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Originally Posted by Esaias
So, you got saved without knowing you got saved? Or, you got saved a different way than you believed you got saved?
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I definitely knew I "got saved". How would anyone get saved without knowing it? The command is "repent and believe the gospel." Jesus said "count the cost." I don't believe anyone can come to Christ without a full understanding of the basics of the gospel. (I'm a sinner, Christ died in my place, I submit to His as Lord,etc).
Now then, like many new converts, coming out of the world with no church background to speak of, I was a blank canvas. Immediately I began attending all 3 weekly services, plus youth rallies, and prayer. On Thursday nights my wife &I had one on one Bible Study with the pastor. The church was only about 15 people, and we were new and hungry, so we went through all the resources of the time, often with the pastor and his wife. First was "Rightly dividing the Word by Larry Smith.". Then the word aflame "Why do Pentecostals do....why don't Pentecostals do....". Then Into His Marvelous light. Every Ruth Reider book and video. The wedding dress Bible study video, Exploring God's Word, and Search for Truth #2. Then the ministerial required reading list. So yeah, within a year and a half, I was pretty much had very rigid, in some ways, legalistic views about Christian living and even salvation. As a new convert I ate what I was fed, soaked up what I was given as a sponge, as if the very words of God.
But in time, as I studied God's Word, I came to a more accurate understanding of what had happened to me, and what God expects of me, rather than the UPC.
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