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As a short term
missionary in St. Petersburg, Russian, it was my privilege to
have a very well trained interpreter.
The Lord opened
doors for me to share the gospel and Alla became convinced of
her need for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. She knew that she
was a sinner. But she had a problem. How could she be made fit
for Heaven without doing something? How could it be free. She
simply did not understand.
One day, coming out of a Bible class at the hospital, Alla said:
"I am trying so hard to believe, but there must be
something for me to do". "No, the bible teaches that
believing on the Lord Jesus Christ is the only way to get to
Heaven".
Two weeks later, walking down the same corridor, I asked her if
she was still trying hard to believe. "Yes", she said
quickly," but I still think there must be something that I
must do, it is just too simple to just believe". Again I
assured her: "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will
be saved". She answered very positively, "I DO, I
BELIEVE IT", and her eyes lit and I knew that she saw and
understood salvation. Alla found assurance of salvation when she
confessed her faith 'with her mouth'. The Lord had already seen
the faith in her heart.
"If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe
in your heart that God has raised Him (the Lord Jesus) from the
dead, you will be saved. Lillian Benner
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