Why did you become a Christian?

Question

Was it so you could go to Heaven when you die?
Was it so you could have a better life on earth now?
Was it because that is what your family raised you as?
Was it some other reason?

Answer 1

It was in 1998. My mother passed away and within 72 hours my daughter was born, lived for 6 minutes and died. My world was crashing down around me and I needed help. I was no longer the strong and proud man I thought I was. I found myself in a humbled state asking for help but no one could comfort me. Alcohol and drugs did not satisfy me any longer either.

A friend of my wife invited her to church and within a few weeks, I started going. I began to feel better about life but not about myself. I heard the pastor talk about testing God to prove Himself. So I did. I said that if God was real, heal the arthritis in both of my knees and THEN I would believe all the stuff about Jesus and blessings and love and peace and so on. It happened.

July 12, 1998, I gave my life to Christ and have not looked back since. My life and family have since grown and gotten stronger and I am now preaching God's word to those who are in need of help. It is a great life and I will be more than willing to share the Good News with anyone.

Thank you for your question.

Answer 2

Well I can assure you no true Christian is having a better life now, except through the way they renew their thinking. When you honestly turn to God you give up this life for the life that lasts trillions x trillions x trillions x zillions of years. It's just a tad longer than this paradise. What it is, is a little suffering now or a whole lot later. If you ask me these 43yrs. seems like eternity to me and I have spent enough time with all these swell individuals making my existence a living hell on this plane of existence without wanting to spend eternity with them. But to each their own.

Answer 3

Bottom line, is cause if there is a Hell, I don't want to go. And if God provided His only begotten Son as the Sacrificial Lamb for mankind, I would be extremely foolish not to accept this ultimate gift of love.
I Cr 13;8a

Answer 4

Initially I was interested in the truth. I got sick and tired of people trying to tell me what is right. I thought I'd find out for myself. I erased the chalk board of programming and started to study. I read the Bible. I read it again. I studied other religions. I enrolled in Greek and Hebrew classes. I read the Bible again. I did a comparative religious study. I studied hermeneutics. I read the Bible again. I enrolled in theology classes. I got a degree. I read the Bible again. I've been studying for over twenty years. I listen to others and talk about God when I can. I can't participate in organized religion but do call myself a Christian. If I'm wrong in my beliefs then I'm willing to accept all the consequences.

Answer 5

because i felt like if i died today, i was going to hell. and no one wants to go to hell.

plus i've always believe in a powerful being, if not then life is pointless and we should all just die, and nothing matters.

there has to be more to life then just this life. u know.

Answer 6

This should be interesting.

My family raised me in the environment, so naturally I believed as they believed.

Then I learned how to read, and it all went downhill from there.

Answer 7

When I called myself one it was because I knew my parents would hate me if I didn't.

Answer 8

It WAS because I never really thought about it.

Then I did, so I became an atheist.

Answer 9

Yes
Yes
No
Yes, the love of God was undeniable.