By Rev. Eric Jinkwen

1 Peter 3:15: “but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence.”

The subject of our devotion this morning is a very important subject. I have had some funny experiences with people when they are asked to give their personal salvation testimony. Some people get angry and do not want to talk. They think you doubt about their genuineness of their faith. Others simply give you stories of their childhood how they grew up in the church; then how God saved them from an accident or a terrible sickness and they began going to church. Others say so many things.

A personal salvation testimony is a brief account of how an individual came to faith, describing their life before, the moment or process of transformation, and the change experienced afterward.

What truly is a personal salvation testimony?

In fact, every Christian should be happy and ready to share the experience of the day and the circumstances of his encounter with Jesus Christ. Apostle Paul did it several times in Acts (22:1-21; 26:1-29).
Apostle Peter wrote to the Christians of his time saying, “but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence.”

The point here is this, be ready to tell everyone who ask you how and why you believe in Jesus Christ. Be ready to tell everyone why you believe in resurrection and life after death.
One reason God has saved you is so that you might be used as His ambassador to tell others of the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You need to be able and ready to “tell your story” of how God led you from spiritual and eternal death to spiritual and eternal life!

The primary purpose of any testimony is to give glory to God for His faithfulness in meeting your need. A salvation testimony concerns the circumstances God used to meet your need for eternal life in Christ. Other testimonies might be about how God met other physical, emotional
or spiritual needs. Your testimony may include people that God used in your life, but everyone who hears your testimony should be impressed first and foremost with God’s faithfulness – God should receive the glory!

Additionally, in the case of a salvation testimony, any unsaved persons hearing it should, if they are listening, understand and relate to how they might be saved. Your testimony should emphasize the circumstances unique to your salvation, but it should also communicate the basic facts necessary for anyone to understand the gospel and receive Christ for himself or herself!
What is your personal salvation testimony?
Can you tell it in two minutes?

Read also: How to Write a Salvation Testimony