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How do I "make" myself believe?
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<blockquote data-quote="Brianlear" data-source="post: 68765659" data-attributes="member: 305221"><p>You can't. And not only that, you aren't supposed to be able to. God is powerful but not mean. He wouldn't make a universe where you have to play a mental trick on yourself to believe. </p><p>The story of God, Jesus, and eternal life is not dependent on your 100% believing it at any specific point in time.</p><p>No one, not even the disciples (who literally watched Jesus perform miracles) fully believed it. Think about that. Every person whether they admit it or not, is in exactly the same position as you, and always has been. More important than whether you "actually" believe it, is in fact how much you WANT to believe it. How much it grabs your heart and makes you go "wow, that's awesome, I HOPE that's how it actually is". Notice that the story is very attractive like that. It grabs you and won't let go. It makes you think about it, holds your attention. And in doing so, the STORY begins to change your life. Something about holding that question in your mind of "Was Jesus really God in human form? Did he really do all those amazing things" actually changes your life. Over time, belief GROWS out of that process.</p><p></p><p>As long as you are holding that question in your mind, weighing it, wrestling with it...you are good my brother <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>What you are waiting for, the 100% proof, is never going to happen. It happened for the disciples and even they couldn't handle it.</p><p></p><p>And don't ever let ANYONE tell you that doubting is wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brianlear, post: 68765659, member: 305221"] You can't. And not only that, you aren't supposed to be able to. God is powerful but not mean. He wouldn't make a universe where you have to play a mental trick on yourself to believe. The story of God, Jesus, and eternal life is not dependent on your 100% believing it at any specific point in time. No one, not even the disciples (who literally watched Jesus perform miracles) fully believed it. Think about that. Every person whether they admit it or not, is in exactly the same position as you, and always has been. More important than whether you "actually" believe it, is in fact how much you WANT to believe it. How much it grabs your heart and makes you go "wow, that's awesome, I HOPE that's how it actually is". Notice that the story is very attractive like that. It grabs you and won't let go. It makes you think about it, holds your attention. And in doing so, the STORY begins to change your life. Something about holding that question in your mind of "Was Jesus really God in human form? Did he really do all those amazing things" actually changes your life. Over time, belief GROWS out of that process. As long as you are holding that question in your mind, weighing it, wrestling with it...you are good my brother :) What you are waiting for, the 100% proof, is never going to happen. It happened for the disciples and even they couldn't handle it. And don't ever let ANYONE tell you that doubting is wrong. [/QUOTE]
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