For the world or for the society, I was born into a Syriac Orthodox family. The Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church is my denomination as per my ties to a Church. My denomination was founded by St.Thomas the apostle in 52 AD, when he landed in my state of Kerala in the South of India. The town he landed was Maliankara, hence the name of the denomination is Malankara Syriac Orthodox. The Syriac traditions of Damascus (Syria) crept into our church with the hellenization during the Alexandrian rule and relationships with Middle East especially selling spices, tea and coffee brought many Jewish settlers to our state. Therefore, St Thomas found it logical to come to India, coz he had to preach it among the Jews and the gentiles. So we are part of the Eastern Orthodox Apostolic Patriachial church. Hence, the practices and body of governance is very similar to the Catholic Church. But, we don't follow Catholic doctrine in any way or form. Denomination wise, we are to follow the Pebleebta bible or the Aramaic bible of the Eastern Syrian converted Jews. But, I always read the KJV bible coz I can only read and write English and no other language.I came across all these facts very recently (6 months at the most)...coz, I started my research about the history of the compilation of the bible and I always wondered why there are so many versions of the bible or which the primary one is. The questions of primacy lead me to understand a lot about the bible history, as well as the history of my denomination. The church in my home town is 400+ years old, which is why my family and I have always been Christians by denomination, for many generations. Which makes us as proud as a Pharisee is in knowing and practicing all things for the God. But, how many are truly saved; only the Lord knows.I was always a rebel of the practices in the church from a really young age. Practices like burnt offering and idols offerings were unacceptable to me. I always used to reject such customs, coz I always told my parents, "What's the difference between Hindu's and us!" (Hinduism is a pagan religion which believes cows, snakes, etc? to be god's)My rebellion didn't stop there. I never used to be a partaker of the blood and body communion in the church that they have on weekend mass. Coz, I was too scared to go and partake in it. I used to tell my parents as a 7th grader, "If I am going to go back to my sinful ways again; what's the point?! I am not going to accept it and sin". But the sad part was, I never thought of quitting my sinful ways. I just thought I would quit accepting the communion. My parents never asked me to go and partake in the communion ever again.I quit going to Sunday school at a very young age. So, I don't really know what my denomination believes or what the bible teaches us. But in the past year, the internet changed all that.The internet that a person clings onto, to fill a void in ones mind and life, is where I found the real void fillers. I met some great people in Christ through various chats and websites. I thought to myself that I want to be like these people I met, who know the scriptures so much and can quote at will. It's all electronically possible to do so now, but it still made me think; I should learn more and understand my bible, if I am to be a Christian.I started listening to sermons online; I started filling the void I had of not going to a church with sermons I can watch online. Pastors like Paul Washer, Leonard Ravenhill, K.P Yohannan, C.H Spurgoen, Jonathan Edwards, A.W. Tozer, etc..opened my eyes to some thing truly beautiful. This might sound a little strange but it was only last year that I knew that I should pray to Jesus. I used to think Jesus is the son and I should be praying to the Heavenly Father, not the son. I seldom prayed to Jesus and I never realized anything about being saved or neither did I know anything about Salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ. I was just a Christian who went to church religiously on Sundays, followed the lent and believed in the Lord. I never doubted the fact that I didn't know God or the fact that I knew very little about Him. So, I was living in my own "Christian world". I learned in the past one year, I was blinded in my ways of the world, I didn't know what the bible teaches us through the apostles and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Where I am right now in my faith is pure divine grace. I would never have known all this if it weren't for the internet and the tons of materials available online to do my research and of course the Word of God. I cannot thank the Lord enough for giving me the wisdom and prudence to dig deep for the truth on my own and to find the missing links in my faith and my beliefs. And now, I know I am saved by grace and I cannot thank the Heavenly Father enough in choosing me to be part of the herd of lambs, whose shepherd is our Lord Jesus Christ. If you are wondering about the baptism in water, well our church baptizes a 4 year child and accepts him/her into the church and the ministry of the Lord. So, I haven't had another baptism to proclaim I am crucifying my old self with the lord and I am raised in the new with His resurrection. I believe, the fact that I am saved is my baptism in the water, which is for the world and my eyes opening to the understanding of the scripture and being able to proclaim the kingdom of God on this Earth, is my baptism in the spirit. I am fighting a fight against my flesh everyday just like David struggled or St Paul. But, I don't doubt my faith, my hope or my love for the Lord Jesus Christ, my savior. For we know every Christian will have to suffer in his/her own way for the truth and the truth will set us free from the bondage of the fleshnilly loo is so easy to get depressed in this monetary world, where a person's success is governed by the car you drive, the house you have, the clothes you wear etc. But, I think the only success that matters is, "Are you saved? And are you doing your part for the eternal life in the Lord Jesus Christ' second coming? If you die this moment, are you happy that your life in this sinful body is over and you have always glorified Jesus in the flesh?"And I also know and understand that I will be judged with a lot stricter scale for I knew the truth and I should abide by it under all circumstances.If this is getting anyone to think, then it is good. If it isn't, you should start asking yourself, why not!I have always prayed and pleaded with the Lord to use me as a vessel for glorifying His name on Earth and to preach the gospel of the good news. Well, I hope and pray in due time, the Lord will give me a sign and use me suitably for His purpose. And now I know I can truly say in Jesus' holy name I sing, "Thank you lord for saving me"