Easter Testimonies
God Makes No Mistakes
Arthur Tow
I was born and raised in a Christian family. My great-grandfather was a missionary who came all the way from China to Singapore to preach God’s Word. I have always heard stories about my great- grandfather from my grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts, how through his simple and unwavering faith, and unceasing prayers, God protected him and his family from the bombardments and killings during the Japanese Occupation. That to me only tells me how great and Almighty our Heavenly Father is!
I was baptised as an infant by Uncle Siang Hui (our late Pastor Timothy Tow), and I literally grew up with Life Bible-Presbyterian Church. My mother is a converted Christian her faithfulness in following the Lord has inspired me to become a better Christian. She understands the importance of bringing a child up to follow Christ at a young age. Every Sunday, my mother would fetch me to attend Sunday School, while my parents attended Sunday Worship Service. At a young age, we were taught to fear the Lord. From my Primary to Secondary school, I cannot remember any incident that the Lord has not helped me.
I reaffirmed my faith in Life B-P Church when I was 19, and acknowledge that I’m very blessed to be born in a Christian family.
During my working life, I learned about the real world. I agree that the love of money is the root of all evil. I prayed for a good job, God gave me the job that I wanted. I was earning well, and was so fascinated by the glitters that attracted me. Very soon, I fell into the snare and was keeping late nights, especially Saturday nights, which made me skip church occasionally on Sundays. Eventually, I was not attending church at all.
It was God’s chastisement that everything that He gave me was taken away abruptly. I realised what I had done made God so disappointed in me. “For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth” (Heb 12:6). I returned to Church on Sundays, prayed to God for forgiveness and acknowledged that only He has the power to give and certainly He has the power to take away; blessed be the name of the Lord!
This has taught me to be humble and obedient unto Him, for He is our Creator, the only true and living God. I thank God that now He has given back to me a good job and most thankfully, a Christian life partner, who shares the same faith, and prays together in all our life’s ups and downs.
I believe God doesn’t make mistakes for He is perfect, and that means His Word that He gives to us has no mistakes. Amen.
His Word Is 100% Perfect
Shirleen Yong
I was born into a Buddhist family and I thought it was natural for me to follow my parents’ religion. When it was time for me to attend primary school, my dad believed that children from mission schools tended to be more obedient, for I was considered a very naughty kid at that time. Despite all difficulties, my dad got me into a mission school near our house at Chinatown—Fairfield Methodist Girls School at Neil Road.
It was in school that I got to know Christianity, about God and my Lord Jesus. At a young age, I did not know the difference between the religions. I prayed in school and carried joss sticks at home. When I was in Primary 5, my classmates urged me to join a uniformed group together with them, the “Girls Brigade”. At the beginning, I was reluctant, as Girls Brigade meetings were on Saturdays! However, being attracted to their activities like camping, games, excursion, singing, marching and their motto of “Seek, Serve and Follow Christ”, I joined the Girls Brigade until I finished my secondary education. During the weekly meetings and especially annual camps, time was set aside for us to learn about God and His Word, and these were usually taught by the seniors or the Christian teachers.
I remember it was in Secondary 2, during one of the annual camps, that we spent the whole morning doing Quiet Time and Bible Study which was usually led by one senior member. I was so touched by the message and told my senior I want the Lord Jesus to be my personal Saviour! Happily she brought me to other seniors and the teacher-in-command and told them the good news. The teacher asked me a few questions. Later, we held one another’s hands, and they began praying for me and saying the sinner’s prayer. I felt a chill, and a cramped feeling in my heart, I knew I was touched by the Lord. Next, tears just flowed down my cheeks! I was very welcome in this new family—God’s family. I was then a “Christian by Faith”!
During my school days, my parents did not allow me to attend church on Sundays. But by His will, I learned a lot about God and His Word in the weekly Girls Brigade meetings and school weekly worship services, where different pastors from different churches were invited to give sermons to the students.
It was during my working life that I started attending church on Sundays. I visited different churches, mostly to follow my friends and at the same time to look for a church which I felt comfortable with. I was not baptised as I did not dare to bring this up to my parents. Meanwhile I was praying to God that He would send me a Christian partner. And yes, He did.
After I got to know Arthur (my husband now), he brought me to Life B-P Church, where his uncle, the late Rev Dr Timothy Tow was the pastor. In Life Church, I learned about the King James Bible and more about God and His Word. When my relationship was more stable, I introduced Arthur to my parents. My parents felt that this was the right man for their daughter. I told my parents I was attending Arthur’s church, and I was attending catechism class. My parents did not say anything. In October 1998, I was baptised by Pastor Tow. In September 1999, Arthur and I were married in Life Church, officiated by Pastor Tow. I thank the Lord for my salvation and a Christian life partner.
In 2003, when we learnt about the disagreements in Life Church and knew that Pastor Tow had started a new church in RELC, we followed Pastor Tow and started attending True Life B-P Church. Since the Bible is God’s Word, I truly believe that God doesn’t make mistakes and His Word is 100% perfect.
We have been attending True Life B-P Church for the past 8 years and now we hope to be a member of True Life B-P Church, to learn more from Pastor Jeffrey Khoo and his session members. Praise the Lord! Amen.
Born into a Loving Christian Home
Tai Dae Ern
I was born into a loving Christian home on 12th November 1999. My parents, Mern Yee and Mei Lan, brought me up in a Christian environment. The year after my birth, I was baptised as an infant. My parents enrolled me in Far Eastern Kindergarten at Gilstead Road. After my kindergarten years, I attended Nan Hua Primary School. In 2007, my father’s company wanted us to move to Germany. Naturally, our whole family was excited at the news, but we were also uncertain about whether to go or not. After much praying, however, my parents felt that it was God’s will for us to go to Germany.
The move to Germany was very much filled with challenges, but thank God He brought us through it safely. At first, we couldn’t speak a proper conversation of German with anyone. Thank God for giving us a few English-speaking neighbours that helped us adjust to life in Germany. Thank God most of all for leading us to a conservative and Bible-believing church. We had visited one other church before, which had superficial sermons with drums, guitars, etc. The church God led us to was a small but faithful church called Rhein Valley Baptist church, a church for American soldiers serving in the US Military. Although, thank God, we had finally found the right church, we still needed time to adjust to life in Germany. As foreigners, we encountered many incidents. One of these was our first day at Rhein Valley, when one American brother welcomed us to the church by saying ‘We know you’re communist, but welcome!’ Thank God that He helped us to adjust quite quickly and without any homesickness.
In Germany, my sister, brother and I attended an International school. At first, still carrying the momentum of my Singaporean education, I plunged into my studies diligently and faithfully. However, as time passed, this momentum slowly decreased until I hardly spent any time for revision, instead preferring to spend much time playing outdoors. God was merciful that he spared me from any real punishment, except for a few bad grades here and there. Also, my Christian life began to deteriorate. I slowly spent less time reading the Bible, and just skimmed quickly through my RPG. I hardly prayed, and sometimes did not want to go to church. For this I was punished by God with almost a year of sleepless nights. Yet, I still did not repent. In our last year in Germany, I was motivated to get into our school’s ‘Honour Roll’ only because of a promised reward from my parents. We then moved back to Singapore in 2009.
Thank God that we did not run into much trouble settling back in Singapore, and that our precious belongings, arriving on a freighter were unharmed, despite having been packed improperly by the German movers. Upon moving back, we applied to the government to allow us to join the German European School. Thank God for the government’s allowance despite all odds, because there had to be a minimum amount of time spent in a foreign country for Singaporeans to enrol in an international school, and we had only spent two years. Despite the Lord’s good grace, I did not really bother, and for the first year of my education back in Singapore, I got through relying on my head knowledge. The following year, things started to get bad. I was talked to by my parents many times about how God is not mocked, and I will reap whatever I sow. I ignored these talks, and blatantly ignored my grades, and continued this lazy attitude.
God finally punished me by sending me horrible eye infection. The pain made me realise how disobedient I had been the past two years. I repented before the Lord, and He helped me turn over a new leaf. He gave me a new attitude and a willingness to do my best in everything. Praise God.
I want to join the catechism class and be reaffirmed because I want to publicly announce my faith in obedience to Him. I acknowledge and believe that Jesus Christ came 2000 years ago and humbled Himself to die on the cross for all of my sins and that I am a hopeless sinner, and that only God can save me. I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for coming into my heart and forgiving me of all my sins. Praise God!
