How were you converted to Christianity?

[ISTANDBYJESUS]

Fear of the Lord Jesus? I've heard people talk about the Fear of God, but not Jesus.

Jesus is the only true and living God.

 

[awitch]

Oh please, don't encourage him.

Moi?

 

[smaneck]

Jesus is the only true and living God.

Don't believe in the Trinity, huh?

 

[smaneck]

I actually used some common sense and changed a few words around and did not believe what some others had stated or written, nor did I look for creation for the answer. And low an behold the Heavens opened up and I could go in.........I was also able to get a in person visit from the dark side..........They are pretty smart. But they aint that smart...... They are limited in scope, as there are portals and places they can not go. The key is the Old Passover and the Second one have to match and if they don't, you will be guided unto the direction of the Tomb. Then beyond said Tomb, you will meet a man with 2 names, with all the automatic answers then beyond him you will meet a un-named Angel. At the end and you will finish on Earth, where you started.

Sounds like a video game.

 

[ananda]

Those of you who converted from another religion, were any of you converted because a Christian 'exposed' the errors of your previous religion?

Is this discussion solely for formerChristians then?

Primarily. We can discuss conversion in general, but I have a specific purpose here.

I'm not sure I understand the question ... is it for those converted to Christianity, or for former Christians converted to another religion?

 

[smaneck]

I'm not sure I understand the question ... is it for those converted to Christianity, or for former Christians converted to another religion?

I primarily had in mind those Christians who converted to Christianity from another religion. My question is do people convert because a Christian persuades them their former religion is wrong or that they become convinced that Christianity has something so right, something that is Good News in fact?

 

[duane washum]

I was converted from Freemasonry to Christianity by conviction of the Holy Spirit. He showed me that the "god" of Freemasonry is not the One True and Living God who is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Thank you, Jesus.

 

[smaneck]

I was converted from Freemasonry to Christianity by conviction of the Holy Spirit. He showed me that the "god" of Freemasonry is not the One True and Living God who is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

A little too vague. How did the Holy Spirit go about doing this?

 

[GracetotheHumble]

Curious, if you were a Satanist. Who is the red being with the inverted triangular head and who are the green cloud like mist spirits. I would also like to take you to Mark 15:38 and ask if you can either enter or peer into the Temple? If you have ever seen the passion movie, who is the ugly boy the Satan Figure is holding and do you know his name and what solstice he was boon under? Thanks. Don't get a chance to ask questions to former Satanist's very often.

I'm not really sure what you are asking here. As a theistic satanist I did pray to and worship satan as an actual being. But satanism is more about freedom, wisdom, and personal exaltation. Typically satanists believe they are their own Gods and serve themselves.

I have seen the Passion movie but I am not familiar with any little boy. I also don't know anything about green clouds.

Here is an article if you would like to learn about theistic satanism:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theistic_Satanism

 

[withwonderingawe]

I converted to Lutheranism because my parents invited me to go to Church with them. I was a Satanist at the time. The Pastor was preaching on 1 John and he convinced me of Christ's love for me and the necessity to love others. He did not know I was a Satanist nor did my parents as I did not share that fact with others. If they would have known I'm sure they would have tried to expose the errors though.

My mother says she was brought to Christ by reading John, I just always knew. I remember singing 'Jesus loves me this I know cause the Bible tells me so' while I was swinging and that as just stuck with me.

 

[LoAmmi]

My mother says she was brought to Christ by reading John, I just always knew. I remember singing 'Jesus loves me this I know cause the Bible tells me so' while I was swinging and that as just stuck with me.

What in John did it? I've always been surprised by people who read the New Testament and are convinced because it pretty much cemented the other way for me.

 

[withwonderingawe]

What in John did it? I've always been surprised by people who read the New Testament and are convinced because it pretty much cemented the other way for me.

I'm not sure I'll have to ask her. You perhaps being Jewish maybe would not understand that ah-ha spiritual moment, do Jews have Spirit led moments? I love the 1st and 17th chapters of John, the more I read them the more I see in there.

 

[LoAmmi]

I'm not sure I'll have to ask her. You perhaps being Jewish maybe would not understand that ah-ha spiritual moment, do Jews have Spirit led moments? I love the 1st and 17th chapters of John, the more I read them the more I see in there.

We don't have a trinity in Judaism, so when you say Spirit led I assume you mean part of the trinity so the answer is no. But remember that for me the New Testament has to prove Jesus is the Messiah and, from my point of view, it couldn't fail harder at doing that.

Please don't post the 300 or 400 or 1000 prophecies fulfilled as I can promise you most of them won't be things I recognize as prophecies.

 

[Brownstoned]

The first couple of chapters of the left behind series gave me a good general overview of revelation, and a taped series of genesis from tom nelson at denton bible gave me a good understanding of the beginning. then i just filled in the gaps in between.

 

[smaneck]

The first couple of chapters of the left behind series gave me a good general overview of revelation,

I would highly recommend you see the History Channel's program on the AntiChirst:

 

[withwonderingawe]

We don't have a trinity in Judaism, so when you say Spirit led I assume you mean part of the trinity so the answer is no. But remember that for me the New Testament has to prove Jesus is the Messiah and, from my point of view, it couldn't fail harder at doing that.

Well I don’t accept the Trinity as some of my fellow Christians do either.

Please don't post the 300 or 400 or 1000 prophecies fulfilled as I can promise you most of them won't be things I recognize as prophecies.

I won't but I'll give you this;
In Deut 19:15 it says ‘according to two witnesses or according to three witnesses a matter shall stand’ in the New Testament the Lord take it a little further

“ that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.”

As I understand the principle no one can claim authority or some special knowledge without a witness to his authority.

Turn to Isa 42 and read it carefully.

We have here an unknown speaker witnessing to the authority of his elect, in whom his soul delighted and whom he has put his Spirit upon him. We have to assume this is God the Father of whom Malachi spoke of in 2: 10.

His elect
1, will bring judgment to the Gentiles
2, He shall not cry …nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.(not sure what that idiom means)
3, A bruised reed shall he not break, meaning “He will not harm nor hurt the weakest”
4, he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
5, He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth

Then Yahweh makes his claim to authority by declaring

“Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. I the Lord have called thee/meaning Israel in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;”

There is in this passage all three members of the Godhead, the Father/El, the Son/Yahweh and the Spirit or the Holy Ghost. This scene plays out when Jesus is Baptized with a third witness. The Father says this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased, the Holy Spirit alights upon him and John the Baptist gives his witness.

 

[Dmitri Martila]

The known song "I love to hate You" is the crazy prayer of atheist to God, isn't it?
This was the song from God, I think. Therefore, it can be true. This is song about atheists' feeling. They deal so hardly with saying "No God", what they need Him even more, than we do. This song is not about demons, because God does not send to them "lovers", latter-s are me and other nice people.

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These three ones are the single gift of life from God ("Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being". Genesis 2:7 NIV), which separates us from our pets. Latter-s are guided by instincts, the beautiful one is love towards us.

One can not hate own parents (especially the God), one can not hate own mother. You exist because of parents, so hating latter-s you hate oneself. Thus, you hate everything about you, so you hate the hatred to parents. Latter means, you love the parents. But the fact of hatred mean, what you have lost the mind and become bio-robot, a satan's doll, which engine is hatred. Indeed, if person hates and loves the parents, then the logical mistake tells us, what there is no mind in person. If for person it is no meter the parents live or they are dead, then the person has not excluded the own non-existence. (The hatred means, what the person excludes and not tolerates a wrong thing.) Therefore, there is logical mistake, and, thus, person is satan's doll.

 

[LoAmmi]

I won't but I'll give you this;
In Deut 19:15 it says ‘according to two witnesses or according to three witnesses a matter shall stand’ in the New Testament the Lord take it a little further

“ that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.”

As I understand the principle no one can claim authority or some special knowledge without a witness to his authority.

Stop right there. this, right here, is being pulled so far out of context it's staggering. That's discussing a court case. A criminal proceeding. It is not some kind of blanket statement that if two people come forward and say something I MUST believe them. It's saying that if we're going to convict someone based upon eye witness testimony, it has to be more than one witness. That's it. You can't turn it into something else.

Now, why should I believe someone, anyone, who changes the meaning of the word of the Lord?

Isaiah 42 is speaking of Israel because Isaiah identifies the servant of the Lord as Israel no less than four times. He identifies the servant as something else exactly zero times. Why should I assume Isaiah 42 has Isaiah change the identity without letting us in on the fact?

 

[Charlene Dryman]

I grew up Roman Catholic. I never heard the "preaching" in english. I never understood in my heart why we were to walk in front of pictures of "saints" and say a prayer, why we had to confess to a priest behind a hole in the wall, why Jesus was always a baby in a manger, and why we had to say the same prayer over and over on a rosary. I knew there had to be something more to worship, and not worship Mary. Then when I was married we moved up north and attended a Southern Baptist church. I actually heard the true gospel for the first time and was saved. The husband and marriage was terrible, but it all happened for a reason. Reason being, I was saved. Praise God!

 

[Dmitri Martila]

Reason being, Praise God!

Here is my file on Theism: