When I was young I was told by my cousins that I was going to hell because I lied. I questioned them about it, asking what hell was and who was sending me there. They told me about God, and that He made rules that I had broken, and from that point I started to ask my parents about God, and the Bible, and how we serve Him.
I studied the Books of Moses daily, reading all of the rules over and over again, trying to make sure that I was doing as God wanted me to. But every time I made a mistake or messed up, I felt terrible, so terrible it had eventually led me to Nihilism.
I had no purpose, but I still followed the rules as best I could, but with every mistake I made I felt more and more dark. I spiraled down and abyss of guilt and shame, I stopped caring much about the rules and often broke them.
After some time, I wanted to change, I didn't want this guilt anymore. And I was recommended a video on YouTube titled "If you're seeing this, you aren't normal" and for some reason it intrigued me so much that I decided to watch it later, privately.
I was greeted by an Arab man in a robe, he had no flashy edits or intros, he just talked.
He called me all kinds of names, and said I was worthless, but at the halfway mark he stopped and took a prolonged drink of water, and when he finished, he explained that I could change. It was a very simple "encounter", but it changed me. I began to look into history again and researched the Scriptures more. I started to get my life together.
Then, while I was researching more, something someone said about the words of Jesus and His teachings, it made me realize that I could not have been saved from hell by doing all sorts of good things, but the fact Christ died on the Cross, how He died for us, and that faith in Him saves us. I still follow the Law, but not so I can get to Heaven, but so I can be closer to Christ, and the Law I follow is the Law that Christ taught, not anything added on to His Word, but what is found in His Word.
I have become more faithful than ever before, of course I mess up sometimes, but I know that Christ forgives me.
The most powerful and greatest Being in existence came down to be with us, to be like us, to forgive us personally. That moves me everytime I think on it.