It was an amazing yet frightening experience for me first with my little brother on November 24, 2010 and then with my mom later that same evening. The truth of things that we assume each day was revealed to me clearly.
I was telling my mom and my little brother what I will be doing in full-time ministry and that I was going to another part of Jamaica to be a part of a clinic (evangelism training session) and so I would be away for a few days. I decided to ask my mom the two diagnostic questions since I had asked my little brother already. Her first answer was NO to "have you come to that place in your thinking where you know for sure that if you were to die today you would go to heaven?" and the second answer was WORKS to "suppose you did die today and you stood before God and He asked 'why should I let you into My heaven?', what would you say?". I was very surprised I must confess because as far as I knew, my mom was a christian, baptized and active in church.
So I shared the gospel and gave all the scriptures and illustrations which she was quite excited about. Most of the scriptures my mom knew and so I thought to myself that maybe she needed some assurance. At the end I asked if it all made sense to her and she said yes. So I decided to ask her the two diagnostic questions again and her answer was still the same. I felt funny and confused and realized how I was taking things for granted again. I decided to ask her if she would like to receive the free gift of eternal life. She said yes and I prayed, then led her through the prayer to receive the free gift of eternal life and prayed again. My heart was so moved and humbled and a bit frightened as well. I prayed that God would forgive me and I truly thank God that my mom now has the assurance of eternal life. I asked the questions again and she was able to confidently answer YES and that it was THROUGH TRUSTING IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE.
All glory belongs to God. Take nothing for granted.
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