Every Christian's Testimony

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"By the grace of God, I am what I am!" 1 Corinthians 15:10

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