All I Had to Do Was to Accept His Sacrifice

by | Jul 29, 2025 | Testimonies

All I Had to Do Was to Accept His Sacrifice

I willingly went to the Salvation Army, and grew up going to Sunday school, then joined the young people’s singing group, and later the brass band, and Songsters. I have to admit that I was not a very good singer, nor did I play a brass instrument very well. For most of this, I was contented, and yet, with all this activity in the Salvation Army, I now realize, that the Bible in all its full glory was not presented.

True, the Bible was believed in, and even read, yet brass bands and songsters seemed to be the emphasis in the life of the Salvation Army. When I was about 19 I left the Salvation Army I just drifted away, I started at college in Manchester, and in the holiday break became involved in a religious cult, a very silly thing. I was involved in this religious cult only for a year or two and only on the periphery yet, now looking back I regret ever being involved in it.

With the religious cult behind me at the age of 26 I became a progress chaser at a soap manufacturer. Now living at home, enjoying my own company, and for most of the time happy with life, life was fine, no problems, no ambitions, just ambling along. Then, something happened to change my life forever, initially, it led me to find some friends, but later I was to find the friend of friends, the friend of sinners.

I went into the bathroom as one does from time to time, and noticed a piece of paper on the floor, I do not know how it ended up there, but I took hold of it and read it. I cannot remember the exact words, but it said something like this: “PHAB CLUB ON AT LOCAL SCHOOL ON SUNDAY NIGHT ALL WELCOME” Phab stands for Physically Disabled & Able-Bodied, I decided to go to this club, and so on a Sunday Night at the appropriate time I went, this particular club was run by a man named Barry Hancox. Barry had a friendly disposition and willingness to involve me fully from the moment I came into the club; this meant that I settled into going each week, and eventually became the driver of the minibus, ferrying everyone to the club.

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I discovered as I came to know more about Barry that he was from a big family having 3 sisters, and 3 brothers. One of his sisters was called Linda, and Linda was a Christian worshipping at Walkden Evangelical Church as time went by I was introduced to Linda and eventually Linda invited me to the Church. I decided to go one Sunday morning and was impressed by the way the preacher spoke, speaking only about what the bible was saying and not about his own opinions. I remember that he spoke from Genesis 3 and the serpent having his head bruised but only bruising the heel of the seed of the woman. Then from the scriptures, the preacher showed that this Seed was the Lord Jesus Christ. I was awe-struck by the way he proved this truth by letting scripture prove scripture.

I continued to go each week, and I soon came to know the man who was running the church, at that time he was also running a church in Ramsbottom, later on, he also ran a church in Skelmersdale. Raymond was a Godly man who loved Jesus, loved his word, and preached in ways of depth yet with simplicity. I learned a lot in those early months and started to understand the contents of many books in the bible. This learning has never stopped, for there is always something more to discover from God’s word.

At this time my loyalty was divided, I still wanted to be of service to the Phab club but more than this I now wanted to attend church not just on Sunday mornings but also on Sunday Evenings as well. I gave up the Phab club and became a regular attendee of all the meetings at Walkden Evangelical Church. Linda was a great help and inspiration at this time, and I remember coming out of my house one day and seeing in my mind’s eye that Christ had died on the Cross for MY sins. It made tears come to my eyes thinking the creator God would do this for me.

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All I had to do was to accept his sacrifice, say I was sorry for my sins, and live in the knowledge that this work of Christ was a full and complete satisfaction for all my sins. I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ, Creator of Heaven and Earth, as my Saviour and Lord. Later Raymond asked me if I would like to be baptised and so one Saturday evening, Linda and a group of men from Ramsbottom Church went to a service in a church in Bolton and there publically we were all baptized. A public testament of what had already happened in my life. In 1981 Linda became my wife, then in 1986 my daughter Amanda Jane was born and now in 2013, I have a Granddaughter Grace Ava.

Looking back over the 33 years, I can testify that God has kept me; sadly I cannot say that I have been as faithful to God as God has been to me. There have been times when I have been scared and lacked trust in God, but I know He will keep me to the end. I am so glad that I have given my life to God and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. To love God the Father accept his Son as my Saviour and be indwelt with the Holy Spirit is what life is all about. It is just a delight.

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