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My testimony of salvation

  • Jim Montgomerie
  • Netherlands
  • 11/19/2021 58081

For years I had been preaching what I thought to be Gods word to our congregation, our Church was growing slowly but surely. Speaking in tongues and the occasional healing went down well with everyone present. With this going on the offers and the tithes were mounting steadily, surely we were on the right track. On a regular basis we were visited by people from other local churches all looking for the Holy Spirit experience which came with the tongues and the healings and falling to the ground when the hands were laid on.
In July of 2006 my life as I knew it changed drastically. I was surfing the internet and I came across the free Books from Paul C. Jong and the New Life Mission. The Title of Book No1 in the series Have You Truly Been Born Again of The Water And the Spirit made me curious as to what the author was talking about and directly placed my order for the book. I received the book a week or so later and when I opened the package and saw the book I started shaking violently, at this my wife asked me what was wrong with me, all I could answer was, bring me my Bible I think I am going to need it.
When I started to read my head started to spin at what I was reading, my thoughts were telling me this can’t be true but with the Bible verses which accompanied what the author had written I had no argument. The more I read the more God was revealing to me who I really was. I found it hard to accept what God was telling me in Mark 7:20-23. This was who I was, just another worldly Pastor who’s heart was full of evil thinking he was preaching Gods written word.
I could not put that book down, I read it from cover to cover. By the time I was half way through the book I was filled with shame and guilt at what I had done to all those people I had been preaching to, at what I was passing on to them every time I laid my hands on them to bless them. I was indeed everything our Lord said I was, a fake who was preaching Gods word with all that evil in my heart. My evil thoughts had been telling me I was doing good in Gods eyes.
By the end of the week I had downloaded all the books in the series and was only interested in making sure I was truly born again of the water and the Spirit. For next two weeks I asked my wife to lead our church services saying I was sick and could not make the services. The truth was, I could not look our congregation in the eye and continue preaching lies to them, I would only be leading them farther astray. God had led me to the truth but I sent my wife out to continue preaching the lie.
The following Sunday I accompanied my wife to our Church and led the service. There was utter confusion and dismay when I told the people what had happened to me and why I had stood down for the last few weeks. I started to preach from Rev. Paul C. Jong’s book and half of the congregation stood up and walked out, by the end of August our church was empty. All that was left was my wife and family. At this point I realized that I knew the truth. If you want to have a full worldly Church then you preach to the people the lie they want to hear. If you want to lead Gods Church then you preach to the people the truth which God needs them to hear.
Knowing what God wanted me to do I was accepted as a Book distributor in September of 2006. We continued with our Church services every Sunday, mostly preaching to empty chairs but occasionally due to our book distribution we were able to hand out books to the few people who came. We had to close our Church and we continued at our home. Over the next few years Gods Church started to grow to the point that our house became too small. We were able to find a school hall for the Church and we grew in numbers steadily. But in the end we came to realize that there is a huge difference in being truly born again in your head and becoming truly born again in your heart. The people were refusing to accept the truth, they would rather hear and rejoice in the lie.
My wife and I found our peace in knowing that it is God who leads the people to Jesus. John 6:44. And with this we decided our work was to go out on the streets and preach the Gospel of the water and the Spirit to those who would listen, and to distribute Rev. Paul C. Jong’s books.
Now we know what it really means and how to become truly born again of the water and the Spirit. John 3:3,5.
Much more has happened since I became truly born again of the water and the Spirit but this is just a short testimony of how it happened and what I had to go through when I heard the truth. John 8:32. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Amen. All my thanks go out to our Lord who became the righteousness of God through His Baptism by John and His precious Blood on His Cross, His death and resurrection.
My prayers go out to all those worldly Pastors who do not yet know the truth. Go to www.bjnewlife.org and discover the truth for yourselves. Remember, you will be held accountable as to where Gods people will end up, in His kingdom or in Satan’s dominion.
Jim Montgomerie, Netherlands
Pastor & Evangelist
The New Life Mission