What were you like before you became a Christian?

Question

Your experience gives alot of encouragement to others to learn about God and Jesus:O) Thank you !!!

Answer 1

Lost
Incomplete
Without Hope
Spiritually Blind, Deaf, Hard-hearted
Apart from all of that, I was pretty OK and normal.

I considered myself to be the least likely person to convert to Christianity, having been brought up from birth into a family of Jehovah's Witnesses. When I finally managed to escape their clutches, I wandered in a spiritual wilderness, having nothing to do with JW's in particular and religion in general. Although I had abandoned God, God had not abandoned me. God, in his infinite wisdom and mercy, brought me to a place of repentance and when I capitulated to his love and goodness, it was the happiest day of my life!

Although I had head-knowledge of God and had studied the Bible for many years, I had no experience of God, neither did I understand who Jesus was and what he had done for all of us. God asks us to engage our intellects. But faith is not an intellectual process. Faith is a gift, a gift from God. To get it, you first have to genuinely ask for it. Then it all makes perfect sense. What are you waiting for?

Answer 2

I was the easy-going, get-along-with-everybody, sort of a class clown guy...

I was involved with lots of sports, ranked in the southeast in tennis, played competitive soccer, and about a 10 handicap in golf...

I had near perfect grades through college...but goofed around enough and had the above stuff going on to not get bunched in with the nerd, geek, or dork crowd....

I avoided drugs and alcohol, mainly for the sports, but also because I was never much for giving into peer pressure and doing "things" because other people did "things"...

I hated the "group thought" mentality, hated the hypocrisy I saw in others, and hated all the "badness" I saw in the world...

Regarding religion, I called myself a Catholic, but only went to mass on Christmas and Easter...never read the Bible...and respected all religions and peoples. I despised racism and all forms of prejudices...

I was apolitical, held no strong religious beliefs, got along with everybody, and had a "to each his own" laid-back view of everything...

This, all until I started thinking more heavily on the point of life and trying to figure out the "key" to life...basically in search of what all people are searching for...at a deep level - love, joy, and peace....for me, family, friends, and the world.

I was very inquisitive, asked a lot of questions, and always asked 10 more "whys" than anybody else did...or cared to...not accepting simple, ridiculous, or brushed off answers for anything....

So, all-in-all, that was what I was like before I became a Christian.

What happened later was that I became disillusioned with Christianity and Catholicism and determined that there was no true source of love, joy, and peace in the world...

Like the writer of Ecclesiastes, I concluded that all the things in the world (money, power, women, etc) would not be the answer. I also concluded that the "Amercian dream" of getting a nice house, marrying, and having a couple of kids and a good job would also not "do it", so-to-speak.

Of course this extends beyond your question, but I finally ended up becoming an atheist and later sat down to read the Bible to prove it wrong...

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Answer 3

I was a drug addict, I was addicted to meth since I was 14 years old. My life was a living hell. I was a very promiscuous. I had no self respect no self-love. I was mean and I cussed like a sailor. I drank and smoked. I have been save for 2 1/2 years. With God all things are possible. I am a faithful christian. I never miss church unless I am out of town and when I am out of town I usually attend a sister church. I sing on the worship team. I now know that I am a women with potential. God given potential. I have a purpose in life with a sense of dignity and belonging. God's my rock.

Answer 4

I was pretty bad. I had no conscious of what was bad or good. If I liked it, I'd do it. Then I moved to Greece of all places and was outraged by the Orthodox Church (I could tell you stories that would really infuriate Christians) and I began searching for ways to prove that they were in fact 'evil' (The priests I mean). So I read the bible. But then I began to envy the Chosen one's of God and began to have questions. One day, there was a knock on my door, and a Jehovah's Witness asked me what I thought about the current state of the world. I invited her in and bombarded her with my questions. (I thought all religion was corrupt.) I debated with her for months! Slowly, through her gentle way, and being invited to her house I saw that these christians had absolutely nothing to do with the rest. We started a bible study and we are still studying but everyday I feel that my eyes are being opened. I began to take steps to walk within God's commandments. I thought twice about my actions which I had never done before. I am far from baptism though because I haven't overcome my fear of my husband and his family (who are hypocritial Orthodox, they just don't want a Jehovah's Witness in the family) and I never had a family so it is hard for me to endure their hate. I will lean on Jehovah and not my own understanding, and he will make my way easier. Until then...

Answer 5

I accepted Jesus out of fear of going to Hell when I was around 11 years old. Then, as I became older, I stopped thinking about Him. I didn't know Him.

One day I realized that I was unhappy because I was self absorbed and selfish. Living for myself only. Believing that I was the center of the universe. Full of myself.

As I became more and more unhappy with everything in my life, I sat down one day, when I was alone, and told God that I didn't love Him. And if He was really there, would He please help me to love Him.

Within about 2 weeks, He sent some Spirit filled friends into my life. I learned to have a personal relationship with Jesus. I learned about and felt His love for me.

He is now my friend, the center of my universe and I now love God with all of my heart, soul and mind.

He answers prayers. I am now a follower of Christ, a Christian.

Answer 6

I was an alcoholic. But the grace of my Lord has delivered me. The wake up call for me was when I got drunk on Christmas night. We had some family over and so I bought some beer. But my problem was that when I would start to drink I wouldn't stop until I was trashed. So I drank 18 of the 24 beers that we had. The next day I realised that this was no way to present myself as a witness for Christ. But to His glory I haven't drank for nearly 4 months. I had tried to quit before and never had the strength to do it. So I meditated on the fact that the Bible says that the Holy Spirit strengthens you in your weknesses. And He did. Praise God!!!!!

Answer 7

Before i became a Christian I was wild out of control. I would tell my parents things that would hurt them deeply. I walked around hating the world around me and everyone in it. I'm so glad that God found me and made me see what love and fun I was missing out on. Now that I'm saved I love the people here and I never have a frown on my face for it's all smiles b/c i know it's Heaven for me.

Answer 8

I was a spoiled selfish brat.And did not become
a christian until the age of 20.Mom raised me in church.But a Pastor Anthony Carson from the Muldraugh made the message loud and clear I was on my way to hell.So in 1975 on Thanksgiving
I gave my heart to Jesus.Muldraugh is in Kentucky.

Answer 9

My life looked very good from outside but I felt this huge void like something was missing but I did not know what, and I was trying to fill that void with the world. When I found my way back to God, and when I am in good terms with God, I do not feel that void.

Answer 10

scared and ashamed because I did not know I had mental and emotional issues until after I broke down mentally.
I was very skinny gawky awkward I let people pick on me and they were mean as well.

Now I am bold for the Lord, I am being treated for my condition, I filled out alot:) I am loving to people but set boundaries I will not allow people to walk all over me.

My husband and I serve the Lord and are doing well.