Pastor Raul Ries: I Was Going to Kill My Family When God Saved Me

California Pastor Raul Ries of Calvary Chapel Golden Springs shared Saturday evening his powerful testimony of inviting Jesus into his heart after watching Pastor Chuck Smith on TV at a time when he was contemplating violence against his family.

Ries said at the National Religious Broadcasters convention that as an unbeliever he hated everything: the world, his life and even his wife and children. But then he “found out that the cross of Jesus Christ is real,” he said.

He challenged today’s Church in his message to talk about the fundamentals of the scriptures and not shy away from the message of sin, although doing so without criticizing the person. “We don’t talk about people, we talk about sin because we hate sin,” Ries told the audience.

Well, thank Jesus for deciding not killing off your family, I guess, you nutball.