 I grew up in the church, in the Lutheran church, and I was in and out of churches my whole life. And my mom and dad had divorced since I was little, so I've been jumping back and forth from my mom and dad my whole life. So I never really had a stable family. So I guess my anchoring to find and cling to something that was true was always inside. So I went to church because my mom went to church and my dad didn't want to have anything to do with the church. Didn't talk about it. Just found out recently from a witnessing tool that he actually was a Lutheran at one point and then left the church. So I didn't know that. And I'm 33. And that was just a few months ago. So getting up to a year ago, my mom had grown up and she had turned me on to Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer, all the false teachers at the time. I didn't know about what false teachers. I thought they were good sound people. And I thought that man would be cool to go into that auditorium where Joel Osteen, that's huge, so many people there. So I was not at the church. Like I said, I was in and out of churches, but I was not at the church at the time. But if you were to ask me if I was a Christian, I would have told you that I was a Christian. I didn't know anything about the Bible. I couldn't tell you about Jesus and I didn't know about anything. But I would have said I was a Christian. So I was dating a girl at the time and she had brought me back to the non-denominational church that I was in before I found Cornerstone. And so she brought me back into the church and I was basically just seeking her. I wasn't seeking anything else. But I was trying to abide by kind of her rules for being a Christian, like how we couldn't do hardly anything. But I should have known I was a Christian. But I did. To me, she seemed to be, in a sense, holy as we're called to be when we're Christians. So she had turned me on to videos from Stephen Ferdick and T.D. Jakes and all them. So I was watching all them thinking that they were good too. I mean, I was standing up praying, crying to the TV, thinking that this is all, this is great. And, you know, this is the way it's supposed to be. And little did I know it was nothing like that. When I was on a job, I'm to listen to YouTube. So I used to watch Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer. Joyce Meyer had me weeping because of all the good things that she had been doing for all the children in other countries. And so I had been listening to all of them. The video had crept up into my lineup. I had no idea who Rick Comfort was. Of course I wasn't listening, it was just auto-playing. And the shock to my ears after like 10 seconds of Rick Comfort. I was like, I ripped the earbuds out of my ear because I didn't know what it was. I thought this, you know, I didn't know what it was called. So I was very convicted because he takes you through the law. It takes you through the commandments, you know, have your lie, have your stolen, have your very lusted. And I'm going, yes, yes, yes. And I'm like, I don't know what to do. So I felt very, people would say that he's very, he's very straight to the point. Like, he'll cut you up. And some people don't like that because they're hiding their sin. So, yeah, I didn't listen to him for the rest of the day. I listened to the other preachers and pastors I listened to. So the next day my curiosity kicked in and I listened to another Rick Comfort sermon. And I actually was like, I've been living a lie. I thought I was a Christian. I'm doing all these things, living like the world and because I'd be in hell. So to grace be to God only. Amen. And to a more and more. And so I listened to him some more and I listened to more videos. And so I was like, I need to repent and trust in Christ alone for my salvation because there's no other way I can do enough to get into heaven. Just after learning that the Lutherans kind of believe maybe sort of in works. But I guess I could see that because that's kind of maybe how I was believing that I'd be good enough to get to heaven. I would have said I was a good person, all that stuff. And I wasn't. So after listening to Ray and I found Answers in Genesis, Retro Radio, Justin Peters, Paul Washer, Loni Bacchum. And so I repented and put my trust in Christ. It's what little that I knew. I didn't know anything, but I just knew that's what I needed to do. And each one of those guys would reference each other. And so I had called up, I had donated some money to these guys, Retro Radio and all that, Answers in Genesis. And one of the guys from Retro Radio, Al Yerks, is actually going to be at the wedding when we have a wedding in Corso. Nice ice breaker there too. So he called me up and we played bone tag for a little while. And finally I was able to get ahold of him. And he was completely different compared to everybody else who I thought was a Christian. Loving, caring, wasn't afraid to point out sin, to talk about sin. And I talked to him for about an hour and a half sitting in the parking lot in public. And he had given me all these guys who I referenced to watch. And so it was a process through worship songs that we found out that we were in, I don't know if it would be a false church or not, but it wasn't right. And we found out, I thought it was great when we were there. I thought this is a church, the pastor's supposed to be preaching the word. He's saved and all this stuff. And I found out through worship music that we just can't worship God any way we please and think that he's hearing us and all this stuff. So I had been, so now I'm buddies with Al Juerks. And I haven't talked to him in a little bit because I've been super busy. But I need to reach out to him because I tell him thank you for everything. But he's like, this is not me. It's the Lord. So when I had sent Summer's Mom when I was listening to Before Her Great Comfort, I was sending Summer's Mom, my mom, all of Joyce Meyer's stuff. I was thinking, oh, this is great. You should listen to it. And after hearing Justin Peters, he had referenced Susan Heck, who was just at the cornerstone. And so I started sending them Susan Heck when I found her out. And so I'm like, well, now that I know the truth, I want to listen to her and see how good she actually is. And I was blown away by her teaching. And so I prayed that they would listen to him as I was beating myself up because I'm like, they're probably not going to listen to anything I want to send them because they probably already know that Joyce Meyer was false. So when you listen to YouTube videos, they could be just videos of words playing on the screen, a blank screen and all that stuff. And you could see nothing but hear their voice. And it just so happens that I watched the video that she was actually at the pulpit where Pastor Mark reaches. And I was watching that. And after a couple of videos of watching that, I'm like, well, she's at the same place. I wonder where she's at. So I looked down at the YouTube thing and it says cornerstone Baptist Church of ORL. And I'm like, ORL, what's this? So I want to know what the rest of it is, my curiosity. So I clicked on it and it said Orlando. I'm like, Orlando, this is weird. She's here. So I looked up at this point in time. I'm like, if they're going to have this lady here, then they have to be at least good themselves. So I looked up cornerstone. And then in the time process of when we were trying to find a church, Al had given us founders.org to try to find a church in our area. Well, there were two churches and one of them said, I don't even know why we're out there. And we're like, okay. And then the other one, I don't even think we can get a hold of. And our realtor was like, why don't you come to our church? It's a Methodist church. I'm like, yeah. So we called anyways and the guy didn't even know what song was playing there. So we were like, well, that's Al. And we were reading statements of faith and all that. And everybody's statement of faith sounded like they were sent from heaven above. Like, they were the best church that you could get here anywhere. And we read cornerstone statement of faith. I was like, yeah, that's what everybody says. So I'm like, the only way I'm going to know is I have to watch a video. And the first video I pull up is Pastor Mark. And within 30 seconds my jaw hit the floor and I'm like, I've heard more of heaven or hell, sin, death and all that stuff. And I said, we need to go here. So this is where we need to be because at the last church I was at, we were at, we didn't hear any of that. So it was all about raise your hand if you had a bad week or, you know, just very, very terrible, very damning church to be in. And I thought it was good. So I go to summer. In September we, I have some good news and I got some bad news. So she's like, what's the bad news? I said, well, I found a church in Orlando. I was like, well, I figured we had to go to Orlando. So any of this stuff that I just thought that you went to church on Sunday and that was your time, that was it. That's all you do. How little. I was a Christian. So I thought in him directing me. We're from Melbourne. After we started coming to Cornerstone, it was, well, I kind of love at first sight. But my life after conversion is I love and I want to please the Lord and I want to be obedient and he calls us to be holy. And some people who I talk to in my family, they would say that it would be a burden to follow the Lord. And hearing that makes me cringe in knowing that I don't think they're saved, but they claim to be a Christian as well. And they were, they raised me. So that's where I got my theology. The Lord gave me grace and guidance to find the church that were in me and my walk. Especially Karen coming up to summer and talking with her initially, setting it all up, I guess. The Lord using her and using everybody. Because we were going in like deer and headlights. Because this was all news to us. Brother Chase hunting us down. And just being loving and being how he's called to be. So I just, I thank everybody that was a part of our walk and bringing us in and loving us. And actually loving us correctly instead of falsely. So like everyone else says, I probably could go on for longer talking about other things, but like everyone else says, all praise and honor and glory goes to our Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior only and Him alone. Can we be saved? Not by our good words. They're here today. We praise God for your salvation and this opportunity to baptize you. And based upon your evident faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, having turned from your sins, put your faith in Him for salvation. And based upon your commitment to follow Him as a member of the cornerstone Baptist Church, we baptize you in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. We praise you.