 you know this is all about Jesus Christ today it's not it's not about me it's not about what I did it's about what he did in my life you know I really had no religious background growing up I had some Roman Catholic that we went to but we really weren't a part of the church but you know I saw the Lord at work in my life and you know eventually you know I got married young got married at 20 you know met my wife and eventually wanted to go on into the military went into the Air Force and you know I figured that would help me make me a better person but what it helped reveal was a lot of sin in my life you know a lot of sin that you know it's my wife you know my daughter at the time I was gracious because you know my wife and she accepted Christ you know where before I did and she was patient with me she just let her life to be an example to me and you know a long story short you know during the military getting out of one getting ill and I dealt with a lot of medical issues through the years that you know I look back now and I see that I see the Lord's hand in my life and how there were times where they told me you know you know my whole family was worried you know I wasn't gonna make it you know you know I coded one time in during surgery for a transplant but my wife was always faithful she was there she told the doctor says you know the Lord's gonna take care of him you know you do what you gotta do in order to take care of the rest and it was later on you know when I spent some time in the hospital she came to me and started out that you know explained to me about repentance about Christ and how he died for my sins and that that was available to me if I wanted and she was patient with me and you know through her help and help of another another brother at the church I was in at the time they started discipling me teaching me about the gospel about repentance about what Christ did on the cross for me how it's nothing that I can do you know like they shared in Ephesians too it's not by works you know it's not that I could do to to grace it myself to Christ and yeah I look back at that time and you know how the Lord would just continue to work in my life and you know it was a you know a few months later like five six months later that you know I accepted Christ into my life and I really understood what repentance was because you know before that I you know everybody thought I was a good person but I was a simple person you know I did stuff I should have gone to jail for you know there were times I could have killed myself and my family because of the stuff I was doing and and I look back and I see you know I see how Christ and the Lord which is watching over me and I continue to grow and understanding you know the word more but I was never really in a good Bible teaching church you know I read my Bible I prayed I shared the gospel but in a theological sense I wasn't growing and I was at a church for a while and I thought that was the church for me I was there five years and I come to find out that their their teachings weren't wrong with what the Bible said you know and one time they brought in a woman pastor and I sat down and talked with the pastor about it and he said that that was a cultural issue that Paul had brought it on himself but the Lord started drawing me away from there and drawing me toward a reformed theology through a lot of people a lot of ministries that I saw and he started teaching me that and showing me that I was in the wrong church that if I wanted to grow for Christ and be a tool for him for others in my life that I needed to lead that church I needed to find one where I was going to be toward I was going to be on the shepherd you know because you know despite what went on in my life you know through myself and my wife you know my mom and my two sisters and my brother came to Christ you know because they saw the change that they did in her life because she was kind of a rebellious person and the Lord changed their heart completely where she was opposite of what she used to be and they say well you know if he could work this in her life and then they saw the change in my life and I started searching you know about two years ago and through sermon audio and to founders.org you know I found Cornerstone and then I started doing my research started listening to the teachings of Pastor Mark, Pastor Rick and it came to service and you know just that once I came to a Thanksgiving service and just the love that everyone showed to me you know they treated me as though you know I was already a member not somebody coming from the outside you know and they stayed with me afterwards explained things told me tell me how you know ask me my testimony shared with me you know what the Lord had done in their lives and just opened up to me and you know the following month you know I let my pastor know at the old church that I'm leaving you know what you're teaching is not proper started coming to Cornerstone and I'm so thankful you know for for everyone that's here today because I see it's Christ that work in me it's the repentance I'm understanding even more the things that I pushed away in my life but the things I still need to change in my life because I'm still a sinner I understand that you know I'm never gonna be perfect to the Lord returns and you know I just want to say my heartfelt thanks to you know to Pastor Mark, Pastor Michael, Pastor Dale, to Jerome, to Edgar, to Raleigh, to all the brothers that have been there for me not just on Sundays but anytime I had a question I had doubts they were there to help me and help me understand and and take me out and teach me the proper way of evangelism you know the right way to study you know to understand about the Puritans because I never knew anything about that you know now it's like you know it's opening up a new understanding for me where everything came from but you know all glory to Christ who without him died on the cross his forgiveness for the Lord for drawing me towards him you know for all those that despite my sinful life still stood by me and encouraged me and I just I look back and I'm not worthy to be called the Son of God I'm not because you know stuff I did was first of all it was it was it was against the Lord first of all then it was against my loved ones gracious enough he granted me mercy and he told me that he still loved me and he then told me that this will be trials in my life but the Lord would help me through them you know and I've been going through them trials lately and I see the hand of God in my life just encouraging me helping me teaching me and then I'm hoping that I could be an example to others so you know that's my testimony and you know it's all about Christ you know the past March yet today you know we go look back God's prophets in our lives you know the things that he's done for us how he's kept us out of danger how he's rescued us how he's brought people into our lives and it's not to you know we come to Christ and we look back that we don't understand that so God bless you and thank you joy to baptize our brother six though the father son in the Holy Spirit