Why did you pick christianity ? How long have you believed ?

Question

I'm not against any religion and I won't make fun of it or anything ... I am just wondering more about others beliefs ....

Answer 1

I AM A CHRISTIAN.I WAS SAVED AT THE AGE OF 23. 31 YEARS AGO. I DIDN'T PICK JESUS. HE CHOSE ME.
I WAS LOST. HE FOUND ME . SET ME UPON A SOLID ROCK.
PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE NO SIN--THEY ARE BLIND.ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
ONE DAY EVERY ONE WILL SEE JESUS AND THEY WILL BOW AND CALL HIM LORD AND MASTER,I PRAY ALSO SAVIOR

Answer 2

Well.... There are a few reasons why I pick christianity, I will give my most reasonable answer ( no "spritual experiance" stuff :-) )

I pick christianity becuz....

1. I dont know 100% wether there is a God/afterlife/whatever. This being true, I opt on the side of positivity. IF there is no God, I would rather believe there is one and when I die, simply cease to exist. BUT IF there is a God it is stupid for me to believe there is no God and then have to explain to Him :-P ( i believe this is called "pascals wager" )

2. My parents are christian. And since I dont know which religion is "true" then it only makes sense to stay with that. It would be silly to say "this other religion is more true" when I dont know for sure if ANY of them are true, I am of christian persuasion by default.

3. That being said, I will say there is a such thing as "spiritual experience" this cannot be shown or proven in anyway.

Answer 3

For me it seemed to be a process of seeing things that seemed to point to Jesus, then doubting and never getting all the info I wanted, for a while I was really lost in the death lie of Satan, to not even listen to Christians, but things would keep pulling me to the Lord and I finally decided that I was probably running from God because I knew there was truth and power there that I didn't want to admit. Still, it was a process of learning scripture and just browsing through the Bible, and praying, deciding to trust God, sometimes still turning away and seeing how evil results from turning away from God's truth. Allowing God to take the hunger for sin out of my heart, and that's still ongoing. I have also read about other religions, but just don't find anything there like Jesus.

Answer 4

Well,i looked at all the other ones (including Islam) and the one that makes the most sense is Christianity.And now no matter what anyone says they should look at it for themselves.Islam talks about Allah being a loving and forgiving God and yet it also talks about Allah followers killing all those who do not agree with him.Jesus the real true God loves all people.He hates the sin but loves the sinner.Turn to Him and ask Him for forgivness and he will forgive you.But do not just take my word for it,look it up.God will always forgive you.John 1:9 and read the 4 Gospels,Matthew Mark,Luke,John.God (not allah)bless you!!

Answer 5

Christ is the end of the law: Romans 10:4. I picked Christ-ianity because law is unfair and unjust, a ministration of condemnation and a ministration of death. In Christ there is no law = no sin = no death nor any hell following (Rev 6:8), since law is both the source of sin: Rom 5:13 and the strength of sin's death sting: 1Cor 15:56. So in Christ the only death is dying to the law, to become alive unto God(Grace), and His Grace is sufficient for me. And I don't say such with blind faith, but with ample evidence to know it is sufficient.

I wish other so-called Christ-ians would flush their law, and be more grace us. For law and grace don't mix, being "contrary". And the mixture of contrary things is an oxy-MORON, something with a BAD ending. Thank God the end written is not such.

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.

Answer 6

I did not pick Christianity -it, or rather He picked me. I was born into a Catholic family but progressively drifted from it, as I found the power to do wrong (sin) in me was greater than the power to do good. The harder I tried, the worse I got. I rebelled against the whole idea and against God Himself, praying "OK if you are God, and I am what I am and the world is what it is, then I don't want to have anything to do with you". I don't know that I ever felt any of my prayers before that one were answered - but it seemed as if God's response was "OK - I will let you see what life is like without Me" Immediately I lost all ability to laugh - everything became dark and empty - meaningless and mocking. I endeavored to search for an alternate way - reviewing all I ever heard or thought or experienced in life - and I found it all to be futile and worthless. Day after day I felt within myself like I was falling into a bottomless pit - more depressed in the morning than what I was when I went to bed; more depressed when I went to bed than what I had been in the morning. I picked my brain apart for an answer until it was like all the thoughts of my life were lying in a big heap on the floor. I was becoming neurotic - perhaps psychotic - I felt so beaten down that I came home from work one day, fell down on my face in the living room and started crying - my macho ego beaten down into the dust - then It happened - completely unexpectedly - a voice spoke in my heart - "Maybe Jesus really did die for your sins" Instantly my heart was flooded with light and love and joy and peace such as I never knew existed - Instantly I knew it was all true - all the stories I heard as a child - that Jesus really was the Son of God, come from Heaven, to die on a cross - and I knew He had died for ME!!! I didn't know anybody who ever had such an experience and it was only a year later that I discovered what I experienced was in the Bible all along - what had happened was I was born again! (see Gospel of John, Chapter 3). I did not meet another with a similar experience for over 3 years. That was over 35 years ago - I have learned much and grown much in my Christian faith - but the greatest thing I ever learned was what I learned that day - that Jesus Christ died for ME, and I know that as surely as He is risen from the dead, that one day I shall see Him face to face, and fall at His feet and worship HIM - forever !

Answer 7

My God called me. I was born into a family of a Lutheran father and Orthodox mother. I got baptized as a baby, I got my confirmation when I was 15.

But I walked away from God. It is not that I did not believe Him. I did not have any faith in Him. That time was very hard in my life. To the outsiders my life looked good and smelled good, but I was a broken person. But God uses broken pieces. He never left me alone.

I started to have a strong hunger for the Word of God.The first I joined to a non-denominational Christian church...And they started to feed me spiritually, nurture my hungry being. I got baptized again, and when I invite the Holy Spirit to my heart, everything changed to me.

I still have to walk the walk. But what is so wonderful about the gift of Jesus that He died for ALL of my sins. All the sins I have done, I do and I will do...all of them covered.

I believe that it is not about religion. Religion does not save you, Jesus does. I believe that He came here to the earth to free us from religions and teach us to have a personal relationship with God.

I have believed my whole life...sometimes less...but now I have faith. And I am so happy that Jesus went that length to save my soul.

Answer 8

I was living my by my rules and going nowhere fast.
I was drawn to a Christian Missionary that lived a life of joy and happiness. I asked him how I could get what he has and he told me about Jesus. At the time I was involved in New Age and feeling worse for it. Nothing was going right. So I was led to the Lord by him and gave my life to Jesus. That was 1989. I've been a Christian ever since and I don't want to go back. I am in the light and love of Jesus Christ and never want to go back to the evil darkness of Satan.

Answer 9

I believed in Jesus when I looked for him.I researched.because I was becoming mean and I hated alot.I was turning witchraft and all that devil stuff like trying to speak to them.While I was searching for God trying to leave that pact I made with the devil wich was pure ambition on money and power.I wanted to have power but then I noticed that I was becoming very bad and depressed and while searching for God the devil was fightinng back I had nightmares like some red guy my door and saw things while watching tv I saw some thing on my wall like a creepy skinny guy on the wall in spider position this scared me.I also felt evil around me like there was someone there who was just trying to drive me crazy.But then I saw that the devil realy didnt want me to look for God but this just gave me more hope.I finally accepted Christ in my heart and now I am alot better I hold no hate toward anyone and am glad to be alive.This had been a year already.At points I stopped believing in God because of people who claimed to know about him but they didnt and I fell for it but now I learned to not.My life is a lot better with god and the bible holds all the truth people who read the bible without believing in God are the ones who decieve us but once you understand it and learned you see that they are nothing but ignorants who like me once I searched for knowledge so I could look smart and superior to others.

Answer 10

Specifically I picked the Christian faith that believes in the inerrant Word of God. I picked it not because of what they say, but because what the Bible says. It has everything I absolutely need to know.

It tells me of some bad news and some good news.

Bad news.

Everyone is a sinner.
"For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)

The penalty for sin is death.
"For the wages of sin is death." (Romans 6:23a)

Good News.

Christ died for you.
"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8).

You can be saved through faith.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is a Gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9).

It is that simple.

Answer 11

Chistianity means to follow Jesus and His teachings. He says He is the way, the truth and the light. I believe him and try to understand his teachings and apply them to daily living, I love Jesus for His is a peaceful doctrine one of truth and love and He loved us mere humans so much that He died to establish a new law that didn't require the sacrificing of animals anymore, in order that we can celebrate life knowing that all things are possible with God, because His is the glory forever and ever Amen.