From Post #1103 posted on 1/22/02 10:28 AM Pacific by CCWoody on this thread:
Last night I worked out, like I do most Mondays. Afterwards, while relaxing in the hot tub, I got into a conversation with somebody I thought was a Roman Catholic. At one point in our conversation, he says the following: "there are false prophets and false teachers who if it were possible would even deceive the elect." Now, he had my attention, so I asked him what kind of church he went to.
Instead of discussing something so unimportant he says the following:
My friend, I was born again by the grace of God lying on the concrete floor of the county jail on ____ 1986. I was a Roman Catholic, but I did not have Jesus in my heart. I met the Lord that night and I've never been the same since.He told me that the Lord healed his leg and he threw away his cane and then went to the welfare office and told them that he didn't want their money any more. They couldn't believe it and the people looking for a handout couldn't believe it either. They told him that it was the law and they had doctors orders (even though he was healed) and that he would have to earn more than $3600 a month before he could get off of welfare. So, he asked the Lord to show him the way.
He told his wife he had met the Lord and she left him and his kids left him (all professing Roman Catholics, BTW). His eyes were opened and he looked around the Catholic Church and saw nothing but false teachers so he left. He has served the Lord ever since and has not looked back.