Oscar Chu

I am a Christian. I've been one ever since the Lord caused me to believe in Him the summer of 1999 through "random" (actually, it was sovereign) evangelism.
Below is my testimony of how God saved me.

For those of you non-Christians:

The gospel is a serious message. It tells of who the Lord is, what God demands for us, what the consequences of sin are, who Jesus Christ is, and the significance of the cross. Your eternity lies in whether you believe in the the gospel or not. If you don't believe, you be punished eternally because of your sins. If you truly believe in Christ, Christ's death on the cross can atone for your sins and you will be granted eternal life.

For all you who read this, I urge you to give God's Word a try. Read the Bible (I suggest the first few books of the New Testament) and consider it's truth. Then find the Christian you are closest to and ask him/her all the questions you come up with concerning what you have read.

Testimony on How Christ Found Me:

I first heard about Jesus Christ through a friend of my mom when I was 10 years old. He briefly told me about his faith and occasionally brought me to various churches. Most significantly he gave me a Bible. At that time I put my faith in Christ, though it was a faith without knowledge, for I did not understand the Scriptures.

A few years later this friend moved away and I lost guidance and direction in coming to know Christ. I stopped going to church because there were no Christians to help me. I had the Bible as an aid, but had no one to help me understand it. When anyone confronted me about Christ, I proclaimed that I was a Christian because I thought I knew who Christ was. The biggest deception I placed on myself was the belief that I was saved. It was false because I did not recognize my sins. I did not even know what sin was.

Lost like a sheep without a shepherd, I went through high school without an understanding of true faith. I was a bad example to unbelievers because I lived by the ways of the world, sinful in countless ways, yet proclaimed faith in Christ.

In the middle of my 11th grade of high school, a group of Jehovah's Witnesses came knocking at my door. I was curious as to what they would say and what they wanted, so I opened the door and answered them. They claimed to be Christians, so I decided to have bible studies with them. I believed in what they taught and was truly misled.

In the summer of 1998 I went to a science program away from home where I stayed six weeks. I wanted to go to a Jehovah's Witnesses gathering, but I couldn't find one. I still wanted to go to a church so I went with a group of Christians to a nearby Lutherian Church every Sunday, where I learned biblical Christianity, not knowing this was God's way in bringing me back to the truth. Confused at that time between the teachings of that church to those of the Jehovah's Witnesses, I turned to my Christian roommate, Richard Ho, whom God has placed for me so that I would learn the differences. It was hard for me to learn the truth though, because I at that time still thought some of the Jehovah's Witnesses' teachings were true. By the end of that program, I was thoroughly confused about biblical truth.

That fall I stopped studying with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Recalling from what I was taught in the summer, I was spiritually lost. I still had a thirst for Christ, but I did not know where to turn to.

However in the summer after my senior year, I was at a bus stop when a pastor came to me. He asked me if I knew who Christ was, and I said yes. But then I confessed to him that I did not go to church, for I knew I didn't devote time to God. The pastor then taught me about sin, the story of the life and death of Jesus, and that Jesus died to cleanse those who believed in him from their sins. At last, after all the confusion I had about sins, I finally realized my own sinful nature. Jesus bore the cross and died as a sacrifice for my sins and offered me salvation. The pastor renewed my hope in God and led me to understand true faith. I was overjoyed, filled with happiness that even though I was a sinner who deserved nothing but judgment, God saved me. My renewed hope and faith created in me a craving to pursue God as I started my college life in UCLA.

When I came to UCLA, Richard Ho, who was also attending UCLA, recommended me to participate with Grace On Campus. Attending Grace Church and bible study at UCLA I now grow spiritually in my pursuit of Christ.

By finding, accepting, and putting my faith in Jesus, my sins are washed away by His blood. Because of the grace that God has shown me, I no longer yearn for the ways of the world, but yearn for Christ. My new relationship with God is filled with love and compassion and a desire to know Him more.