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<blockquote data-quote="Daphnia" data-source="post: 59733966" data-attributes="member: 301663"><p>Thanks everyone for replying.</p><p></p><p></p><p>To God's Word: </p><p></p><p></p><p>You have a point there. I guess if you're living in sin, you just don't realize that you're a servant/slave to sin. Thank you for reminding me. And yes, I was talking about struggles against sin or against our own will (vs. God's will). It just seems so exhausting. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is exactly why I am on this forum. Because it's been 2 years since I relaized that I'm not a believer, and to be honest, I've done almost nothing to find out more about God or to find answers. And although it is God alone who in the end would bring me to Him, it is my decision to make, whether I want to come to him or not. Part of why I haven't been more keen on finding out and searching God is laziness, because I feel comfortable being a sinner, just being who I am, not having to fight against my own self; part of it is not being sure if I wanted to really become a true Christian. How did you make your decision? Was there a moment where (for example like my church friend) you were reading the Bible and suddenly one verse really speaks to you and made you restless afterward? or how was it? I'd love to hear your story.</p><p></p><p></p><p>To Emmy: </p><p></p><p></p><p>To be honest, I don't see your answer relating to my points/questions. Maybe I just don't understand what you mean and why you picked those verses, but they seem to be random to me. I was raised in a church-going community and have participated in Bible study groups. I know that God is Love and that He loves me too, at least in my brain I know. whether it's gotten to my heart or not, I don't really know. </p><p></p><p></p><p>To Chany:</p><p></p><p>Congratulations on your conversion (grammar??)" And thank you for your willingness to help. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that it's too hard or something, because as my church friends have told me and as the Bible says, the Holy Spirit will be there to help believers in this matter. I just think that it would be really exhausting to constantly deny yourself and everytime you want something, you ask "is this what God wants from me?" and in the end, not being able to do what you want. The girls from our Bible study group told me not to worry about this, that I should just not worry about what struggles awaits me when I decide to believe, but rather focus on believing itself. But I can't help but feel this dread, you know, like everytime I feel like I want to believe, I always think of the constant self-denial and then I would go back to not being sure I want to go through all that. maybe I'm just too comfortable being a sinner, being in "the comfort zone", I don't know.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But I don't think that deciding whether or not to be a Christian is something logical. Because Christianity is not logical, is it? You don't believe because it makes sense or is acceptable to people's logic thinking, you believe because you (want to) believe in something. Ànd from what I hear from the believers in my church and from our fellow CF member, God's word, (and I think this is the best way to describe Christianity) Christianity is a relationship between an individual and God. And I don't think it's good if the decision to be in the relationship was made based on logical thinking. supported by, yes. But imho, the heart should make the major decision. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Honestly yes, when i was a teenager, the questions of whether God really exists had crossed my mind. But then I studied biology in college for one and a half years and dissecting things under the microscope and learning about all those creatures made me think: there's no way evolution did this. There must be a creator, a mastermind, someone who is wonderful and brilliant and complicated who created such complex sturctures that all functions properly (ex: the human body). So I believe in creation, not evolution. And I guess by now I believe there is a God, because I can see his works through the nature (and maybe also his blessings in my life). but eternity? </p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't want to start doing one night stands or something (imagine the STDs going around, ewww), I just feel like... as a virgin at age 24, I feel so naive because I have almost no real dating experience. I just wanted to be like everybody else. You're only 17 yourself, you know how it is to want to be "normal" people.. (I used " " because it is normal for the world, although not for God) It's like: if you know you're about to be locked up in your room for a long time, what I wanted was to walk around and take a look at the world before getting in my room and close the door and not come out until God knows when. Is it wrong to want this?</p><p></p><p></p><p>To all:</p><p>So I thank you again for all your replies. And if it's not a problem to you, I would really love to hear how you made the decision to accept God's love and salvation in your lives. You know, that BIG MOMENT. You can tell it here, or PM me, maybe it would help me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daphnia, post: 59733966, member: 301663"] Thanks everyone for replying. To God's Word: You have a point there. I guess if you're living in sin, you just don't realize that you're a servant/slave to sin. Thank you for reminding me. And yes, I was talking about struggles against sin or against our own will (vs. God's will). It just seems so exhausting. This is exactly why I am on this forum. Because it's been 2 years since I relaized that I'm not a believer, and to be honest, I've done almost nothing to find out more about God or to find answers. And although it is God alone who in the end would bring me to Him, it is my decision to make, whether I want to come to him or not. Part of why I haven't been more keen on finding out and searching God is laziness, because I feel comfortable being a sinner, just being who I am, not having to fight against my own self; part of it is not being sure if I wanted to really become a true Christian. How did you make your decision? Was there a moment where (for example like my church friend) you were reading the Bible and suddenly one verse really speaks to you and made you restless afterward? or how was it? I'd love to hear your story. To Emmy: To be honest, I don't see your answer relating to my points/questions. Maybe I just don't understand what you mean and why you picked those verses, but they seem to be random to me. I was raised in a church-going community and have participated in Bible study groups. I know that God is Love and that He loves me too, at least in my brain I know. whether it's gotten to my heart or not, I don't really know. To Chany: Congratulations on your conversion (grammar??)" And thank you for your willingness to help. I'm not saying that it's too hard or something, because as my church friends have told me and as the Bible says, the Holy Spirit will be there to help believers in this matter. I just think that it would be really exhausting to constantly deny yourself and everytime you want something, you ask "is this what God wants from me?" and in the end, not being able to do what you want. The girls from our Bible study group told me not to worry about this, that I should just not worry about what struggles awaits me when I decide to believe, but rather focus on believing itself. But I can't help but feel this dread, you know, like everytime I feel like I want to believe, I always think of the constant self-denial and then I would go back to not being sure I want to go through all that. maybe I'm just too comfortable being a sinner, being in "the comfort zone", I don't know. But I don't think that deciding whether or not to be a Christian is something logical. Because Christianity is not logical, is it? You don't believe because it makes sense or is acceptable to people's logic thinking, you believe because you (want to) believe in something. Ànd from what I hear from the believers in my church and from our fellow CF member, God's word, (and I think this is the best way to describe Christianity) Christianity is a relationship between an individual and God. And I don't think it's good if the decision to be in the relationship was made based on logical thinking. supported by, yes. But imho, the heart should make the major decision. Honestly yes, when i was a teenager, the questions of whether God really exists had crossed my mind. But then I studied biology in college for one and a half years and dissecting things under the microscope and learning about all those creatures made me think: there's no way evolution did this. There must be a creator, a mastermind, someone who is wonderful and brilliant and complicated who created such complex sturctures that all functions properly (ex: the human body). So I believe in creation, not evolution. And I guess by now I believe there is a God, because I can see his works through the nature (and maybe also his blessings in my life). but eternity? I don't want to start doing one night stands or something (imagine the STDs going around, ewww), I just feel like... as a virgin at age 24, I feel so naive because I have almost no real dating experience. I just wanted to be like everybody else. You're only 17 yourself, you know how it is to want to be "normal" people.. (I used " " because it is normal for the world, although not for God) It's like: if you know you're about to be locked up in your room for a long time, what I wanted was to walk around and take a look at the world before getting in my room and close the door and not come out until God knows when. Is it wrong to want this? To all: So I thank you again for all your replies. And if it's not a problem to you, I would really love to hear how you made the decision to accept God's love and salvation in your lives. You know, that BIG MOMENT. You can tell it here, or PM me, maybe it would help me. [/QUOTE]
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