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A Baptism Testimony: Susan Alexander

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It's been a little while since I posted one of these, but I never tire of celebrating the effect of the Gospel in the lives of those in my church. Here is the testimony shared by a young lady named Susan Alexander when she was baptized on a recent Sunday morning:

I prayed the sinner's prayer when I was about 4 years old. Though my remembrance of the event is pretty dim I believe that the prayer was a genuine and heartfelt one. But the understanding of a 4 year old is limited and I thought being a Christian consisted of obeying my parents, sharing with my siblings and going to church on Sundays.


As I grew older and entered my early teens the scope of my understanding of the gospel widened. I found that the gospel applied to my whole life, not just the small parts that I wanted it to. I was faced with the choice of whether I wanted my life to be for Christ or myself. I tried being the good kid, saying all the right things, doing what I was supposed to, but found that nothing that I did made me feel any better. I tried to convince myself that my works could somehow affect my standing before God, but the harder I tried to be good the worse it became.

Then in my 6th grade year through various circumstances I was confronted with the harsh reality of my sin, and I was forced to make a decision. One morning I read Ephesians 2:1-10 and God used those verses to forever impact my life. All my guilt and condemnation washed away as I read those words; "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not you own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."

God opened my blind eyes to see that nothing I could ever do, say or think could add or take away from Christ's death on the cross. Christ's act of suffering on my behalf paid for all my sins completely. I repented of my sin and placed my trust in Christ's finished work.

I still have my bouts with condemnation, but by God's grace He brings me back to that place where I find eternal rest and peace, the foot of the cross. I may not have a specific date where I can point to as the day I came to faith in Christ, but I have over 22 years to point to as evidence of God's abundant grace in my life. Praise the Lord!

Posted by on October 19, 2007

Comments (1)

Praise the Lord for her! This really helped.

Posted by Becky | October 22, 2007 12:12 PM

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