Steve Luker

Testimony of Steve Luker

Because I am doing this on-line, I hope you will excuse me for my testimony being short and to the point.

When I was about 7-9 years old, my dad made a profession of faith. He said he had been “born again”. I don’t know if his life changed all that much, but he became really interested in reading the Bible and especially prophecy.

Several times a week, he made the family (my mother, my younger sister, and myself) sit together and listen to him talk about the Bible. We sat there and listened to his “sermons” and listened to all the things that we were doing wrong. I thought I knew a lot about Christianity. I knew that Jesus Christ was the Savior and all about the end times. However, I just assumed that since dad was a Christian and I acknowledged that what he said was true, I was a Christian too.

As I went into my teens, I cared even less about what God wanted from me and I became more interested in being popular with the people my own age.

Because I was handicapped (Cerebral Palsy – I am not able to walk or talk), it was really important for me to be just like the other kids. I was into pornography, heavy metal, and drinking. (I wasn’t really getting drunk yet.) I was even considering trying drugs. (Sex, drugs, and Rock and Roll. Hmmm.) I was going to graduate first in my high school class and I was even being bussed to another school for classes (harder classes that would challenge me). By the time of my graduation, my grades slipped so far that I only graduated second in my class.

I had already made plans to go away to college so I could just party. I registered at a school that I knew was good for partying even though it wasn’t that great for my major. I was all set to get away from my parents’ rule and just have fun.

However, God had other plans for me. He sent a girl into my life. We started going out. One day, we started talking about religion and I found out that she was a Christian. I thought that this was great. After all, I thought I was a Christian. However, as we talked, I began to realize that I wasn’t as knowledgeable as I thought I was. She asked if I read the Bible. I admitted that I didn’t. She encouraged me to read a little each day. And I saw that I was in BIG trouble because I had been deceiving myself. I don’t know the exact date, but I saw that I was a sinner and was going to hell unless someone didn’t help me. Finally. I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. All of this took place at the end of my senior year of high school (until I went away to school).

A week after I got to college, I found myself unable to drink anymore (even socially). I got rid of my heavy metal cassettes. Well, I just became more aware of my sins and slowly got rid of what I saw that I needed to.

I am still not sinless, but I keep

Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:

in mind. It’s a slow process, but thank God that He saved me.

Steven Luker