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SALVATION/CALL
Saved August 1972. Through diligent study of the Bible for more than a year, I realized my lost condition and my need for a Savior. For the first time in my life I truly understood that Jesus Christ paid my sin debt on the cross. I trusted Him as my personal Savior, and immediately began telling others that I was saved, encouraging them to trust Him as well. I surrendered to do whatever God wanted of me when I trusted Jesus as my Savior. |
ORDINATION
June 30, 1978, Immanuel Baptist Church, Gretna, Louisiana |
OBJECTIVE
To involve every believer in Jesus' command to preach the Gospel to every creature. |
MRS. REBECCA ANN MARS TESTIMONY
As a result of cancer, the Lord spoke to my heart about my destiny. Consequently, I began attending church again after years of absence. After going forward during an invitation, I prayed and asked Jesus to save me. I felt a sensation like a weight being lifted off of me (but feelings can be deceiving - II Corinthians 4:3-4; 11:3). I was definitely a changed person and faithful to church activities.
Shortly after my "salvation" experience I dreamed that the rapture occurred and I was left be-hind. This incident triggered a pattern of recurring doubts. Everyone with whom I spoke assured me that I was alright because they, too, doubted. Yet these same people taught that we could know that we were saved. (The contradiction between these two positions gradually became apparent.)
Eventually God sent a pastor who challenged me from the scriptures about doubt (John 4:13-14). The woman in this passage was like me: thirsting for everlasting life. She found it that day. After two years of studying the Bible, praying, and arguing with God, he opened my blinded eyes to the wonderful truth of (John 3:16). For the first time I saw that I was truly lost and at the same time believed that Jesus loved me so much that He died for me and gave me everlasting life. Thank God the doubts and fears are gone. (John 5:24); as the Lord promised the woman at the well in John 4, I no longer thirst.
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