Well to Make a Long Story Short, in 1986 Right on My 30Th Birthday I Came to Acknowledge

Tom Piecyk Testimony
Hi, everyone my name is Tom Piecyk and I live in Ashford Connecticut,Windham county. I’ve lived here all of my life and was born Jan 30th, 1956.
I’ve never married and don’t have any children. I was raised as a catholic with six brothers and no sisters. The first time I ever came to the knowledge of God’s existence was when I was 5 years old. Just two weeks before my fifth birthday I was run over by a car that was doing 60 miles an hour in a 40 mile an hour zone; this happened after getting out of church.We were going home and had to walk across the street where my dad parked the car.The doctor said he was amazed I was still alive.After I turned 5 my mom said to me that God was holding my hand and that is the reason I am still alive today. That really stuck with me.
I honestly do not believe she realized what she said to me that day, but I do believe she was sincere in what she said to me. Because many years later I started to read the bible as a teen, and began to see something in the Catholic Church just was not right but could not put my finger on it. This went on until I was 30 years old.

Well to make a long story short, in 1986 right on my 30th birthday I came to acknowledge Jesus Christ as my savior; I saw so clearly how lost I was and no one else to turn to but JesusChrist. So I left the Catholic Church and went toanother church in search for the truth. When my dad heard about this he threatened to disown me if I ever betrayed him, I was never so scared in my life and I calmly said I won't betray you.

What is interesting is that a few years later he accepted Jesus Christ as his savior thru the so called sinners prayer which is just another false doctrine, all those who endure to the end shall be saved.

So the first church I joined was called the Christian Missionary Alliance Church,I was there for maybe 5 years.During that time I had met a girl at work who claimed to be a Christian and she always would say she couldn't wait to see me. Well we would meet alot at work, but never went out or anything,she seemed to give me the impression that she would marry me. Boy was I wrong and naive;she married someone else behind my back.

I got so angry at God and at that time. I was one of those people that when reading the bible I would just randomly open it and think this iswhat God wants me to read. After having gotten angry at God I did just that and guess where I opened the bible, to the part in Mathew chapter twelve talking about the unpardonable sin.

Boy wasI so scared!! I was in such torment that the only time the fear would subsidewas when I was in church(by the way the reason I was tormented with fear was because of my ignorance at the time). The fear was so intense at times it felt like my brain was on fire. In fact there was a time when I was invited to a Christian couple's house to discuss my possibility of committing the unpardonable sin’ he told me by using scripture that I did not commit it. His wife said that she felt like running out of the room because she could feel my fear, it was that great.They were not much help.

I talked to thepastor of that church about the sin of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit,he really was of not much help either. He said that if you are afraid of having committed that sin then you haven't committed it, reason being is if you have committed it you wouldn't care anymore about the things of God.

So finally I could sense Godslowly delivering me from this fear after much begging and prayer and reading God's word.Believe me I would never wish that kind of an experience on my worst enemy.

I left that church because he was preaching to much on tithing, in fact he went so far as to say were supposed tithe 20 percent not 10 percent like most other church's teach.

So next I joined a Baptist church, the pastor never once did he leave out of his sermons about tithing, which is unscriptural. He was so legalistic,sometimes I think legalism and money go hand in hand.

I was with this church for about ten years, the reason I stayed with this church for so longwas because despite his preaching about tithing he really took me under his wing. He was the same age as me.So the time finally came when his legalism was getting to me and not just me but others in the church so I left for good.I was 45 at the time.

We must leave the physical church and the false teachings of the church (Babylon) as well.

Now for how I came toiswasandwillbe.com.I was wandering about aimlesslywhich lasted until I was 52,havingno church to go to and my mom was on the verge of dying, she was 89. I could not fathom God sending her to a place calledHell to suffer for all eternity. I was so tormented by that thought. In fact, the more I thought about it the more confused I got and the more I hated the teachings of the church (Babylon). My life seemed to be getting out ofcontrol or at least the world seemed to be getting out of control.

I wanted so desperately to have someone in control. I was getting sick and tired of being liedto and all of the lies out there God gave me such a strong desire to know the truth.This is when I cried out to God, don't let me deceived.

So within one hourafter asking God not tolet me bedeceived I stumbled onto a website.I started to read about God's sovereignty and was soaking up so much like a sponge and finally found someone who really is in control of my life, all of life in general and the specifics of life.I found Mike Vinson's website (iswasandwillbe.com)through this other website that I was reading.

And now that I fellowship with other believers that I met through Iswasandwillbe.com (IWWB- which is just awebsite not a denomination) and I thank God for Mike for teaching us God's word the way it should be taught. God has blessed him in this capacity as a teacher. One of the biggest reasons we need to keep Mike in our prayers to stay faithful to God’s word is because teachers like him are a rarity in this day and age. And also I want to make clear to everyone that the day I realized how lost I was is not the day I got saved, it was just the beginning, I am now being saved by enduring, Lord willing.
God sure is merciful,
Your Brother in Christ,
Tom.