FAITH TESTIMONY
the son of a british secret service agent (Mi4)
Believe it or not!
“He who glories, let him glory in the Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:31
It’s an honour to glory in what the Lord has done in my life.
I believe that God had a plan & purpose for me when 78 yrs ago (as at 2023) while in Queen Charlotte's Hospital I was shaken from my Mother’s womb just as the last of Hitler’s V2 rockets smashed into London. In Jeremiah 1:5 God Said “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you”
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My story goes from a simple knowledge of God, to a relationship with God.
For 45 years I was aware of Him, but I made no effort to get to know Him. Yet through all that time I could see the hand of God in His creation of the earth, sea ,sky, and everything in them. It was not by 'Mother nature' it was by 'Father God' |
My first religious experience was when a Church of England minister, subjected me to child abuse, by way of infant baptism (Christening). He poured water over my head.
To which I am told, I objected loudly. But I may as well have been speaking in tongues. No one took any notice of my indignation. |
Sadly as non-believers my parents were spiritually dead & ignorant of their responsibilities. We are told in Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go…”
My family must have seemed like people on the run, never forming close friendships & constantly on the move. I had birthdays in Egypt, Cyprus, Mauritius, East Africa, England & just before my Ninth birthday I arrived here in Australia. (And have not been out of the country since 1954)
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Dad was a ballistics expert, with training in all aspects of guns, rifles, ammunition & defences.
He was employed in the London war office, where his personal decision, resulted in the mounting of two navel guns, on Rottnest Island. Sadly this fact is not recorded in the history books, nor did he ever get to see them. |
Even sadder (perhaps the day before he died) Dad said “The older I get the less I believe in God” My Dad’s name was Philip. Jesus said to Philip Have I been with you so long and yet you have not known Me. Jn 14:9
Dad showed no commitment to faith or religion. In India, when he married the Captains daughter, he converted from Catholic to Church of England. I respected Dad, but we read in Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” |
Apart from being almost 20 years older than Mum, I thought Dad was a regular Dad. It never occurred to me that not everyone’s Dad spoke several languages, was a photographer who developed his own photos & movies, regularly communicated by Morse code, and always carried a loaded revolver.
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When Dad died, it was revealed that in 1947, when we arrived in Egypt as the only civilians on a naval ship, his job as a Government Lands Officer, was a cover story, for his Military Intelligence work with the PDU (Photographic Development Unit) Codenamed MI4….. My Dad was a British spy!
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When we arrived in Kenya, it was the start of what became known as the Mau-Mau uprising between 1952 & 1960 involving the Kikuyu people who coerced servants, cooks & labourers, to murder their white employers. Today most Kikuyu claim to be Christian. But back then, while swearing allegiance to the Mau-Mau, they drank blood in a satanic ritual.
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I’m sure it was no coincidence we were in Kenya at that particular time.
Both Mum and Dad, who spoke fluent Hindustani & French, also spoke Swahili, the most common language of the Kikuyu people and the Mau-Mau.
In Kenya Dad slept with his revolver under his pillow. One night intruders stole the clock from beside Mum & Dad’s bed. We awoke to our African cook shouting in Swahili ‘Bad men Bwana-Bad men’. Dad, the ‘Bwana or Boss’ leapt out of bed & fired into the bush after the ‘Bad men’. It was a moonlight night, so Dad was able to identify one of them in a police line-up. He was in custody for the murder of another white couple.
Both Mum and Dad, who spoke fluent Hindustani & French, also spoke Swahili, the most common language of the Kikuyu people and the Mau-Mau.
In Kenya Dad slept with his revolver under his pillow. One night intruders stole the clock from beside Mum & Dad’s bed. We awoke to our African cook shouting in Swahili ‘Bad men Bwana-Bad men’. Dad, the ‘Bwana or Boss’ leapt out of bed & fired into the bush after the ‘Bad men’. It was a moonlight night, so Dad was able to identify one of them in a police line-up. He was in custody for the murder of another white couple.
The first school I attended was in Mombasa. I came accross a photo (At Left) of students at Mombasa European primary school 1950. I could be wrong but I think it is my old school and that I am the little boy with dark hair, in the front row, fifth from the left. My school in Mombasa, with its flowers & trees, was the only school I ever liked.
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My next school in England 'Whitefriars Primary' with its brick walls & iron gates, was to me, like a prison. Oneday my teacher sent home a note for my parents. Apparently, I’d been telling lies, all sorts of nonsense, like having traveled on ships and planes to exotic lands and how I claimed to have seen the pyramids and camels in Egypt and monkeys in Africa (All of which was true!).
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In my defence, Mum gave a talk to my class about our adventures, showed them our souvenirs and Dad’s black & white, family photos of our adventures.
But that led to jealousy & me becoming a target of bullies. When threatened, my God given Adrenalin kicked in.
I became the ‘Incredible Hulk’ and applied Dad’s self-defence training of ‘Punch in the stomach, Punch in the face & Run’ When I heard I’d smashed one kid’s spectacles and busted another kid’s front tooth, I wasn’t without compassion for them….. But hey! No more bullying!
I wasn’t into pain, mine or other peoples, so from then on I used diplomacy. |
I talked my way out of trouble or I ran. A punch was my last line of defence.
In Matt 10:16 we read ..In the midst of wolves... Be wise as serpents & harmless as doves.
In Matt 10:16 we read ..In the midst of wolves... Be wise as serpents & harmless as doves.
I was glad to leave England & learning to swim in the ship’s pool was a great confidence booster and very useful in Australia.
When we arrived in Western Australia aboard the P&O Himalaya, customs officers at Fremantle were horrified when Dad declared his revolver, which they confiscated. |
In Australia, life was very different for us. We became regular Church goers......
We went once at Christmas time & once at Easter. In the first year in Australia, Mum & Dad looked after aboriginal boys at the Kenwick branch of Sister Kate’s home. Here I began to go to Sunday school (I say I ‘began’ because I never actually got there).
We went once at Christmas time & once at Easter. In the first year in Australia, Mum & Dad looked after aboriginal boys at the Kenwick branch of Sister Kate’s home. Here I began to go to Sunday school (I say I ‘began’ because I never actually got there).
I was sent off with the Home boys to walk the mile down Royal Street, but when we got to the local church, the boys kept on walking. I had no desire to go to school on a Sunday (or any other day for that matter) so I willingly followed them to the shop around the corner, where with the threepence, that we each had for the Church collection money*, we bought ice-cream and lollies.
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Soon afterwards Mum received a call from the Church asking why she hadn’t sent the boys to Sunday school.
The Canning River was on the boundary of the home. I enjoyed swimming, canoeing & learning about the bush from the aboriginal kids. These happy brown faced Aussies, were my first real friends. Perhaps had I gone to Sunday school I would have recognised Jesus as my friend.
Proverbs 18:24 A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
Dad bought a property in Jarrahdale. My brother 5yrs my senior, preferred to board with people in Kenwick & continued to study at Kent St High School.
Our orchard was 5miles from town on 7 acres. The house was an uninsulated wooden shed with no electricity. Our water came untreated from the creek & there were no neighbouring kids to play with (but that was nothing new for me). Surrounded by Jarrah forest, I was happy & content in my own company.
The Apostle Paul said in Phil 4:11 ‘’I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content”
The Apostle Paul said in Phil 4:11 ‘’I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content”
I have wonderful memories of Dad teaching me to fire a rifle, trap rabbits, and other bush skills (that I now appreciate) but where to prove, of little use in the middle of Hay Street, Perth, in my first job as an Apprentice hairdresser.
In Jarrahdale Primary School I had my first and best scripture teacher. Although it took 4 decades to germinate, I think he sowed the seed of my faith.
Like Dad, he was a real man, with interesting stories, some of which were literally ‘out of this world’. He’d been an underground miner, but now was the local Anglican Minister. I remember seeing him, with Mum & Dad, on our visits to the local Jarrahdale church every Easter and Christmas.. |
One message that made an everlasting impression on me, was that God made the birds, animals, trees and all the amazing things, I had experienced in forests, jungles, deserts, beaches & mountains around the world. At 10 yrs old, I had seen so much of God’s creation to be thankful for.
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In the days before TV, night after night, I would lie in the grass on my back & look to the heavens. I peered further & further, through the glory of the Universe. ‘’How far does it go? Is there no boundary? Is there nothing beyond? What does nothing look like? Is there a Heaven & Hell? Is there a God?’’…. I’d get a headache just thinking about it….. Deep thoughts for a child!
Psalm 19:1-2 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge. |
Perhaps it was the start of my acceptance of things by faith when, while trying to fathom the beginning & the end, I came to the conclusion ‘It is-what it is’ Now I believe through His Creation Jesus was saying to me ‘’I Am-That I Am’’
Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
We moved to Gosnells & Armadale High School. I was about thirteen when I climbed the face of a disused quarry. Almost to the top I was stopped by an overhang of rock. The footholds behind me crumbled, I could only go up. Too far for people to hear, I called out “God please save me!” Then in a literal leap of faith, I jumped & seemed to be lifted up & over to the top of the quarry.
I sat trembling as the Adrenalin wore off, and realised something inexplicably special, had happened - God heard me & saved me! I have been back several times-I am amazed & believe only God, could have lifted me over that ledge.
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Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.
You won’t need much convincing when I tell you: “I have a mental problem!” Thanks to Google I now know I have Dyscalculia, which is to numbers what Dyslexia is to words.
In Kenya it’s linked to childhood Malaria, which I had while I was there.
In Kenya it’s linked to childhood Malaria, which I had while I was there.
My outstanding results for Biology and Art could never make up for my humiliating failure in all other subjects.
To me High School was a frustrating waste of time! I felt that I could learn more at home with my dogs in the forest or by looking out the window at the birds nesting in the trees of the school grounds, than I could from a meaningless blur of numbers on a blackboard. |
[Now, what I am about to tell you, I’m sure you will not immediately believe,
I expect you to be like my doubting English, School teacher.
However, before you get the school bullies onto me, please hear me out]
I expect you to be like my doubting English, School teacher.
However, before you get the school bullies onto me, please hear me out]
I desperately wanted to leave school, but I needed guidance to find a job.
Amazingly, God sent the Angels to guide and help me. That’s right! God sent the Angels to guide and help me. You are right to doubt me, but it is true!
Psalm 91:11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.
Amazingly, God sent the Angels to guide and help me. That’s right! God sent the Angels to guide and help me. You are right to doubt me, but it is true!
Psalm 91:11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.
You see, there was a girl whose name was Dianne Angel and her Dad owned ‘Angel’s Barber Shop’ in Gosnells. I was interested in becoming a Men’s Hairdresser and the Angels gave me guidance and helped me. Mr Angel suggested that Ladies Hairdressing was more interesting and better paid.
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God’s timing was perfect. Mum’s hairdresser was opening a new salon in Perth & signed me up as an apprentice. Two weeks later at 14yrs old, I began my 5year Ladies Hairdressing apprenticeship. I liked the job & even though the girls didn’t like me as much as I liked them, we worked well together.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, & to work with your own hands, ...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, & to work with your own hands, ...
I recognised a need to balance my life with a manly physical activity.
Having been alone as a kid, I wasn’t into football or other team sports. I couldn’t afford Skydiving & for some strange reason rock climbing, had lost some of its appeal, so I joined Jan de Jong's Ju-Jitsu school. But for a year all I seemed to learn was to fall on my back without being hurt.
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Not much use I thought. But God in His infinite wisdom knew otherwise.
About fourteen years later, I fell straight backwards with my boot caught in a pallet rack and my head aimed at the concrete. But in a flash, I remembered ‘’Roll my head forward & slap the concrete with my hands to break the fall”
I was alright. But I thought I might need an ambulance…., not for me…,
but for the guy who saw me fall, when he went pale, giddy & almost fainted.
About fourteen years later, I fell straight backwards with my boot caught in a pallet rack and my head aimed at the concrete. But in a flash, I remembered ‘’Roll my head forward & slap the concrete with my hands to break the fall”
I was alright. But I thought I might need an ambulance…., not for me…,
but for the guy who saw me fall, when he went pale, giddy & almost fainted.
At 16, I was one of the youngest members of the Underwater Explorers Club. At 18, I had the same qualifications as the WA Police divers, who were also trained by the UEC. Although confident, I was no hero. Shark attacks were never far from my mind. I was diving through, what can only be described as a valley, when a dark shadow past over me, I shuddered & for comfort gripped my hand spear. Then a Psalm learned in primary school came to mind: Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil For you are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
The most impressive shipwreck I dived was the 1656 (VOC) Vergulde Draeck or Gilt Dragon. Like a school boy’s adventure story, its treasure included Elephant tusks, Earthenware jugs, at least 18 cannon (including a bronze Deck Canon) and an incredible 40,000 silver coins, including Spanish pieces of eight. When she sank, she took with her, the lives of 118 men. 300 years later, she almost claimed my life too!
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While snorkeling on the wreck, I was caught off guard by the first of three massive King waves, that crash at irregular intervals, over the reef. I was hurled onto the sharp rocks & my mask & snorkel was torn from my face. I tried to drop my weight belt, but the safety release jammed. When I raised my head for a gulp of air, the weights dragged me down. I thought after the third & what was normally the last wave, I would be safe, but on that day (that had begun with mirror calm waters) there was an unheard of six king waves. After the sixth wave, totally exhausted, stunned & bleeding, the fight & breath had been knocked out of me. I gave up! This was the end of my 19 years on earth and I knew I would soon be sucking seawater and sand, into my aching, empty lungs.
In a surreal, silent moment, my life replayed in front of my eyes like a movie. In the final scene I saw my lifeless body, blue and bloated, slowly drifting backwards & forwards among the weed. I knew I was on my way out of this world and briefly I wondered where I was headed, Heaven or Hell. Terrified, once again I screamed out to the God that I wasn’t sure I believed in “God please save me!” With that, the sea calmed, the last of the six 'king' waves had passed and a seventh wave gently lifted me (just like I was lifted at the quarry) and rolled me, like a bag of bones, over the reef.
I was a long way from the boat, the weight belt was still jammed and I was in the deep water where the sharks waited for an easy feed, of stunned & injured fish. Now for help, I shouted to man "Help! Help". Eventually Allan Robinson, my dive partner (who had the salvage rights to the Gilt Dragon Shipwreck and was, contrary to what you may read elsewhere, the legal owner of its treasure) reached me & cut through the weight belt. On the long swim back to the boat, I had a shark (a three metre Bronze whaler) circling and ‘sniffing’ my cut and bleeding legs.
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Back on the boat I thanked Allan Robinson for rescuing me, but to my shame, I didn’t thank God. But I do now and for me there seems to be a special message in:
Matthew 14:30 when Peter was afraid & beginning to sink he cried out “Lord, save me!” & immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, & the wind ceased.
Matthew 14:30 when Peter was afraid & beginning to sink he cried out “Lord, save me!” & immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, & the wind ceased.
God could have surrendered me to darkness, but He delivered me from evil.
2. Cor. 11:14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
God tells us to avoid wicked customs like witchcraft, soothsaying, interpreting omens, sorcery, or calling up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord.
God tells us to avoid wicked customs like witchcraft, soothsaying, interpreting omens, sorcery, or calling up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord.
We are never far from satanic forces. Today on the Internet one can easily be 'conned' into communicating with those who are not what they may seem.1 Peter 5 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. God could have surrendered me to darkness, but He delivered me from evil.
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work & preserve me for His heavenly kingdom.
To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen! 2 Tim 4:18
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work & preserve me for His heavenly kingdom.
To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen! 2 Tim 4:18
1964 - I WON THE LOTTERY!
A NEW WARDROBE, TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION & SPENDING MONEY.
BUT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH!
In 1964 I was one of the winners of an Australia wide lottery funded by the Australian Federal Government. My prize included: traveling expenses from Perth to Victoria, a complete wardrobe of clothes, meals, accommodation & spending money for 2 years.
But it was a classic example of “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” I had been recruited into the army as a national serviceman.
On the first Sunday at Puckapunyal training camp in Victoria, we had a choice of Church or marching. All the guys suddenly turned 'religous' and while remembering my childhood and dreaming that there might be a lolly shop just around the corner, I followed them into the Anglican Chapel.
But it was a classic example of “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” I had been recruited into the army as a national serviceman.
On the first Sunday at Puckapunyal training camp in Victoria, we had a choice of Church or marching. All the guys suddenly turned 'religous' and while remembering my childhood and dreaming that there might be a lolly shop just around the corner, I followed them into the Anglican Chapel.
Where I was a pleasantly surprised to find that the Army Chaplin was my old scripture teacher from Jarrahdale primary school, and after ten years, he still knew my name. (Even greater than that, before the creation of the Universe, God knew me by name). Church renewed my appreciation of God’s Creation of the Australian trees and bush. Although Puckapunyal in Victoria, was not my home state, I was relatively content.
This put a new slant on: Phil 4:11 ‘’I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content”
This put a new slant on: Phil 4:11 ‘’I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content”
A CIVILIAN AGAIN
Out of the army and back in Western Australia with a successful hairdressing business in Dalwallinu, I was driving my MGB sports car, much faster than I should (as I always did) through Wongan Hills, when for no apparent reason I slammed on the brakes & skidded to a standstill in a cloud of dust, dangerously close, to the edge of a steep drop. My passenger flashed a look at me as if I was crazy. A split second later, a sheep truck came hurtling around the bend on my side of the road & almost hit us. Had I not pulled over, we would have been smashed down the hill.
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I’ve been back & can see no logical reason for my actions. There is a saying:
“You’re safe, not because of the absence of danger, but because of the presence of God”.
Eerily, about a week later, in the New Norcia Police yard, there was a horribly smashed white MGB, identical to mine, in which the driver had been killed.
“You’re safe, not because of the absence of danger, but because of the presence of God”.
Eerily, about a week later, in the New Norcia Police yard, there was a horribly smashed white MGB, identical to mine, in which the driver had been killed.
A NEW JOB, ANOTHER ADVENTURE
OFF TO WORK IN PLANES & HELICOPTERS (FIFO)
A DRILL RIG IN A SEA FULL OF SHARKS
I never felt particularly skilled at anything, but I did have a knack for getting employment. I moved on from hairdressing & into any work that promised big money, including six months, on what was at that time, the largest offshore drilling rig in the world, North Rankin ‘A’ 135 km offshore from Dampier on the north-west coast of Western Australia in a water depth of about 125 metres. One day, for no apparent reason, I had an urge to leap back behind a big pylon.
A steel drill cable, snapped & cracked like a whip, near where I’d been standing.
Today I thank God that I was safe & nobody was decapitated. At the time, even though I knew I had been protected, I offered no thanks to God! |
I deserved to be humbled
and A FEW YEARS LATER, I was HUMBLED
BROKEN MARRIAGE, BURGLARS & BUDDHISTS
I deserved to be humbled and I was. Employment redundancy from my position as a sales rep, the loss of my company car & expense account, Stock market crash, Failed mineral prospecting projects, Marriage split & Divorce. Then a burglary that robbed me of my shipwreck coins and my Dad’s medals saw me, like a blind fool turn to the Serpentine Buddhists.
My Buddhist experience was the blind, leading the blind. They lead me down a wide path on which there is no enlightenment. In Luke 6:39 Jesus said “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch? |
FROM CLEANING TO CHRISTIANITY
"You don't go to Heaven by being GOOD"
I became a shopping center cleaner. The supervisor was a Christian. I never guessed, he would leave, I would be the supervisor & I too would become a Christian. But that's what happened.
We see in Romans 8:30 …whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
We see in Romans 8:30 …whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
In my loneliness, I talked to any shop keeper that was prepared to listen. There was a particularly good listener called Lyn, the manager of a handbag shop, a gracious lady, who listened quietly to me talking about the ‘good’ Buddhists.
Then one day Lyn said gently ‘’You know Rex, you don’t go to heaven by being good’ I had no idea what she was talking about. I didn’t even know she was a Christian. My reaction was ‘’Dar!’’ Lyn explained her Christian faith & later I accepted an invitation to a Church gathering with her family. I was pleased to find that her family didn’t include a husband.
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It was through Lyn, her Godly parents, brother, two sisters and the Wilson Brethren that I came to know Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour.
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Soon afterwards I was baptised in the sea in Busselton. My earlier reaction to Lyn of ‘Dar!’’ had slowly become ‘’Dar-lyn’’(Darling) and Lyn & I were married.
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Soon afterwards I was baptised in the sea in Busselton. My earlier reaction to Lyn of ‘Dar!’’ had slowly become ‘’Dar-lyn’’(Darling) and Lyn & I were married.
Today, blessed with Christ in my heart & my God given wife by my side, I now know that we all have an inherent knowledge of the one & only true God & in every heart there is a void that can only be filled by the Spirit of God.
I praise God for filling that void & glory in what He has done in my life.
Thanks for reading my story. All glory to the Lord. Amen!
Thanks for reading my story. All glory to the Lord. Amen!
"HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST"
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MY FAITH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY LIFE
IF YOU ARE SHOCKED BY MY STATEMENT
ASK YOURSELF "WHY?"
I have not always believed what I now believe. Before I found the truth, I dabbled in all sorts of things, seances, hypnosis and Buddhism etc & no one was ever 'shocked' when I talked about it.
There must be something powerfully confronting about the Christian faith that no other faith system has....And there is!!
I can talk about any man made religious belief or the occult, without a reaction and yet as I share the truth of our Great Creator God and my Christian faith, people become agitated (?)
In everyday conversations the name of 'Jesus' and 'God' is used in a flippant, thoughtless, irreverent manner such as 'OMG' or as a vile swear word or 'cuss' word, spat out mixed with words describing filth and excrement. You wouldn't use your mother's, father's or other loved ones name as a swear or cuss word, would you?
Why is it okay for you to use the name of anyone disrespectfully and yet it is wrong for me to use the same names in a respectful reverent and gentle manner?
Your emailed questions on any aspects of this website are welcome [email protected]
I will not 'Bible bash you!' (My Bible is too precious to do that with it !)
If you wan't to hear more about my beliefs, please see 'My Testimony'
Without my Christian faith I am nothing!
See how God, in His Grace & Mercy saved me from drowning and from a shark that menaced me.... ....and that was before I even believed in God!
Why me? Why was I saved?
What purpose did God have for my life?
Perhaps my purpose was to write this to share with you!
So you might come to believe the truth about Erernal life in Heaven.
There must be something powerfully confronting about the Christian faith that no other faith system has....And there is!!
I can talk about any man made religious belief or the occult, without a reaction and yet as I share the truth of our Great Creator God and my Christian faith, people become agitated (?)
In everyday conversations the name of 'Jesus' and 'God' is used in a flippant, thoughtless, irreverent manner such as 'OMG' or as a vile swear word or 'cuss' word, spat out mixed with words describing filth and excrement. You wouldn't use your mother's, father's or other loved ones name as a swear or cuss word, would you?
Why is it okay for you to use the name of anyone disrespectfully and yet it is wrong for me to use the same names in a respectful reverent and gentle manner?
Your emailed questions on any aspects of this website are welcome [email protected]
I will not 'Bible bash you!' (My Bible is too precious to do that with it !)
If you wan't to hear more about my beliefs, please see 'My Testimony'
Without my Christian faith I am nothing!
See how God, in His Grace & Mercy saved me from drowning and from a shark that menaced me.... ....and that was before I even believed in God!
Why me? Why was I saved?
What purpose did God have for my life?
Perhaps my purpose was to write this to share with you!
So you might come to believe the truth about Erernal life in Heaven.
When talking about oneself, it’s difficult, to avoid those selfish words ‘I’ and ‘Me’ If you think I’m boasting- then you’re right! …But my boasting is not of me.
I boast or ‘glory’ of how, even before I acknowledged Him, the Lord cared for me, protected me & on several occasions saved my life, from a physical death. If I had died before accepting the truth, I believe I would have perished in Hell.
2 Pet. The Lord is long-suffering towards us & not willing to see any of us perish, but that all should come to repentance.
My story goes from a simple knowledge of God, to a relationship with God. For 45 years I was aware of Him, but I made no effort to get to know Him.
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Eventually after many years, I thanked The Lord for His love, grace & mercy. I came to repentance and accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord & my Saviour. Once again, He saved my life, but this time, it was from an Eternity in Hell. Praise God! My sins are forgiven - I am a New Creation in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
As human beings, created in God’s image, we each have value, meaning, and purpose in the plan of God. I have no doubt God uses the influence of others to make each of us a unique individual. In my story, I must include my earthly Father & others (unbelievers & believers) who served God’s purpose in making me what I am today. But I don’t glory in what they did, because compared to that of my Heavenly Father, their contribution is of no significance.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
I boast or ‘glory’ of how, even before I acknowledged Him, the Lord cared for me, protected me & on several occasions saved my life, from a physical death. If I had died before accepting the truth, I believe I would have perished in Hell.
2 Pet. The Lord is long-suffering towards us & not willing to see any of us perish, but that all should come to repentance.
My story goes from a simple knowledge of God, to a relationship with God. For 45 years I was aware of Him, but I made no effort to get to know Him.
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Eventually after many years, I thanked The Lord for His love, grace & mercy. I came to repentance and accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord & my Saviour. Once again, He saved my life, but this time, it was from an Eternity in Hell. Praise God! My sins are forgiven - I am a New Creation in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
As human beings, created in God’s image, we each have value, meaning, and purpose in the plan of God. I have no doubt God uses the influence of others to make each of us a unique individual. In my story, I must include my earthly Father & others (unbelievers & believers) who served God’s purpose in making me what I am today. But I don’t glory in what they did, because compared to that of my Heavenly Father, their contribution is of no significance.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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