Hello
For the last 5 years of my life ive been a happy christian, when I got Jesus inside of me i felt I became a better person and had someone to comfort me whenever I needed it. I also became a important part of my church, wich I really enjoy
8 months ago I got myself a boyfriend, who I really love. When we first got together he basicaly didnt know anything about my Christian faith, but for the last 5 months he has been going to church together with me, he's very open minded and really enjoys the meetings, and recently we have been going out with different couples in my church.
My problem is that I have a hard time (Even if im having a hard time admitting it to my him) that its hard for me to cope that he's not a Christian. He's expressed his doubts to me, but he also tells me that I should give him some time to look into religion, because its new to him and he needs time to let everything sink in.
But when I hear about his doubts it also sometimes make me think about my choices, why believe in something you cant see and touch?
Ive expressed this opinion to my him, and he tells me that I should not give up anything, but instead give him time!
Does anyone have any advice for me?
Thanks!
Hello
For the last 5 years of my life ive been a happy christian, when I got Jesus inside of me i felt I became a better person and had someone to comfort me whenever I needed it. I also became a important part of my church, wich I really enjoy
8 months ago I got myself a boyfriend, who I really love. When we first got together he basicaly didnt know anything about my Christian faith, but for the last 5 months he has been going to church together with me, he's very open minded and really enjoys the meetings, and recently we have been going out with different couples in my church.
My problem is that I have a hard time (Even if im having a hard time admitting it to my him) that its hard for me to cope that he's not a Christian. He's expressed his doubts to me, but he also tells me that I should give him some time to look into religion, because its new to him and he needs time to let everything sink in.
But when I hear about his doubts it also sometimes make me think about my choices, why believe in something you cant see and touch?
Ive expressed this opinion to my him, and he tells me that I should not give up anything, but instead give him time!
Does anyone have any advice for me?
Thanks!
MY SISTER,
i think your boyfriend's advice is excellent and sufficient. However, i am wondering how someone else's questionings and lack of faith could so easily destroy what you present as a very good testimony. There is a shallowness to your present relationship with God which is puzzling to me. For example--how is it that after 5 years or so of "having Jesus inside of you" that you "can't see and touch Him"--Spiritually speaking, of course? If He isn't real to you, how is it that you have continued to exist as a Christian without a real firm and stable relationship with your Lord?
Perhaps your boyfriend's doubts are God's way of shinning His Light on your own. How do you intend to respond?
WITH LOVE IN OUR LORD/GOD/SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST,
ephraim
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Lo, i have gathered up all of my thoughts and cannot recall anything good before Thee . . .
except the fact that i know no other God than Thee. --Saint Ephraim the Syrian LORD JESUS CHRIST, HUMBLE LAMB OF GOD, have mercy on me, an arrogant sinner!
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Hello
For the last 5 years of my life ive been a happy christian, when I got Jesus inside of me i felt I became a better person and had someone to comfort me whenever I needed it. I also became a important part of my church, wich I really enjoy
8 months ago I got myself a boyfriend, who I really love. When we first got together he basicaly didnt know anything about my Christian faith, but for the last 5 months he has been going to church together with me, he's very open minded and really enjoys the meetings, and recently we have been going out with different couples in my church.
My problem is that I have a hard time (Even if im having a hard time admitting it to my him) that its hard for me to cope that he's not a Christian. He's expressed his doubts to me, but he also tells me that I should give him some time to look into religion, because its new to him and he needs time to let everything sink in.
But when I hear about his doubts it also sometimes make me think about my choices, why believe in something you cant see and touch?
Ive expressed this opinion to my him, and he tells me that I should not give up anything, but instead give him time!
Does anyone have any advice for me?
Thanks!
Those doubts are lies from the enemy. Christianity is the real deal, my sister. I have a lifetime of testimonies to share, if you like. Like the time when I had an out of body experience, and I left this earth, stood before Christ in all His shining glory. I was never the same after that. Anyhow, please feel free to PM me, and I'll share as much as you like. It'll help get rid of those doubts.
I don't let past mistakes haunt me like crazy gremlins interfering with my present and future actions. The spirit of Jesus kills off mistakes like pesticide so that I can feel like a new-born baby ready to take on the world with whatever life challenges, and also the inside world which is your health-conscious body that reacts to enemy attacking chemicals such as viruses and bad bacteria in food and liquids in the home, workplace or restaurant. If the food is lukewarm, it's luxury comfort for bacteria or viruses to grow, that means food must be served hot. Dishes, spoons knives and forks can be deceptively clean but under a microscope you would probably find bacteria sunbathing on the smooth surface. I would rinse them and wipe dry with a clean dish towel before use. Jesus and God are more interested in the quality of your talents than the quantity of your past mistakes because Christians always ask for forgiveness to start again with a fresh new attitude as if you never sinned at all. Satan can make us feel worthless because of sin but his weakness is that God's power of healing can kick sin out the door. Your boyfriend wants to know how Christianity can apply to everything we say and do and my experience should make him decide to accept Jesus who is not a religious doll but the living Christ who wants to protect us.
__________________ I learn to accept Jesus Christ and our God the Father by default.
Last edited by Quasicentennial; 3rd November 2009 at 06:56 AM.
Reason: Cleanliness is next to God Holiness
Hello
For the last 5 years of my life ive been a happy christian, when I got Jesus inside of me i felt I became a better person and had someone to comfort me whenever I needed it. I also became a important part of my church, wich I really enjoy
8 months ago I got myself a boyfriend, who I really love. When we first got together he basicaly didnt know anything about my Christian faith, but for the last 5 months he has been going to church together with me, he's very open minded and really enjoys the meetings, and recently we have been going out with different couples in my church.
My problem is that I have a hard time (Even if im having a hard time admitting it to my him) that its hard for me to cope that he's not a Christian. He's expressed his doubts to me, but he also tells me that I should give him some time to look into religion, because its new to him and he needs time to let everything sink in.
But when I hear about his doubts it also sometimes make me think about my choices, why believe in something you cant see and touch?
Ive expressed this opinion to my him, and he tells me that I should not give up anything, but instead give him time!
Does anyone have any advice for me?
Thanks!
Hi NA, dating, and especially being married to an unbeliever, can be a very difficult thing for a Christian to deal with, which is why God commands us, through Paul, not to be "bound together" with them spiritually (see 2 Cor. 6:14-18). God uses the image of being unequally yoked, like an ox and a donkey instead of two oxen, to help us understand how hard living life as a Christian will be when joined together with one who has a completely different nature. Doing things to God's glory most often becomes impossible under such an arrangement and our walk with Him can certainly become hindered.
That being said, you mention that your boyfriend has asked you questions that have raised doubts in your mind about the Christian faith.
What are they? Surely there must be more than "why should you believe in someone you can't see or touch"*, yes?
One of the great ways to strengthen your faith is to be able to satisfactorily answer the questions that non-believers bring to you, at least for yourself .. (and we are commanded to be ready to do so .. 1 Peter 3:15)
Yours and His, David p.s. - BTW, welcome to CF ..
* - Do you "believe" that George Washington existed? Do you believe that he and his men crossed the Delaware River? Why? Could those same reasons (and many others for that matter) be applied to Christ? (also see Romans 1:19-20 which we can discuss in detail later if you'd like to)
Last edited by DaLeKo; 3rd November 2009 at 09:15 AM.
Reason: A little more!
I know how you feel, I was very fortunate to actually see into the spiritual realm
when I was awake, and so now my experience is not based on faith or hope. As I have seen, and it is now fact. Jesus is the Word, and it is His witness that counts. Look to the Act of the Father. If you want to go to Him, you enter into his Temple, it is open.
Please see Mark 15:38.
__________________ Mark 15:38 Enter into the Temple it is now open
to all.
Hello
For the last 5 years of my life ive been a happy christian, when I got Jesus inside of me i felt I became a better person and had someone to comfort me whenever I needed it. I also became a important part of my church, wich I really enjoy
why believe in something you cant see and touch?
Thanks!
Because life without God is meaningless. And you have to do whatever it takes to find that life IN God. So draw near to Him, close enough to FEEL His presence (by faith). But faith increases if it has food to feed on. So feed it with the Bible. Feed your faith by talking to Jesus in your thoughts. Feed your faith by trying to imagine what He is like and what you like about Him.
Hello
For the last 5 years of my life ive been a happy christian, when I got Jesus inside of me i felt I became a better person and had someone to comfort me whenever I needed it. I also became a important part of my church, wich I really enjoy
8 months ago I got myself a boyfriend, who I really love. When we first got together he basicaly didnt know anything about my Christian faith, but for the last 5 months he has been going to church together with me, he's very open minded and really enjoys the meetings, and recently we have been going out with different couples in my church.
My problem is that I have a hard time (Even if im having a hard time admitting it to my him) that its hard for me to cope that he's not a Christian. He's expressed his doubts to me, but he also tells me that I should give him some time to look into religion, because its new to him and he needs time to let everything sink in.
But when I hear about his doubts it also sometimes make me think about my choices, why believe in something you cant see and touch?
Ive expressed this opinion to my him, and he tells me that I should not give up anything, but instead give him time!
Does anyone have any advice for me?
Thanks!
We should believe because the words Jesus spoke are true and eternal, they give life and are the portal into all good things.
Is love right? Is love beyond the self-righteousness and hypocrisy which can embroil us? Absolutely. And no one else teaches this: Jesus is the personification of love.
What else could people want? Without love there is no meaning... just a dry, empty, meaningless shell of an existence.
Jesus only asks for faith.
As for your boyfriend, I would take his advice and chill. 'The spouse is sanctified for the benefit of the believer'...
Show your love daily... be you.
God loves everyone, those who believe today and those who will believe tomorrow.
I am not sure if this advice has been given to you yet, but anyway here it goes......please this is not to offend you, but rather what I believe and it comes out of a caring heart, so, the way I see what God wants from us is to minister to all, but when we go into a relationship we should chose a partner who feels the same about God, why you might ask......if you look at the wise Solomon, look it up in Kings it is written " from the nations of whom the LORD had said to the children of Israel, "You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods." So to me God is warning us that if we have relationships with unbelievers we stand the chance of our hearts being turned away from Him, which means we are losing our Salvation, is their any relationship worthwhile pursuing if it means we lose Jesus? I guess we could ask, who do we love more, Jesus or our partner?
What is happening with you right now is the turning away your heart from Jesus and that is why you are feeling the uneasiness inside of you, the Holy Spirit who is trying to guide you.
If you would consider my advice I will give it to you, leave the boyfriend, see how he feels about you, for to me it looks like you are playing with fire and you might get burned, you do not seem strong enough yet, light cannot have fellowship with darkness, 2 Corinthians 14Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
I am sorry if this message hurts your feelings, but at the end of the day the Bible is our guidance in life, if we live accordingly we will have life in abundance, without it, well..................no true happiness, etc.
Hello
For the last 5 years of my life ive been a happy christian, when I got Jesus inside of me i felt I became a better person and had someone to comfort me whenever I needed it. I also became a important part of my church, wich I really enjoy
8 months ago I got myself a boyfriend, who I really love. When we first got together he basicaly didnt know anything about my Christian faith, but for the last 5 months he has been going to church together with me, he's very open minded and really enjoys the meetings, and recently we have been going out with different couples in my church.
My problem is that I have a hard time (Even if im having a hard time admitting it to my him) that its hard for me to cope that he's not a Christian. He's expressed his doubts to me, but he also tells me that I should give him some time to look into religion, because its new to him and he needs time to let everything sink in.
But when I hear about his doubts it also sometimes make me think about my choices, why believe in something you cant see and touch?
Ive expressed this opinion to my him, and he tells me that I should not give up anything, but instead give him time!
Does anyone have any advice for me?
Thanks!
Break up with him and only date people who share your faith. The alternative is one of you compromising on something that should never be compromised.
(and we are commanded to be ready to do so .. 
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