....Born Again Bikers....
My Personal
Testimony
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By : Paul M
Horgan : Seed of Abraham JC/MC
......Here is a true story. Pretty much most
of my life I have always loved motorcycles. It all started when I
was about 14 years old I bought my first mini bike. I went
through about 5 mini bikes and blew up the engines on at least
three of them and decided I would move up to a so called real
motorcycle.
......So I got two paper routes one in the
morning and one in the afternoon, after school and bought a Honda
XL 75. Not being satisfied with that I traded it in for a brand
new XL 125. From there I got a Honda CM400, from there to a Honda
magna 750.
......I was at the time in my life when I
wanted everything fast. The crowd I hung around with fit that
life style. We would ride our bikes together go drinking,
drugging, and partying everywhere. One day after work I was on my
bike and a lady cut me off and I flew over the handlebars head
first into her car and wiped out the bike. I almost went out and
bought a New Honda V65 magna, but a buddy of mine at work owned a
1983 Sportster and yelled at me for wanting to buy another rice
rocket. He told me to take his bike for a run and guaranteed me I
would want a Harley after that. You know what he was right. There
is nothing like the awesome thunder of a Harley between your
legs.
......When I bought my New Harley Roadster, in
1985, I started hanging around with a much rougher crowd. This
crowd loved to party I'll tell you. The drinking, the drugs, the
partying got more intense. I started using cocaine a lot. Before
I new it I was addicted to it. But my lifestyle kept going and I
bought a 1980 Harley WideGlide, which thank God I still have today.
......The cocaine use got worse and worse and
worse till it was totally out of control. Because of the
addiction me and my wife were separated three times and almost
got a divorce because of it. Every day the first thing I would
think of when I woke up was cocaine and nothing else. It started
affecting my job, my friends, and my life all around. I won't lie
to you I honestly thought about suicide many times but did not
attempt it, thank
God.
......I was so depressed, I tried all
different avenues to stop like narcotics anonymous, which only
bummed me out at the meeting and I picked up some coke on the way
home from the meeting. I tried alcoholics anonymous because they
do talk about a higher power, for I did believe in God, I was
raised a catholic. But that didn't help either, a higher power
there to some people could have been there television. Than it
was off to I don't even know how many counselors but as you
guessed it that didn't help either. By this time I was at the end
of my rope and just ready to give up.
......Than something wonderful happened. My
good friend Steve invited me to go to church with him that Sunday
nite. But I did not think that would do any good so I told him I
was allset, after all I was raised a catholic. Steve belonged to
a bible believing Baptist church and thought it would do me some
good. A couple of days later I ended up using again so I called
Steve up and told him I would go with him on Sunday nite. I was
really nervous about going and wondered what kind of people went
to the church.
......When I walked in the first person I met
was the pastor and he greeted me with a firm smile and handshake.
I was still a little nervous till the next person I met. The next
person was a biker named Mark, he also greeted me with a smile
and a handshake. I really can't even tell you what the preacher
said during his sermon because I still felt funny being there.
But Mark walked over to me and handed me his bible to follow
along with, that really touched me. At the end of the service the
preacher told everyone to bow there head and close there eyes
because he had something very important to ask us. He asked if
there was anybody here that if they were to die tonight do they
know that they would go to heaven. If there is anybody here that
is not sure please raise your hand. So I raised my hand because I
knew I deserved to go to hell for all the drugs and partying I
had done. The preacher asked those who raised there hands to come
forward and he would have someone show me from the bible how I
could know that night that I was on my way to heaven.
......When the alter call started I did not go
forward because I was still nervous. But Marks girlfriend Debbie
came over to me and tapped me on the shoulder and encouraged me
to go forward. With a little bit of persuasion she talked me into
going forward, so I did. The pastors brother Tim took the bible
and showed me a few simple things. Being on my knees I prayed and
invited Jesus into my heart. That was on April 16 1995.
......The next morning I woke up and can you
believe it for the first time in years the first thing I thought
of that day was God. I was so excited, I just couldn't wait
to tell someone what
Jesus had done for me. So I called Steves house and talked to his wife Joyce
and told her the good news. I did use a couple of times after
that in the following two weeks but what a difference in my
attitude. After that I did not use for thirty days and boy was I
happy. To thank the Lord for what he had done and kept me clean
for those thirty days I got baptized. After all baptism is the
first command of God after you get saved and I only wanted to be
obedient. Baptism does not save you but it is a testimony to
others that you trust in the death, burial, and most importantly
the resurrection of Jesus.
......Things did turn around for me, my life
got better, me and my wife got back together, and I now attend
Church 3 times a week, praise
the Lord, for
that. I trust that the Lord lets things happen so that he can use
it to show us that we do need him. Maybe this is why I have a
burden in my heart for people to tell them about Jesus. After all
the bible does say And we
know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. The reason I wrote this is to hopefully
find someone out there that can relate to this story and doesn't
know where to turn. Well I can tell you where to turn, it is
toward Jesus, he works for me. Well I cant think of
a better way to end this but to tell you what Tim told me on
April 16 1995.
......The first thing Tim showed me is Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God.
This tells us that we are all sinners. The second thing he showed
me was Rom 6:23 For the
wages of sin is death. This
tells us that sin has a penalty and we deserve to go to hell for
our sins. The next thing is Eph
2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man
should boast. Now this
tells me that my good deeds won't get me to heaven. In other
words being a good person is not my ticket in to Heaven. It also
tells me that the way to Heaven is faith and by Gods grace. Faith
in what you might ask. Faith in Jesus and what he did for you. Rom 5:8-9 But God commendeth his love
toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for
us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be
saved from wrath through him. This tells us that Jesus, God came to the earth as a
baby born of a virgin lived a perfect life, which made him a
perfect sacrifice for us. Jesus, God gave up his life for us and
was beaten and was nailed to a cross. Jesus died on this cross
and was dead for 3 days. After 3 days Jesus literally rose from
the dead to show us that he could overcome and have full control
over death. The 3 days Jesus was dead he spent in hell, for all
of us, but he overcame death in hell to prove he has full power
over this also.
......If you believe all this than that is
terrific. But just by knowing the truth is not enough, you need
to accept this gift of God. Rom
10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved. Rom 10:10 For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is
made unto salvation. . Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord shall be saved. All you have to do right now is to pray and accept
salvation, but remember this if you do not accept Jesus you are
rejecting him and he will reject you when you die and cast you
into hell. Please believe me when I tell you God does not want
any to go to hell. 2 Pet
3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, ...... not
willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentanc.
So why not pray
this prayer:
......Dear Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner,
and because I am a sinner I deserve to go to hell when I die. So
please forgive me of all my sins and come into my heart right now
and save me! Right now by faith I am trusting in you and only you
for my Salvation. I accept this gift and thank you for it. In
Jesus name I pray Amen!!!
......Congradgulations you are now born again into the family
of God. If I can be of any help to you in maybe a free bible or
help finding a church to attend please feel free to contact me.
Thank you and may God bless you.
your new brother
IN CHRIST Paul
M. Horgan
John 14:6 Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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