Why did you commit your life to Christ user?

Why did you commit your life to Christ user?

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Because I realized I'm a horrible sinner that deserves hell

Because Jesus Christ is the truth and the path to eternal life in the kingdom of heaven

Because Christ is the truth.

Amet

Because he takes it to the bourgeoisie

desperation and hatred for the world

I hoped it would change something. It didn't.

Because I'm a sinner and Christ is my salvation. Also he's the King.

>I did it for my own selfish reasons
Don't pretend, you still haven't see the truth.

I know that feel
I even overcome my fears and stood up for something I believed in, but still my dreams crushed as always
I just stick around with it, because I don't really know why it would just seem weird to pray for something you wish to archive and then just leave if it doesn't work out
So I am stuck here with a reborn faith in me, but nothing left to believe in

I think Christianity can cure autism. It certainly made me a bit more social, paganism just makes you hate everything.

>he don't know Jesus is not the hippy the bible say

fag

when did I say this?

because im not a child raping jew who let the pharisees corrupt the teachings of the bible forcing Jesus to return die for the sins of all people and jews thus showing any jews who stayed jews following the fake religion and not christianity will burn in hell for eternity for killing christ and following false teachings like Yom Kippur or Hannukah that the pahrisees invented for them.

No thanks

>forcing Jesus to return die for the sins of all people
He didn't die for the sins of the world just because of kikery you know.

Is mel gibson a christian or a protestant?

>papists

>atheists

>actually believing in candy land
Kill yourself brainlet.

I'm a Christian

>you still haven't see the truth.

That is what I said, did I not? Does truth exist? It may. It may not. how would I know? I have verified neither its presence or its absence. It would be great to get some kind of push toward the right direction, but so far nothing has happened.

When seeking faith, what are selfish reasons and what are not? Isn't faith fundamentally about getting saved? How can the salvation of your soul NOT be a selfish pursuit?

I like how that picture of jesus is in the front pages of my book of mormon.

Why are you lifting for him Sup Forums?

I don't even care about achieving anything. If God wants to use me as his instrument, that's fine. If he does not, that is fine too. I just want to find some reassurance that I should keep living. If there is no objective metaphysical context for existence, I will not bother to stick around. Fear of consequences is the only reason that keeps me from offing myself.

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He revealed himself to me when I begrudgingly called on his name in a time of need. I was transformed by an experience more powerful than drugs I have taken.

Nigger that's charity, not gubberment redistribution. Charity is volluntery and gift like, redistribution is not.

Not autistic, but I feel more connected to everyone; I see myself in them and it gives me great understanding

I'm willing to listen to your personal input and insight regarding my questions. I don't care to skim through a youtube channel with dozens of mildly related videos just to find a specific answer to a question I asked from YOU.

Are you merely a puppet of someone else's perspective, or are you capable of original thought? If former, go condescend someone else with your filth.

>I don't even care about achieving anything.
well that is gone by now
I probably feel the same as you now
I have no reason to live and no fear of death anymore but no reason to die for

Atheism is a fairytail for those afraid of the light.

Would you like to elaborate on your experience? How did he reveal himself to you? What was your time of need? How did this experience transform you?

Yeah, not a comfortable state to be in. I hope you will find a solution to it.

Nobody ever committed their life to Christ as Jesus is a myth. If anything, some have committed their lives to doing good. Good itself has conflicting definitions. An example of this is some believe having meat on the table for dinner is good others believe it is bad as meat is murder.

I will probabyl get killed by a refugee assault, after I won't back down and cuck out on their shit anymore
I really just don't care anymore
It is a weird feeling after I prayed to god for assistance in overcoming my inner weakness and stand up and it certainly helped me with it, but the result was worse than If I just had backed off
I feel on one hand stronger than ever and on the other hand just empty

>having meat on the table for dinner is good others believe it is bad as meat is murder.
and some commies starve to death, because god hates you

I was just recommending some videos to help you go the right direction, which you requested, but if you want direct answers from me.

>Isn't faith fundamentally about getting saved? How can the salvation of your soul NOT be a selfish pursuit?
Not only so. We have faith in God, not just for our sake, but because we love and trust Him. We give thanks endlessly to Him who gives us salvation freely out of His own good will, because we do not deserve it. Faith is a response to a God who reveals. We are faithful because we realize truth and the source itself, not because we get any specific benefit out of it. God is our creator and when we encounter Him, we respond faithfully because it is in our disposition to seek out truth.

I used to be an atheist myself and I understand what a difficult journey it is to have faith in something that seems non-existent in the world. Do you have anymore questions?

>you go to heaven if you voluntarily don't do what jesus said

hahaha

bump for ethernity

Thank you. Would you like to share a few words about your journey? What was your life like before, during and after the process? What kind of epiphanies solidified your faith? Have you moved beyond all doubt with your faith or do you think doubt is a natural innate part of Christian faith?

Because qt3.14 animu girl told me to

Really you should check out his channel, i'm surprised to see it linked but i can vouch for it myself. Watch his historical evidence for the resurection series and his most recent one on evolution. youtube.com/watch?v=A0iDNLxmWVM,

I'd also really reccomend looking at jorden petersons series on genesis, it'll blow your mind and finish the second half of the question of evolution in how it fits with the bible.

If you aren't inspired with hope and authentically believing there is objectively a God, then obviously you won't change. Take a chance on hope annd try your best to make the most authentic sense of it you can, because in your worldview of dispair you have nothing to lose.

worshipping a kike on a stick? nope, i dont wanna be cucked.

Oh and the one on evolution is for it btw.

I'm assuming you meant "you go to heaven if you voluntarily do what jesus said"

Yeah, you do... is there something wrong with this?

Because (and this is something your average Christcuck wouldn't know, you'd have to be an ascended Christcuck like me since it's only outlined in certain obscure apocrypha) Jesus Christ has a Johnson the size of a baby's arm.

It’s almost embarrassing, you know the Christians who fake tremors and speaking in tongues? I was alone and my whole body was vibrating greatly, I was filled with love and understanding in an indescribable way. I did not try to speak but I’m not sure what would have come out if I did. I was given a new perspective on life and my relationships have benefitted greatly. I see God in many surprising places but only because I am willing to look and to see now. It may sound crazy, but It is where I am at now. I am far from perfect but now I have a conscience again and it doesn’t even matter if it is the truth, it is my truth and I am forever thankful for it.

I was a classical theist before this and now I consider myself a scriptural theologian. I’ve yet to find error in my bible, but it need not be divinely inspired for it to operate as a means to commune with God in a more mundane way than that experience above.

The only version of Christianity that I can get on board with is Unitarianism. Am I a heretic?

It's of course easy to feel inspired by the concept of an infinite ever-loving god. Yet, how do you know when your faith is enough? At what point does your authenticity become sufficient to guarantee salvation? You can convince yourself that you fully believe in God, but what if you are only fooling yourself about your level of devotion? As long as there is no clear sign from God saying "this is enough, you are now mine", will you ever be sure that you are sufficiently devoted?

I can KIND OF believe, and I can even convince myself that I FULLY beleive, but as long as there are no clear signs from God, how

>Actually believing in the Marxist meme of what religious people think.
Fuck off (((Schlomo)))

Because He is the truth. He doesn't just have the truth, he IS the truth

Because He have His life for me and I love Him because He is my Father and I'm his son alongside every human.
I give myself to the Lord.
Have mercy my Lord. I do not deserve your kindness.

Sure.

>before
Life of misery, had no direction in life. I was extremely cynical as well, absolutely hated people and especially religion. I was a very prideful and degenerate person and was very anti-social. I had no hope or love at all in my heart.

>during
About two and a half years ago, I was reading Sup Forums and becoming a lot more conservative in my political views than I was before. I saw some Christian threads occasionally and decided to read through them and sometimes participate. Started to warm up to Christianity, just culturally at first but I thought it was a useful tool for society. Then I started to research it because although I was an atheist and loved to pretend I knew what I was talking about, I was completely ignorant of Christianity. This lead to reading about the argument for faith which hit me surprisingly had because they were logical. I couldn't rightfully refute any of them. I did more digging for a couple weeks and started heading to a conclusion I didn't want to believe was possibly true. Suddenly one night, I had an epiphany where everything just came together, like you know when something just snaps and you have a new understanding? I was absolutely convinced Jesus Christ was the Son of God in that moment. I began to cry and begged God to forgive me for my life and all that I had done. I realize I deserved hell and needed a savior or I would be lost to my life of sadness and waste away. Even more importantly I understood the slightest image of my creator, the creator of all things. I knew in my heart that I had found what I didn't know I was looking for. It was the source of all being in communication with my wretched self.

I immediately began to pursue this discovery with all my being. I started attending a Catholic church, went to RCIA and took my first communion on Easter of 2016. It was the best day of my life.

You can eat fast food or you can eat steak. Both will fill your belly the same, but the experience is different.

>after
I still struggle with sin, lust primarily. It is an endless battle but I keep counting on God to forgive my mistakes.

>Have you moved beyond all doubt with your faith or do you think doubt is a natural innate part of Christian faith?
While I still struggle in my personal fruits of the spirit and desires of the flesh, I believe without that Jesus Christ, the Son of God became man and died for the sins of the world. He was resurrected and is seated at the right hand of God. No matter what, I know it's the truth in my heart for sure. I would be lying to myself if I tried to ignore it.

Because His yoke is easy and His burden is light.

The cross might seem heavy at times, but the shit other people drag around like their political beliefs and vindictive hatred are far heavier, loathsome, ugly, stupid and hell-bound millstones.

>Deuteronomy 4:29 - But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Amen, brother.

>I was alone and my whole body was vibrating greatly, I was filled with love and understanding in an indescribable way.

Sounds close to some kind of peak meditative experience. Did it happen spontaneously? I went through a similar experience after smoking weed when I was younger. I could only think and speak in tongues for a while. It seemed like some kind of proto-version of my native language. Do you view this as demonic possession, or a drug-induced shortcut to God's embrace?

> I see God in many surprising places but only because I am willing to look and to see now. It may sound crazy, but It is where I am at now.

It does not sound crazy, it sounds like classic confirmation bias. I'm of course projecting a lot of my own impressions of the text you wrote since you are talking in very vague words. I'm not trying to belittle your experiences, but trying to understand them. I have listened to many conversion stories like yours, it somehow saddens me how automatically I rationalize these kind of experiences and see a reasonable explanation for them. Is the fault in others or in me? It would be convenient to be able to attribute a seemingly mystical experience to God. But I just can't as long as there are alternate explanations.

It please, reconsider Catholicism, it is bother extrabiblical and anti biblical. The Bible is the codex, not a mortal man.

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Stay strong my friend. Pray a lot so you can resist the devil's temptations.
Lust is as well main sin. And when that happens I pray the Lord's prayer.
I hope I won't fall into temptation no more.

Nice try Satan.

Because it's right, and if it's not right then at worst I lead an utterly principled life.

Can I still pray the rosary if I'm a proddy? I don't care about being proddy much, I was just born into it. And I'm not particularly drawn to catholicism either, but I really like the concept of the rosary. I'd really love to have something tangible when praying, and to have a set of rituals of prayers while doing it. Would it be weird if I did it?

Also, where do I get one? I know it's just a material object and shouldn't be idolized, but it certainly feels odd getting one from amazon from a shitty chinese vendor called fashion4U or something like that.

The issue might seem a little nuanced but i'll answer.

No amount of work can ever make you earn salvation, because from the christian point of view it's impossible for man to earn, therefore any salvation man recieves is an unearned gift from God.

However Jesus said "not everyone that says lord lord will enter the kingdom of heaven." Faith alone is not enough to recieve this gift, you must work too.

To summerize, working for salvation doesn't mean you earned it, but you do still have to work for it if you want God to give you the gift.


I personally think this is good policy, because i've come to realise dispair and godlessness is linked, and God and hope are linked too, so if something leads to dispair, chances are it's evil. If people just thought faith was enough, i think in a very practical sense would lead to lazyness, vice, and ultimately dispair, and therefor godlessness. It is very practical to tell people to work for it.

Sorry my dude, sola scriptura is only 500 years old and isn't biblical. I appreciate the kind words.

You have religious experience all mixed up, one sees God's creation differently once one has had religious experience. It doesn't mean you were nearer to God in a physical sense; that's just absurd to think about since for something timeless and spaceless there is no near or distant. But once you see the world differently, you can't ever see it the way you once saw it again.

Thanks for sharing. My journey is almost opposite. I was raised in a very loving Christian family, but I always had more questions than they had answers, which eventually led to me drifting away from their faith. My family is practically of different flesh than I am. They are family-oriented, simple good willed people. I'm a existentially disgusted pathological skeptic who perceives multiple perspectives to every issue. I can just as easily reason myself into faith as away from it, unable to really commit to any point of view. Unfortunately euphoric prose but whatever.

Are you implying that a certain point God will give you a confirmation? That one should just strive towards faith until God finally reveals himself?

Because he’s the real deal

>isn't biblical

Yes, of course. Don't let people tell you that ritual praying is somehow a bad thing. The goal of prayer is to change influence the soul. You can usually get free ones online or order one off amazon, let me see if I can find a link for you.

Life showed me what I desired the most since I was born and I even recognized signs, so I started to believe again and I felt more secure in my actions and it really seemed that everything will work out after all those years of misery and then when I laid down my doubts and were ready to accept it that it was only my lack of faith and the constant doubts of god's ways were holding me back from achieving something worthwhile
I started to believe with my pure naive heart and for a short time I felt happy since I was a child
and then within 2 weeks everything went down to shit
even started praying everyday in those days
and I still keep it like this, because nothing would change if I would stop
but why keeps god showing me nearly fulfillment of my dreams, just to shatter them the moment when I start to believe it will finally work out for me

Read Paul and Peter.

The man he said that to was a tax collector

I'm rly happy to hear, and I can help you with solving lust. I have a copypasta i wrote on it

depends
Is this a problem for you?
"Gegrüßet seist du, Maria, voll der Gnade, der Herr ist mit dir. Du bist gebenedeit unter den Frauen, und gebenedeit ist die Frucht deines Leibes, Jesus. Heilige Maria, Mutter Gottes, bitte für uns Sünder jetzt und in der Stunde unseres Todes. Amen"

>Are you implying that a certain point God will give you a confirmation? That one should just strive towards faith until God finally reveals himself?
Not him, but yes.

>Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Yes, I am familiar with that sentiment. But the question was: can you ever be sure that what you've done up to this point (faith + works) are sufficient? Believing in potential negative afterlife, how do you ward off the inevitable paranoia that you are simply not enough? That you are too lukewarm?

>But once you see the world differently, you can't ever see it the way you once saw it again.

Most of Sup Forums can confirm. To put it in simpler words: once a certain perspective is fully embraced, everything will be viewed through that.

I would be very grateful, thanks brother.

What, then, if I don't ever receive such confirmation? Am I blind or lukewarm? Is the answer always to try harder?

Lemme throw this out there in case anyone is listening. If you want to stop watching porn like a proper Christian, you gotta learn how tempatation works.

The first obvious thing is if you are exposed to too much erotic stuff in the moment or maybe you find a super duper erotic fetish, your desires will start to feel very risky, like there's a good chance you might break. Usually you will. This feeling is very important as the whole game centers around you not getting to this point; you can only last like this for so long, and for so many times before giving in.

The second thing is the idea that the more erotic things you encounter over time is the harder it is to resist the temptation for next time, and the less erotisism you are exposed to over time is the easier it is to resist the temptation. If you've ever decided to not fap after a week's vacation away from the internet or degenerate parties, you would know what i'm talking about. You feel like a fortress, able to resist any sexual temptation with ease, but slowly as you reintroduce yourself to the exposure, that security starts to fade again.

So how do you stop lust? By not exposing yourself to too much of it, at least until the feeling becomes more easily managable and not risky. This takes a bit of sacrifice because it means avoiding certain shows, or ocassionally not going on certain boards until things get better, even unplugging the internet if nessisary, as well as using safesearch filters. But it is effective and the lessons learned here are priceless, especially because they apply to all the other deadly sins, and really all the temptation the devil can offer.

It actually took me years and a fug ton of failures before I managed to finally started to figure it all out. For us who are exposed to a lot of temptation without distraction, it ain't easy, you will probably fail and hopefully not as many times as I have, but that being said, it ain't too hard either.

I have finally understanded that what i couldn't while being a teen. That He actually died for my sins, that He had to die, to show us that you can live your entire life without sinnig. That even during tortures, that even when they will kill you instead of the murderer, that even when they will make the most evil things to you you can forgive them and don't harm them. That there is no excuse for the sins.

Kill yourself nigger commie

>how do you ward off the inevitable paranoia that you are simply not enough?
That's what faith is exactly in terms of salvation. We trust that God will save us because he said he would.

Always strive forward, but don't get paranoid and think "am I doing enough?" for salvation was a gift. All that is "required" is to fully trust God that he will save you from the fate that we all deserve because he payed the penalty for you. You are free from sin and death because of His love and what he did for you and all of us.

I have absolutely no problem with Maria or praying to her. If she was chosen to be the mother of Jesus, she is surely more than just an ordinary woman or an empty vessel to receive the holy spirit.

I'd recommend buddhist meditation for starters, and then advancing onto Christian meditation. If you can get in the habit of meditation, you have a very high likelihood of having the kind of genuine spiritual experience that would put an end to your doubts.

Buddhist meditation is just the easiest starting point, Christian methods are harder to get the hang of because you have to do multiple things and its an internal ritual as opposed to the Buddhists who just tell you to sit still and not chase after thoughts.

Thank you very much. I too have figured out that I need to avoid the feeling that leads to sin altogether but that's that hardest part isn't it? I too have failed many times and am greatly ashamed but I pray that the Lord will have mercy upon me for my problem and will continue to help me overcome it.

Remember anons: Jesus, not Paul.

This.

>All that is "required" is to fully trust God

I'm turning this discussion circular, but I just don't understand how to be sure that you are fully trusting in God. I can kind of trust in him, perhaps even a lot, but at what point does it become full trust? I feel incapable of reaching a state that could be viewed as full trust. There's always the lingering doubt "am I even being serious right now?".

Perhaps it's something that just has to be experienced.

all those who submit themselves to the king of jews (Jesus/Jeshua) become completely legitimate, card-carrying jews.
Romans 2:28:
"A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code."
The apostle Paul clearly says here that you don't need to be circumcised to become a certified jew. All you need to do is believe in jesus and you become circumcised INWARDLY.

Christians are the real jews. Beware of their tricks, they're no different than the rest of them.

As a Roman Catholic unfortunately I have to say yes.

I don't think he is real. I don't need to worship or submit to anything either. I get on just fine without a Jesus or God

Amen brother.
I stopped fapping 4 months ago.
The first days and week, oh my God, I could barely control myself but thankfully I was able to keep control.
Every pic or good looking girl I saw on college made me want to fall but I barely resisted. After a month things started to look better.
Now 4 months later I find fapping disgusting and repulsive as fuck and finally I can control my impulses not to mention that now I know what it feels like to be a real man and not a man child.
I feel so strong right now that I think I could refuse to have sex with any girl.
I hope I won't fall into temptation anymore.
Looking back I feel disgusted with myself. I looked like an animal.
To non religious people reading this try to do the same thing. I'm not telling to convert if you don't wish sadly but having self control better your character.
Of course having faith helps a bit.

He called to me for years, and I know he would call for you, if only you had ears to listen.
I hated God for years (though at the time I thought I was atheist) and when that hatred faded I was opened to agnosticism, an admission of my ignorance. I had been humbled and in time I became deist; I saw the truth that an uncaused causal universe can not exist. Shortly afterI became a classical theist through trying to explain the universe from an absent God and found what most cause science to be mere philosophy, and weak philosophy at that. I knew God was active and interactive in our reality; that he was more than just an uncaused cause which abandoned his creation. I wanted to know him, and I sought him relentlessly. I prayed to my creator to know him better, and I did receive, bit by bit; but never fully, never personally.
The night of my experience I found my self lying to God, not once but twice and out of old habit I spat out “Jesus Christ, what is wrong with me” and I laughed at the irony, at the completion of the circle, I laughed again and again and couldn’t move past the thought of what I was about to do. Unwilling to ignore a potential sign, I prayed in Jesus’ name and I was made whole again. I was rewarded for searching not just with my heart, but with my mind. I was given grace and transformed.
My eyes are welling up right now just typing it.

When was the last time you were forgiven anons? When was the last time you forgave?

Well, an easy way to tell is that if you are worrying about "am I doing enough?" or "am I serious enough?" then you don't have faith. When you fully trust God, you will be at peace and not fear death for God has conquered both sin and death.

I suggest you continue to research Christianity, read the bible and try praying. You can just ask God to show you the truth and lead you to Him in your prayers.

Here is another good apologetics channel on youtube btw.

youtube.com/user/CSLewisDoodle

>Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking

The rosary is anti biblical, like most catholic traditions. The book of Mathew contains a great deal of warnings about catholicism.

When i was almost 18 years old i was really addicted to weed, i had been knowing that it consumes my life since many months and i had been becoming more and more sad and depressed beacuse of that. One night i was lying in my bed and realized how i fucked my life because of being constantly stoned. I started asking God for the strenght to overcome my addiction and i was promising Him, that i will stop smoking this shit, but there were thoughts about me thinking that i am weak and even that i am saying "i will not smoke again" the next time i will have a possibility of taking a hit i will do it like a fucking subhuman that i am.
>Please God, give me a strenght to win with myself
And then a sigle thought appeared in my mind
>Wszystko będzie dobrze - Everything will be alright
the moment that thought has flown through my mind i felt an absolute peace, ters started to coming out of my eyes. For the first time in my life i haven't been feeeling not even a little bit of a fear, because everything will be alright
>Everything will be alright
I haven't been smoking weed since that moment. It is over 5 years now. God is good guy and He loves us.