I came to know the Lord in High School after re-examining what I was raised to believe. I got baptized when I was 5, but when Junior & Senior High School came around, I began to seriously question whether or not I believed God existed, whether the Bible was authentic, why I had the moral or political beliefs I did. After a lot of struggle with honest, skeptical questioning, and careful examination of the Scriptures, it became clear to me that the Bible is truly the Word of God. It also became clear to me why salvation can only be by grace through faith, and that salvation cannot be lost once the gift is received. No work of man can meet the standard of God’s righteousness. Only He is good, and the work of Christ is not incomplete. The works of a believer are only an outpouring of gratitude for receiving the forgiveness of God and the blessings of the inheritance, being guided and nourished by the work of the Holy Spirit. “neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase” – 1 Corinthians 3:7