the Father…has qualified you to share in the inheritance of
the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of
darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have
redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:12-14
I have been a Christian as long as I can remember. Now, I
did make a commitment to Christ several hundred times at least. As Perry Duggar
says, “If you say you’ve been saved your whole life, that’s too long.”
I have attended church every Sunday since I was two weeks
old. Going to church was not a question in our family. We were there every
Sunday for Sunday school, morning worship, and the evening service. We were
also there every Wednesday night and a lot of other times as well.
I always enjoyed going to church, except for the occasional
Sunday night when something really great was going to be on the Wonderful World
of Disney. If it looked especially good, I would occasionally feign illness in
order to stay home and watch the program. This didn’t work very well. Between
the guilt of my deceptiveness and the absence from church, surely if the Lord
would return, I would not be going.
Then, in the summer of 1982 something changed. I was looking
forward to my senior year of high school, so I could go to law school and
become a high-powered, big-80’s corporate attorney. I wasn’t as interested in
the law as I was in getting my next Porsche. Practicing medicine seemed so
messy…But God had something different in mind.
That summer at youth camp, God did a work in my life. Lying
on the red, yellow and orange shag carpeting of the camp chapel, God spoke to
me. He called me. He called me to a life that was set apart. He called me into
ministry. Any desire to do anything else left me. I belonged fully to Him.
At that moment, everything described in this passage became
true for me. My sins were forgiven. I was redeemed. I was rescued from the
dominion of darkness. God qualified me to share in His inheritance.
When did these things happen to you? If this hasn’t happened
in your life, then it’s very easy to cross the line of faith and trust God
fully for your salvation. If you have any questions, please send me a note
at allen@allenwhite.org.
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