WHY do you believe?

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bafa

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1And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.3And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.5And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.6And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:10For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:11And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.12And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.15And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 22And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? 23And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. 25But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; 26But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. 27And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. 28And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 30But he passing through the midst of them went his way,31And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. 32And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. 33And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, 34Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. 35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.36And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. 37And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.38And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. 39And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.40Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. 41And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.42And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. 43And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.44And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
Luke 4

because He is True
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wwjd_kilden

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HMMM

In part because a God makes more sense than no God (How can something come out of nothing?)
In part because Jesus seems the most likely option of all the things one can believe in
In part I just believe
 
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oldthennew

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after years of being on the fence of agnosticism and atheism,
and after perceiving so much hypocrisy in organized 'religion'
and being a victim of its tentacles, I did not have a high
opinion of God or man or anything thus related.

later on, I found myself wanting to right the wrongs of my life
but I didn't perceive that it was God leading me to repentance -
after a few months of this, I was startled awake in the middle
of the night and I searched for my wife's Bible, not having owned one, -
I went to the kitchen table and the Bible opened to Psalms 119, I started
to read and as I was reading, I began to weep uncontrollably, so loud that
my wife came to see what was the matter - I blubbered to her,
look at all that I have done against God' - and then she joined me
in my weeping -
at the time, I didn't realized that this particular Psalm was the ABC's
of the Holy Scriptures, but it was my beginning, my awakening, my calling
from the Father through His Son, Jesus Christ, my Master and my King Who
now, I humbly submit myself to and serve in the Holy love that He has blessed me with.
 

Jimbone

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@ oldandnew
Wow, our God is amazing brother, thanks for sharing and ALL glory to His name. He snatched you right up didn't He? I know I walked around for at least a week and a half with my jaw wide open completely flabbergasted that all this stuff was so litterally real. I wasn’t even sure what happen to me in that time, just knew it was from God. Man, it still blows my mind.
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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after years of being on the fence of agnosticism and atheism,
and after perceiving so much hypocrisy in organized 'religion'
and being a victim of its tentacles, I did not have a high
opinion of God or man or anything thus related.

later on, I found myself wanting to right the wrongs of my life
but I didn't perceive that it was God leading me to repentance -
after a few months of this, I was startled awake in the middle
of the night and I searched for my wife's Bible, not having owned one, -
I went to the kitchen table and the Bible opened to Psalms 119, I started
to read and as I was reading, I began to weep uncontrollably, so loud that
my wife came to see what was the matter - I blubbered to her,
look at all that I have done against God' - and then she joined me
in my weeping -
at the time, I didn't realized that this particular Psalm was the ABC's
of the Holy Scriptures, but it was my beginning, my awakening, my calling
from the Father through His Son, Jesus Christ, my Master and my King Who
now, I humbly submit myself to and serve in the Holy love that He has blessed me with.
That's quite a story. Thank you for sharing that, oldthennew. This brings some insight to the table as to why you chose your screen name. :)
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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HMMM

In part because a God makes more sense than no God (How can something come out of nothing?)
In part because Jesus seems the most likely option of all the things one can believe in
In part I just believe
I thought that would be brought up sooner or later! :D Thanks for sharing.
 
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oldthennew

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That's quite a story. Thank you for sharing that, oldthennew. This brings some insight to the table as to why you chose your screen name. :)[/QUOTE
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thanks so much S_k, and each brother and sister who kindly
shared their understanding.:)
 

penknight

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I just do, it's a feeling I can't ignore.
 

1joseph

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I also remember at one time asking God to dial it back a bit because I could hardly breathe with all the glory.
Do you think the glory that made it hard to breath was the presence of the Holy Spirit with you/in you?
 

Grandpa

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I don't ever remember not believing in God or the Lord Jesus Christ. Even from a young age I just knew it.

The bible I didn't believe right away. I had all kinds of reasons why I thought it would be unbelievable. Most of them were before I actually started reading it. I thought the bible held contradictions. I thought there were too many translations and had lost its meaning over time. I thought there were too many religions for only one of them to be correct.

I started out thinking that every religion held one small piece of what real truth was. I was wrong about that too...
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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I don't ever remember not believing in God or the Lord Jesus Christ. Even from a young age I just knew it.

The bible I didn't believe right away. I had all kinds of reasons why I thought it would be unbelievable. Most of them were before I actually started reading it. I thought the bible held contradictions. I thought there were too many translations and had lost its meaning over time. I thought there were too many religions for only one of them to be correct.

I started out thinking that every religion held one small piece of what real truth was. I was wrong about that too...
What changed your mind, if you don't mind me asking?
 

Grandpa

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What changed your mind, if you don't mind me asking?
The Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit showing me the Truth that is contained in the bible.

Starting when I decided to read the whole bible from cover to cover.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

There aren't many ways, like the world and our carnal minds think. There is One Way.
 
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Why do I believe? It's difficult to explain. After the things I've seen and felt during my life.. I just know it in my heart.
 
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Do you think the glory that made it hard to breath was the presence of the Holy Spirit with you/in you?
I guess it was.

Something wonderful invaded my being, in places that I didn't even know I had until they were invaded, like something empty was being mightily filled and satisfied. . .like a parched desert was finally being watered and restored. . .like a todler lost deep in the jungle finally being found. . .and Jesus was the one who found me. . .it was like being transported. . it was all so much that I asked God to dial it back a bit, hoping he wouldn't extinguish it, which he did not.

And this all happened to me when life was working well and I was doing fine.
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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Why do I believe? It's difficult to explain.
This is part of why I raised the question for everyone. :) It's such a personal thing for so many people that putting it into words sometimes is left unattended, apart from testimonies.

Still, I can appreciate "I just know it in my heart" all the same. :)
 

Reborn

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BTW, believing and having faith is always the good solid ground on which we stand upon...and move forward with Christ.

Always believe!......that is.......unless you believe you can fly?
......then you shouldn't test that type of odd faith/belief by leaping off of skyscrapers and whatnot.:(

Keep grounded.

I now have to add, that I have absolutely no idea, what type of advice this is...sorry SK.
:(
 
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Reborn

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...can't take it back now.

I like ardchoille's response.
Makes sense.
 
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Richie_2uk

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You know when you hear that saying or that phrase "your heart knows best" and "we should listen to our hearts"? well that's what I did and I found Jesus there and believed ever since.
 
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You know when you hear that saying or that phrase "your heart knows best" and "we should listen to our hearts"? well that's what I did and I found Jesus there and believed ever since.
"for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matt. 6:21

That is an example of one verse speaking volumes.
 
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SoulWeaver

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When I decided to follow Jesus as long as I lived, I finally fell on my knees and believed on Him because HE IS WORTHY. He seemed to be the only one who was not about Himself and His own thing, seemed to be the only hope and possibility of restoration, amidst the insane amount of all-pervading evil and selfishness in the world that I observed all my life and that realization heavily overwhelmed me. He shined like a light in the midst of it all, attacked and hated by it all.
I did not even care in that moment if the Gospel story was true or not. I believed and decided someone like Jesus was worth dying for, I was basically betting that God and His love for us was true and I was laying down my life as my wager. So my faith was completely blind, and absolute.
This did change soon though because God showered me with so much proof and manifestation that I know He is real and true just as we are living today and typing on here.