Why Did You Become A Christian?

I was raised in a Christian home so it was a natural step for me. I was baptized, became confirmed which makes me a Christian.

I need the Saviour and, as indeed I now understand it, I was led by His Spirit to believe in His Person and Work at the Cross for sinners, and I was born again.

April_Rose said:

I'm just curious to hear all of the different responses. For me it was because I knew I screwed my life up and I needed somebody to help me clean it up. Luckily for me, I opened the door and let Jesus in since He was standing there with a mop and a broom in His hands.

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Hi April Rose, I like your analogy of Jesus with a mop and broom to clean up your mess.
Strong occultic influences caused issues for me from birth, and persisted throughout my upbringing in cultural Christianity. As much as I accepted Christ and the Gospel over and over I also got into the things of the world, the flesh, and the devil. God, however has been constantly faithful in leading me to repentance so that I am more and more like a tree planted by the waters, staying green and producing fruit as a follower and servant of Christ.

Stumpmaster said:

Hi April Rose, I like your analogy of Jesus with a mop and broom to clean up your mess.
Strong occultic influences caused issues for me from birth, and persisted throughout my upbringing in cultural Christianity. As much as I accepted Christ and the Gospel over and over I also got into the things of the world, the flesh, and the devil. God, however has been constantly faithful in leading me to repentance so that I am more and more like a tree planted by the waters, staying green and producing fruit as a follower and servant of Christ.

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I like the reference to Psalm 1 there...

I was borne in a Christian home and always wanted to follow God- but when I got older in my late teenage years I noticed a lot of what was preached didn't line up with reality and questioning it was frowned upon. I wanted truth, I wanted to be transparent and and I wanted genuine so I went searching on my own. The search for truth in the end brought me back to the scriptures as being unique and authenticated - and through that solidified my trust in Christ. I think I've been a Christian as long as I can remember - but 'owning' my faith really came about in my late teens if that makes sense. Up until then it was more based on trust in my parents telling me truth (and the church).

Scoot said:

I was borne in a Christian home and always wanted to follow God- but when I got older in my late teenage years I noticed a lot of what was preached didn't line up with reality and questioning it was frowned upon. I wanted truth, I wanted to be transparent and and I wanted genuine so I went searching on my own. The search for truth in the end brought me back to the scriptures as being unique and authenticated - and through that solidified my trust in Christ. I think I've been a Christian as long as I can remember - but 'owning' my faith really came about in my late teens if that makes sense. Up until then it was more based on trust in my parents telling me truth (and the church).

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Mine was in some areas similar to your testimony...

I was in my late teens and I just got married months earlier, and I began thinking about growing a family. These concerns about not just me but others in general, drifted into my brain and thoughts. I suddenly realized that life is not really long on this earth so I pondered a lot about life, creation, and even translated our infinite God in terms of math equations and infinity on graphs....I was a little odd I guess..I found myself looking to the Creator of the universe and his intelligence and wisdom every chance or break from work or social interaction I had. I became more and more preoccupied with life and my own destiny.

I believed then, even today, that I did not choose Christ, the Father brought me to him deliberately for a purpose and plan. He used a work mate to do it.

Anyway, one day, a mate of mine at work asked me, out of the blue, if I wanted to know Christ in a personal way. You see I was raised Catholic and I knew OF Christ and the word of God...and the religious rituals and dogmas etc...it just was not enough or complete for me...it lacked substance and authenticity....I always search for genuine communications, message and love in people.

Short story then...days after the invite, I offered by life to serve Christ, I died that day to a 'new' day and as a 'new' creature, ...I never looked back, and it changed me from the inside out forever..not saying my increase in wrinkles on the outside every day, is indicative of a loss or weakened faith....lol

APAK

April_Rose said:

I'm just curious to hear all of the different responses. For me it was because I knew I screwed my life up and I needed somebody to help me clean it up. Luckily for me, I opened the door and let Jesus in since He was standing there with a mop and a broom in His hands.

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I was going to compete Hell in a handbag. Left my friends behind to make it in music when I was in my late teens, and the music we were into kept getting darker and more Satanic the farther we went. We were already playing pretty dark stuff - Old Metallica, Megadeth, a lot of Judas Priest - but there were people hanging around the band towards the end who were outright practicing Satanists and trying to recruit us. I finally looked around and realized I had nothing. I had lost all my friends, didn't really like the band members anymore, and just felt empty. So I quit and moved back with my mother for awhile (no place to stay). About a month or two later, I asked if we had a Bible in the house, and the rest was "history," as they say. I gave my life to Christ soon thereafter, and haven't put it down yet.

I don't see that being baptized and being 'confirmed' would make me a Christian. My experience by God's grace was that, as John chapter 3 shows, I needed to be born again, and I was indeed; I exercised saving faith in the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for me at the Cross.

Pearl said:

Well said farouk, baptism and/or confirmation of themselves don't make anybody a Christian.

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@Pearl This is what Acts 2.41 says: "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized..." They were baptized because they clearly were Christians already.