Seth Udinski, FISM News
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In an inspiring story of God’s faithfulness, a believer praised her church’s faithfulness to remain open during the pandemic, revealing that her communion with other Christians contributed to her salvation.
Jennifer Scott, a member of Trinity Bible Church in Ontario, was baptized at the church last Sunday. As part of her testimony, she revealed that she was a former drug user who may very well have died from an overdose if the Lord had not used the believers at Trinity to reach out to her:
Before Christ, I was a very angry person, and filled with fear, doubt, and self-pity. I was constantly seeking avenues of filling the hole in me that only Jesus could fill. It began with marijuana and ended with smoking crack cocaine, and intravenous drug use. I was a slave to darkness. The gospel is the good news that we have salvation through Jesus Christ. God came down in the form of a sinless man, Jesus, and poured out His wrath onto Him, that He might spare us eternity in hell, if only we believe that He is the Son of God — the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and the Truth, the Way, and the Life.
Scott made sure to emphasize that the church’s faithfulness to continue to meet, even during the pandemic lockdowns, contributed heavily to her salvation and the protection of her life.
"None of these things would have happened if Trinity closed it's doors and was solely online…I'd be dead right now if God had not used this church in my life."
There are people like Jennifer in your community. Refuse to turn them away.#OpenYourChurch pic.twitter.com/OEzFVIW5bM
— Trinity Bible Chapel (@TBCWR) January 11, 2022
Canada has been a battleground of religious freedom in the past year, as pastors and churches have been persecuted for continuing to meet in person. Trinity Bible Church was not immune to that persecution. Last year, the church was fined a total of $100,000 for continuing to hold in-person meetings during the lockdowns.
Scott’s testimony recall’s Hebrews 10:24-25 where God calls believers to stay in fellowship together saying it is his divine means of encouraging us in our faith:
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.