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I just want to experience that and have no clue of how to go about it. I'm lost. It's like I want to beleive, but I don't know how too.
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My strong belief first comes from God's indwelling Spirit, for without Him I would have crashed long ago trying to rely upon my own strength, knowledge or actions. May I share how I came to know Christ?
Before I received eternal life, there was an emptiness inside of me.
I remember that, as a child, I went with my family -there were 8 of us - to church every week. So, for two hours a week, my entire childhood, I learned stories, songs, and verses about God. But there was still that emptiness and longing inside of me. It was many years before someone told me that knowing all that was good, but for that emptiness to go away, I needed to receive eternal life...and I did after hearing how.
Now that I have eternal life, that emptiness is goine. Let me share an example of how that "feels."
Not too long ago as I was travelling the turnpike, a dump truck pulled out into the lane inw which I was driving - right in front of me. Of course, we don't have hills in South Florida, but we were on an uphill grade like for an overpass, and that dump truck might as well have been stopped for as slowly as it was moving.
There was NO place for me to go! The traffic was being funnelled through a construction zone - two lanes, 60 mph, concrete barriers on the sides, no emergency lanes, and SOLID traffic.
I recall thinking in those fleeting seconds as I was braking and KNOWING, just knowing that I was going to plow into the back of that truck, "This is it. Lord, I'm coming home. This is it."
I've become more emotional telling you this story than I was when the incident occurred... because I had the peace that remains with me ..the emptiness is gone and I have the peace from knowing I have eternal life and the assurance that when I die, I will go to heaven.
You have come to a place in your life where you cannot say you have this saving faith. You can find this by transferring your trust to Christ alone. This is saving faith.
I can give you Scripture, which you probably learned, to share with each point here, if you wish, let me know.
What I learned is this:
<ul type="square">[*][*]Heaven is a free gift. It is not earned nor deserved.[*]Man is a sinner. We cannot save ourself. [*]God is merciful. He does not want to punish us. But He is just, and therefore must punish sin. God solved this problem in the person of Jesus Christ[*]Christ is the infinite God-man.He died on the cross and rose from the dead to pay the penalty for our sins and to purchase a place in heaven for us.[*]Faith is not mere head knowledge. It is not mere temporal faith. Saving faith is trusting in Christ alone for eternal life. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.[/list]
Does this make sense to you?
Let me clarify what receiving the gift of eternal life involves. It means you transfer your tust to Christ. You transfer your trust from what you have been doing to what Jesus Christ has done for you on the cross. You receive the resurrected and living Christ as Savior. He says, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with Me." Jesus commands us to repent of our sin. That means a willingness to turn from what you have been doing that is not pleasing to Him as He reveals His will to you in His word. The gift of eternal life is received by faith. Prayer is one way of expressing saving faith in Christ.
If this is what you really want, speak to Him in prayer and tell Him so.
Father, I ask that you would give jmo faith to trust you, and repentance. That jmo would seek you and ask that you show her Your love through the saving grace of Christ. And I ask that the Holy Spirit will grant her assurance of this great gift you give.
John 6:47 He that trusts in Me alone for salvation, he that rests upon Me for eternal life, HAS eternal life.
