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wordly

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Greetings everyone.
I'm reaching out because I'm not currently a believer, but I'm interested in exploring Christianity and developing a deeper faith. I'm looking for someone who can be a friend and guide me on this journey. I'm open to learning more about God and what it means to be a Christian, and I'm hoping someone here can help me understand and experience the love and truth of Christianity. Kindly PM If anyone is willing to share their experiences and knowledge with me, Your guidance and friendship would be truly appreciated.. Thank you for your consideration and support.
 
wordly said:
Greetings everyone.
I'm reaching out because I'm not currently a believer, but I'm interested in exploring Christianity and developing a deeper faith. I'm looking for someone who can be a friend and guide me on this journey. I'm open to learning more about God and what it means to be a Christian, and I'm hoping someone here can help me understand and experience the love and truth of Christianity. Kindly PM If anyone is willing to share their experiences and knowledge with me, Your guidance and friendship would be truly appreciated.. Thank you for your consideration and support.
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Hey worldly,
to first develop a deep'er' faith, one must have a faith. perhaps what you are saying, you have a faith in Christianity that you are not quite consciously willing to admit?

really, this day in age, the type of Christian you are relies a lot on the other "type" of Christians and their type of ideologies from their founding ideological founding fathers. i'd suggest learning about the type of churches in your community and which you think you might be most accepted - I am not catholic, but I have read about (you know - the history of these Churches and history) and been in and experienced a variety of Church services throughout my life and believe Catholic is the safest, easiest, and while I have no attended Catholic Church in person, I believe Catholic Church is probably, as long as it's pleasing and easy going, the best way to experience the beauty of God.

hope you find some friends! if you are looking for friends something like a new fundamentalist church - like Wesleyan or 'faith' based churches, like churches without founding father's names could be good. however, some of these Churches could take advantage of you - I do not know, but please be safe as a Church could even be inhabited by the Devil's ideologies or the ideology that there are no ideologies or variations thereof.

fiat manus (click for a catholic piece perhaps probably sung in Latin!)
 
wordly said:
Greetings everyone.
I'm reaching out because I'm not currently a believer, but I'm interested in exploring Christianity and developing a deeper faith. I'm looking for someone who can be a friend and guide me on this journey. I'm open to learning more about God and what it means to be a Christian, and I'm hoping someone here can help me understand and experience the love and truth of Christianity. Kindly PM If anyone is willing to share their experiences and knowledge with me, Your guidance and friendship would be truly appreciated.. Thank you for your consideration and support.
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Welcome!!
Here's some great sites to build your faith!
AnswersinGenesis.org
focusonthefamily.com
crev.info
Creation.com
Christiananswers.net
winteryknight.com
str.org


Politics: thefederalist.com
 
wordly said:
I'm not currently a believer, but I'm interested in exploring Christianity and developing a deeper faith
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Welcome to the forum, you'll find plenty of people willing to answer your questions here.

May I make a practical suggestion.
Check out the christianityexplored Web site for a church in your area that is running this course and sign up for it.


Two reasons for this,
1, without committing yourself to attend church you meet to discuss Christianity and have your questions answered.
2, you get to meet with Christians from a church and one can decide whether or not, from meeting them, you want to try attending their church.
 
Hi wordly and welcome to CF:wave2

Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

You need to start reading the Bible and I would suggest you start with the book of John in the NT as this will teach you about who Jesus is and our relationship with Him. Then read the book of Acts as this will teach you about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

We all came to Christ without much knowledge. Our salvation is through Christ Jesus who laid down His own life as God raised Him from the dead and now sits at the right hand of God making intercession for us. John 3:16; Romans 8:34.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

After you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior pray and ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to the right Church where you will be fed the word of God. When reading and studying the Bible pray first and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you, John 14:26.

There is also a Q & A forum here where you can ask us any questions and we will help you the best we can.
 
NickSprague said:
Hey worldly,
to first develop a deep'er' faith, one must have a faith. perhaps what you are saying, you have a faith in Christianity that you are not quite consciously willing to admit?

really, this day in age, the type of Christian you are relies a lot on the other "type" of Christians and their type of ideologies from their founding ideological founding fathers. i'd suggest learning about the type of churches in your community and which you think you might be most accepted - I am not catholic, but I have read about (you know - the history of these Churches and history) and been in and experienced a variety of Church services throughout my life and believe Catholic is the safest, easiest, and while I have no attended Catholic Church in person, I believe Catholic Church is probably, as long as it's pleasing and easy going, the best way to experience the beauty of God.

hope you find some friends! if you are looking for friends something like a new fundamentalist church - like Wesleyan or 'faith' based churches, like churches without founding father's names could be good. however, some of these Churches could take advantage of you - I do not know, but please be safe as a Church could even be inhabited by the Devil's ideologies or the ideology that there are no ideologies or variations thereof.

fiat manus (click for a catholic piece perhaps probably sung in Latin!)
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Thank you for your insightful response! You've given me a lot to think about when it comes to exploring Christianity and finding a church that aligns with my values and beliefs. I appreciate your recommendation of the Catholic church and will certainly consider exploring that option further. However, I'm also mindful of the risks you mentioned, and I will be cautious in my approach to any new community. Are there any specific warning signs or red flags I should be aware of when evaluating potential churches? Thanks again for your advice!
 
carm.org/roman-catholicism/did-the-roman-catholic-church-give-us-our-bible/
wordly said:
Thank you for your insightful response! You've given me a lot to think about when it comes to exploring Christianity and finding a church that aligns with my values and beliefs. I appreciate your recommendation of the Catholic church and will certainly consider exploring that option further. However, I'm also mindful of the risks you mentioned, and I will be cautious in my approach to any new community. Are there any specific warning signs or red flags I should be aware of when evaluating potential churches? Thanks again for your advice!
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Warning: Stand on the Bible as your final authority!
Catholicism is Compromised.
carm.org/roman-catholicism/what-is-the-immaculate-heart-of-mary/
Mary was a sinner according to the Bible. Only God is good, Jesus said.
There is no solid evidence for many of the extraBiblical (and none for the unBiblical) things that are in Catholiicsm.

A little leaven contminates the whole lump, the Bible is right!
 
wordly said:
Thank you for your insightful response! You've given me a lot to think about when it comes to exploring Christianity and finding a church that aligns with my values and beliefs. I appreciate your recommendation of the Catholic church and will certainly consider exploring that option further. However, I'm also mindful of the risks you mentioned, and I will be cautious in my approach to any new community. Are there any specific warning signs or red flags I should be aware of when evaluating potential churches? Thanks again for your advice!
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There's many wise and godly voices on this site. As you explore churches it might be good to return to this site to receive counsel about your experiences There's wisdom in a multitude of councilers
 
You might take a look at the following short sermons about becoming a believer. They are the work of the late Dr. John R. Rice who was, I believe, a Baptist minister. I'm not sure if I can post a link to them here so I'll just give the titles and you can search for them; they will not be difficult to find.
1. "What Must I Do to Be Saved?"
2. "How to Come to Jesus?"

I would have benefited from reading them many years ago when I was going through a struggle with doubting God & the truth of the bible, but the internet did not exist then.

Also, you might take a look at my testimony posted in the Prayer and Testimonies forum. It is "What Jesus Did for Me" "My Journey to Christ"

Regards

John
 
wordly said:
Greetings everyone.
I'm reaching out because I'm not currently a believer, but I'm interested in exploring Christianity and developing a deeper faith. I'm looking for someone who can be a friend and guide me on this journey. I'm open to learning more about God and what it means to be a Christian, and I'm hoping someone here can help me understand and experience the love and truth of Christianity. Kindly PM If anyone is willing to share their experiences and knowledge with me, Your guidance and friendship would be truly appreciated.. Thank you for your consideration and support.
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Hello wordly, And are you? We are glad that you are here with us, we started with the bible rightly dividing His words of truth until we learned how to do what you are saying.

Now we are studying to take His yoke upon ourselves to learn of His ways, Matthew 11:25-30, KJV is a great start, what do you think?

Love, Walter And Debbie
 
wordly said:
Greetings everyone.
I'm reaching out because I'm not currently a believer, but I'm interested in exploring Christianity and developing a deeper faith. I'm looking for someone who can be a friend and guide me on this journey. I'm open to learning more about God and what it means to be a Christian, and I'm hoping someone here can help me understand and experience the love and truth of Christianity. Kindly PM If anyone is willing to share their experiences and knowledge with me, Your guidance and friendship would be truly appreciated.. Thank you for your consideration and support.
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(1) Yes, I suggest you reach out to Him via prayer. (2) What others do shouldn't keep you from Him. That is read the testimony on what He testified to and taught and how He acted. He is that very same person and if you have seen Him you have seen the Father. You may find fault with some who proclaim faith in Him but you shouldn't find fault in Him.

If He asked you, "do you want to do evil?" If that answer is no you have a starting point with Him.

The scriptures testify that God forms the spirit of man within Him. I hope this doesn't offend you but that means every living soul belongs to Him. Man has been appointed once to die then face judgment. The body dies and your spirit comes before the Lord for judgment. If you belong to Jesus that can be a joyful meeting and He will raise you up on the last day in an imperishable body that never dies into an everlasting kingdom that can never be destroyed.

God reconciled to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through Jesus's blood, shed on the cross.

The message of the gospels
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

27“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

You will need to go to Him for life. All I can do is point to Him, the one who takes away the sin of the world.

It's not a burdensome faith. Love others and keep yourself from being polluted by the world.
Love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no harm to one's neighbor. Love fulfils all the law.
 
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