Sanctification Timeline

[JohnB445]

For most of my childhood and teenage years, I was deceived into thinking that God wanted nothing to do with humanity. Here is a timeline of events of my ever so changing beliefs, I find it quite interesting because as time goes on the more closer I am becoming in the likeness of God (Sanctification or Theosis). Definition from wiki "transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God".

Time Period with no relationship with Jesus at the time.
2004-2006: No beliefs, raised in a diest family that told me God is real but wants nothing to do with humanity.
2007-2016: Questioning God's existence, battling agnosticism, atheism, and theism.
2016 Monotheism won me over, became interested in monotheistic religions Judaism and Christianity. Bad experience with Judaism, I turned to Christianity to see who Jesus really is.
2017- I deceived myself with the sinners prayer, I was professing Christian (Nominal) Who didn't truly have faith, I was sinning without care, still didn't know who Jesus was or what the Bible said and was trusting in my dead works to save me. Also I rejected the Trinity and was a modalist back then, I doubted Jesus all the time I was a reprobate. And I questioned the Bible's authenticity too back then.


2018 of August- Seen people around me dying, got concerned and started seeking God again I didn't know if I was good with God to begin with (I was not). One night the Holy Spirit convicted me of my sins, I got Born again and received the Holy Spirit. I am terrified of how deceived I was in the past after finding out.

2018 of now: I am no longer comfortable living in sin, I have new desires to strengthen my relationship with God and I actually believe in Jesus instead of doubting him all the time like I did in 2017 (When I had the reprobate mind, and was sinful without concern).

Sins that are cured, and out of my life are: Lust, Greed, unforgiving and being inconsiderate, foul talk, there is probably a lot more I can list.

Replaced with, a constant strive to follow the teaching of Jesus and understand/know his word. Enjoyment of Church (Its not boring to me like it was in the past), Enjoyment of reading the Bible and deeper understanding. I believe and agree with the concept of the Godhead (Trinity), strong belief that Jesus is God in the Flesh and the Bible being the perfect word of God.

Preferred Christian groups are: Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican. These are my top 3 that my beliefs tend to match up with for me, I had some interest in baptists, calvary chapel, Pentecostal, Charismatic as well. I'm still undecided which one to be a part of, I recognize all Ancient, and Mainline Christian denominations as the Body of Christ regardless of the differences they may have.

 

[Jonathan OShea]

For most of my childhood and teenage years, I was deceived into thinking that God wanted nothing to do with humanity. Here is a timeline of events of my ever so changing beliefs, I find it quite interesting because as time goes on the more closer I am becoming in the likeness of God (Sanctification or Theosis). Definition from wiki "transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God".

Time Period with no relationship with Jesus at the time.
2004-2006: No beliefs, raised in a diest family that told me God is real but wants nothing to do with humanity.
2007-2016: Questioning God's existence, battling agnosticism, atheism, and theism.
2016 Monotheism won me over, became interested in monotheistic religions Judaism and Christianity. Bad experience with Judaism, I turned to Christianity to see who Jesus really is.
2017- I deceived myself with the sinners prayer, I was professing Christian (Nominal) Who didn't truly have faith, I was sinning without care, still didn't know who Jesus was or what the Bible said and was trusting in my dead works to save me. Also I rejected the Trinity and was a modalist back then, I doubted Jesus all the time I was a reprobate. And I questioned the Bible's authenticity too back then.


2018 of August- Seen people around me dying, got concerned and started seeking God again I didn't know if I was good with God to begin with (I was not). One night the Holy Spirit convicted me of my sins, I got Born again and received the Holy Spirit. I am terrified of how deceived I was in the past after finding out.

2018 of now: I am no longer comfortable living in sin, I have new desires to strengthen my relationship with God and I actually believe in Jesus instead of doubting him all the time like I did in 2017 (When I had the reprobate mind, and was sinful without concern).

Sins that are cured, and out of my life are: Lust, Greed, unforgiving and being inconsiderate, foul talk, there is probably a lot more I can list.

Replaced with, a constant strive to follow the teaching of Jesus and understand/know his word. Enjoyment of Church (Its not boring to me like it was in the past), Enjoyment of reading the Bible and deeper understanding. I believe and agree with the concept of the Godhead (Trinity), strong belief that Jesus is God in the Flesh and the Bible being the perfect word of God.

Preferred Christian groups are: Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican. These are my top 3 that my beliefs tend to match up with for me, I had some interest in baptists, calvary chapel, Pentecostal, Charismatic as well. I'm still undecided which one to be a part of, I recognize all Ancient, and Mainline Christian denominations as the Body of Christ regardless of the differences they may have.

Your testimony is wonderful. Be careful of falling into "religion" without maintaining experience with God. Also the Word says that Jesus came to save us from our sin. To deliver us out of that path so we no longer have to sin by His grace.

 

[~Anastasia~]

Glory to God.

It's so very often a bit-by-bit journey as we grow. There are those turning points or deeper experiences that mark us more profoundly, but there is always more progress to be made in becoming like Christ.

Prayers for your continued journey.