Thread: Do you remember when it was that you reached "The Age of Accountability?"

i purposely fell into a mud puddle in my easter suit so i could change into jeans. i felt the need to repent after that...

Originally Posted by GodismyJudge

It doesn't matter what you were doing, as much as do you remember consciously "rejecting" God?

That's the question I'm trying to ask.

I don't remember any of what I said as 'consciously rejecting God' per se. But I was aware I needed him and didn't know 'how' to do it or after the initial 'pulling' for the next several years I had no desire to do it, but at the same time being conscious that I needed to get 'saved'.

I never consciously rejected God but I did become ice cold in relation to him. I remember getting caught up in an argument between a christian and a mocker as a teenager. The mocker sensed that I was probably not a believer and pressured me into joining him but I just went tough and flagged an "I dont know". My attitude was that I didnt care about such things unless God would make himself undeniably real. Not that I gave it much thought. I'm sure my various sins contributed to the ice though.

I never consciously rejected God. I was looking for Him until He found me.

I did not think of myself as a sinner. I was a "good boy." But in college, I was empty inside and looked for God by investigating Christian Science and Bahai before meeting a bunch of Campus Crusaders (and a coworker) who shared the Four Spiritual Laws with me. I had to take by faith the step that said I was a sinner because I still didn't feel the weight of my sin. It was after I became a Christian that sin became real to me.

Originally Posted by GodismyJudge

Let me clarify what I'm trying to ask everybody a little bit better.

At the time, it wasn't like I knew exactly what I was doing, but at some point in my Christian life, I have always been able to remember it.

I remember where I was, and what I was doing (rebelling), and was aware of making a choice after being "asked" to "walk with Me."

What I was doing I inherently knew was wrong, and yet I did it anyhow.

I can think of an amusing time that I rebelled against my Parent's rules. I was probably 5, and I was wearing those tennis shoes with the cute cartoon characters on the bottom...bugs bunny probably. I remember this, because my cousin and I were on the front porch at my Grandparent's beach house, and he dared me to kick out the screen. I looked down at my little sneakers KNOWING it was wrong, and yet I had to impress my cousin, and I kicked out the screen.

Originally Posted by GodismyJudge

Thanks Colonel,

So the answer is "no" then, is that correct?

At fifteen I was briefly watching a documentary involving American revival Christianity and I felt convicted that what they believed in was real. I made myself tough and fended it off but I wouldnt call it a conscious rejection of God.