubble of false reality, not even the God of the Universe can burst it. But when the bubble bursts, you won&#8217;t miss your old life one bit.<\/p>\n<p>I found new vibrant life &#8212; in JESUS!!!<\/p>\n<p>And I invite you to get out of the river of De-Nile and test the living water of truth. Jump in, the water is fine!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question. 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