Calling all Christains- Why do you beleive?

Question

How do you KNOW that Jesus Christ and the Heavenly Father are real and when did you gain a testimony of the Gospel? Share with me your testimony - your beleifs and how you know that the gospel is true. How has the savior affected you and changed your life for the better?

Don't say faith. Thats the most obvious answer ever. Im asking for your testimony. Thats not the same as being lazy and typing a sentance

Answer 1

it is through...the life that I have lived and seen the mercy and grace of God in my life many times...When I first heard I was a child and it was very simplistic to me...I kinda by this understood why Jesus said suffer the little children to come unto me for such is the kingdom of heaven...

As a child I trusted with a simple trust..and accepted him...It wasn't until later that I again accepted him with more knowledge...and then began the journey i'm on....
I was filled with his spirit later ...under a gospel tent where I heard a woman of God preach a powerful word...I often wanted to hear the Lord since many said "the Lord said"..and so one day as I was about to bathe...I prayed to the Lord and said "Lord I hear others talk about hearing you ...but I don't...and at that very moment the Lord began to speak into my spirit and say to me..."it was not by chance that I was named Manuel...and he made me to remember that while I was in church they would always make the mistake(so I thought) of pronouncing my name ..Emmanuel..I would correct them ..they would still say it that way...He said it was to let ME know (it was a personel thing)..and not to be made a big deal by anybody...but that I would know he was with me...

Ever since then ..HE taught me his word sometimes things would take years to understand but when I was ready he would allow me to have the meaning of a word...and He would make it alive to me...

I don't claim to know everything...but what I do know I know he taught it to me....He is my Father...and He treats me like his child...it is this interaction..that proves to me ...that He is who He said He is The Great I Am...whatsoever I need ...God is...God bless and I say to any and all who are in need...trust the Great I Am..Our Father who is in Heaven...Creator...and through Jesus I can call upon him...and He will answer...

Answer 2

Christianity isn't about a set of beliefs, like all other religions...

The basis of Christianity is an event. The resurrection of Christ. Without this, nothing else matters.

The gospels (first four books in the New Testament) are collections of first and second hand accounts of Jesus' life and resurrection. Christianity spread through that first century culture not because of what people believed, but because of what people *saw*. They saw a man who was crucified, living again. The resurrected Jesus didn't appear just to the disciples - he appeared to lots of people in the area. If I saw someone who conquered death - I don't care what he says - I'm with him. Sign me up. Through this I can look back at the teachings of Jesus and begin to see how to live. Salvation isn't in following his teachings though, it's in accepting that you are a sinner in need of a savior, and that Jesus's sinless life and specifically his death on a cross was the sacrifice needed to pay for our sin.

I know the gospels are true because they were written close enough to the actual events by people who were there, that had they been fabricated, people would have known if they weren't true.

All that is great, but how does it affect my life? My faith in God gives me comfort that I am not in control - he is. Sounds crazy, but in acknowledging that he is in control gives me a lot of peace. It doesn't mean that life gets any easier if you become a christian, but it in those difficult moments, you'll have greater ability to trust God that things are going to be alright.

Answer 3

I agree with lasermouse9; not only does the Holy Bible tell us what we need to know in order to live peaceably during these trying times in our land, but what else has man(kind) ever believed in that held any water against Christianity? I would strongly suggest -- NOTHING! I was raised as a Christian since childhood and it's not just a learned behavior; when you grow up in a particular reformation as a child and begin to explore as a young adult, you (hopefully) find that the very things your parents attempted to instill is not just rhetoric -- but fact, LIKE CHRISTANITY!!!! The Savior has affected every aspect of my life because He's included in every aspect of my life. I don't have the same testimony as a lot of people who will claim that they were saved from a life of crime, drugs, abusive relationships, etc.; but then again, perhaps I do have that testimony -- because He kept me from those things so I could testify to even that fact -- you don't have to hit rock bottom before you look up and see Jesus!

Answer 4

Consider God's "letter" to us; the Bible. One document ,a compilation of some 66 books written by about 40 writers over a 1500 year period. The Spirit of God guided all of these people to write in harmony with God's will, for there is no variation in the will and purpose for God throughout Scripture.

There have been many who have tried to destroy or discredit the bible, but it has been around in it's present form for 1600 years; no other document has survived a time frame like this.

God wants, more than anything else to save us from sin (through the sacrifice of Jesus, the Messiah (or Anointed One of God). He is devoted to every detail in our lives ("'The very hairs of your head are number'" Matt. 10:20). He wants us to inherit eternal life and it is a gift (Rom 6:23).

God has worked many minor and two major miracles in my life; these events may be considered coincidences, but there were no other circumstances under which these things could have happened.

For a study on faith please read Hebrews 11; Paul speaks of belief in things never seen or experienced by people living at that time.

Answer 5

Im not perfect and sometimes i have doubts-like everyone else. I believe that i have a strong relationship with God. I may not be the best person in the world or even the best christian but I pray and talk to him and it never failed. God wants the best for me and no matter how hard things are gonna be in my life, it always turns out better because i pray and share my life with him. I cant expect God to do everything for me with a simple prayer but i do believe he watches over me eveyday. He watches over me when i fail and when i get back on my feet. He lets me learn my lessons so that i can know what to do next time i am in that situation. At a point i would ask God why he's doing the certain thing in my life to make it so hard then after i notice that things are so much better. And if it werent for those hard times i wouldnt be here where i am. Not only are things better but now i know not to make those mistakes twice. Faith is hard because it is invisable.. but to me God is never invisable..He is there when i need to talk to him and opens the door for me to make the right decisions............... I hope this helped. GOD BLESS YOU

Answer 6

After I recieved Christ and was baptised, I became a more responsible and honest person. The Holy Spirit (basically a better version of your conscience, for Christians) keeps me out of trouble and helps me make good decisions. I am very very very sure that I will go to heaven when I die,,,something that deep inside, many people doubt about. The Bible has been proven true in many places, and even though it seems like a fantasy to some people,,,it seems more and more real to me the more I learn and try harder to follow it's rules.
As for faith...it's something that you have to do on your own.

Answer 7

It was a decision to come to Him. It was either that or suicide. I began by putting myself on the path of the " Gods." It was a part of one of the Books about the child Merlin. It was all I really was ready to accept. I was ready to either be blessed or crushed, as Merlin's teacher described. ( I found out later that I was placing myself as an offering to god in the Septuagint sense of the word, " Anathema. " )

Not long after, a man Jess, a barber that started cutting my hair, started telling me about the Bible and Jesus.

He gave me the so-called Sinner's Prayer to use to pray to God when I felt I was ready. The result the night I finally confessed to God, I was alone and in a dark bedroom where I was staying.

I didn't know about tongues, but the urge was strong. And I had a demonic presence that was with me as a child tht was defeated. Now I'm really sounding like a nut, but that's what happened.

Learning about God even deeper, and faith resulting, is to be credited to a Dr. Gene Scott. There is no one that I've heard that even comes close to his reasoning and logical ability to this day.

Jesus Christ made it possible for me to live. I no longer want to kill myself. At times when I tire so very much of myself, I really want God to rip this sin nature from me. I do right now. And when he does, I cannot tell you how relieved I will be!

Answer 8

It started with a question,is god real ?
then I asked can god prove to me that this is so.
The next one I asked was what are the rules as I see that your churches are full of people who claim this or that and all I get is mumbo jumbo dogmas that don't make sense.
Anyway just to keep this short all you need is an honest open heart and accept god as the creator to start,the rest will be shown in time.
I know this is new to a lot of people but the jems of life and fulfillment are in the bible.
jesus himself taught this and just outraged the so called religion leaders of his time and it appears I may be doing the same ,but truth is truth my friend. god never said follow a religion only him.the false teachers have been here for so long that the churches don' even remember the truth anymore

Answer 9

Erin, when you have been at the lowest point in your life that you can ever go and you are absolutely drowning in sin and sorrow then God throws you a life line and pulls you back up it is the most precious thing that can ever happen in your life. It fascinates me that God loves me so much that he gave his only son as a sacrifice for my sins and the sins of the world. I am further awed by the fact that Christ would suffer the humiliation and agony of the cross so that I and others like me could be covered in his blood and forgiven for our sins. I have been studying a book by Dr. David Jeremiah called "Captured by Grace" it is the history of the song Amazing Grace by John Newton and the word of the Apostle Paul. I highly reccomend reading it, I now have a greater appreciation for the first line of that song, "Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost but now am found was blind but now I see" Praise God for his love and his gift of grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

Answer 10

I know that the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost) is real because I have a personal relationship with them, they literally saved my life, while I am praying I receive my answer, while I am praising I feel closer to Him, He leads me and guides in everything that I do, He has changed me from a miserable sinner to a child of God, I am a part of the Royal priesthood, a chosen generation. I believe because I have experienced