That night, I was born again.

Despite being raised a catholic, despite being baptized and confirmed in the catholic church, despite having been tasked with “educating” both youth and adult, that very night and for the first time in my life, I finally trusted that Jesus Christ paid my sin debt in full on the cross at Calvary. I trusted that His sacrifice alone, through God’s grace, is the only way to eternal salvation and that there is nothing more that I can do to add to that. I finally trusted that nothing else, not my own efforts, not the sacraments of the catholic church, not the priest on the altar or in the confessional, nothing here on this earth could contribute anything to my salvation. It is Christ’s sacrifice ALONE that saves us.

Finally I was saved, once and forever.

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

- John 5:24

Can that be any more clear? “Hath” (has) eternal life.. not “will have” some time in the future. Right here, right now, I have it.

Even though I felt tremendous joy at my new-found salvation, I was worried about what reaction my mother would have to the news. After all, though I’d been a catholic for over 40 years, she’d been a catholic for more than 60. I would have to tell her that I was essentially rejecting the religion that she had instilled in me since birth.

That weekend I decided to sit down and and break the news to her. I mustered up all the courage I had and told her that I had something very important I needed to discuss. The only thing I could think to say to her was…

“I don’t think I can be catholic any longer”.

She asked how I came to make such an important decision, and I told her that since my eyes had been opened to the truth, I could no longer accept everything the catholic church was telling me. I told my mother that I had begun to read the scriptures more deeply and with greater understanding than ever before, completely unfiltered by the influences of any organized religion, and suddenly my heart was finally filled with the love of God and my mind was now open to the truth of eternal salvation. I told her that I had come to learn that many of the things we were taught and many of the things that we did as catholics were contrary to the Bible, the Holy Scripture.

Then there was silence.

I was prepared for the worst, but her reaction surprised me. She told me that she had also been reading the Bible and re-assessing her spiritual life. She herself had started to doubt the teachings of the catholic church and many of the practices and behaviors she undertook as a catholic. Her eyes were also now opened to the truth, and together we knew it was time to part ways with catholicism.

The next couple of pages contain some very important information that I need to share with you, so I ask that you kindly continue to indulge me and read on. However, since we’re talking about the gift of eternal salvation, I feel compelled to pause a moment and ask you a question…

Is What I’m Saying Making Sense to YOU?

Look, I know I’ve given you a lot to read, and I’m going to give you a couple more pages after this one. But if what I’m saying to you makes any sense at all right now, I absolutely urge you to get a copy of Dr. Lindstrom’s “How Permanent is Your Salvation?” (click here) CD. The cost of the CD is minimal and I believe that the message on that compact disk is so important and so powerful that it should not be missed by anyone. And just so you know, I don’t make a penny from Dr. Lindstrom’s CD.

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