Ok following my last question from which I got plenty of detailed answers it has made up my mind! Christainity

Question

I have now decided to devot my life to Our Lord Jesus Christ. But I am ashamed to say this buut I am worried about what all of my friends are going to say as none of them are Christians. Many Christians also get picked on at my school which I personaly think is not fair just because of their faith. Please help I need some friendly advice.

Answer 1

It is perfectly normal to be worried about people's reaction and especially at a school which can be a bit like a jungle.

I suggest that you do not contend with people about the Christian faith but do give an honest answer if asked. It is God who can help you through so look to Him for help.
Maybe keep a 'low profile' but do not duck any genuine questions.

You never know, your new faith may influence your friends favourably, might even bring one of them with you. You may also lose some friends. You may also find new friends who are sympathetic.

In 1 Peter 3 it says, Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear, having a good conscience.....

It should rather be the new way of life that speaks, so concentrate more on that.

If you are honest and sincere you may gain some respect for that but it is likely that you will receive some opposition or ridicule. Don't worry if you can't answer some of the questions, be honest and maybe find answers later. If you can find a Christian friend that you can trust and respect, they will surely be a help and encouragement.

Bear up well under difficulties and don't let it get to you. Draw from God rather than trying to cope in your own strength.

Read the Bible much, for everything you need is contained in it, and you can gain much comfort and strength, and your understanding will grow, and pray.

Answer 2

I'm glad you've made your decision. I hope you will find a church you like, and make friends there who are happy for you, and supportive. You won't need to pretend with them.

I have 'come out' in the past and said "I'm a Christian" and have been ridiculed. The people weren't ready for this information, didn't know how to react. Recall the saying about not casting your pearls before swine! Sometimes it's best to keep quiet, until you're asked, or at least until you're a bit more confident. If the subject does come up, start gently by saying "I looked into it, and I think there's something in it ..."

I hope you will be happy now that you have made your decision. This is just the beginning, though! You now need to study the Bible to find out what God requires from you, and to talk to people who believe the same as you do. I struggled with becoming a Christian: I finally got baptised as an adult and felt like a new person.

Answer 3

Congratulations. Now you have begun a lifelong journey. Studying the Bible, living not for yourself, but for God- doing what HE wants you to do. Study, seek out those who have the same beliefs as you do.
Once you KNOW the Bible, you will know about Noah. In his time, he and 7 others were the only other believers on the ENTIRE PLANET ! Imagine how many friends he had ?
I know, at your age, friends mean everything, but as you grow up, you will realise that friends grow apart and nothing is more important to an individual than annealing yourself through trials to become a stronger person !
God is unstoppable, you have already made a decision to follow Him. Can anything or anyone stand in your/ HIS way ?
NO.
Study and you will learn an incredible amount of accounts of people's lives that failed trusted in God and were saved. This will strengthen you.
Good Luck on your journey ! Let me know if you have any more questions;
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Answer 4

If your faith is genuine, your desires will change and you will not have the same interests any more and your friends will change. God will raise up new friends for you, and if you pray for your old friends, by the grace of God, you may be able to take one or some of them along with you into a new life. God will work out all the details for you. As a christian you really don't even notice when people are picking on you, it just rolls off like water off of a duck, that is what God does for you.

Answer 5

It is wonderful that you decided to become a christian, it is not something you have to boast about or even bring up around your friends. If you are meant to the subject will come up, but if you deny Jesus because all your friends do, and you really believe then you will have failed the test.

Yes the topic comes up at all kinds of occasions, and work and school, just be true to what you know and you don't know anything for sure unless you ask for enlightenment and begin to study the word and the teachings of Jesus. You will find you can use these teachings in every day life and you will see people in a different light as well, you will begin to have compassion for the ones who do wrong because you will realize that they are lost and then you will pray for them so they too can be saved. Peace be with you and welcome to christianity, remember Jesus is first in all things. LOL>

Answer 6

You should do what you are happiest with and if people don't support you then they are not your true friends. It's always hard making a decision like this and it does divide many people and even starts wars so do not feel you are the only one out there. It is never right to pick on anybody for any reason so if you wish to be a Christian it is your right to do so and I hope you will be very happy! :-)

Answer 7

Congratulations! A school setting is hard because kids are young and don't know any better than to tease. Take heart, and read the letters of Paul--he was very much persecuted, and reminds us to be strong, some letters he even wrote when in jail (which he was in because of his faith). Tell your friends that you are a Christian, but don't go talking about it all the time. You're still you, just your religious beliefs are different. Pray for them, because most of the time people that aren't a Christian is because it's a heart problem, not a lack of knowledge. If they have questions, answer them to the best of your knowledge. Hang out with other Christians at your school, and start a club if you have to, just so you surround yourself with people that you can relate to spiritually. Stay friends with your non-Christian friends, if they're truly your friends they'll love you and be understanding. God bless!

Answer 8

ummmmmm well, all of the above r true and will help you. And don't worry you are not the only one who is worried about what your friends are going to think cuz i am too!! But don't worry cuz none of my friends are Christians but they don't treat me any different or anything but if they did i would say:

Why you know r u pickin on me cuz i haven't changed since i became a Christian have i ?
Something happened to me 2day which was weird:

my friends wanted me to go out on sunday and i said i couldn't cuz i was busy. And they said what r u doin and i said goin out (kinda tryin 2 avoid sayin that i wa goin to church unfortunately)
then they said where and i said to church and they were just cool about it

I don't know why but i find it quite hard to say i'm a christian and stuff but it's not because i'm ashamed or anything like that, i guess really it's because i'm worried about what they will think cuz they don't know what it is really like which is annoying but hey u no i've been prayin about it and i'm kinda findin it a bit easier to say that i go to church and stuff like that. So it's all good

And it's really cool that u decided to give ur life 2 jesus because u will b amazed at all he's got for u. I'm soo excited for u.

Answer 9

Don't be ashamed. Jesus said that if you are ashamed of him, he'll be ashamed of you.
Remember, "You have had enough in the past of evil things the godless enjoy --- sex, sin, lust, getting drunk, wild parties, and worship of idols, and other terrible sins. Of course your friends will be very surprised when you don't eagerly join them in the wicked things they do, and they will laugh at you in contempt and scorn. But just remeber that they must face the Judge of all, living and dead . . ."
1 Peter 4:3-5
I am laughed at all the time, but it's all right. If they are truly friends, they won't care. They just don't understand. Pray for them and hold fast to the truth.
Love, Dove

Answer 10

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Don't listen to these people who try to discourage you or infact anyone who tries to discourage you. You need to be open about you faith, I always try to slip it into a conversation at some point.

Anyway, about your friends if they are gunna tease you or make fun of you or whatever (unless it is meant in a friendly way) then you shouldn't really hang out with them, although if you don't want to do that I find that just an stern talk does the job. Not a big one just something like 'Seriously' with a serious look on my face does the job for me.

And finally being picked on. There was a little thing at my church recently called 'Quest' and in 'Quest' there was a guy talking about what it is like being a Christian and here is a little story he told:

'Imagine that you're sitting on a plane nice and comfortable with your seat back and your little TV screen down and one of the crew walks over to you and gives you a parachute and tells you to put it on then walks off. So you but it on after a bit for scramling around in your seat and you sit back down. Then suddenly your seat isn't very comfortable anymore because the parachute is pushing against your back and you can't watch your little TV screen because it is to close to your face and then you notice that no one else around you is wearing a parachute, well apart from one quite strange looking guy who everyone seems to looking at funny looks at...then you notice...people are looking at you in the same way. And then you just think
'Okay that's it'
and you march over to the crew member who gave it to you and say
'Hey, you never told me that wearing this thing would cause me so much trouble take it back!'
So the crew member takes it back and walks away.

But then imagine that the same crew member came over to you and said: 'Hey, take this parachute and put it on'
Then you said 'Why?'
And they pointed out of the window and said
'You see that wing out there? Well in about twenty minutes it is going to fall of and this plane is going to go crashing into the ground from over thirty thousend feet in the air'
Wouldn't you feel much better about being the 'loser' then?'

That is what being a Christian is like, in your life you may be uncomfortable because of it but in the end it is one HUGE life saver. The only thing that stands between you and a massive thirty thousand foot drop to the deepest depths of Hell.

So you see, if anyone should be laughing...It's you!