Hello sir,can I share with you briefly my testimony. My name is Elias and I have been a believer since I was 19. I lived a very wicked life and took great pleasure in sin and wickedness. I was in love with the idea that I could be filled with demons, and serve satan and mislead others into the pit with me. I dunno how I got so low down but I'm just being honest. I was working in Alberta on the oil rigs. I made a deal with the devil and sold him my soul, I wouldn't get into all the details, but I shook hands with a demon and made a deal, and sold my soul for a certain thing, and the demons paid a certain amount for my soul. With the help of the Lord I would like to relate to you that there is hope in Christ. We have yet to be set free indeed by the Lord if we are still dabbling with known sin in our lives. I went to visit my born again parents at the age of 19, and my mom started crying when she saw me and told me I'm a devil worshipper, I knew it was true and couldn't care less. I had supper with the family and the devil made his evil presence known as we were eating and talking, I saw the look of terror on my mothers face, not for the devil, but that I was in such a state, my brother started weeping. After supper, my mother went to the garage and came to me as we were getting ready to leave and handed me a bible, I felt this is a matter of life and death and I must take the bible, I knew if I don't I will be killed. I took the bible and in a very profound way I met Christ at the cross maybe next night in a house where we did everything we shouldn't. I knelt at the cross of my King and he forgave me my sins, and I saw him there and I knelt there and he talked to me in my heart, and called me his dear dear friend. And the King was hanging on that cross, and the demons surrounded us, screaming, I could sense their presence, and their screams and rage, and praise the Lord their helplessness. They screamed the price they had paid for my soul, but the hand of the Almighty swept through that room, and I felt everything was forgiven, and I also felt him say, "lets see what he will do" I knew right there I had to make choices... I made all the wrong and bad choices. My mind was so unclear and messed up with sin, I couldn't make the right choices, I felt God calling me back to my parents, I didn't realize it was him, the cars engine blew on my way to alberta from manitoba, the car was in great shape with about 90,000 miles on it. I called a friend from alberta who came and got me, I had barely gotten out of manitoba, he had to come a long way. To shorten the story, I lived a sinful life for years, and tried to get away with many sins, I was running from God with all my heart, and at one point I felt him say to me, "expect no mercy". I didn't care, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. I lived this sinful wreckless life for a few years, I drank alot, alot, and did drugs, but was more of a heavy drinker, had a big problem with fear, rejoiced in iniquity, and sinned as much as I could with woman, porn, stealing, fighting, heavy drinking, whatever I could do to try to get rid of the restlessness and pain in me. I was dabbling in dealing drugs because I enjoyed it. I started coming to my senses after I watched a movie one night, and I saw that was my future if I dont change, I cried out to the lord that night with tears, and my life started changing from there, it took a few years, as I started coming out of my pit, the lord started revealing himself, but I still didnt want to commit, I thought I was being a quitter if I commit my life to Jesus. I remember one morning as I was getting ready for work, and waiting for my coffee, suddenly, I was transformed inside from darkness to light, I had done nothing to get it, it just happened. I was working for a small drilling company, I was the driller, and I can tell you it was like being in hell. I felt I was in hell, everywhere I turned there was another enemy, it looked like the earth itself had become hell, the people I worked with were like the devils servants and continually tried to trip me up and make me fall, I was in constant prayer in my spirit, constantly crying out to God, I knew of nobody that was a christian in that city, it was very difficult indeed, I was far from home, and any christians that I knew of. I felt the Lord after some time tugging me to go home and visit my parents, but I didnt do it at this time. He still had to do a work in me. I have to tell you if it wasn't for the mercy of the Lord, I wouldn't be writing this, I should have been killed at least a few times, I was involved with gangs, and there was a few times when God just had mercy on me. To shorten the story, I went home one summer for a visit, maybe 2 week visit, and that's where I fully realized it's enough. I moved back home, and went to a revival meeting, and started attending church. I've been looking to Christ and overcoming and getting close to God and the Lord Jesus, along the way Iv'e had pitfalls and intense spiritual battles, and disobediences, and afflictions and lies of the enemy, and at times terrifying attacks, but I've always remembered one thing, no matter how bad it got, no matter what has happened, no matter how much the enemy attacked or how forsaken I felt, or that I had truly lost my salvation and was beyond hope, I remembered that God truly loved me. And now I spend time with my Lord and God, And his Son Jesus Christ, and am seated with Christ in the heavenly places. There is hope, so much hope if we will look to him and not trust in feelings but in him Himself.
