A Peace only found in Christ

On of the most important aspects of being a Christian is salvation.  I was saved during a wild game dinner which was hosted by the church that I attend, John 14:6 says this:

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Jesus tells us here that the only way to reach heaven, is by knowing Him.  When you know Jesus, you acknowledge that you are a sinner, that you ask Jesus to forgive you for your sins, and ask that Jesus come into your heart and be lord of your life.  You may ask, how do I know if I am saved?  If your like me, i went to many different vacation bible schools(VBS) and I remember one that I thought I was saved.  I realize know, that i wasn't at that time, I don't know that I fully understood at the time what it meant to be saved.  When I started attending church regularly just over two years ago i learned the real meaning of being saved.  It was also the first time that I heard 1 John 5:13:

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

This scripture reveals that we can know for certain that we are saved.  I realized that although I though I was saved during a VBS years before, I didn't know that I know that I was saved.  During the wild game dinner that I attended there were several speakers, men who were telling their testimony.  There were men who come from different backgrounds all who discovered Jesus in a different way.  When the Pastor started speaking that night during the invocation, I felt drawn to pray, and to ask Jesus to become the lord of my life.

I heard many times that night, and before that night, that when you are saved you will feel a peace like you have never felt before.  That peace comes with knowing that you are saved, that you have been forgiven and that your home is in Heaven.  You know that God is in charge of your life.

If you don't know that you know that you are saved, don't depend on my words here, seek out your pastor, or someone that you trust from your church, learn more about salvation and what it means.   Feel free to share your testimony!