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Carver1976

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To all that have been saved or born again, did you all feel something instantaneously or was it more of a gradual “uneventful” transition ?
For example, when my dad got saved he saw angels and heard a voice and got warm feeling like he had been cleansed. But my mom from my understanding was more transitional over time and just became saved or born again without really a specific encounter like my dad did
That being said, my dad had a much harder/tougher life and was not in a good place at all. Where as my mom had a good close family life and was always happy and social and stuff. My got saved or born again after my dad.

I ask because I have had a great life, as far as family and friends and stuff. Still periodically through my last few years or so, it’s seems that something is missing

I was taking with my mom a little bit about it and thought i would get some thoughts and experiences on here
 
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"I remember when my burdens rolled awaaaaaay..."

I've been there and I've seen a lot of other people go there, and you know exactly when it happens. Even for people who grew up in church (like me) you know when it happens. Mmmmm yeah!
 
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I know He loves us all very individually, and it seems He is concerned first with our greatest needs, most likely heart needs, and secondly external needs and wants. Perhaps dad needed to sense the presence and love of this change and mother didn't, seems He really has a special place for mothers. Men like to "tough things out, I can do this on my own" and we need a little more to come to Him in humility and contrition.
Does this help?
Bless you
 
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For me, I spent many years “saved” or believing in Christ, but there was a period where I died to self and became completely filled with the Spirit. Those who experience this connectivity understand the difference of being a follower of Christ and being the Body of Christ. It is a loss of individualism and an awakening to the Spiritual. Until that moment I was trying to be obedient to a system of beliefs while fighting carnal temptation. Now it is more like understanding that I am not my flesh, nor do I need to satisfy it. Like the hand is just responsive to the brain, i believe those who are “born again” are responsive to the Almighty. We don’t act because of what we read, or rationalize, we are just as limbs of God who are neurologically connected by the Spirit.
 
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Carver1976 said:
To all that have been saved or born again, did you all feel something instantaneously or was it more of a gradual “uneventful” transition ?
For example, when my dad got saved he saw angels and heard a voice and got warm feeling like he had been cleansed. But my mom from my understanding was more transitional over time and just became saved or born again without really a specific encounter like my dad did
That being said, my dad had a much harder/tougher life and was not in a good place at all. Where as my mom had a good close family life and was always happy and social and stuff. My got saved or born again after my dad.

I ask because I have had a great life, as far as family and friends and stuff. Still periodically through my last few years or so, it’s seems that something is missing

I was taking with my mom a little bit about it and thought i would get some thoughts and experiences on here
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For me it seemed more transitional.. But there where momentous occasions where i made a great leap in Understanding and thus Faith.. I still remember the time when i was reading my Bible and the Way of salvation just clicked into my understanding.. That moment was a tsunami of understanding, joy and love for God and His awesome Atonement..

If you are feeling that something is missing then you may need to read the Gospels and the letters of the Apostles to assess yourself to see if you are believing and trusting in the actual Word of God rather then being a religious person who's doctrines are anything they have heard from their preacher.. I believe there are a lot of religious people who have gone to church once a week since they where a child and in all that time have not come to understand what the Gospel message is.. Not saying that is you Carver1976,, But it is a possibility that you should seek to eliminate from the list of possible reasons for you current feelings of there being something missing..
 
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Didn't He tells us that? That in these last and last of the last days there would be an outward form of godliness, denying the power?
Seems when Constantine stopped the pagan temple worship and had Christians meet in the former pagan temples it started a hierarchy and resulted in a church telling people they had to go through them to be saved, Jesus came to model relationship, not religion, we can't do enough rituals and practice enough rules to be right with G-d, only through the Jesus atonement can we be made right with the Father.
Heard a good one, most Christians believe in creation and not evolution, yet act as though if they go to church once a week somehow they will evolve into the image of Jesus, rather, we need to be doers of His word in relationship and not hearers only.
Todays average American christians are more like the scribes and pharisees of Jesus day than Jesus, who came to model how we should be.
blessings
 
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Hungry said:
For me, I spent many years “saved” or believing in Christ, but there was a period where I died to self and became completely filled with the Spirit. Those who experience this connectivity understand the difference of being a follower of Christ and being the Body of Christ. It is a loss of individualism and an awakening to the Spiritual. Until that moment I was trying to be obedient to a system of beliefs while fighting carnal temptation. Now it is more like understanding that I am not my flesh, nor do I need to satisfy it. Like the hand is just responsive to the brain, i believe those who are “born again” are responsive to the Almighty. We don’t act because of what we read, or rationalize, we are just as limbs of God who are neurologically connected by the Spirit.
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"Amen"
"It has to be lived." :)
 
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shittim said:
Didn't He tells us that? That in these last and last of the last days there would be an outward form of godliness, denying the power?
Seems when Constantine stopped the pagan temple worship and had Christians meet in the former pagan temples it started a hierarchy and resulted in a church telling people they had to go through them to be saved, Jesus came to model relationship, not religion, we can't do enough rituals and practice enough rules to be right with G-d, only through the Jesus atonement can we be made right with the Father.
Heard a good one, most Christians believe in creation and not evolution, yet act as though if they go to church once a week somehow they will evolve into the image of Jesus, rather, we need to be doers of His word in relationship and not hearers only.
Todays average American christians are more like the scribes and pharisees of Jesus day than Jesus, who came to model how we should be.
blessings
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Unfortunately most are sheep being led by false shepherds. They enjoy the junk food they are fed so they stay. Those who are real seekers of truth find it.
 
shittim

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That's what I am saying, we weren't brought up to understand relationship, we were taught religion. many stay stuck there, we are supposed to grow in wisdom and understanding. Just as Jesus.
Luke2-40

Berean Study Bible
And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
 
Bingo

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'A miracle would be any beneficial event...
such as God's Spirit coming upon troubled lives."
'Praise God'

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Hi all.

Great thread.

It's amazing to hear people's experiences of how they came to faith.
It's also comforting because not everyone's is the same, which can some people an issue if they did not experience what someone else did.

For me, will try to keep it short.

My ancestory in Muslim.
I was dedicated to Allah by my Muslim grandfather.
He can over from Pakistan.

My mum did not bring me or my two brothers up as Muslim.
We were allowed to watch Jesus of Nazareth (a film over here)
I love football but I watched the film. I was about 8-9 at the time
The following year I was due to play in a match but I wanted to watch the film again.

As I did, I had my football in my hand.
I remember thinking "This true"
I believed it all.
When Jesus died on the cross I cried, when he rose again I was so happy.
Then I went out and played football.

We moved away but I asked my mum if I could go to Sunday School.
She said yes (as it gave her a lie in on Sunday's)
So me and my two brothers went.

I did not fully understand what being a Christian was all about.

43 years later I am still here.
It's been a long hard walk (awful upbringing, shocking to the extent I would not wish on my worst enemy as we say over here)

I run away from God so many times, hurt, pain and fear of rejection from drove me.

But praise his name he never left me. Wherever I went he was already there.
I genuinely believe he prepared my path to the places I went.
He must have done because I'm here.
I am married and have 4 kids.
All are belivers, in fact my eldest boy who has just finished uni is going to work in his church.

My mum who through me out at 14 is now a Christian.
Jesus is her saviour and not a prophet.

The generational curses as such have now been broken with me and my kids.

And I genuinely believe it happened when I first watched Jesus of Nazareth at that young tender age.
 
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Hungry said:
For me, I spent many years “saved” or believing in Christ, but there was a period where I died to self and became completely filled with the Spirit. Those who experience this connectivity understand the difference of being a follower of Christ and being the Body of Christ. It is a loss of individualism and an awakening to the Spiritual. Until that moment I was trying to be obedient to a system of beliefs while fighting carnal temptation. Now it is more like understanding that I am not my flesh, nor do I need to satisfy it. Like the hand is just responsive to the brain, i believe those who are “born again” are responsive to the Almighty. We don’t act because of what we read, or rationalize, we are just as limbs of God who are neurologically connected by the Spirit.
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Amen
 
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Carver1976 said:
To all that have been saved or born again, did you all feel something instantaneously or was it more of a gradual “uneventful” transition ?
For example, when my dad got saved he saw angels and heard a voice and got warm feeling like he had been cleansed. But my mom from my understanding was more transitional over time and just became saved or born again without really a specific encounter like my dad did
That being said, my dad had a much harder/tougher life and was not in a good place at all. Where as my mom had a good close family life and was always happy and social and stuff. My got saved or born again after my dad.

I ask because I have had a great life, as far as family and friends and stuff. Still periodically through my last few years or so, it’s seems that something is missing

I was taking with my mom a little bit about it and thought i would get some thoughts and experiences on here
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Hebrews 11 New King James Version (NKJV)
By Faith We Understand
11 Now FAITH is the [a]substance of things hoped for, the [b]evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

Ephesians 2:8-9 New King James Version (NKJV)
8 For by grace you have been saved through FAITH, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Salvation is not about "feelings", although we can sometimes FEEL His Presence. Salvation is about the joy we have in the KNOWLEDGE of the Truth.

Think about what we believe. The God who created the Universe became a man, let the men whom HE created, mock, torture, and put to death, so that His Death would pay for our sin! That's crazy! Except for the fact that WE believe it. And MORE than that, we KNOW it!

So don't rely on feelings. Feelings are temporary and fleeting. Rely on what you KNOW as Truth, Jesus Christ, Him crucified, and resurrected. Be Blessed.
 
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BillG said:
Hi all.

Great thread.

It's amazing to hear people's experiences of how they came to faith.
It's also comforting because not everyone's is the same, which can some people an issue if they did not experience what someone else did.

For me, will try to keep it short.

My ancestory in Muslim.
I was dedicated to Allah by my Muslim grandfather.
He can over from Pakistan.

My mum did not bring me or my two brothers up as Muslim.
We were allowed to watch Jesus of Nazareth (a film over here)
I love football but I watched the film. I was about 8-9 at the time
The following year I was due to play in a match but I wanted to watch the film again.

As I did, I had my football in my hand.
I remember thinking "This true"
I believed it all.
When Jesus died on the cross I cried, when he rose again I was so happy.
Then I went out and played football.

We moved away but I asked my mum if I could go to Sunday School.
She said yes (as it gave her a lie in on Sunday's)
So me and my two brothers went.

I did not fully understand what being a Christian was all about.

43 years later I am still here.
It's been a long hard walk (awful upbringing, shocking to the extent I would not wish on my worst enemy as we say over here)

I run away from God so many times, hurt, pain and fear of rejection from drove me.

But praise his name he never left me. Wherever I went he was already there.
I genuinely believe he prepared my path to the places I went.
He must have done because I'm here.
I am married and have 4 kids.
All are belivers, in fact my eldest boy who has just finished uni is going to work in his church.

My mum who through me out at 14 is now a Christian.
Jesus is her saviour and not a prophet.

The generational curses as such have now been broken with me and my kids.

And I genuinely believe it happened when I first watched Jesus of Nazareth at that young tender age.
Click to expand...
praise Jesus and thank you for sharing!
 
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shittim said:
Didn't He tells us that? That in these last and last of the last days there would be an outward form of godliness, denying the power?
Seems when Constantine stopped the pagan temple worship and had Christians meet in the former pagan temples it started a hierarchy and resulted in a church telling people they had to go through them to be saved, Jesus came to model relationship, not religion, we can't do enough rituals and practice enough rules to be right with G-d, only through the Jesus atonement can we be made right with the Father.
Heard a good one, most Christians believe in creation and not evolution, yet act as though if they go to church once a week somehow they will evolve into the image of Jesus, rather, we need to be doers of His word in relationship and not hearers only.
Todays average American christians are more like the scribes and pharisees of Jesus day than Jesus, who came to model how we should be.
blessings
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Hungry said:
Unfortunately most are sheep being led by false shepherds. They enjoy the junk food they are fed so they stay. Those who are real seekers of truth find it.
Click to expand...
shittim said:
That's what I am saying, we weren't brought up to understand relationship, we were taught religion. many stay stuck there, we are supposed to grow in wisdom and understanding. Just as Jesus.
Luke2-40

Berean Study Bible
And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
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You both make good points about religionanity. Constantine hijacked Christianity and turned it over to the world system. Been going the wrong way ever since. Many of us are finding our way to Christ despite the apostate state of Antichrist's church. The hardest part I found was setting aside tradition about what I thought the Bible said and what it really said. :oops:
 
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Absolutely! I too had to come to this PLACE in my spiritual walk with GOD. THANK YOU!
 
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Thanks for all the responses. Just so everyone is aware, I do know that each person has a different “way” to the saved path. I was just curious as to people’s different ways to Him since my parents had completely different paths to Him
 
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Carver1976 said:
Thanks for all the responses. Just so everyone is aware, I do know that each person has a different “way” to the saved path. I was just curious as to people’s different ways to Him since my parents had completely different paths to Him
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We only need to look at the disciples.

Peter followed straight away, a hot headed man.
Denied him. Yet was restored. Look at the concourse.
Jesus asked twice, "Do you agape me? Peter responded "I Phileo you"

Third time Jesus asks "Do you Phileo me? Peter gets upset.
Then Jesus says "Feed my sheep"

Thomas would not believe until he he saw Jesus and touched his wounds.

Look what he did with these guys, they actually saw him and walked with him in the flesh.

Blessed are those who have not seen but believe.

That's us.

Our paths are different, experience is different, walk is different.
But we are blessed because we believe.

Jesus takes us as we are, he knows we cannot come any differently.
He calls us as we are.

He knows what is best and will lead us on the path he walks with us.
 
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