What does it mean to YOU to have a personal relationship with Christ?

[Chris J Klein]

The virtues and good deeds become more evident over time. God offers these wonderful gifts through the process of maturity and experience.

true.

 

[Soyeong]

It is a relationship that originates in the heart. A feeling that God cares about you. Not a mechanical system nor something we must do.

Can God give instructions for how to have a relationship with Him that we must do?

 

[IoanC]

God instructs and teaches us everything. A personal relationship can also mean fulfilling the law and morality. Yet, personally, when I hear 'personal relationship', the first thing that comes to mind is that continuous childlike state of being and communicating with God.

 

[Chris J Klein]

Can God give instructions for how to have a relationship with Him that we must do?

that depends on perspective, there is of course the bible that you can use as interpreting gods will and then acting accordingly to his written word, or there is the belief thatif you see signs or hear his voice that you are following his will,i believe its all a matter of what you believe and what your faith in the lord and his written word guides you too.

 

[biblelesson]

I don’t know if I can help because I'm still working this out myself. It seems like everyone has a different experience but I know for me, growing up in religion and only really hearing and understanding about God the heavenly Father, I always thought of him as just that, a father. I always wanted to know what his purpose was for me and wanted him to be proud of me (perhaps because I didn't get that from my earthly father), but as I grew older I developed my own beliefs but in my heart the knowledge of the heavenly father was always there. I could never not believe in him. When I was young I always looked at and talked to the sky when thinking of him or "praying", not traditional prayer, but I would just talk like he was there listening.


My story of coming to Christ began 5 years before I actually did. But I've "officially" been saved just a little over a year. It's been a long process being "extracted" from the world and its distortions of the truth (a bit like a spider web actually), so is why I think I haven't got my understanding of "relationship" with him down-pat. I also find difficulty reading the bible daily due to past trauma and trying to understand "relationship" in that sense. I've heard his voice both audibly (twice) and often in my spirit and mind. I've also had 2 dreams and several visions.

The past few months I've heard him very rarely but I get a comforting sense in my spirit, kind of like being a child and being wrapped in a blanket... a feeling of "security" you might say? Hard to explain because I haven't felt like that in 30 years. But I think lately he wants me to read his word and this is the way he wants me to deepen my connection with him, instead of waiting for him to respond to my nonsense "prayers". So like the bible says, we must go from spiritual milk to solid food and the bible is necessary in the strengthening of our faith.

God gives us revelation of who He is at different times in our lives as we grow in Christ Jesus. When I was a child i felt a soothing vibration when I trying to sleep. God was actually rocking me to sleep - it was one of the most beautiful experience. Other times He poured His shekinah glory over me - especially during troubling times - again I cannot express the wonder and beauty of being in glorious presence.

Although He gave me revelation of Him, I still did not understand what it meant that He is Father. Then finally one day I got it - He revealed according to His word that He has made us heirs. He adopted us by giving us His seed, the Holy Spirit. He brought back to my understanding that when children are in a family it’s because they carry the seed of the father. Then I understood how real it is that those in Christ, God is truly our Father.

Romans 8:29, Jesus is the firstborn of many brethren. Now I understand why. We have the same seed that Christ has which makes us of the same family, which God Has given us. We have the Holy Spirit, the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead, Romans 8:11.

How wonderful it is to know we are the children of God and it’s not just words, but by adoption.

 

[Chris J Klein]

God gives us revelation of who He is at different times in our lives as we grow in Christ Jesus. When I was a child i felt a soothing vibration when I trying to sleep. God was actually rocking me to sleep - it was one of the most beautiful experience. Other times He poured His shekinah glory over me - especially during troubling times - again I cannot express the wonder and beauty of being in glorious presence.

Although He gave me revelation of Him, I still did not understand what it meant that He is Father. Then finally one day I got it - He revealed according to His word that He has made us heirs. He adopted us by giving us His seed, the Holy Spirit. He brought back to my understanding that when children are in a family it’s because they carry the seed of the father. Then I understood how real it is that those in Christ, God is truly our Father.

Romans 8:29, Jesus is the firstborn of many brethren. Now I understand why. We have the same seed that Christ has which makes us of the same family, which God Has given us. We have the Holy Spirit, the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead, Romans 8:11.

How wonderful it is to know we are the children of God and it’s not just words, but by adoption.

well said.

 

[Chris J Klein]

i am truly blessed to know the peeople i do,to have walked the path i have walked, there have been many trials and tribulations on my way in understanding the lords will for me, i may not have everthing exactly right but the lord is with me as long as i believe on him,he has been with me every step of the way during my journey, and will continue to do so, this is not arrogance on my part but full acceptance of him and his grace.