Every Christian's testimony.
By the grace of God, I am what I am. 1 Corinthians chapter 15,
verse 10. Simply stated, in myself, I am
nothing more than a sinner saved by the free grace of God. My
name, date of birth, and life are not worthy of mention. I
fell in Adam, was shaped in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive
me. I came forth from the womb speaking
lies and estranged from God. By nature, I am a God-hating
rebel, a child of wrath even as others. However, God teaches
me in His Word that before He formed me in my mother's womb,
He knew me, loved me, and chose me to be His child. I have something
better than a man-made theological degree. I have a priceless education
of grace. I have been instructed by God
in the ways of sovereign mercy, redeeming love, and omnipotent
grace. I have been brought up in the
school of Christ and illuminated by the Spirit of God. No man
can have a better teacher than God or receive a better spiritual
education than the one that God has freely given me by His grace. By God's grace and through painful
experience, I have learned not only about my Savior, but that
in me, that is in my flesh, dwells no good thing. My blessed Redeemer
has taught me well that all men by nature are totally depraved
and deserving of hell because of their sin. I myself included. By the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ, God has convinced me of the utter insufficiency of
my own righteousness to justify me and the all-sufficiency of
the righteousness of Christ. By the eyes of God-given faith,
I now see that Christ is all. All in salvation, all in the
scriptures, all in life, all in death, all in time, and all
in eternity. Christ is all. Colossians 3.11