Questions for Christians...kind of long?

Question

Do you have your own made up analogy for explain salvation or perhaps a parable that you use. I'm not looking for a Biblical example just something maybe you would explain Christ and Salvation?

Mine..well it's corney but I relate getting saved to go to the chiropractor. Before you go you feel something is not quit right but you've never felt anything was quit right so you think you are ok..., but once the chiropractor puts you in line you feel what it is like for the first time to be the way God created you to be. And anytime somethings out of place after wards you recognize it right away. Salvation is the same. You can't expect anyone to understand it or except it because they don't know what it's like to be forgiven...to have to weight of sin lifted off their shoulders....to be the way God created them to be. Make since? Yea again I know it's corny

Answer 1

Mine is a little more disturbing, but more fun to tell too.

Have you ever owned a dog that would go out and find something truly disgusting and then roll around in it? Oh, it gets better..cuz now the dog runs home and is completely perplexed when you won't let it inside! His expression says "Don't you love me anymore?!?!?"

Of course you still love your dog, he's just way too nasty to come inside! So, you go outside and wash him right there in the yard. Only when the stink is gone can the dog come in.

Heaven is God's home, sin is the stinky nasty stuff we roll around in down here. Why are we so confused that a loving God won't let us in? He does still love us, though! He sent His only begotten Son to die on the cross as a sacrifice that can pay for all our sins. If you ask Him to, Jesus will use His own blood as the shampoo that washes away all the stink until you are clean enough to enter God's house.

Really gets to the point, don't it?

Answer 2

In my church we don't talk about "getting saved" but if I was to describe the feeling I get about my conversion I'd do it this way -
Ok, so this is equally corny.
I used to be really out of shape due to a medical condition, and up until recently a fast walk was my top speed. Now, for the first time since I was a kid, at 25, I am healthy enough to RUN! And I am learning how to run again. I chase my nephew around the yard, I jog with the dog, I RUN to classes. When all you could do was walk, did you ever know how much fun running could be? Did you ever know the sheer joy of running down a hill, wind in your face, laughing like a maniac, not sure if you're going to be able to stop or if you're going to fall down and roll down the hill, and not really caring either way? Walkings nice, but now that I know what it's like to run, why would I want to limit myself to only walking?

Answer 3

It honestly relies upon on the form of question. some that are tediously stressful or trite, OR hateful rants OR whilst each and every word is misspelled (lyke omg so mi bff and me an my BF have been lyke all goin out an idk lyke omg .....) you already know, those type LOL. I bypass those. yet i do no longer techniques examining by using an exceptionally long Q in spite of if that's first rate or thrilling. lots of the Q's i answer anymore are actually not long although. yet short, humorous, and to the element. xD ?

Answer 4

That is an odd analogy but it makes perfect sense to my conversion. I just say that it was like seeing in color for the first time. C.S Lewis said that it was like being away after dreaming. When you are trully awake, you know know the difference between being awake and asleep. But if you've only been asleep, that is all you know.

Answer 5

I think a simple way to explain it is that we all carry this big burden - it's really heavy, and too much for us to handle on our own. But we keep trying...lugging this huge, heavy thing around with us everywhere because "WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN" and we don't need any help. If we told ourselves the truth, we'd have to admit that the burden is too much too bear.

Christ is waiting for us to ask him for help. Not just to lift it a little bit so it doesn't rub so hard on your neck, or just carry it for a little while...but to hoist it up on his shoulders and carry it himself. He'll do that if we only ask. In actuality...he already did it over 2000 years ago...we just keep insisting on lugging that sin around.

Answer 6

No its not that bad, its good. I am a born- again Christian and im in a small christian school. Im doing this class called Evangelism Explosion. Its so perfect for what you want. IT has this outline that goes through the steps. i should email it to you some how. i having trouble finding it on the net.

Answer 7

No it is not corny...it can also be compared to taking the car in for a tune up...preventive maintenance. Wow..Empty above me has a really good one...I like that!

Answer 8

I like the "Quest for Joy" explaination

Have you ever known true joy? Do you have this joy in your life right now? If you are longing for fulfillment, for true joy, please read on—this tract may assist you in your quest.
1. God Created Us For His Glory

“Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth… whom I created for my glory” (Isaiah 43:6-7).

God made us to magnify his greatness—the way telescopes magnify stars. He created us to put his goodness and truth and beauty and wisdom and justice on display. The greatest display of God’s glory comes from deep delight in all that he is. This means that God gets the praise and we get the pleasure. God created us so that he is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
2. Every Human Should Live For God’s Glory

“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).

If God made us for his glory, clearly we should live for his glory. Our duty comes from his design. So our first obligation is to show God’s value by being satisfied with all that he is for us. This is the essence of loving God (Matthew 22:37) and trusting him (1 John 5:3-4) and being thankful to him (Psalm 100:2-4). It is the root of all true obedience, especially loving others (Colossians 1:4-5).
3. All of Us Have Failed to Glorify God as We Should

“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

What does it mean to “fall short of the glory of God?” It means that none of us has trusted and treasured God the way we should. We have not been satisfied with his greatness and walked in his ways. We have sought our satisfaction in other things and have treated them as more valuable than God, which is the essence of idolatry (Romans 1:21-23). Since sin came into the world, we have all been deeply resistant to having God as our all-satisfying treasure (Ephesians 2:3). This is an appalling offense to the greatness of God (Jeremiah 2:12-13).
4. All Of Us Are Subject To God’s Just Condemnation

“For the wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23).

We have all belittled the glory of God. How? By preferring other things above him. By our ingratitude, distrust, and disobedience. So God is just in shutting us out from the enjoyment of his glory forever. “They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might” (2 Thessalonians 1:9).

The word “hell” is used in the New Testament twelve times—eleven times by Jesus himself. It is not a myth created by dismal and angry preachers. It is a solemn warning from the Son of God who died to deliver sinners from its curse. We ignore it at great risk.

If the Bible stopped here in its analysis of the human condition, we would be doomed to a hopeless future. However, this is not where it stops…
5. God Sent His Only Son Jesus To Provide Eternal Life and Joy

“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners…” (1 Timothy 1:15).

The good news is that Christ died for sinners like us. And he rose physically from the dead to validate the saving power of his death and to open the gates of eternal life and joy (1 Corinthians 15:20). This means God can acquit guilty sinners and still be just (Romans 3:25-26). “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18). Coming home to God is where all deep and lasting satisfaction is found.
6. The Benefits Purchased By The Death Of Christ Belong To Those Who Repent And Trust Him

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out” (Acts 3:19). “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31).

“Repent” means to turn from all the deceitful promises of sin. “Faith” means being satisfied with all that God promised to be for us in Jesus. “Whoever believes in me,” Jesus says, “shall never thirst” (John 6:35). We do not earn our salvation. We cannot merit it (Romans 4:4-5). It is by grace through faith that we are saved (Ephesians 2:8-9). It is a free gift (Romans 3:24).

We will have it if we cherish it enough to receive it and treasure it above all things (Matthew 13:44). When we do that, God’s aim in creation is accomplished: He is glorified in us and we are satisfied in him—forever.
Does This Make Sense To You?

Do you desire the kind of gladness that comes from being satisfied with all that God is for you in Jesus? If so, then God is at work in your life.
What Should You Do?

Turn from the deceitful promises of sin. Call upon Jesus to save you from the guilt and punishment and bondage. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13). Start banking your hope on all that God is for you in Jesus. You can break the power of sin’s promises by putting your faith in the superior satisfaction of God’s promises. Begin reading the Bible to find his precious and very great promises, which can set you free (2 Peter 1:3-4). Find a Bible-believing church, and begin to worship and grow together with other people who treasure Christ above all things (Philippians 3:7).

from http://www.desiringgod.org

Answer 9

Ya....corny!