Posts Tagged ‘becoming a Christian’
Should becoming a Christian and getting married be postponed until people are at least 20?
Question: Hello, I looked at a page dedicated to questions and answers about baptism. Could you read these two verses please, Numbers 32:11 and Deuteronomy 1:39, and tell me what is your understanding? Did you know them before? It seems that 20 years old was considered by God the age to know what is good…
Read MoreHow can I get baptized? My father is a Muslim and won’t allow it
Question: I don’t know if you will be able to reply to this, but I hope you will and I will try anyway. I’m a 14-year-old girl who has a Muslim dad. I want to give my life to Christ. I found a site a few years ago that said if I prayed the sinner’s…
Read MoreI think I need to stop sinning, get baptized, and follow Jesus
Question: I appreciate what you have written, and I agree with you. Honestly, I’m a Catholic, but I don’t practice a lot of things that Catholics do. I consider myself a Christian because in my heart I have to follow the Lord Jesus Christ and his teaching. Of course, I’ve not always been successful. I’ve…
Read MoreI’ve lived such a sinful life. I want to be religious, but I don’t know if I can be
Question: Hello, I think I am a sinner. Will God ever forgive me? I am not a religious person, though I want to be. But I am not sure if I will ever be religious because I have done a lot of sinful things. I used to have a problem with drug addiction which led…
Read MoreI have committed so many sexual sins, especially lust. How do I get forgiveness?
Question: Hello, I am a Christian by birth. I believe in Jesus and God; however, my faith is questionable at times, especially when things go wrong or when there is a delay in getting answers, etc. I fear God, but the irony is that I have committed adultery and I have also aborted a child…
Read MoreWill marrying my lover affect my calling from God?
Question: Please help me out. I am in a relationship with the girl I want to marry. I have had sex with her. We are deeply in love with each other. We also had many abortions. Can I still marry her? I have a calling of God in my life. If I marry her will…
Read MoreHow do you change to be a Christian? It seems so hard
Question: Hi! First, just let me tell you how much I have learned from your site alone! I have had so many questions and found so many answers to many of them here. My thanks to you for answering them, as well as those brave enough to ask them. I don’t know how to articulate…
Read MoreCan you help me get closer to God?
Question: I ran across this website in my search for help in understanding the Divine one and His word. From the response I read from you to another inquirer, it seems as though you have a heart filled with love and may be able to help me obtain a closer relationship with God and understand…
Read MoreHow can I get my husband to stop his sins?
Question: My husband is an unbeliever. He has never stopped me from going to church. He would come with me many times and was even to be baptized, not because of conviction, but because of legalism. We got married at a Pentecostal church less than ten years ago. The church, unfortunately, has scattered since then. People…
Read MoreI’ve messed up my relationships. What do I do?
Question: I have lost confidence in myself. I thought because I re-gave my life to Christ that I would not fall the next day. But I did a few weeks after trying to give my ex a second chance. I cheated. Before I met my ex I was pretty clear with males and not interested…
Read MoreAm I considered a Christian?
Question: I believe in God, read the Bible and try to abide by it. When I was a baby I was baptized. I have not gone to church since I was very young, mainly because I can’t seem to locate one that I am comfortable with. A friend of mine asked me the other day…
Read MoreMy parents reject religion. How can I become a Christian?
Question: My family wants to stay away from religion, but I want to go toward it. I want to embrace God’s love. I would go to church, but I am too young to drive or walk there. I have asked my parents to go to church, but they said “no.” So I have been secretly…
Read MoreI Got Sick of the World
by Gerry Sandusky “You were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers but with the precious blood of Christ” (I Peter 1:18-19). My religious background could be summed up by saying there was almost none. My Baptist grandmother took me to the Methodist…
Read MoreI want to be a real Christian
Question: I am a 17-year-old girl who believes in Jesus and God, but I have sinned a lot. I have used God’s name in vain. I have even questioned if He was good or evil. I know God is good and only God is good. I have even said I didn’t believe in Him. I…
Read MoreEven though we sinned, could this be the woman God wants me to marry?
Question: Hi! I was led to your site from confusion about the laws of lust. My girlfriend and I were confused about whether or not it’s still lust if we have those feelings and urges for each other and only each other. From the similar questions I’ve read, and the answers you provided, I’ve gotten…
Read MoreHeed the Invitation
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/HeedTheInvitation.mp3 by Garry Floyd
Read MoreWhat is your church like?
Question: How do you have such a great understanding of the Bible? I would love to understand and live whole-heartily according to the Bible. This is what I have been in search of. I believe in Jesus Christ, I’ve accepted him as my personal savior, was baptized as an infant, but would like to be…
Read MoreBecause I’m committing adultery, does that mean I can’t go to heaven?
Question: I was bought up to go to Sunday school every Sunday at a Free Evangelical Church. I don’t what that stands for, but I got lost in life with God and Jesus. When I was young I had a friend who was a Jehovah’s Witness and we were told we couldn’t play together. We…
Read MoreDo I need to talk to my friend about her nose-piercing before talking to her about baptism?
Question: I have a friend who after recently being in a car accident has decided she wants to learn more about God and the Bible … in so many words. She said she’d like to come to church with me to see what the churches of Christ are like, and in passing said that they…
Read MoreA young man wants to attend church but his father is interfering. How do you handle the situation?
Question: In the youth Bible class, one of my students (an 18-year-old young woman) asked a question I wasn’t sure how to respond to. She has a boyfriend, who’s never been to the Church of Christ before and whom she’s been with for a couple of years now, I believe. During that time he’s shown…
Read MoreSeven Facts about God’s Providence
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/SevenFactsAboutGodsProvidence.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Ephesians 6:10-20 I. There are questions we have regarding how God works in the world today for which we have no answers A. We cannot see the spiritual realm B. We cannot measure the influence the spiritual realm has on our thoughts C. God hasn’t told us everything 1. Job 5:8-15 – God…
Read MoreWhy Be a Christian?
by David Thurman via Gospel Minutes, Vol. 58, No. 3, Jan. 16, 2009. We have to admit that there are a lot of religions in the world today. We hear a lot more about Islam than we ever have before. We see people seeking new-age solutions to their spiritual needs. We see many people simply…
Read MoreAre You a Christian?
by Allen Dvorak via Gospel Power, Vol. 15, No. 40, Oct. 5, 2008. The word “Christian” is sometimes used rather freely and without regard to its New Testament usage. Some folks apply the term to practically anyone who has any connection to some religious group or embraces certain moral principles. Others use the word to…
Read MoreIs reading the Bible the best place to start if you have never been religious?
Question: I just wanted to know if reading the Bible is the best place to start. I’ve never been religious. I remember going to church and getting baptized as a kid, but I never understood what it was about, and my family stopped going to church so I just forgot about it. I try to…
Read MoreAre You a Born Again Christian?
by Steve Dewhirst What other kind of Christian is there? Jesus told the night-visitor Nicodemus, “Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” When Nicodemus expressed his puzzlement, the Lord explained, “Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:3-5). This rebirth…
Read MoreHow can one justify being a Christian if he is not baptized?
Question: How can one justify being a Christian if he claims to believe but is not baptized until some time later? Is he convinced that baptism does not save you? Question: Many denominations teach people that belief is all that is required for salvation. Some, such as the Baptists, do practice a form of baptism,…
Read MoreTaught Wrong and Baptized Right?
Adapted from an article by Wayne Jones via The Jackson Drive News & Notes, No. 14, April 10, 2005. Under the banners of acceptance and “unity,” many in the Lord’s church have developed an open-door policy with members of the denominational world. Many, by their own admission, have chosen not to “question” a person’s claim to…
Read MoreWe Are Simply Christians Without Being Members of Any Denomination. You Can Be Too!
by Dale Smelser We read with interest the reports on every hand of the growing disenchantment with present religious forms which originated in the middle ages and have become meaningless. We hear of displeasure with denominational structures and their pronouncements which reflect only the preferences of an influential elite, ignoring the convictions of the rank…
Read MoreWhy Become a Christian?
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton I. Many here are Christians. You’ve been Christians for a number of years. Do you remember why you became a Christian? A. Many people that we talk to have never became a Christian. There are some here who have yet to obey the Gospel’s call. B. Why do they hesitate? What is it that…
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