Who is Brian Henry?  My Testimony of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

I was born in Belfast in Ireland, in a religious environment three streets from where C.S. Lewis lived.  My dad was saved as a 17 year old. He had been invited to a Four Square Gospel church in the Ravenhill Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  It was there he heard the gospel and repented, and started following Jesus.

After his marriage to my mother, they attended a Congregational Church for a short while.  It was there I was subjected to the totally meaningless, unbibiblical, and unnecessary Calvinistic ritual of infant sprinkling.  Later my mother was also saved, and we started attending an Evangelical Church in Belfast.

As an elementary school child I was privileged to hear the gospel, learn scripture verses and have many church friends. I heard of many down and outs, drunks and immoral people repent, confess their sins  and join the church. But I felt that I was good enough, and didn’t need to repent. 

I even misunderstood a bible verse to justify my position. After all, didn’t Jesus say, “I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” Luke5:32

However, I found the constant reminder of death by the numerous  funeral processions, and Irish wakes that paraded down nearby Milady’s Road, in Belfast Northern Ireland to be very disturbing.  I was terrified  of nuns in their black attire, especially when they approached me in the street.  As a young child this constant exposure to death caused me great fear. I knew I was not prepared for death, but did not think that I needed to repent.’

When I was nine years old Mom, Dad, and my two sisters and I went to live in sunny Africa. Dad was called to preach the gospel to the mixed race people. Well!  with a two week sea cruise, followed by a land of bright sunshine the “funerals and death” faded and I lived as a very happy chap for three years.

When I was twelve those carefree years ended. I had attended with my family a week long series of gospel meetings in Bulawayo, Rhodesia.  (Zimbabwe). A Mr. Lee Spratt was the preacher, and I came under great conviction of sin.   Although  I had lived a sheltered life, I finally realized that I was a sinner, by nature as well as by choice. At my bedside that night in November 1956 I believed, repented, and placed my faith and trust in my savior.

Four years later at the age of sixteen I had the joy of following my Lord and was immersed in the waters of baptism, with my two best friends, Roy and John.  This was a precious event in my life when I confessed “Jesus is  Lord” publicly. 

 My faith was strengthened by attending many Gumtree/Stanger summer camps near Durban in South Africa where gifted expositors impacted my life and faith back then. I learned the importance of daily Bible study and prayer.

It is now many years since I made that momentous decision to trust, and obey – the voice of God. You might well ask, “What difference did it make?” 

Unending peace of mind, peace with God, and an assurance of sins forgiven, and the hope of eternal life with my Lord and Savior. 

I am truly saved for sure and I know it.  I am ready to see the master face to face and am currently on social media busy sharing with the religious lost and the pagan lost,  how to be reconciled to God.  I have a special  burden for the religious lost .  I have shared the good news of the gospel with thousands of folks in Russia, France, and the English speaking world so and am busy carrying out the great commission daily as I look forward to seeing my Lord in glory.

Brian

Maryann O’Connor When I repented and believed just like the Philippians jailor in Acts, Jesus took all my sin, and gave me his righteousness.  I was transformed!  I became a new creature in Christ, just like it says in 2 Corinthians 5:17.   Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

I’m not perfect!  Believing and get saved is not about perfection.  It’s about direction.  When I was born again, converted, transformed, and regenerated God did a huge miracle in my life, my direction was changed.  The sins I use to love, I now hate:  the things I use to hate I now love.

My hearts desire for you Maryann is that you too would be truly saved and experience God’s miraculous salvation in your life.   I will be praying for you dear lost one.  God loves you and so do I.

Brian Henri Mr. Henri, I will quote you verbatim.

“Although  I had lived a sheltered life, I realized that I was a sinner, by nature as well as by choice. At my bedside that night in November 1956 I believed, repented, and PLACED MY FAITH and trust in my savior…”

Sir , what you are saying , is that you are confident that you can stand JUSTIFIED BEFORE THE SOVEREIGN GOD CLOTHED IN YOUR OWN PUNY HUMAN FAITH. Mr.Henri , may I have your autograph , because you are the only depraved human being in the world that has ever been so perfectly righteousness that could accomplish that feat.

You are on an equal plane as The absolutely Holy Person of The Lord Christ Jesus , the PERFECTLY RIGHTOUS ONE!

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Hi henry

I hope you read my testimony that I sent to you.  

In my testimony I explain that I heard the gospel many times in the past, but  one night at a Gospel meeting I heard the good news of the gospel once again.  After hearing the gospel I became  CONVICTED, I was pierced to the heart.  See Acts 2:37

“Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?” Acts 2:37

After that Gospel meeting I  went home a twelve year old boy and did what Peter said to do.

“Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit”.  (Acts 2:37, NASB)

So I got got on my knees beside my bed and repented.    Since I had HEARD the gospel message, I now had FAITH.   See Romans 10:17 “Faith comes by HEARING AND HEARING by the word of God”.  

So having HEARD the word of God, that I was a lost sinner, and needed a savior, I was now able to exercise repentant faith and believe, and that’s exactly what I did.

What happened that night, so many years ago, a marvelous miracle took place.  I was born again.  I was given new life; eternal life! I was born from above, and God the Holy Spirit came to live in me.  Just as the Apostle Peter says in Acts 2:37

So much happened in an instant, for which I praise the Lord.  I was saved,  born again, converted, transformed, regenerated, given new life.  I became a new creature in Christ.  It wasn’t about perfection.  But the direction of my life changed radically.