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Why Our Faith is in Jesus Christ
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I want to be
Christ-like
I was fortunate to be raised in a Christian family. I regularly attended church with my parents and also participated in activities such as Christian youth choirs, Awana, and vacation bible school. For quite a long time, I could not understand the role Christ should play in my life. I used to think that I, like many others, was fundamentally perfect, and that those little mistakes I made were of such an insignificant magnitude that it was silly to consider them as sin. But in time, as I listened more to my Sunday school teachers and thought more about what they had to say, I realized the truth about my unrighteousness and impurity and how Jesus was the only way to heaven. He had died on the cross for my sins and was the only pathway to God.
However, I did not believe blindly. I witnessed the changes that happened in the people around me, especially in my parents and peers. Seeing what they had in them caused me to seek out God for my life. When I was five years old, one night while in my bed, I accepted Jesus into my heart and received that precious salvation.
It wasn't until middle school that I discovered I really needed God to be a larger part of my life. My life up until that point had not required me to face any sort of personal struggles. This changed during my junior high years. My struggles with God, my parents and my friends during my middle school years had triggered a renewed perspective about my faith. During this period of turmoil, I believed that I had lost my way. I sought for that child-like enthusiasm I once had in me about my beliefs. Giving up old friends and certain habits were difficult, but it was for my own good, as I had later realized. I had committed many faults and blunders but the lessons I learned taught me to live my life differently. As I continue on through high school, I hope as a child of God to live a Christ-like life and to establish a deeper personal relationship with Him.
I am not alone
I became a Christian when I was still in the elementary school. At that time, A good friend of mine first told me about God and Jesus and that people who believe in Jesus will go to heaven. My friend kept telling me that if he were to go to heaven, he'd want all his friends to go to heaven as well. I was very skeptical about what he said at first, but he only wanted me to go to church with him once. So I did. I went to church with him and I became a Christian that very day. I was so excited, because at that time I was very young, and the simple thought of going to heaven sounded too good to be true. And I wanted it. I was really happy and proud to be a Christian. Since then, I have really seen the work of God in my life--having my prayers answered and accomplishing tasks that I knew I could not have accomplished on my own.
Before I became a Christian, I was a very bad person. I had many enemies, and I was always getting myself into trouble constantly. I could never come home from school without a teacher note for my mom, telling her how bad I was behaving that day. I guess I wasn't a very likeable person since I was mean to everyone.
But soon after I became a Christian, I dropped most of my bad habits, I made many new friends, and there was dramatic improvement in my grades in school. My mother was so amazed at how much I had changed since I had become a Christian. She herself began to realize that there is a God and that this God loves her through Jesus Christ. And she also became a Christian.
That's not to say I'm perfect now because I know that I am still not even close to being perfect. I still sin often, but at least now I know that I can confess my sins and ask the Lord for forgiveness. And my sins will be forgiven and forgotten. Now I really see how much I need Him in my life, because without him I would just wander through life blindly. With God, I know I never have to go through life alone. He is always there to grant me the strength I need to face the challenges of tomorrow.
I am a
Christian
I was introduced to Jesus when I was five years old. I accepted him right away because since my daddy was a Christian and I felt I should also become one. I thought right after that, I would become perfect in everything that I do. Not so, I still made mistakes, still had unpleasant thoughts. So I kept on telling God that I wanted to accept Him.
I have been going to Sunday school classes. But they have not been very challenging to me. Often times, I am not sure whether I am a Christian. At times, I even turned away from God and did a lot of bad stuff. Yet, every time I get into trouble, God is always there to help me. Slowly, God's patience and love for me have moved me to go back to Him. Every now and then, I would still rebel and do things that are unpleasing to Him. Somehow I know for sure that He is loving and forgiving. To God, I am extremely grateful. I want to be a Christian. I am a Christian. And I am proud to be a Christian.
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