Why do you believe?

[kindlychung]

But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, ...

Now suppose I am a skeptic, and ask you why you believe in Christ, what will your answer be?

I am posting this thread because I am not sure about what to answer.

 

[Criada]

Because I see him in his creation.
Because I know him at work in my life.
Because I see him answer my prayers.
Because I hear him speak to me.
Because without him I am nothing.
Because he is my life, my strength, my love.
Because HE IS!!

(Of course, if you were a sceptic, you probably wouldn't accept any of that....)

 

[katealpha]

Because I can't imagine *not* believing.

 

[GodsMinnie]

Because He Had Done So Much For Me
He Hears Me When I Cry
He Answeres My Prayers
When I Look Around I See Him An All Of His Glory
Most Of All I Feel Him In My Heart When I Call Out His Name
All Yuo Can Say Is That He Is
Amen

 

[non-religious]

I'll share a short poem I have just written that reflects my walk with Him.

Because anybody who can forgive a wretch like me after all the stuff I have done, all the people I have hurt and let down.
Because anyone who can see into my heart and know my most deepest thoughts.
Because anyone who can shine a light into my life so bright that it changes the way I think, speak and act.
Because anyone would offer His Son as sacrifice that I might live eternally in His presence.
Because anyone who can offer mercy and extend grace in the same breath
Because anyone who can bless me with a beautiful wife and daughter and anything I ask
Because anyone who can extend their arms and reach out and embrace me when I am suffering or hurting
Because anyone who can offer me a peace that passes all understanding

And Finally

Because anyone who can do all this just because they love me so much.....

That's why I believe......

 

[CFpetRESCUER10]

*He loves me as I am
*He is always with me
*He is there during the darkest times of life

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

b/c He first loved me and set me free

 

[DInsight]

Grace and peace from God and from the Holy Christ!

Because it is my work of the faith of God to do:

John 6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might do the works of God?​

John 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him who he hath sent.​

Does it mean that Satan who believes and trembles does the work of God? No! Any man can believe anything he wants... but a man who believes because he has obtained the faith of God (which Satan cannot obtain) does the work of God that comes with faith.

When we believe God because we have obtained the faith of God, as Abraham did, we please God. When we believe God or anything else having not received the gift of faith, we do not please God and God does not respect anything we do from such wayward believe.

Cain is one scriptural example of a man who believed God without faith. Abel, his brother, believed and obeyed... and it is recorded in Heb. 11 that by faith he (Abel) pleased God.

In addition to believing, the faith we have obtained also imputes the Spirit (with which we are sealed), the power (from the word of truth that promises), grace (the pool of riches from which God promises all good things), righteousness (the work that Jesus Christ did as the propitiation for our sins), and the oath (all promises of God to heirs of promises - faithfuls - are backed by an oath). Click here to read more details.

Believing and obeying constitute what is called the "preparation" of faith. Those are works of faith in the absence of which faith is dead (James 2:17) and by which the measure of faith increases or decreases.


In summary, I believe because it is my obligation unto God and I must do and finish all works of God (which includes believing God):

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.​

 

[AmandaRose]

To be honest, I have a hard time answering this question my self, but I had an experience that cememnted my faith. Here it is:

I come from divorced parents and to be honest, my father was never around so I never really missed him. I never thought anything was wrong because my grandfather stepped into that role. Anyway ~ I also come from a family that argues about the color of the sky, and when I say argue I mean heated yelling and screaming. I had never thought about it until I became a Christian and that is when the arguing began to bother me. One night I was sitting on the computer and I heard my mother and my stepfather yelling and cursing at each other and saying some seriously evil things to one another. I sat there and prayed to the Lord to make them stop or to make me deaf so that I didn't have to hear it anymore. When I was finished, I noticed that I didn't hear them and then I realized that I didn't hear anything. The Lord had made me deaf, He answered my prayer.

I know that we can quote scripture and say "I believe because" such and such a verse tells me to and why I should, but that doesn't prove anything. The acts of God prove it, and miracles that He performs everyday tell us why we believe. I feel that is our best witness. Quoting scripture is wonderful, but examples and acts, I feel, truly show the power of God.

 

[genifer]

I have a hard time answering this question without it getting personal. I know and have seen God at work in my life and in the lives of those around me. And I believe that He loves me too much to leave me the way I am.

 

[looksgood]

Why do you believe?

Answer for myself: I believe because there is no reason not to.

I have faith because I have felt what is unseen.

 

[Cubemario]

I believe because I can't ignore all the truth that's around me, that points to everything the bible says is true.

I can pray for something out of love, and my prayers always get answered.

I have gotten supernatural healing for things such as headaches.

I have been changed inside out as a person.

I could keep listing stuff...

 

[CanOfPop]

I believe because I can feel God
He has supernaturally healed my mother
I've had dreams that come true
These are the obvious reasons
He listens to me and calms me and understands why I am the way I am and why I do the things I do.
I could not give up this Truth for anything in the world.

 

[JPPT1974]

Jesus wants us to lean on Him
Through thick and thin times
And that He alone can lead us through those times
He is our only plan of Salvation
And the way, the truth, and the light!

 

[jesusfreak220]

Because my very soul screams out that He is real, even through my doubts, because He answers my prayers and has shown me through little signs that He is indeed real and that He does love me

 

[CarlenePryor]

When my faith was restored I felt a shift in my life so...

Because I feel the Holy Spirit in me

I simply reached a point where I couldn't deny God's pressence in my life, therefore I know he is real, it's not a belief for me it's a knowledge.

God Bless
Carlene

 

[gilfv]

because...

HE LIVES!!!





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[YourGraceIsEnough]

Because i feel him inside my heart and soul i love him he loves me

 

[YourGraceIsEnough]

sry double post

 

[norbie]

I believe because God heard our call in the deep Fog of many Religions. He sent us his Son, Jesus as a human being, as a fellow man. And the Christian Religion is the only one who have true proof of this.
And then comes Jesus teaching about his Father, about our lifes and how we should leave it.
And then Jesus paid the price for our sins on the Cross.
And is this is not enough reason to believe?
Norbie