to accept Jesus?

[bethdinsmore]

I am trying to accept Jesus as my savior. But I get no answer, I pray to him and told him to help me, but I got no answer. how long does one have to wait for God to clear my mind? I would also you like people to tell me how they became a christian

Hi DeAnima
Here's my answer, since you say you are trying to accept Jesus as your savior, and you have posted under "Struggles by Non-Christians". I am not sure how you have gone about it, so perhaps my quotation from another post might clarify some things. Also, you asked for our testimonies, so here we go:

"I was raised in a liberal "Christian" church that taught there were mistakes in the Bible. I swallowed it whole, never asking them to show me the mistakes so I could check them out for myself. Instead, I became an atheist for about 12 years. Then I made the mistake of playing the Ouija Board, and became demon oppressed. I quickly realized the reality of the supernatural world. More than that, I would pray when the strange things would happen, and they would immediately stop for a time. That proved to me that there had to be a good supernatural being who had dominance over the evil.

As I was terrified, I started searching various religions to see where the truth was. The puzzle pieces finally fell into place when I read The Late Great Planet Earth, a book on Christian Evidences about Biblical prophecy. It showed that past prophecies had been fulfilled 100% of the time, and convinced me there had to be a God guiding the writing of the Bible. There was a Gospel invitation in the book, and I accepted Christ as my sinbearer at that point.

I have been saved for 33 years now and it just gets better with time. At first, I had absolutely no feelings that I was saved, but I was. Fact, not feeling. The God of the Bible has never, ever let me down. He has changed me profoundly, and there have been many, many miracles, both small and large (but I am not using that as proof, as many religions have miracles, though they don't have the external proofs I have mentioned).

In the Bible it says that the true God draws all people to Himself, and that the Holy Spirit convicts them of sin, righteousness, and judgment (in other words, of the need for a Savior).

I have come to realize that Christianity is a relationship, not a religion. It is unique - we do not obtain Heaven by our own good works, contrary to the beliefs of all religions. Salvation is based on Christ's goodness, not our own. We receive eternal life when we make the decision to trust in Christ alone to pay for all our sins on the cross, (past present and future), and trust in Him to take us to Heaven one day, without any good works of our own. (Rom. 3:23, Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-9, I Peter 3:18, and John 3:16). The Bible says also that we cannot lose our salvation (see "gift" in Romans 6:23 and Romans 11:29 and also John 10:28-29 - we can't even take ourselves out of God's hand). If you have not already done so, DeAnima, I hope that you will make the decision to trust in Christ as your sinbearer (without any good works of your own). It's a one-time thing, and feelings have nothing to do with it.

I Jn 5:13 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. NIV

God bless you, friend - aloha in Jesus

 

[ALIOSIAS]

First of all quit trying to "accept" Jesus and start believing that you are "receiving" Jesus. We receive Jesus, God accepts us.

Secondly you need to receive Him as the Lord of your life. Because once you do this something supernatural will happen - your spirit will be re-born and you will start walking in the Spirit and Jesus will start living His life through you.

Isn't that exciting. Don't hold back. Give him your whole life. Abandon yourself to Him.