Why Christianity?

[secondeve]

This is just a question that's been raised in some other threads, so I thought I'd ask it directly.

Many people have said that the ordered, patterned nature of the world and the fabulous things in it are evidence enough that there is a God out there; other people have had strange or lucky experiences which have helped lead them to Christ. Still more have found that embracing a set moral code and finding a compassionate fellowship to help with their troubles has made all the difference in their lives. To my mind, though, while these are all powerful and valid conclusions and/or experiences which could point to the existence of a creator, they don't in and of themselves specify the Christian God. So my question is: what brought people here to Christianity, out of all the religions they might have embraced instead?

[ayin jade]

So my question is: what brought people here to Christianity, out of all the religions they might have embraced instead?

He did. I was searching other beliefs. He showed me who He is. He made it impossible for me to believe otherwise.

[Arjuous]

This is just a question that's been raised in some other threads, so I thought I'd ask it directly.

Many people have said that the ordered, patterned nature of the world and the fabulous things in it are evidence enough that there is a God out there; other people have had strange or lucky experiences which have helped lead them to Christ. Still more have found that embracing a set moral code and finding a compassionate fellowship to help with their troubles has made all the difference in their lives. To my mind, though, while these are all powerful and valid conclusions and/or experiences which could point to the existence of a creator, they don't in and of themselves specify the Christian God. So my question is: what brought people here to Christianity, out of all the religions they might have embraced instead?

Great question.

[Ovedya]

When I was an atheist I researched many world religions. But of all those I researched only Christianity stood out as being unique. When I finally opened my heart and mind to God, and confessed the Lordship of Jesus Christ, I experienced a life-transforming event which simply cannot be described by words or proven with any observable evidence (Excepting the obvious change in my behavior and attitude before my friends).

As an atheist it could be said that I examined Christianity like a scientist might examine a glass of milk. I placed the "slide of faith" under the microscope in order to examine its components. But it was only when I drank the glass of milk that I experienced the reality of faith in Jesus Christ. As an unbeliever without faith I believed that I was rich in knowledge. But actually I was starved in my spirit. It was only when I experienced the filling of that "God-shaped vacuum" (Pascal) with the very life of God Himself that my hunger and thirst were quenched.

[Copper Scroll]

Grandma... God bless her.

[redeemed098]

This is just a question that's been raised in some other threads, so I thought I'd ask it directly.

Many people have said that the ordered, patterned nature of the world and the fabulous things in it are evidence enough that there is a God out there; other people have had strange or lucky experiences which have helped lead them to Christ. Still more have found that embracing a set moral code and finding a compassionate fellowship to help with their troubles has made all the difference in their lives. To my mind, though, while these are all powerful and valid conclusions and/or experiences which could point to the existence of a creator, they don't in and of themselves specify the Christian God. So my question is: what brought people here to Christianity, out of all the religions they might have embraced instead?

Hi secondeve,

That seems to be the question of the times doesn't it...?

Sadly for you though I can only say to you something that is really quite simple with no bells and whistles or fanfare...I'm sorry that I'm unable to give you a really enlightening answer to your question but it wasnt "what?", Led me to Christianity, but "WHO!" Led me..Christ himself. If Christ had NOT led me, then I would not BE a Christian at all. When asked, "What does Christianity offer you that nothing else can..?", the answer once again is simple...Christianity offers you Christ himself......Why out of all the religions would one choose Christianity...???

Because it WORKS...!!

Incidentally, my mother and father raised me as a Mormon, my mother was a Mormon for 26 years. I wasnt old enough to understand faith yet, so I was simply the son of Mormon parents. My mother left the Mormon church and surrendered her life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ (the Messiah), my father simply lost faith altogether, and to this day remains an agnostic. My mother in her faithfulness prayed for me for 19 years to be saved. Her prayer was answered in 1998 when I was 34 years old. Myself and my younger sister were called by the Lord in that same year. My brother, an older brother had given his life to Christ even before my mother did, so the only one left now to be saved is my father. I could not begin to explain to you the joy that my mother expressed when both my sister and I called her with the news that we had surrendered our lives to Christ and were born again. I can only guess that it was only a small portion of the joy that all the angels in heaven were experiencing for not just ONE sinner had come to repentance but TWO.....

My mother went to be with the Lord 2 years ago, she lost her battle with breast cancer. But God has assured me with a peace that I cannot even understand, that I have not lost her at all. I will see her again. God keeps his promises because "all of Gods promises are yes and amen." This was the word that surrounded my mothers celebration..(its not a funeral to go to be with the Lord..It's a celebration.) "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, there will be no harvest underneath these skies.." My mothers life and death, will and already has brought many to Christ. Not because of who SHE was, but who she was IN HIM. People who met my mother, met Christ.

Regards,

Ben.

Edited July 24, 2006 by redeemed098

[billie]

Yes, Hope, and to choose to have faith in God. It's a conscious decision for me, making that choice to say to Jesus, "I choose to believe You".

[secondeve]

Thanks for the responses so far, but I feel that I should define my question a little more. Why did Christianity make more sense than other religions? Did someone talk to you about it, did you read about it, did you know and decide to look into it more? Was there a particular event or moment which convinced you that you'd made the right decision? Thanks in advance

Edited July 24, 2006 by secondeve

[Arjuous]

Thanks for the responses so far, but I feel that I should define my question a little more. Why did Christianity make more sense than other religions? Did someone talk to you about it, did you read about it, did you know and decide to look into it more? Was there a particular event or moment which convinced you that you'd made the right decision? Thanks in advance

Just to add to the question. What makes the spiritual experience in Christianity different from other religions?

[Gerioke]

I was a seeker of truth. Jesus spoke words of love and life, which to me made more sense than anything else I had encountered. I was all to familiar with all the evil in the world and was desparate to trust and believe in something. Jesus had all the right words that I needed to hear. There's still a lot in the bible that I don't understand, but there's a lot more in the world that i don't understand. I chose life.