How are all of these positive things going to happen if I get saved ?

Question

What is your life experience how was you before you was saved?

Answer 1

Being "saved" is just a religion's way of making you publically accept God / Christ. In other religions, it is baptism. Being saved is not some magical cure for what ails you. You will not suddenly see miraculous things occuring around you. Your problem will be just as troublesome, your heart will be just as heavy, and all the evil that surrounds you will not cease to exist. If you believe in Christ, you are already "saved." There is no need to walk down the aisle, as if the ceremony alone will cleanse your soul--it just ain't happening. What the public pronouncement of faith does do, however, is let everyone in the church know that you are Christian and that you believe the way they believe. It makes you part of their community. In this way, yes, wonderful things can happen because the people around you will feel responsible for you. They will be there when your world seems like it is falling apart, they will feed you when you are hungry, and they will be at your side when you are ill. Being saved also accomplishes something else: it makes you feel closer to God/Christ. By publically professing your faith (saying it aloud and going through the motions), you are cementing your belief. It is kind of like you read in magazines: If you diet, tell others, so you will be more apt to keep on your diet with support. The Christian rational is much the same--you tell everyone and everyone reminds you not to give up your faith when you can't find it anymore.

I was saved in a Bible Baptist church when I was10. I did it because there was a 1/4 mile long icecream sundae being made after church that day. I did it because I felt guilty--like if I didn't do it, everyone would think I was a bad person. I did it because all my friends were doing it. I did not find peace, I stopped believing in God, when nothing in my life changed. I don't believe in it, as a pressure tactic (you can't go to Heaven....blah, blah, blah) ; however, I do believe that is is helpful for those who are ready to become a part of a Christian community. Be sure that you do it for the right reasons, and you will see differences. If you do it because you are afraid NOT to do it, then you are making a mistake. God loves you, whether you talk the walk or not.

Answer 2

Life is what you make of it personally. Being saved or not saved doesn't change the way your life goes. Just because you "get saved" doesn't mean good things will automatically happen to you....which is what the Christians don't want you to know, cuse they use that lie as a way to get people to convert who might not convert otherwise.

Answer 3

I was depressed, suicidal and did drugs. After I came to know the Lord I continued to seek answers.

The real "Jump Start" was when I was Baptized in the Holy Spirit. The Spirit brings with Him the Power to change your life, the power to understand the Word more easily and know His presence more closely.

But I still had to seek out the people of God that I could grow with. Most of my growth as a person has been in living out the principles in scripture with His people.

Answer 4

Yes God will save you from yourself because you are inherently evil...you can't help yourself because you are related to Adam and Eve and ruled by the Devil without even knowing it.

What a bunch of bunk! Why would anyone ascribe to a belief system that tells them they are trash/evil/scum without God? The people that go to church are the ones that know they are evil...and they are, just look at what they do.

If you read the "testimonials" here you will realize these people "saved" themselves using a mind trick we call GOD. It's hard for them to see this because the mind trick requires one to attribute everything to external forces...God "saved" me from the Devil who was making me be a hooker or wanting to commit suicide...whooy

I am an adult and don't need my daddy to tell me to be a good boy. I definitely don't need him threatening me with death if I don't listen to him or believe in his tripe...sounds more like Stalinist Russia to me!

Answer 5

Life actually improved more when I got unsaved then when I got saved in a lot of ways. Of course, it hurt when my christian "friends" turned their backs on me, but I made others and moved on.

Answer 6

saved from what?

Answer 7

I know more Christians asking "when" than "how".

Answer 8

They're not.
I never was b/c there is no such thing.

Answer 9

MY TESTIMONY....

IT IS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT I AM HERE ALIVE AND WELL TODAY. LORD KNOWS I SHOULD BE DEAD NOW, BUT BECAUSE GOD HAD A PURPOSE AND A PLAN FOR MY LIFE WELL, HERE I AM. WE TAKE SO MUCH FOR GRANTED IN OUR LIVES NEVER REALIZING OR NEVER UNDERSTANDING HOW TEMPORAL OUR LIVES REALLY ARE. NEVER UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS AN ETERNAL LIFE AFTER THIS ONE. IN 1999 I RECOMMITED MY LIFE TO JESUS AND HAVE BEEN A FIREBALL EVER SINCE. I BELONG TO JUBILEE INTERNATIONAL.. (THE WEBSITE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IS JUBILEEINTL.ORG ) I BELIVE THAT GOD IS NOT CONCERNED WITH OUR "RELIGON" BUT HE IS CONCERNED WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. CHRISTIANS ARE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD BY WHAT I CALL "POSER CHRISTIANS". THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO MISREPRESENT JESUS AND MAKE US LOOK BAD. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO POINT THE FINGER INSTAED OF LOVING EVERYONE AND HELPING THEM OUT. THE ONES WHO POINT THE FINGER INSTEAD OF EXTENDING THE HAND OR LENDING THE EAR. AFTER ALL JESUS CAME FOR THE LOST.. NOT THE SAVED. I HAVE TO SAY GOD HAS HUMBLED ME ALOT THROUGH THE PAST FEW YEARS. I AM NO BETTER OR DIFFERENT THAN A UNBELIEVER. ALL I HAVE IS JESUS AND HE IS ALL I NEED.I AM NOTHING WITHOUT HIM. THE BIBLE SAYS IN MATTHEW CH. 6:33 SEEK HIM FIRST AND ALL THINGS WILL BE ADDED TO YOU. AND BOY HAS HE PUT ME THROUGH A TESTING OF FAITH. HE STRIPPED AWAY EVERYTHING THAT I WAS STANDING ON. I LOST EVERYTHING. MY CAR GOT TOTALED, I LOST MY DAUGHTER, I LOST MY EX HUSBAND, I LOST MY JOB AND MY HOUSE.TODAY GOD HAS RESTORED ALL OF THAT BUT MADE IT RIGHTEOUS. YET I WOULD NOT BE WHO I AM OR WHERE I AM TODAY IF I HAD NOT SUBMITTED TO HIM. I USED TO BE A CRACKHEAD TURNED POTHEAD TURNED ECSTACY HEAD, AND BEFORE ALL THAT I WAS RUNNING WITH A BAD CROWD AND INTO PROSTITUTION AVERAGING ABOUT $2,000 A NIGHT AS AN ESCORT, OF COURSE ALL TO BE WASTED AWAY ON MY CRACK COCAINE HABIT. AFTER I WAS THROUGH GETTING BEAT ON BY MEN, THEN I STOPPED AND STARTED HANGING OUT AND HOSTING RAVES, AND SELLING ECSTACY. ALL THE PEOPLE SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT LOVE WAS BETWEEN THEM BUT I NEVER COULD GRASP WHAT THEY WERE FEELING. I WANTED TO BE LOVED AND TO LOVE BUT I DIDNT KNOW HOW. I EVEN DEVELOPED SAME SEX RELATIONSHIPS.I STILL FELT LONELY INSIDE. I MEAN I HAD EVERYTHING I COULD EVER WANT AND I WAS VERY WEALTHY ONCE I KICKED THE CRACK COCAINE HABIT.MY LIFE WAS A CONSTANT PARTY. I WAS ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR TRUTH AND HAPPINESS BUT NEVER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS OR HOW TO FIND IT. DRUGS AND SEX BECAME BY 2 BEST FRIENDS. THEY BOTH NUMBED OUT THE REALITY OF THE WORLD AND MY LIFE. I DIDNT EVEN LIKE WHO I HAD BECOME. ONE NIGHT I HAD A DRUG OVERDOSE I WAS ON ECSTACY AND ACID AND SMOKING A LITTLE BIT OF WEED. THAT NIGHT I WAS CLINICALLY DEAD FOR 7 SECONDS AND IT FELT LIKE FOREVER. I WAS ON MY WAY STRAIGHT TO HELL. I SEEN DEMONS AND ANGELS FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE. I SEEN EVERY SIN I HAD EVER COMMITED REPLAYED INSTANTANEOUSLY. I COULD FEEL THE PAIN THAT I HAD INFLICTED ON EVERYONE I HAD EVER HURT IN MY LIFE. IT WAS THE WORST PAIN. WHAT WAS EVEN WORSE WAS BEING ABLE TO HEAR MY DAUGHTER CRYING OUT FOR ME.THE EMOTIONAL PAIN WAS HORRIBLE AND NEVER ENDING. I REMEMBER FALLING AND SITTING IN THE DEVILS LAP. I NEVER SEEN HIS FACE BUT I SEEN HIS CHEST AND HE WAS SITTING IN THIS THRONE LIKE CHAIR. I COULD HEAR DEMONS SHREIKING AND COULD SEE THEM AROUND THE ROOM JUST BEFORE I DIED. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE OF THIS TO TELL BUT I WONT TAKE UP THE ENTIRE PAGE. I AM HERE FOR A REASON. FOR GOD'S REASON AND NOT MY OWN. HE HAS FULL CONTROL OF MY LIFE AND YOU KNOW WHAT- I AM NOT PERFECT AND I HAVE SCREWED UP BUT HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR ME PICKS ME BACK UP AND I GAIN WISDOM. I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO LITERALLY LOVE THE "HELL" OUTTA PEOPLE. MY HEART EXTENDS OUT TO THE CHURCH HURT PEOPLE. THE ONES NO ONE WILL TALK TO. I LOVE THE ONES WHO FEEL LONELY AND OUT OF PLACE. I DONT CARE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, DRESS LIKE ETC. ETC.I MYSELF AM SOMEWHAT ONE OF THOSE. I HAVE SEEN MANY COME TO JESUS THROUGH THE WORDS HE GIVES TO ME TO SPEAK TO THEM. ALL THE GLORY IS GOD'S BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTHING. THESE DAYS, GOD USES ME AS A PROPHETIC VOICE IN THE CHURCH AND TO MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH. IT IS AMAZING HOW GOD WILL BEGIN SHOWING ME A PERSONS LIFE AND THEIR HEART AND HE WILL SPEAK THROUGH ME TO GIVE THEM A MESSAGE AND SET THEM FREE. SOMETIMES I AM OVERWHELMED BECAUSE I CAN FEEL THEIR EMOTIONAL PAIN. I LOVE SEEING PEOPLE BE SET FREE AND DELIVERED BY THE CHAIN BREAKING POWER OF JESUS AND HIS LOVE... LOVE CONQEOURS ALL, SILENTLY AND WITHOUT A SOUND AT TIMES. I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT MY POWER BECAUSE I AM POWERLESS WITHOUT HIM. TO EVERYONE OUT THERE WHO DOESNT BEIEVE IN GOD- I JUST WANNA TELL YOU THAT HE BELIEVES IN YOU! EVEN IF AT THIS MOMENT HE DOESNT SEEM REAL TO YOU- I PROMISE YOU THIS, HE IS WATCHING OVER YOU AND CONTENDING FOR YOUR LIFE. :) AND TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOW ME BUT HAVE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING OR BELIEVING IN GOD- EMAIL ME.. I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS!

Answer 10

don't think about...that