Chapter 1 A Consecrated Life - Far Eastern Bible College

us to walk in newness of life. As God’s Word tells us in Romans 6:4,
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
we also should walk in newness of life.”
The glorious power of Christ’s resurrection alone can transform the
lives of people, where other means and methods have failed. Neither
education, nor rehabilitation, nor penal institutions have ever
successfully changed the lives of people. But the resurrection power of
Christ has seen great success. And we can still see it working today. Let
me tell you about some of the lives that have been changed in the
Philippines.
Down in the southern island of Mindanao, there was a young man
by the name of Julieto Aningga. This young man was talented and
strong, but with no one to guide him, he quickly fell into a life of sin
and vice. He became a leader of a notorious gang of youths in his
village. Together, Julieto and his gang would go around intimidating and
terrorizing other youths, getting into gang fights, and then end their
escapades with a drinking binge.
On some mornings, Julieto would wake up and find himself lying in
a drain or sewer with no recollection at all of how he got there or what
happened the night before. This kind of life went on, until one day, an
uncle, who was a Christian, confronted Julieto with the gospel of Christ.
From then onward, his life was gradually transformed by the
resurrection power of Christ. So thankful was Julieto for his new-found
salvation that he consecrated his life and worked hard to pay for a boat
trip to Manila to enrol at the Centre for Biblical Studies.
And after four years of study, he graduated and is now the assistant
pastor of a church in Metro Manila. His life is making a great impact for
Christ, especially on the youths in the church. When Julieto was still a
student at CBS, he made a trip back to his hometown during a summer
vacation. There he visited the youths who were members of his gang.
And they were glad to see him, but could not at first recognise him,
because he was no longer the reckless gang leader they used to know.
His life had been transformed!
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