Have you ever been asked if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ ?
Maybe I should start off with a little bit about my journey. I am a cradle Catholic, was Baptized in the Catholic Church, Have received all the Holy Sacraments and went to Catholic Middle School. When I was in my early teens , I got busy with High School and working and didn't attend Catholic Mass very often. I never stopped believing in the Catholic Church. I guess you could say I was just a child and thought as a child.
Now when I was about 23 years old, I met my wife. I loved being with her while we were dating. She was going to a full gospel church with her family. I went with her a few times and thought the church was okay. At the time I did not know very much about the Born Again churches or faiths. Well I proposed to my wife and we were married in the church, which was bethel full gospel. We spent a few years there and then I noticed that people were saying things about the Catholic Church. Some were Lies and others were just misinformation.
One day someone asked me if I asked Jesus to be my personal savior, so I could be saved. Yes there was an altar call, even though they never had an alter. I went down there, but not to say the I accept you Jesus as my personal savior. I went down to ask for more understanding of scripture. You see I knew I already had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ when I received the Holy Eucharist in the Holy Catholic Church.
One day a thought came into my head about my mother. I thought she was going to hell, because she had never accepted Jesus as her personal savior. The Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and I knew it was wrong. I knew my mother had always believed in Jesus Christ and that he died on the and rose again to save us all. I knew that it was time to leave that church, so I spoke to my wife. We both decided to leave that church and looked for a church that we were both comfortable in. After going to many different churches, we ended up in the Lutheran church.
We spent quite a few years while our three children were young. One day the Pastor spoke about communion and said it was just a symbol. Well the Holy Spirit spoke to me again and I knew it was time to leave the Lutheran church. I did not know what was the true church. I did not want the influence of any one church or faith, so I decided to search through history. I had a book from a born again friend when I was in my born again days. It was called the History Of Religion.
I read and studied about the Early Church Fathers, who they were and what they were doing. I found that some of them were directly associated with the Apostles. So I knew they were doing what Jesus Christ had taught. I kept finding that all roads so to speak were leading to the Catholic Church.
One night I was flipping channels on cable tv and I came across the EWTN Catholic channel. A show was on called the Journey Home. The show was about a man named Scott Hahn and why he decided to become Catholic. His reason was mainly about the Holy Eucharist. As I listened he he explained how it really was the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ. I knew right then that I had to come back to the Catholic Church.
I spoke to my wife and explained everything. She spoke to the pastor and he explained that our children could not go to both churches as it would confuse them. My wife prayed about it and she decided to become Catholic and all our children became Catholic. I will never leave the Holy Catholic Church again.
The day I received The Holy Eucharist, was the day that I had the Most Personal Relationship With Jesus Christ That I or anyone could ever have.
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