Christians when and under what circumstances did you truly accept jesus?

Question

I have been a christian for a long time but i wasnt living like one until recent. tell me when you knew for a fact that god was real and that you werer saved. Just that inner peace that i know we all feel

Answer 1

Dear Friend,

I think that God calls you when it is the correct time for him to do so, beyond that, I can not honestly say.

I just had the desire to go to Church one Sunday and did so. there happened to be as baptism in progress, This ignited a spark in me and I was baptised on the 4th of this month.

God Bless

Answer 2

I was 15 years old. ( That was quite a while ago) I was at someones house on a Friday night. It was a bible study. The person who was speaking asked if anyone wanted to accept Jesus and be baptized with the Holy Spirit. I knew that I wanted to but I was nervous when I saw that not to many others stood up. ( They were already Christians) People prayed for me and I prayed to. I started literally shaking. I couldn't control it. I bet some people would have thought I had been on drugs but I was just overwhelmed by the experience. I knew it was real. Everybody was happy And singing the praises of Jesus and I felt truly a part of that.

All these years later , it's hard for me too even recall it. Yet here I am, still a Christian. To me that is a lot of proof it was real and not some "delusion".


Ive certainly had my ups and downs over the years, and the world has changed so much since then. Gods love is unchanging and eternal.

Answer 3

I went through the same thing. I thought I was saved, but I was still doing things the unsaved do. In fact I was a bartender at the time. It seemed like I just kept getting convicted of things. First I quit using bad language, and got out of the bar, then I got convicted about my music. I threw out my Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Blue Oyster Cult and many more CDs. They were satanic and didn't glorify God. Now I am being convicted of the way I dress, which is modest, but it is jeans and cloths like that. I am going to start wearing dresses like the Mennonites wear and a hair covering like they wear for worship purposes. I will still wear jeans, just not as often. I never really had inner peace until someone told me to get rid of anything that was of a religion I had before. well, I read tarot cards and I was catholic. After I returned my baptism things and threw out the rosarys and other jewelry, along with burning all my tarot cards and books, and renouncing the catholic religion in public so others heard me, and asking God again for forgivness, I finally felt at peace. I just feel like I know I am going to Heaven and Jesus is here with me all the time. It is an undescribable inner peace. Also, I notice that when I read scripture I understand it like I am getting a message. My life is peaceful and I don't desire to do sinful things, like go to the bars and all that. I also did notice that some friends I had do not really talk to me much anymore, but I have made alot of new friends. I also notice the beauty of the mountains and trees and such, that I never really noticed before. I am still getting convicted of things, but I live in peace now.

Answer 4

I've always believed in God, it always appeared evident to me that there was a Higher Power even before I ever went to church. For nearly ten years I was basically Deistic but with no personal theology, then my first girlfriend died when I was 17 and I got very hateful towards God. At a religious camp, in a field all alone, I stood before a large cross with an image of Christ on it, and I was swearing and cursing at the image out-loud and whenever I would feel God saying something to me, I would yell back at him.... But then I realized how I knew God existed, and I believed in Christ already, but never really undergo any transformation. Then I realized how I deserved condemnation and going to hell for cursing at God, but then I realized that it was exactly because I deserved condemnation that Christ was on that cross. I realized how I did not deserve Christ, but he was still on that cross for me. Even though I felt unworthy, I knew that the most logical thing I can do would be to accept the Grace he offered. That was four years ago.

Answer 5

I prayed a prayer to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior and was baptized with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. To me being baptized in the Holy Spirit and having the Holy Spirit giving me utterances when I pray in tongues show me that the promise of Jesus that when He saves us the Holy Spirit comes and lives within us forever is true and real. Of course the Holy Spirit has also witnessed to my spirit that I am a child of God (Rom 8:16).

Answer 6

well if u have trouble in your life and that u need help Jesus is there and when u know your a christian is u see u can have a dream that your in the Lake of fire like . Well my dad told me when u have a dream like that or something like that, that your a christian and that the devil trys to confuse u so dont let him confuse u that your not a christian or saved just ask Jesus to tell u if your a christian or not and he will tell u i have told Jesus that and he anwsered my prayer so God Bless. =)

Answer 7

The way I look at it, I didn't "earn Heaven" by accepting anything, it was God's work within me. Received Jesus, yes, but it had nothing to do with any authorization of Jesus to be in my heart. I know that's a different way of looking at it, but I don't want to take any credit that would have me glorifying me for a "work" I didn't do. This was the Holy Spirit working in me, not me saving myself.

Answer 8

Ryan, we are not to judge wether we are a christian or not by some "inner feeling". Even mormons claim that. The ONLY thing that can assure us that we are in fact a christian, is the Word of God. Jesus said "He that comes unto Me, I will in NO WAY cast out". (John 6:37) If you came to Him in true true faith and true repentence, then you belong to Him. Of course we are to come to the REAL Jesus of the Bible, not the worlds reinterpitaion of Him. Read the epistle of John (1John). It gives the acid test. There are times in my life when I FEEL like a "super christian, and times when I FEEL like I'm lost forever. NEITHER feeling is indicative of my TRUE position. Trust the Word of God ONLY. .hope that helps......theBerean

Answer 9

I chose to accept the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I cook and eat pasta to worship. I then feel Him in my stomach and I know I have been saved, from hunger for a while at least.

Ramen !

Answer 10

under pressure of the eternal hell threat