habebe1:
I would like to let you know that this response is not aimed at discrediting your experience. However, it still does not answer a question I have been asking for a long time now? What is exclusive to christians? I am agnostic but was born into a liberal christian family. My doubts developed in my early teens even before external influences such as books or Internet.

I can't deny that there were times during my late teens and early adulthood that I felt the emptiness. This made me consciously seek God but every time I sat in church I just could not comprehend what these guys were talking about or why they used very funny fatuous stories to explain passages. I gave up, it wasn't for me. ( Guess the devil really has a hold on me)

Back to my question, what is exclusive to christians? Money, happiness, long life? I respect the christian institution and what it has done for Africa but can't understand why people freak out when I choose not to live my life according to the principles of someone whose life did not cover such important areas like marriage and owning a business to name a few ( Being very basic here). I honestly wish I was in the born again bubble sometimes, I have really tried but like I said earlier it did not work.

Maybe God would find me one day like Paul. Until then I live my life happily as I can in this tough but promising country called Nigeria while not being an alcoholic, chain smoker or drug user. I refuse to believe I would be sent to burn in a special furnace for quenching my biological needs( thats the only "sin" I think I commit now). All the same I am happy for you OP

A couple of points as per exclusivity of Christianity:

1.) Christianity is the only religion where God did all that is required for man to be saved and have a relationship with him. In other religions, you have to “work” for your salvation. In other words, God reaches out to man on His own terms in Christianity while in other religions man has to meet up with some standard (unknown in some cases) in order to please Him. I’ll give you a simply analogy: If you offend someone, do you get to say what you have to do to get back to the person’s good book? Or does the person get to tell you what to do to get back with the fellow? Think about it. Yes, most religions if not all have holy books from God, but you have to look inside the book to understand the teaching. Truth be told, I’ve not (neither can I even) research all religions, but I practiced Islam with my parents until my early 20s and also read about some other religions as well.
2.) Only Christianity guarantees salvation 100%. Point one refers, you will agree with me that salvation is not 100% guaranteed in other religions as man struggles to please God through his life and even in certain religions those alive still offer prayers to God to forgive the deceased sin and accept the fellow.

You see most people believe in a supreme being who created all that we can see, but the issue is almost always how to connect with and relate with this being.

Most atheist and generally unbelievers are always asking for proof before they believe. In Christianity, it is actually the other way round – you believe first and then the proof will follow. This may sound like a trap, but it is not. You probably would say that other religions can say the same and you only have just one life time to get it right. Well, when I say believe first, I don’t mean you have to start going to church and become all churchy!!! All I’m saying is simply ask God to prove/reveal Himself to you, and MEAN it. It is not a spooky stuff. I can assure you he will reveal Himself to you in a way that you will not miss it. I have seen this happen before when an agnostic simply asked God if He was truly up there to reveal himself.

Let me point out the “believe before proof” in OP’s posting to prove my point. OP might not even realized this when he wrote part 2: Road to Redemption.

Having realised my spiritlessness, even if I did, I certainly wasn’t using it at all. So, I wrote a simple sincere letter to God, funny but I did, asking for my spirit to be resurrected then I shoved it somewhere and forgot about it. I thought, just as conveniently as some people would summon spirits of darkness and control them to do what they want, seeking the more powerful God in your convenience would be better, plus I am sure He wouldn’t ask for blood rituals and the sorts. He is not like that

The bold part part refers: An atheist wrote a letter to who? GOD? I thought atheists do not believe God exists. And, do you write a letter to someone that does not exist? OP believed there was a supreme being. He did not go to church or get churchy etc. Simple believe – tiny faith!! Just in case there is a God – like agnostic thought. And, did God reveal himself and provide OP with proofs? See bold parts below:

Now, I have read quite a number of books in my life, but for some reason I kept having a strong gut feeling, for the first time in decades, that it wasn’t a coincidence that I was reading the book at the time. So, I re-downloaded the bible app, I deleted when I became an atheist, on my phone - there has to be immense power in it, it isn’t all fairy tales. However, I didn’t know which book or chapter to open to. But for some reason Psalm 51 crossed my mind. And behold:

“Purge me with Hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow . . .”

I read it over and over again. 'Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit’ resonated so much in me. It was as if a different part of me had come alive. I could feel repentance in my spirit. I felt sorry. And in my heart I said Lord, I knew You as a child, what have I done with my life? what did I get involved in? And if there is anything to go by from the book I read is that I had opened portals from my actions. Oh! hide Your face from my sins and blot out my iniquities.

Did you pick up those proofs? Do you believe he got a reply to his letter? God reached out to Him! God “told” him he did not read the book by coincidence, He directed him to re-download the bible, He gave him a specific chapter to read and imprinted specific verses in his spirit. Again, did God reveal himself and answer his request? Look at it again, he asked God in his letter to resurrect his spirit and what happened? In OP’s words, “ It was as if a different part of me had come alive.”

Oops! I just uncovered the third exclusivity in Christianity – the Holy Spirit of God. When we believe and receive Christ, the Holy Spirit comes to live in us to empower and guide us to live Godly life. When you really get into a conversational relationship with God, you will never think of leaving Him.

Bro, I encourage you today to either also write a letter to God or simply ask him to reveal himself and He will meet you right where you are.


habebe1
Ranchhoddas
youngestland
TheSixthSense
seun

frankly speaking , am happy for you op.from your story, i have made some resolutions:

it is obvious from the various comments that many are in one religion or the other, yet without any tangible personal experience or revelation that should be their defence and basis for their conviction. Many are Christians, or Muslims, but dont know why.

that is why they present weak defences and expanations for their religious inclinations and can not even convince themselves that their religion is true.

others are atheist or agnostics because they want to be as clear headed as possible, since most people that try to preach their religion only resolve to mysticism thinking that that which cannot be explained must be devine. "that which is not natural must be supernatural" so the religionist preaches.

some atheists on the other hand are simply angry with rellgion.

am at that point in my life now where clear headedness is why resolve. I dont believe religion should be unreasonable, irrational or unexplainable. God should not be thought of as that incomprehensible being that floats in eternity, and manipulating everything just for His pleasure. If there is God, His existence, system of government and principes for Lordship must be rational, "empirical" and natural. if I beleive in God, but cant communicate His existence Convincingly to another human being, then I dont know Him enough. If anyone doubts the existence of God, I want to belive its because christians are not being "Properly christianed" to live the christian life. after all "you are the light of the world.... let your 'light' ( illumination, understanding and insight )so... s.h.i.n.e.... before men that they see (and not doubt) your ''good works'' (results, productive results) ... and glorify yourfather in heaven...

therefore, if there are true christians on Nairaland, then there should be commiserate acknowledgement or recognition of their convictions as genuine and evidenced by their circular and spiritual problem solving capacities culminating holistic praises and eulogies that will silence ''indefinately'' all criticisms... and ultimately, lead to more admiration and acceptance by the masses of the religionists and their religion.

in summary,... if i must be a christian, I choose to b the best of it. not creating problems, solving them. I choose to develop my mind,intellectual capacity and skills. i chose to be outstanding and skillfull, i choose to solve complex and simple local, and national; economic and politicalproblems of the world. i choose to thoroughly know the God i call my God so i can present cojent arguments in his favour. if my world celebrates me, they wont have problems accepting my religion. especially if my name resonates truth,integrity,discipline and hardwork.
i think most religionists are lazy fanatics who dont even know much about their immediate environment or whats going on in their world. if you dont know much about the food you eat, the cloth you wear, your electronic devices, etc,how can you expect me to believe your theory about wht you dont know much? this is d arguement of the skeptic.
let christians know their God very well, then relating Him to others would be easier.

DrMaths:
Obeenah40

habebe1:
I would like to let you know that this response is not aimed at discrediting your experience. However, it still does not answer a question I have been asking for a long time now? What is exclusive to christians? I am agnostic but was born into a liberal christian family. My doubts developed in my early teens even before external influences such as books or Internet.

I can't deny that there were times during my late teens and early adulthood that I felt the emptiness. This made me consciously seek God but every time I sat in church I just could not comprehend what these guys were talking about or why they used very funny fatuous stories to explain passages. I gave up, it wasn't for me. ( Guess the devil really has a hold on me)

Back to my question, what is exclusive to christians? Money, happiness, long life? I respect the christian institution and what it has done for Africa but can't understand why people freak out when I choose not to live my life according to the principles of someone whose life did not cover such important areas like marriage and owning a business to name a few ( Being very basic here). I honestly wish I was in the born again bubble sometimes, I have really tried but like I said earlier it did not work.

Maybe God would find me one day like Paul. Until then I live my life happily as I can in this tough but promising country called Nigeria while not being an alcoholic, chain smoker or drug user. I refuse to believe I would be sent to burn in a special furnace for quenching my biological needs( thats the only "sin" I think I commit now). All the same I am happy for you OP

A couple of points as per exclusivity of Christianity:

1.) Christianity is the only religion where God did all that is required for man to be saved and have a relationship with him. In other religions, you have to “work” for your salvation. In other words, God reaches out to man on His own terms in Christianity while in other religions man has to meet up with some standard (unknown in some cases) in order to please Him. I’ll give you a simply analogy: If you offend someone, do you get to say what you have to do to get back to the person’s good book? Or does the person get to tell you what to do to get back with the fellow? Think about it. Yes, most religions if not all have holy books from God, but you have to look inside the book to understand the teaching. Truth be told, I’ve not (neither can I even) research all religions, but I practiced Islam with my parents until my early 20s and also read about some other religions as well.
2.) Only Christianity guarantees salvation 100%. Point one refers, you will agree with me that salvation is not 100% guaranteed in other religions as man struggles to please God through his life and even in certain religions those alive still offer prayers to God to forgive the deceased sin and accept the fellow.

You see most people believe in a supreme being who created all that we can see, but the issue is almost always how to connect with and relate with this being.

Most atheist and generally unbelievers are always asking for proof before they believe. In Christianity, it is actually the other way round – you believe first and then the proof will follow. This may sound like a trap, but it is not. You probably would say that other religions can say the same and you only have just one life time to get it right. Well, when I say believe first, I don’t mean you have to start going to church and become all churchy!!! All I’m saying is simply ask God to prove/reveal Himself to you, and MEAN it. It is not a spooky stuff. I can assure you he will reveal Himself to you in a way that you will not miss it. I have seen this happen before when an agnostic simply asked God if He was truly up there to reveal himself.

Let me point out the “believe before proof” in OP’s posting to prove my point. OP might not even realized this when he wrote part 2: Road to Redemption.

Having realised my spiritlessness, even if I did, I certainly wasn’t using it at all. So, I wrote a simple sincere letter to God, funny but I did, asking for my spirit to be resurrected then I shoved it somewhere and forgot about it. I thought, just as conveniently as some people would summon spirits of darkness and control them to do what they want, seeking the more powerful God in your convenience would be better, plus I am sure He wouldn’t ask for blood rituals and the sorts. He is not like that

The bold part part refers: An atheist wrote a letter to who? GOD? I thought atheists do not believe God exists. And, do you write a letter to someone that does not exist? OP believed there was a supreme being. He did not go to church or get churchy etc. Simple believe – tiny faith!! Just in case there is a God – like agnostic thought. And, did God reveal himself and provide OP with proofs? See bold parts below:

Now, I have read quite a number of books in my life, but for some reason I kept having a strong gut feeling, for the first time in decades, that it wasn’t a coincidence that I was reading the book at the time. So, I re-downloaded the bible app, I deleted when I became an atheist, on my phone - there has to be immense power in it, it isn’t all fairy tales. However, I didn’t know which book or chapter to open to. But for some reason Psalm 51 crossed my mind. And behold:

“Purge me with Hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow . . .”

I read it over and over again. 'Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit’ resonated so much in me. It was as if a different part of me had come alive. I could feel repentance in my spirit. I felt sorry. And in my heart I said Lord, I knew You as a child, what have I done with my life? what did I get involved in? And if there is anything to go by from the book I read is that I had opened portals from my actions. Oh! hide Your face from my sins and blot out my iniquities.

Did you pick up those proofs? Do you believe he got a reply to his letter? God reached out to Him! God “told” him he did not read the book by coincidence, He directed him to re-download the bible, He gave him a specific chapter to read and imprinted specific verses in his spirit. Again, did God reveal himself and answer his request? Look at it again, he asked God in his letter to resurrect his spirit and what happened? In OP’s words, “ It was as if a different part of me had come alive.”

Oops! I just uncovered the third exclusivity in Christianity – the Holy Spirit of God. When we believe and receive Christ, the Holy Spirit comes to live in us to empower and guide us to live Godly life. When you really get into a conversational relationship with God, you will never think of leaving Him.

Bro, I encourage you today to either also write a letter to God or simply ask him to reveal himself and He will meet you right where you are.


habebe1
Ranchhoddas
youngestland
TheSixthSense
seun

Winner01

TheSixthSense

I love you guyz. The Lord hu has done dis marvelous tin in ur lives will surely perfect it. God bless u.

winner01:
TheSixthSense, I praise God for your life. I've also been in such a situation. I stem from an islamic background and later professed Christ (after someone preached to me) even though I didnt even know what I was into. I sought to know the reality of the scriptures. Nigerian churches were not helping matters. During my service year, I had to stop going to church because the preaching and testimonies and even seats were clear show off, no single regard for the poor and needy. They had few churches around and most were the same. I remember my older brother who had just got converted telling me to just seek God and keep an open mind. I had told him earlier that i'm okay and I live a good life, I didnt need anybody to tell me what to do.
I didnt want to be affliated with religion or even atheism. I just wanted to be that free intelligent and self-reliant human. My parents also encouraged freedom of religion so that made it easy.

I "enjoyed" my life to the fullest. What we call enjoyment is actually killing us. I lost 2 of my friends to alcohol. One drowned while drunk, the other died while driving him to the hospital. I remember we had an accident while coming back from a club in lagos, the car summersaulted from overspeeding, no one was injured, we all got down laughing at our drunk friends who drove.

Recently one of my very close friends called me to tell me that she does not have a womb anymore. Do I need to talk about my battle with glaucoma. Most of the friends that I had are either addicts of alcohol, marijuana e.t.c. So I smile when atheists are telling me to enjoy my life. I actually live a better life right now than the sick, unrestrained and devil controlled life I've lived as a young man. I've noticed that the devil is in control of most of the lives of those people who think they are directing themselves.

My being sober still did not lead me to Christ, an ex-cultist made me see the world for what it really is. A man who was active in a spiritual realm controlled by demons started to tell me the inner workings of such government. I started to think to myself "are these things real?"...

Bros, lemme just stop here. I've seen things in this life. I'm more than convinced that Jesus is Lord. Maybe I should just open a thread on why I am a Christian.

may the good LORD bless your soul, so am I also convince about Christ for I have seen HIM with my eyes and cannot deny that HE lives.

Emeskhalifa:

keep subjecting yourzelf to slavery. even the Jesus himself waz helpless during wen he was being executed!!! am very sure he'd bailed if he had the opportunity

I cnt argue with you.. Get a Bible and read, dnt just read, meditate too...

@All

(1). I remember I always used to pray ‘Lord, I am not interested in religion, I just want to know You'.

(2). Did you know that it was the religious people that killed Jesus? although they knew all the letters and prophecies of the law and routines of the synagogue.

The above is the most important thing he said and I think everybody should know that.

In case you don't understand it, he said:-

No.1: To know God is not a religious affair.

No.2: Being religious doesn't mean you know God. As a matter of fact, it was church goers that killed Christ along with Romans.

TheSixthSense:
Part 2: Road to Redemption

That I didn’t believe in God anymore didn’t make me a ‘moral' person, it wasn’t even like I was man of good ‘moral’ standing before I became an atheist but I would easily pass as one, probably from my appearance and the way I speak. But I was lonely - I’m still sort of a loner now but I certainly know the difference - an alcoholic - pretty normal in Nigeria now so we don’t see it as a problem, smoked heavily, had a heart filled with darkness but for the sake of anonymity I leave out the rest.

I also opened up to a lot of mystical beliefs, there had to be a bit of truth in everything other than christianity, Zodiac, psychic reading, law of attraction, New age positive thinking, and zen relaxation. Simply put, I was miles from being a good/nice guy, so becoming an atheist didn’t necessarily give me a pass to live as I please because I don’t think I had much of a conscience at that point-, it was for reasons I mentioned in part 1. But it actually created more room, and so I could clear out the remaining bit of conscience left, without premeditation, I would often argue against religion being the basis for morality like Richard Dawkins would, saying that morality isn’t from God/religion rather it’s by living by the ‘golden rule’ ‘do unto others what you would to yourself’

Anyway, my road to redemption started after I watched the movie 'The Conjuring’ not that I am a movie person but what sparked my interest was that it was based on a true story. So I got the book about the protagonists in the movie 'The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Loraine Warren.’ It describes the preternatural the way it can be understood by non-religious people, because it isn’t a religious book in itself. It explains the phenomena from personal experiences as demonologists (study of spirits), and I found that they keep an occult museum where they display paraphernalia such as photos, recordings, and objects from every case, for exhibition. Some quotes from the book: ‘Some of the objects and amulets stored are so negatively ‘charged’ that just by holding one of the items it is possible to provoke the original spirit to manifest or cause possession to occur instantly’ ‘there is the long black spike a satanic witch used long ago to murder her newborn infant as a sacrifice to the devil' also skulls as chalices for drinking blood etc were being kept in the museum. Now, I didn’t need to go to the museum to find out if they were true or not, I was just utterly disgusted by even reading about them.

In fact, if you get to that point in the book, you would have gotten a vivid picture of the wickedness and darkness people get involved with. How people can in the convenience of their bedroom summon/invoke all the evil in the world by simple rituals or simply attract them in ignorance by their actions. So that when you hear a christian say God said ‘The heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked’ you cannot help but agree in your unbelief.

Anyway, having read and seen all that, I realised I had no spirit in me and had being in denial all along, without even knowing. And oh how vulnerable I was to the whims of the wicked. It was obvious that living in denial does not disprove anything but rather keeps one uninformed - but I love being informed- and unprepared if/when one encounters the phenomenon being denied and in the case of these demonic spirits, vulnerable. But it also makes you reflect too, because it also explains how people invite these unclean spirits sometimes from seemingly benign habits.

Now, the book doesn’t tell you to accept Jesus or anything like that, it just advises to steer clear of Ouija boards, spell books, necromancers, and objects you don’t understand. But it affirmed the power of the name of Jesus Christ and God, prayer and religious objects as the only things that overcome the most evil of these inhuman spirits.

Excerpts: “...A particularly striking aspect to demoniacal phenomena is that the demonic spirit is actually moved to violence when exposed to religious articles, the recitation of prayers, or reference to God or Jesus Christ…the subject is not religious because I say it is or as I may want to believe, it is religious because that’s the only power that it - the demonic spirit - responds to. People might not believe in God but these spirits do…there is simply no secular - that is, no non-religious - explanation for these spirits' existence.”

Having realised my spiritlessness, even if I did, I certainly wasn’t using it at all. So, I wrote a simple sincere letter to God, funny but I did, asking for my spirit to be resurrected then I shoved it somewhere and forgot about it. I thought, just as conveniently as some people would summon spirits of darkness and control them to do what they want, seeking the more powerful God in your convenience would be better, plus I am sure He wouldn’t ask for blood rituals and the sorts. He is not like that

Now, I have read quite a number of books in my life, but for some reason I kept having a strong gut feeling, for the first time in decades, that it wasn’t a coincidence that I was reading the book at the time. So, I re-downloaded the bible app, I deleted when I became an atheist, on my phone - there has to be immense power in it, it isn’t all fairy tales. However, I didn’t know which book or chapter to open to. But for some reason Psalm 51 crossed my mind. And behold:

“Purge me with Hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, then sinners would be converted to You. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.”Ps 51:7-14

I read it over and over again. 'Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit’ resonated so much in me. It was as if a different part of me had come alive. I could feel repentance in my spirit. I felt sorry. And in my heart I said Lord, I knew You as a child, what have I done with my life? what did I get involved in? And if there is anything to go by from the book I read is that I had opened portals from my actions. Oh! hide Your face from my sins and blot out my iniquities.

Then, I went on youtube and saw a video about a man, John Ramires I think, who was so deep in the occult that later got saved by Jesus Christ. You know youtube, so I watched a series of dead-people-coming-back-to-life videos, but one striking one was that of Ian McCormack (a former atheist who repented at the point of death) died went to heaven, saw the glory of Jesus, and returned to life in the morgue.

A common observation about these videos, is that while they may describe hell as a horrible place of eternal torment sorrow, fear and death, when they try describe the glory of Jesus Christ, they cry in awe for lack of words to describe the glory, joy, peace and love associated with it even after many years of their return to life. I don’t know about you, but when I see men especially ones who had perpetrated so much evil cry when trying to describe the glory of Jesus, you know that is no joke. Prior to this, I never knew a lot of people had died and returned (NDEs, you may call it) from many countries. If you doubt someone’s experience in Australia maybe you should try Nigeria. Atheists, muslims, pagans all tell of Jesus, hell and heaven. They are not all crazy I would believe.

So, I prayed with the CBN guys on Youtube, but I thought that wasn’t real enough, I need to have witnesses like in an actual altar call. So I prayed to God asking for a church to go to because the only ones I knew were one of those I earlier described. But at that point I would have gone to one of those anyway, as long as I can get to know Jesus. Then, the next day, on my way to the market to get stuff, I got handed a flyer. It was an invitation for a revival service, so I decided to go. I found it was a small church, hard to find even and in my utmost religiosity, I don’t think I would have found it.

Now, prior to this, I had been a lot of churches from catholic, anglican, methodist, lutheran, baptist, to numerous pentecostals because I had convinced myself that they were simply social gatherings anyway, by the way these ‘christians’ behave. But this one was different, from the moment I stepped in, I was more welcome than any other I had previously been in. But that wasn’t the highlight, it was the sermon. It was as direct as spear, it was a message for me and it was as if the preacher knew I was going be there. Also two verses from scripture I knew as a child kept coming to my mind John 8:32 ’Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’ and John 8:36 ’So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.’ Then there was an altar call, it was my moment, and I answered.

** Note, I am not endorsing my church, saying that it is better than yours, maybe God led me there because of how suitable it would be for my spiritual growth. But I am only saying Jesus is calling those who want an experience with Him. I follow Jesus not my pastor or my church, but my pastor and church provide encouragement and there I listen to the word of God. I remember I always used to pray ‘Lord, I am not interested in religion, I just want to know You'

What do I have to lose if I die and find that there is no God?

Ridiculous, but let’s assume atheists are right for a second. I certainly wouldn't miss out on anything if I don’t drink, smoke, take drugs, become sexually immoral, worship idols, get oppressed or tormented by demons, get a divorce, live in bondage by anything under heaven, live in depression, live in fear, feel alone, look for love in people (Jesus is love, we have so much to share), live without peace or joy or love, live without bitterness, hate, anger or live without fortitude to persevere through trials and temptations for the rest of my life.

But what do you(non-believer) have to lose if I am right about God?

Yup, you guessed right.

The truth is heaven and hell are real and are for eternity - I would say, in a dimension not defined by time or space. Eternal life is one with Jesus and He is the source and giver of it. Like winner01 rightly mentioned, the things you think are enjoyment are actually killing you but you won’t know until God gives you His Spirit when you become born again and as soon as you start walking in the Spirit you will discern these things and probably do more than I am doing right now.

The bible says if you are not for Jesus you are against Him. And how would it feel to know you are not so different from the witch that killed her newborn, other than she probably knew she was anti-Christ, but you atheists and agnostics probably don’t know or refuse to know.

Remember, being in denial does not disprove anything, it only leaves you unprepared, uninformed, and even vulnerable to what is being denied…and no one denies death I would believe.

The answers you seek are on your smart phone. Look all over the internet, you won’t find evidence as theses or journal publications, but you certainly would find many many experiences. We have free will, so you have to choose.

Experience supersedes logic or argument any day. So, just before you dissect and critique my testimony. You may want to first ask yourself why you may be always so quick to rebut someone else’s experience before you ask the question.

Another thing, I have been an atheist, and to be honest, there’s nothing to it other than you look intelligent to other dissidents, but it is hollow, something missing, there is a void, you may not know now until you switch to the Lord’s side. Also, when you get faced with challenges and storms of life it is your spirit that fights, not your intelligence.

A UCB physics professor and former atheist, now in Christ because he saw hell and cried out to Jesus to save him, said there is a part of all of us that appeals to God. I’ve been there, I would have denied it then, but I know it’s true. Very true.

Please invite Jesus today with sincerity in heart. He is the Living God and He is Spirit. He is calling you, He is saying 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink and you will thirst no more.'
You may start by saying a sincere prayer like ‘Jesus I do not want to be condemned for eternity after I die, please save me’ and I believe your redemption is already on the way because He knows, like you would when you really mean it. And it is His will that you should not perish but come to repentance(2 Peter 3:9)

For those that do not see reason to continue the routine of religion or being religious and are looking for atheistic reasons to leave, Don’t! please don’t. Don’t give up on God. Did you know that it was the religious people that killed Jesus? although they knew all the letters and prophecies of the law and routines of the synagogue, they still didn’t recognise the Messiah, they even accused Him of working for the devil. It’s worse today, so many religious, but not many have experienced Jesus because they have made god for themselves, the one they can tame, the one that gives them all they want that lets them live how they like in the lusts of their flesh. Isn’t it funny how suddenly, God doesn’t have standards from our brand of christianity? The Holy and Righteous God.

But don’t be discouraged, look beyond the charade, He is calling, He says 'Seek and you will find'. Draw near to God and He will to you...(James 4:3) and your life will never remain the same. Taste and see that the Lord is good(Ps 34:.

Jesus is Lord!

There should be a Part 3: My Jesus Experience: The Difference

God bless you bro. I have been lifted by your testimony. Welcome to the household of champions! A household headed by The True Son of God, Jesus Our Christ.

Thanks again for the testimony bro!!!!

TheSixthSense:


God bless you. Thanks a lot.

Amen and you're welcome my dear. What are we brothers for

vickylala239:


Plz link me up if he open.....Plz tnk u

Okay babes
Cc: winner01

All thanks to the Lord
I urge my brethren in Christ to desist from meaningless argument but instead try as much as possible to direct them to the Lord. Christianity rest solely on the power of the cross, remember we are serving a living saviour.
Pray for the lost even if it is just few minutes a day. God bless you

4everGod:


They need to understand that Christianity means "like Christ". If the life you see a supposed "christian" living is not "like Christ" then he is not a Christian.

We follow in the footsteps of Jesus and not in the footsteps of Religion or Church or the worlds stereotype of "Christianity".

It indeed is a life which can only be spiritually discerned as its a life that would be seen when you allow the Spirit of Christ to lead you. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, THEY ARE THE SONS OF GOD.

Atheists should try and read Romans 8 from verse 1 to the end. That would give you a clear arrow to the life of a true CHRISTIAN and not what they perceive it to be.

JESUS didn't bring Christianity



HE didn't call HIS People Christians

TheSixthSense:
Thanks guys. Your comments are really encouraging. And it's great to see believers out here, not giving up on these atheists. God bless you all. More grace.

If you know how am dancing here. Oh Father thank you. Welcome home.

youngestland:
your road back to christianity is funny
I cant say anything but to laugh

Pls tell us why you find it funny.

analice107:

If you know how am dancing here. Oh Father thank you. Welcome home.

Praaaaaaaaaaaaaiseeeeeeeee the Looooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!

youngestland:
your road back to christianity is funny
I cant say anything but to laugh

Quick Quiz bro; Do U believe in the existence of demons?

obeenah40:

Did u read the thread

@ TheSixthSense to say av bin richly blessed by dis wonderful testimony would be an understatement, God bless u bro.
I confess again Jesus Christ as my Lord nd personal saviour, i forsake d devil, flesh nd wordly whims.
My household nd I shall serve only Christ Jesus.

SuperSupremo:
Well done.Even though it's only one out of many you attempted to answer but you are still wrong.

*If you say jesus is in God and God is in jesus then how come jesus have to wait and see what God's action before he follow?

*And for being sons of God millions are called sons of God in the bible dozens of centuries before baby jesus was born


*Joseph and Ephraim was called sons of God dozens of centuries before jesus.


*Jesus's speech was only meant for ancient Jews and not to the whole world as jesus testified that he is sent for the only lost sheeps of Israel, which you and I are not among.

*Only Mohammed (SWAS)according to Islam was sent to the whole mankind and in fact demons and all living things.

*Jesus never told his disciples to pray in his name too.

*Jesus disciples called him servant of God,not son of God.

*Jesus said he is not a good master,but the only good master is God Almighty.

why do you find it difficult to worship the perfect God that jesus clearly worshipped

You are just cherry picking scriptures.
The whole essence of this thread is to shine the light of God through Jesus.I pray that light shines in your heart.

@bolded,i fixed that for you.

TheSixthSense, I am happy that you now believe in the existence of God and commend your lucid style of writing. It beats my understanding how some folks would deny God's existence. They claim to be 'super intelligent' but chose to turn a blind eye to all the wonderful signs of God in nature. Atheists want to see God instead. They think their sight can withstand the Eternal Light of the Great One. They believe they can use logic to understand God's nature; but human intelligence cannot grasp the workings of God's Infinite Intelligence. We can only accept the things God said about himself through his Holy Books and prophets and messengers.

So the man who truly seeks eternal salvation should seek God with utmost openness, truthfulness; for God is one and too powerful to have partners or die to save anyone. Since God is one, he must have only one way of worship; in essence, there can be only one religion. And anyone who is well-versed in the Bible and the doctrines of Christianity (not the attitudes of Christians per se) cannot be an adherent of the religion, unless he is not truthful to himself.

After reading your several posts here, I see you read a lot and seem quite analytical. I would like to recommend that you still continue in your quest to seek God. Study Islam; compare it with Christianity. Do this with openness of mind and you will get answers to the questions bothering your mind now about your religion, about God. I said this because your posts here depict you as a rational man and no rational man would read the Bible in detail and not have many questions.

Islam is the true path to salvation. As a Muslim, I believe in Jesus; but as a great prophet of God not God himself. God is so mighty that he cannot eat, drink, or die to save anybody -- unlike what the Bible states. Every man would earn his own salvation.

Study the Qur'an; the Book discusses the personality of Jesus without any crookedness. However, there are a number of contradictions, ambiguous statements about the divinity of Jesus (sorry to say) in the Bible.

darkenedrebel:
TheSixthSense, you write so well and had me riveted to the spot all through. I read this from top to rock bottom. . . . . . .this is a treasure trove. I suggest you write a book—a semi-autobiography. The title is apt: from atheism to Jesus.

This in particular gave me a beat of nerves because I've had these same thoughts in the past:

"Another thing, I have been an atheist, and to be honest, there’s nothing to it other than you look intelligent to other dissidents, but it is hollow, something missing, there is a void, you may not know now until you switch to the Lord’s side. Also, when you get faced with challenges and storms of life it is your spirit that fights, not your intelligence.


cc: Mindfulness. . . . .you've got to check out this thread.

What can I say?
To each their own.

I prefer any atheist to those religious judgemental fanatics who feel that God loves them more just because they go to church or the mosque or whatever place they go to to worship God. I can't stand these self-righteous hypocrites.

On the matter of "fairness of God" The bible lets us know that at the end, The BELIEVERS WORKS will be judged at the judgement seat of Christ, the UNBELIEVERS will be Judged at the "Great white throne judgement". I have always wondered why the unbelievers will be at the " white throne" judgement. The Holy Spirit gives me the understanding that man who refuses to accept Jesus will be exposed to the fullness of the Holiness and Glory of God and will see himself as he really is (what those who have the Near death experience return to talk about), in contrast to the Holiness of God and many who reject him now will beat their chests in misery just realizing how puny he was to save himself by any man-concocted way. God is just and fair because all the words we hear today will speak for or against each man at his judgement, would you say you did not hear?. The OP questioned which would be greater loss/gain, accepting Christ, only to find that there is no heaven/ hell, or rejecting Him to eternal regrets. It's really not a case of a gamble, but a choice based on conviction brought about by experience. The "proof" is in the experience. Seek and you will find, Jesus is The Way, God bless.

I can never be deceived anymore. Jesus Christ is the only way to life. He has counted us worthy and revealed himself to us directly. He has instructed us to do His work by doing good even without being the so called "men of God" I will never stop teaching the goodness of Christ.

I found myself fortunate to experience the love of Christ. If you don't know what I mean, wait till you're touched like us. Oya Jesus take this kiss

Mindfulness:


What can I say?
To each their own.

I prefer any atheist to those religious judgemental fanatics who feel that God loves them more just because they go to church or the mosque or whatever place they go to to worship God. I can't stand these self-righteous hypocrites.

God loves you even more. Why don't you give Jesus a chance. I wonder why you feel incensed, did anyone say they were better than you?

gensteejay:
TheSixthSense, I am happy that you now believe in the existence of God and commend your lucid style of writing. It beats my understanding how some folks would deny God's existence. They claim to be 'super intelligent' but chose to turn a blind eye to all the wonderful signs of God in nature. Atheists want to see God instead. They think their sight can withstand the Eternal Light of the Great One. They believe they can use logic to understand God's nature; but human intelligence cannot grasp the workings of God's Infinite Intelligence. We can only accept the things God said about himself through his Holy Books and prophets and messengers.

He has not only believed in the existence of God, he has also received direction from God to read his Bible. Why did God not direct him to read Quran or any other religious book?

So the man who truly seeks eternal salvation should seek God with utmost openness, truthfulness; for God is one and too powerful to have partners or die to save anyone. Since God is one, he must have only one way of worship; in essence, there can be only religion. And anyone who is well-versed in the Bible and the doctrines of Christianity (not the attitudes of Christians per se) cannot be an adherent of the religion, unless he is not truthful to himself.

Christianity is not about being religious, keeping rules and laws. It is having a vibrant relationship with the creator of the universe, something that non-christian will never understand until they come to Christ.

After reading your several posts here, I see you read a lot and seem quite analytical. I would like to recommend that you still continue in your quest to seek God. Study Islam; compare it with Christianity. Do this with openness of mind and you will get answers to the questions bothering your mind now about your religion, about God. I said this because your posts here depict you as a rational man and no rational man would read the Bible in detail and not have many questions.

Bro, OP has connected with the one and only God one-on-one already, there is absolutely nothing to search for again. He is home!

Islam is the true path to salvation. As a Muslim, I believe in Jesus; but as a great prophet of God not God himself. God is so mighty that he cannot eat, drink, or die to save anybody -- unlike what the Bible states. Every man would earn his own salvation.

Study the Qur'an; the Book discusses the personality of Jesus without any crookedness. However, there are a number of contradictions, ambiguous statements about the divinity of Jesus (sorry to say) in the Bible.

The last two paragraphs are the main reasons I decided to respond to your post. I cannot but ROFLOL when Muslims claim they "believe" in Jesus. The Jesus in Quran died and rot in the grave, while Jesus in the bible resurrected; how are they the same? You are either not talking about the Jesus in the Bible or you did not get your facts straight. There are several historical proofs that Jesus in the bible resurrected, not to even talk of the proofs recorded in the bible.

Furthermore, you claim that God is so mighty and powerful that he cannot eat, drink, or die to save anybody and yet you said you must earn your salvation; how exactly would you earn your salvation aside from God that you expect to be with at the end of the day?

Rather than coming here to attack Christian believes which you obviously don't know anything about, why don't you tell OP all the good things that Islam offers so that he can make informed decision.

moski5:


JESUS didn't bring Christianity



HE didn't call HIS People Christians

I dont think you realize that Christianity is a life and not a Religion. When you hear anybody being called a Christian it means he or she is like Christ in LIFE. The people of the world coined it into a Religion but not the believer.

Once there is a knowledge space in science .... Religion fills!

But what more can we say when the space are extremely beyond our physical realm!

If this are so true! I still hope for mine.

darkenedrebel:
TheSixthSense, you write so well and had me riveted to the spot all through. I read this from top to rock bottom. . . . . . .this is a treasure trove. I suggest you write a book—a semi-autobiography. The title is apt: from atheism to Jesus.

This in particular gave me a beat of nerves because I've had these same thoughts in the past:

"Another thing, I have been an atheist, and to be honest, there’s nothing to it other than you look intelligent to other dissidents, but it is hollow, something missing, there is a void, you may not know now until you switch to the Lord’s side. Also, when you get faced with challenges and storms of life it is your spirit that fights, not your intelligence.


cc: Mindfulness. . . . .you've got to check out this thread.

All this is saying is that religion is used to fill the space therapy and rationality should be taking care of. Life becomes so overwhelming and out of ones control that that feeling of a loss of control is directed to a deity which one has no proof of its existence.

4evergod2:


I dont think you realize that Christianity is a life and not a Religion. When you hear anybody being called a Christian it means he or she is like Christ in LIFE. The people of the world coined it into a Religion but not the believer.

I know wer u r coming from I 'was' der

search d scriptures no where in it are GODS People called Christians by GOD Or HIS Apostles asides Peter called believers Christians

TheSixthSense:
Part 2: Road to Redemption

That I didn’t believe in God anymore didn’t make me a ‘moral' person, it wasn’t even like I was man of good ‘moral’ standing before I became an atheist but I would easily pass as one, probably from my appearance and the way I speak. But I was lonely - I’m still sort of a loner now but I certainly know the difference - an alcoholic - pretty normal in Nigeria now so we don’t see it as a problem, smoked heavily, had a heart filled with darkness but for the sake of anonymity I leave out the rest.

I also opened up to a lot of mystical beliefs, there had to be a bit of truth in everything other than christianity, Zodiac, psychic reading, law of attraction, New age positive thinking, and zen relaxation. Simply put, I was miles from being a good/nice guy, so becoming an atheist didn’t necessarily give me a pass to live as I please because I don’t think I had much of a conscience at that point-, it was for reasons I mentioned in part 1. But it actually created more room, and so I could clear out the remaining bit of conscience left, without premeditation, I would often argue against religion being the basis for morality like Richard Dawkins would, saying that morality isn’t from God/religion rather it’s by living by the ‘golden rule’ ‘do unto others what you would to yourself’

Anyway, my road to redemption started after I watched the movie 'The Conjuring’ not that I am a movie person but what sparked my interest was that it was based on a true story. So I got the book about the protagonists in the movie 'The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Loraine Warren.’ It describes the preternatural the way it can be understood by non-religious people, because it isn’t a religious book in itself. It explains the phenomena from personal experiences as demonologists (study of spirits), and I found that they keep an occult museum where they display paraphernalia such as photos, recordings, and objects from every case, for exhibition. Some quotes from the book: ‘Some of the objects and amulets stored are so negatively ‘charged’ that just by holding one of the items it is possible to provoke the original spirit to manifest or cause possession to occur instantly’ ‘there is the long black spike a satanic witch used long ago to murder her newborn infant as a sacrifice to the devil' also skulls as chalices for drinking blood etc were being kept in the museum. Now, I didn’t need to go to the museum to find out if they were true or not, I was just utterly disgusted by even reading about them.

In fact, if you get to that point in the book, you would have gotten a vivid picture of the wickedness and darkness people get involved with. How people can in the convenience of their bedroom summon/invoke all the evil in the world by simple rituals or simply attract them in ignorance by their actions. So that when you hear a christian say God said ‘The heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked’ you cannot help but agree in your unbelief.

Anyway, having read and seen all that, I realised I had no spirit in me and had being in denial all along, without even knowing. And oh how vulnerable I was to the whims of the wicked. It was obvious that living in denial does not disprove anything but rather keeps one uninformed - but I love being informed- and unprepared if/when one encounters the phenomenon being denied and in the case of these demonic spirits, vulnerable. But it also makes you reflect too, because it also explains how people invite these unclean spirits sometimes from seemingly benign habits.

Now, the book doesn’t tell you to accept Jesus or anything like that, it just advises to steer clear of Ouija boards, spell books, necromancers, and objects you don’t understand. But it affirmed the power of the name of Jesus Christ and God, prayer and religious objects as the only things that overcome the most evil of these inhuman spirits.

Excerpts: “...A particularly striking aspect to demoniacal phenomena is that the demonic spirit is actually moved to violence when exposed to religious articles, the recitation of prayers, or reference to God or Jesus Christ…the subject is not religious because I say it is or as I may want to believe, it is religious because that’s the only power that it - the demonic spirit - responds to. People might not believe in God but these spirits do…there is simply no secular - that is, no non-religious - explanation for these spirits' existence.”

Having realised my spiritlessness, even if I did, I certainly wasn’t using it at all. So, I wrote a simple sincere letter to God, funny but I did, asking for my spirit to be resurrected then I shoved it somewhere and forgot about it. I thought, just as conveniently as some people would summon spirits of darkness and control them to do what they want, seeking the more powerful God in your convenience would be better, plus I am sure He wouldn’t ask for blood rituals and the sorts. He is not like that

Now, I have read quite a number of books in my life, but for some reason I kept having a strong gut feeling, for the first time in decades, that it wasn’t a coincidence that I was reading the book at the time. So, I re-downloaded the bible app, I deleted when I became an atheist, on my phone - there has to be immense power in it, it isn’t all fairy tales. However, I didn’t know which book or chapter to open to. But for some reason Psalm 51 crossed my mind. And behold:

“Purge me with Hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, then sinners would be converted to You. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.”Ps 51:7-14

I read it over and over again. 'Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit’ resonated so much in me. It was as if a different part of me had come alive. I could feel repentance in my spirit. I felt sorry. And in my heart I said Lord, I knew You as a child, what have I done with my life? what did I get involved in? And if there is anything to go by from the book I read is that I had opened portals from my actions. Oh! hide Your face from my sins and blot out my iniquities.

Then, I went on youtube and saw a video about a man, John Ramires I think, who was so deep in the occult that later got saved by Jesus Christ. You know youtube, so I watched a series of dead-people-coming-back-to-life videos, but one striking one was that of Ian McCormack (a former atheist who repented at the point of death) died went to heaven, saw the glory of Jesus, and returned to life in the morgue.

A common observation about these videos, is that while they may describe hell as a horrible place of eternal torment sorrow, fear and death, when they try describe the glory of Jesus Christ, they cry in awe for lack of words to describe the glory, joy, peace and love associated with it even after many years of their return to life. I don’t know about you, but when I see men especially ones who had perpetrated so much evil cry when trying to describe the glory of Jesus, you know that is no joke. Prior to this, I never knew a lot of people had died and returned (NDEs, you may call it) from many countries. If you doubt someone’s experience in Australia maybe you should try Nigeria. Atheists, muslims, pagans all tell of Jesus, hell and heaven. They are not all crazy I would believe.

So, I prayed with the CBN guys on Youtube, but I thought that wasn’t real enough, I need to have witnesses like in an actual altar call. So I prayed to God asking for a church to go to because the only ones I knew were one of those I earlier described. But at that point I would have gone to one of those anyway, as long as I can get to know Jesus. Then, the next day, on my way to the market to get stuff, I got handed a flyer. It was an invitation for a revival service, so I decided to go. I found it was a small church, hard to find even and in my utmost religiosity, I don’t think I would have found it.

Now, prior to this, I had been a lot of churches from catholic, anglican, methodist, lutheran, baptist, to numerous pentecostals because I had convinced myself that they were simply social gatherings anyway, by the way these ‘christians’ behave. But this one was different, from the moment I stepped in, I was more welcome than any other I had previously been in. But that wasn’t the highlight, it was the sermon. It was as direct as spear, it was a message for me and it was as if the preacher knew I was going be there. Also two verses from scripture I knew as a child kept coming to my mind John 8:32 ’Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’ and John 8:36 ’So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.’ Then there was an altar call, it was my moment, and I answered.

** Note, I am not endorsing my church, saying that it is better than yours, maybe God led me there because of how suitable it would be for my spiritual growth. But I am only saying Jesus is calling those who want an experience with Him. I follow Jesus not my pastor or my church, but my pastor and church provide encouragement and there I listen to the word of God. I remember I always used to pray ‘Lord, I am not interested in religion, I just want to know You'

What do I have to lose if I die and find that there is no God?

Ridiculous, but let’s assume atheists are right for a second. I certainly wouldn't miss out on anything if I don’t drink, smoke, take drugs, become sexually immoral, worship idols, get oppressed or tormented by demons, get a divorce, live in bondage by anything under heaven, live in depression, live in fear, feel alone, look for love in people (Jesus is love, we have so much to share), live without peace or joy or love, live without bitterness, hate, anger or live without fortitude to persevere through trials and temptations for the rest of my life.

But what do you(non-believer) have to lose if I am right about God?

Yup, you guessed right.

The truth is heaven and hell are real and are for eternity - I would say, in a dimension not defined by time or space. Eternal life is one with Jesus and He is the source and giver of it. Like winner01 rightly mentioned, the things you think are enjoyment are actually killing you but you won’t know until God gives you His Spirit when you become born again and as soon as you start walking in the Spirit you will discern these things and probably do more than I am doing right now.

The bible says if you are not for Jesus you are against Him. And how would it feel to know you are not so different from the witch that killed her newborn, other than she probably knew she was anti-Christ, but you atheists and agnostics probably don’t know or refuse to know.

Remember, being in denial does not disprove anything, it only leaves you unprepared, uninformed, and even vulnerable to what is being denied…and no one denies death I would believe.

The answers you seek are on your smart phone. Look all over the internet, you won’t find evidence as theses or journal publications, but you certainly would find many many experiences. We have free will, so you have to choose.

Experience supersedes logic or argument any day. So, just before you dissect and critique my testimony. You may want to first ask yourself why you may be always so quick to rebut someone else’s experience before you ask the question.

Another thing, I have been an atheist, and to be honest, there’s nothing to it other than you look intelligent to other dissidents, but it is hollow, something missing, there is a void, you may not know now until you switch to the Lord’s side. Also, when you get faced with challenges and storms of life it is your spirit that fights, not your intelligence.

A UCB physics professor and former atheist, now in Christ because he saw hell and cried out to Jesus to save him, said there is a part of all of us that appeals to God. I’ve been there, I would have denied it then, but I know it’s true. Very true.

Please invite Jesus today with sincerity in heart. He is the Living God and He is Spirit. He is calling you, He is saying 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink and you will thirst no more.'
You may start by saying a sincere prayer like ‘Jesus I do not want to be condemned for eternity after I die, please save me’ and I believe your redemption is already on the way because He knows, like you would when you really mean it. And it is His will that you should not perish but come to repentance(2 Peter 3:9)

For those that do not see reason to continue the routine of religion or being religious and are looking for atheistic reasons to leave, Don’t! please don’t. Don’t give up on God. Did you know that it was the religious people that killed Jesus? although they knew all the letters and prophecies of the law and routines of the synagogue, they still didn’t recognise the Messiah, they even accused Him of working for the devil. It’s worse today, so many religious, but not many have experienced Jesus because they have made god for themselves, the one they can tame, the one that gives them all they want that lets them live how they like in the lusts of their flesh. Isn’t it funny how suddenly, God doesn’t have standards from our brand of christianity? The Holy and Righteous God.

But don’t be discouraged, look beyond the charade, He is calling, He says 'Seek and you will find'. Draw near to God and He will to you...(James 4:3) and your life will never remain the same. Taste and see that the Lord is good(Ps 34:.

Jesus is Lord!

There should be a Part 3: My Jesus Experience: The Difference

GOD BLESS YOU,
Your experience just made me return to Christ after so much depravity!

Mindfulness:


What can I say?
To each their own.

I prefer any atheist to those religious judgemental fanatics who feel that God loves them more just because they go to church or the mosque or whatever place they go to to worship God. I can't stand these self-righteous hypocrites.

Don't mind those religious judgemental fanatics jare, God loves all human being equally. Just because they go to church or mosques or even put on their self-righteous acts does not increase the love God has for them a teeny-tiny bit! In fact, God loved the whole world and gave His son to died for ALL. If only Christians will preach the simple message of salvation of "believe and be saved" without asking folks to put their ducks in a row before coming to Christ, the whole world will probably be Christians by now. A lot of Christians turn people away from Christ instead of attracting them to Him

Bro, I'll encourage you to hang out with Christians who really understand the message of the cross (the non judgemental fanatics) and you will not be disappointed.