carlo saggiomo - only christians

carlo saggiomo

Hello, my name is Carlo Saggiomo, President/Pastor of Christians Association. Many wonder why a pastor pasturing the flock of God is married. We do not do anything against the Word of God, even if it is against man's doctrine. We dont' care for the human judgment cause at the end of our days the only judge will be the Lord. It is written that everyone will appear before the tribunal of Christ. In 1Timothy 3:1-5 is written: “This is a true saying, a man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work. The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher; not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money; ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour; (For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)”. Before accepting Jesus, I asked myself many questions: “God, why there are so many poor people who do not have drinking water, in the world?” The people most wealthiest in the world have a heritage of over one million dollars, equivalent to the annual income of the poorest 46 percent of the poorest population (2,8 billion people). To give water and sanitation to those who lack, 10 billion dollars would be enough and with 13 more billions dollars could provide food and a minimum of health care to all who need them. Yet in Europe, only for cigarettes, people spend 50 billion dollars a year, not to mention the 100 billion going for alcohol and the 400 billion which, in the world, go for drugs and one million dollars earmarked for military spending! So It is not the will of God, but the world's wickedness. Many believe that God is a rule and that we can't speak with him, so  making a limited God. Now i want to tell you my witness so that you can understand how God has worked greatly in my life. I was a child lively, cheerful, generous with so many friends. I did not know wickedness and injustice, until the day I received them. I started to smoke very young , I lived according to the man, with the mistakes and the consequences that this brought me. What was the purpose? At the age of seventeen years old I knew my wife and we were engaged. I was almost nineteen years when two friends suggested me the drug, but I refused it. But after many disappointments that the man had brought me, I accepted it. Initially I liked it because I found a vent, but no one knew of this big secret and I did not know how to tell Veronica, my girlfriend.One evening I asked her if I could do it and after a while she accepted. From that day everything changed. In that period I had a shop and I rise a lot of money, but they were not enough for all my vices. I get married with Veronica and we decided to have a child. Everyday my problems got baddest. I believed that I was alone. My wife could not work any more, so money were less and less. I started to be violent, my wife and me were getting divorced. I asked to everyone money to buy the drug. No one believed more in me. I had no more happiness. So I asked God: Jesus I accept you as my only Saver and Lord, I thank you for giving us the opportunity to redeem us from sins by Your sacrifice, deliver me, the enemy has imprisoned my soul". People believe in a lot of religions, but only in Jesus we have the salvation, there is only one intermediary and only one God: Jesus. My prayer was done with my heart and love so arrived strongly to God. After few days I was at home with my drug, in my heart I heard a sweet voice that said me: “ I'm Jesus that you accepted, I say throw it and you will be free”. Someone believed in me! Jesus! The enemy wants bring me confusion and he did not want that I will get the right way. I wanted to get to the toilet to throw the drug, but I could not, because I felt confined, alone, there would have never succeeded. So I asked Jesus and I arrived at the toilet, sweaty, exhausted, I throw drug and I was free, a force that I had never heard before, a human force that can not be described stand me up suddenly and said: "Son, your faith has saved you, now follow me. " On the instinct for joy, I seized my wife and I immersed with her in the bath, which was full of water. There the old man died and Jesus made that water back from the new man, his soldiers. The words "Baptism", "baptism" are derived from the greek (βαπτίζω, βάπτειν), where the corresponding root indicates "Dip in water." In fact, baptism symbolizes the burial of the old man and the rebirth of man renewed. In fact, Jesus said in Mark 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. Those words "Son, follow me" I could not understand, but with time I understood. All that I linked to the world, were buried with the old man. I sold everything and I followed the Lord Jesus, who has made me a new man and full of His love. If we examine our lives carefully, we understand that the Lord is not in us. Today I am a happy man, with my whole family. Ask Jesus to come inside you and He will work greatly. Not follow a religion leads to salvation, Jesus said to the doctor of law, religious beliefs, that we can all see in John 3:3 - Nicodemus said, "Teacher, we know that you are a doctor who came from God, because anyone can do these miracles you do unless God is with him. " Jesus answered and said: "Truly I tell you that if one is not born again he can not see the kingdom of God." Jesus is not in one religion, we are Christians, followers of Jesus, any problem that a person can have, He resolves. Do not tell Jesus how big are your problems, but tell your problems how great is Jesus.