Salvation testimony of Margie Raborn (December 19, 1941 – May 15, 2025)
At the age of 42, at Pineview Bible Camp in Selma, Alabama, in the dark of night, alone in my camp cot, I came to the point of acknowledging that all my so-called “good deeds,” from being christened to full immersion baptism, were as Paul stated in Philippians 3:8, “but dung.” I had to admit to myself my own self-righteous hypocrisy. I finally saw myself as I really was: a sinner, in need of a Savior. At that moment in time, without any activity on my part, or any assistance from another person, I simply trusted in what I already knew and had believed all along; that Christ did die for my sins and that what he had done was the thotal ans sufficient payment, and that there was nothing for me to do, indeed, there was nothing I could do, except gratefully receive the free gift of salvation and eteran life, knowing that from that moment forward, I was sealed by the Holy Spirit until the Lord calls me home to be with Him forever. What joy, what comfort, what sweet, sweet peace! It was amazing grace and blessed assurance, all rolled into one!
