Andrew Molinari

My parents put me in Christian school when I was young. I grew up in this environment and going to church on Sundays. In 6th grade I failed math. My parents ended up putting me into a different Christian school, little did I know how God would use this change. I was asked about my testimony, I thought I was a Christian because it was what I had been around my whole life. Our school would have chapel services for the students, and we had a guest speaker, a traveling evangelist. He asked us in chapel, "When did you get saved?". It wasn't a question he wanted us to answer right then out loud, but rather a question for us to ponder. I struggled with this question for a few weeks. I thought "I must be saved, I've been in church and Christian school all my life." But as the weeks went by, the question kept coming up in my mind. Finally I realized that although I had been around Christians my whole life, I had not become one myself. Then fear set in, I didn't know how. I didn't want anyone to find out that I wasn't actually saved yet because I had told people that I had accepted Christ. I had even been baptized, turns out when you grow up in church you know what to say even if you never actually did it in your heart. So this was a huge problem, but I knew that if I could get to church they had tracts (these little pamphlets that showed people how to accept Christ). I was so scared on our way to church that we would get into a car accident and I would go to Hell. At church I took one of those tracts and snuck it home. They were free, but I was ashamed. I prayed in my room and I was finally saved! Eventually, I told people and they weren't mad, turns out people were happy that I had gotten saved and weren't upset that I had previously mistook myself for a Christian. I ended up getting baptized again. If you're scared to ask for help with knowing for sure that you are saved, just ask for it. People are more helpful and excited for you than you realize!