HI I wanna be christian...
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Welcome Soulaimane. I am glad that you were led to this site. Spoken by JESUS in John 14:6 .... "I am the way, the TRUTH and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Soulaimane, I read the bible (which is the written Word of God) and that book proves itself to be true over and over and over. God Bless you.
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If you are for real, then here is my advice.
1) Google "Assemblies of God Churches near me" or "Spirit Filled Church Near Me" or "Nondenominational Church Near Me"
or just "Churches Near Me" and see what comes up. (Assemblies of God are world wide even in Muslim countries and are full of on fire Christians ready to die for their faith and love Muslims and have experience in reaching them and planting churches in their countries)
You may already know of one.
Then go this Sunday and meet people and talk to them.
Read the New Testament. If you have an honest heart, this will be enough to prove to you that it is the Word of God and that the Quran is not.
Use a site like BibleHub.com to read the bible online, and if you get stuck you can use their commentary link where there are many options for digging deeper on that passage to find out what it means.
Asking specific questions on this site is a great way to start a discussion but remember that people will start arguing with each other over their answers. Expect it. Don't use it as a reason to find fault with Christians. This site allows everyone to post and some people here will present weird interpretations that the New Testament does not teach that is why you should read it for yourself first so that you can easily recognize bad advice and wrong interpretations.
You even might get several conflicting answers as to how to become a Christian.
Someone will probably try to argue with me about recommending Assemblies of God, but I have 40 years of experience and knowledge about it, and I know that I am giving good advice so I will ignore them and not reply.
I am 100% sure that you will be glad if you visit one near you this Sunday. Probably never be the same again. Might even change your nation in your lifetime. Nothing is impossible with God.
1) Google "Assemblies of God Churches near me" or "Spirit Filled Church Near Me" or "Nondenominational Church Near Me"
or just "Churches Near Me" and see what comes up. (Assemblies of God are world wide even in Muslim countries and are full of on fire Christians ready to die for their faith and love Muslims and have experience in reaching them and planting churches in their countries)
You may already know of one.
Then go this Sunday and meet people and talk to them.
Read the New Testament. If you have an honest heart, this will be enough to prove to you that it is the Word of God and that the Quran is not.
Use a site like BibleHub.com to read the bible online, and if you get stuck you can use their commentary link where there are many options for digging deeper on that passage to find out what it means.
Asking specific questions on this site is a great way to start a discussion but remember that people will start arguing with each other over their answers. Expect it. Don't use it as a reason to find fault with Christians. This site allows everyone to post and some people here will present weird interpretations that the New Testament does not teach that is why you should read it for yourself first so that you can easily recognize bad advice and wrong interpretations.
You even might get several conflicting answers as to how to become a Christian.
Someone will probably try to argue with me about recommending Assemblies of God, but I have 40 years of experience and knowledge about it, and I know that I am giving good advice so I will ignore them and not reply.
I am 100% sure that you will be glad if you visit one near you this Sunday. Probably never be the same again. Might even change your nation in your lifetime. Nothing is impossible with God.
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Hi Soulaimane, and welcome to CC.
When I started on the path that you are starting on, and was likewise searching for truth, someone recommended I get a Christian Bible and start reading it at John's gospel which is in the New Testament section. That was the best advice from a human being that I have ever received.
So I bought myself a Bible and started reading from John's gospel, and sometime after that God revealed Himself to me, ie gave me an understanding of Himself, who Jesus is and what He has done for me, and what He is really like, and His way of living. That was the gift of faith, the faith to believe that Jesus is truly the Son of God, and that I need to pattern my life on Him and His ways. It was my conversion (aka 'born again') experience.
You don't need to be involved in any denomination to become, or to be a Christian. It's a relationship between you and God, and you don't need any religious organisation to interfere with that, indeed, it's best that you don't allow them to. God, Himself, will teach you about His ways, through the Holy Spirit that comes to you and indwells you at the time of your conversion.
Many recommend using the New American Standard Bible 1995 release, also known as NASB 95, as that is mooted as having a high degree of translation accuracy from the original texts.
Here's a link to Bible Gateway and its presentation of John's gospel:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=NASB1995
Feel free to initiate a conversation to discuss Christianity with me if you would like. I have a paid subscription to CC, and any conversation is kept private.
Shalom,
Tony
When I started on the path that you are starting on, and was likewise searching for truth, someone recommended I get a Christian Bible and start reading it at John's gospel which is in the New Testament section. That was the best advice from a human being that I have ever received.
So I bought myself a Bible and started reading from John's gospel, and sometime after that God revealed Himself to me, ie gave me an understanding of Himself, who Jesus is and what He has done for me, and what He is really like, and His way of living. That was the gift of faith, the faith to believe that Jesus is truly the Son of God, and that I need to pattern my life on Him and His ways. It was my conversion (aka 'born again') experience.
You don't need to be involved in any denomination to become, or to be a Christian. It's a relationship between you and God, and you don't need any religious organisation to interfere with that, indeed, it's best that you don't allow them to. God, Himself, will teach you about His ways, through the Holy Spirit that comes to you and indwells you at the time of your conversion.
Many recommend using the New American Standard Bible 1995 release, also known as NASB 95, as that is mooted as having a high degree of translation accuracy from the original texts.
Here's a link to Bible Gateway and its presentation of John's gospel:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=NASB1995
Feel free to initiate a conversation to discuss Christianity with me if you would like. I have a paid subscription to CC, and any conversation is kept private.
Shalom,
Tony
Crash Course:
Jesus was born of a virgin because He was God manifested to us as a man to walk out a holy life and teach us about who the Father was and what he expects of us. Then he died on the cross to pay for our sins. ... wait, let me add something you will need to know before I go further.
We have all sinned and because of that we were separated from the Creator who is Holy. God is too holy to allow sin or wicked people in his presence.
So instead of just leaving us all in a state of eternal hopelessness, so that we all go to hell and the Lake of Fire, he sent His only son Jesus Christ to become a man so that he could die on the cross for our sins and suffer the punishment that we deserve.
Jesus did that, but three days later he arose from the dead. Death came into the world because of sin. Jesus never sinned so death could not hold him. Jesus rose again from the dead and he is alive right now.
Jesus said that if you believe that He did that for you and if your repent of your sin, which means make a choice to turn away from them and follow Jesus Christ and His teachings, that you will be born again.
The Holy Spirit of God will come in to you and you will be changed. It is called born again. You will be given a new heart and a new spirit is how it is described. You will think differently and you will want to do righteousness and serve God and love people. You will find that you hate all manner of sin and wickedness and you will find that the Spirit is in you leading you to make right choices everyday.
There is much more to share, but if this was all you knew you could pray to God today and say that you believe in Jesus Christ and want to be saved from your sin and eternal punishment, and be born again.
You can thank God for sending Jesus to die on the cross and you can say you believe that because he did that for you that you can have ETERNAL LIFE and God will hear you and you will be saved TODAY.
Then you can start learning all of the great things there is to learn about Jesus and serving God from the Bible. You don't have to learn them all first to be saved. You can be saved today and learn them by the help of the Holy Spirit living inside you.
Doesn't that sound like a great plan?
Jesus was born of a virgin because He was God manifested to us as a man to walk out a holy life and teach us about who the Father was and what he expects of us. Then he died on the cross to pay for our sins. ... wait, let me add something you will need to know before I go further.
We have all sinned and because of that we were separated from the Creator who is Holy. God is too holy to allow sin or wicked people in his presence.
So instead of just leaving us all in a state of eternal hopelessness, so that we all go to hell and the Lake of Fire, he sent His only son Jesus Christ to become a man so that he could die on the cross for our sins and suffer the punishment that we deserve.
Jesus did that, but three days later he arose from the dead. Death came into the world because of sin. Jesus never sinned so death could not hold him. Jesus rose again from the dead and he is alive right now.
Jesus said that if you believe that He did that for you and if your repent of your sin, which means make a choice to turn away from them and follow Jesus Christ and His teachings, that you will be born again.
The Holy Spirit of God will come in to you and you will be changed. It is called born again. You will be given a new heart and a new spirit is how it is described. You will think differently and you will want to do righteousness and serve God and love people. You will find that you hate all manner of sin and wickedness and you will find that the Spirit is in you leading you to make right choices everyday.
There is much more to share, but if this was all you knew you could pray to God today and say that you believe in Jesus Christ and want to be saved from your sin and eternal punishment, and be born again.
You can thank God for sending Jesus to die on the cross and you can say you believe that because he did that for you that you can have ETERNAL LIFE and God will hear you and you will be saved TODAY.
Then you can start learning all of the great things there is to learn about Jesus and serving God from the Bible. You don't have to learn them all first to be saved. You can be saved today and learn them by the help of the Holy Spirit living inside you.
Doesn't that sound like a great plan?
