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Events Before My Salvation
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On the Thursday night, after Butch and Carol left our home, Wanda and I had gone to bed, (Around 2:00 AM). We were discussing the visit we had with Butch and Carol. We came to the conclusion that if the Communists were to take over Amarillo, we would be the first ones to be killed, because we were involved in politics; and we very vocal in exposing the Communist doctrine for what it really is. But my worst thought was; if they were to kill us, we would end up in that same hell with the Communists! That really bothered me. I couldn’t bear the thought of spending eternity with Communists. Then we remembered what all those friends had tried to make us understand: That salvation is by grace; and that we could pray anywhere and anytime. I told Wanda that we could pray right now. She agreed. We knelt on the floor leaning on the side of our large round bed and held hands. I was making an effort to pray; but I just mumbled words that made no sense. I could hear Wanda pray, and she sounded really good. All of a sudden both of us felt something like an electrical shock traveling through our clasped hands. We immediately stopped praying. I looked at her; she looked at me. I told her she had just gotten saved. Her answer was, “No, you did. I know that because God isn’t going to save me. I was praying that you be saved.” However, I insisted that she was saved. (Man, I would have made a good Pentecostal! Ha, ha). I finally convinced her that she was saved. (Neither of us knew what salvation was all about). On Sunday, October 22nd, as we entered in the church, (because we had promised to go), the very first thing I told Butch and Carol was that Wanda had gotten saved after they left that night. Naturally they were rejoicing in the Lord! I learned a valuable lesson from that. I learned to ask people how they were saved. No one ever asked us anything. (I saved Wanda, and had she died, she would be in hell right now). We were blessed with a loving church family in Central Baptist Church in Amarillo and with a Godly pastor, John Bingham. Brother Bingham went to heaven a short time before we went fulltime into the ministry. However, he was a faithful servant of the Lord and a loving mentor.
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