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Originally Posted by
fuego
At the same time, I remember having an experience or two at church where God was trying to get hold of me so to speak, but I didn't know what was happening and nobody knew how to use what I told them to lead me to the Lord. But from that time I always had a consciousness that I was doing wrong and needed to be saved (because I was raised in the Baptist church) but I didn't know how to get saved or to make myself actually have a desire to be saved. It was a mystery to me.
Thanks!
That's kind of what I'm looking for.
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
(Ephesians 4:17-18)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
(Psalm 1)
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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...
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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'.
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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.
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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.
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Originally Posted by
Colonel
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.
Thanks Colonel,
So the answer is "no" then, is that correct?
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
(Ephesians 4:17-18)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
(Psalm 1)
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Originally Posted by
Bookman
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.
Thanks Bookie!
So that's a no then.
(maybe I should have made it a poll)
Thanks again.
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
(Ephesians 4:17-18)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
(Psalm 1)
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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.
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Originally Posted by
Lista
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.
Gotcha.
I basically already knew the difference between right and wrong before I had that experience.
I'm talking about being consciously aware, of God being present, and knowing He was there, speaking to you.
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This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
(Ephesians 4:17-18)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
(Psalm 1)
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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.
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