This testimony comes from a man named Klint, who became convicted of his false convert status in July when TLC Ministries ministered at his church.

I Never Knew You

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven will enter. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ (Matt. 7:21-23)

This described me. I said the “Sinners Prayer” when I was seven or eight years old and then I was baptized. I thought I had everything right with GOD but I always felt something was missing; I just couldn’t figure out what. If you read the words of the Matthew 7:21-23 you can see that GOD can still use you whether or not you’re saved and that’s what happened to me for the past thirty years.

When we moved up here God convicted me to stop playing church, so about four years ago I became involved in a youth ministry. I was the assistant youth leader for three years. Then about a year ago our pastor left unexpectedly which left us without a leader. One of the deacons of the church stepped up and by default became the leader. He was doing everything including Sunday school; the only thing he didn’t do was preach. GOD convicted me with a lot of pushing and shoving to take some of the burden off of the deacon, so I started teaching Sunday school. We did a bible study by Henry Blackaby that was titled “Experiencing GOD”. Through the preparation for the lesson God really started working on my heart. I started getting closer to GOD and wanted more. During this time I was asked to be a deacon in the church and I accepted. I continued to teach for the next eight months until the study was over.

My wife & I had been praying for spiritual growth for ourselves and the church for many months. Almost to the day that the bible study was over God convicted us to find a church with a good youth program and that was growing. Well the obvious choice was Delhi Community church since the kids had been going to youth group here for a couple of years. So in the beginning of July we resigned and left the church and started attending Delhi Community Church.

I believe that God wanted us to leave because I had grown as much as was possible in that church and he wanted me to hear a sermon. The second week we were there a guest speaker came to the church to preach and share his ministry.

The man was Jon Speed he started talking about false conversions. I though, “I’ve never heard this before. I had better listen.” The man went on to talk about being a preacher, witnessing to people, and doing everything that made him appear to be a man of GOD.

As he went on talking, God convicted me that this man is describing me! At that point I started to pray and ask God, “Is this really me?” and the answer I got was unmistakably YES. At that moment I did say the sinners prayer for the second time in my life, only this time I said it from my heart. At that moment I found what I had been missing and searching for all my life, it was the peace that only GOD can give.

If God is speaking to you about similar circumstances I urge you to forget about your pride or about what people will think and get right with GOD.