Ever since I was young I have gone to church to learn about who Jesus Christ is and about his life on earth. For so many years I went through the routine of listening to the sermons and attending Sunday school, to satisfy my parents. However, it has not been since recently that I obtained a sincere belief and understanding of Jesus Christ. I will endeavor to explain who I believe Jesus Christ is, my circumstances surrounding my decision to follow Him, also why that decision is meaningful, and my spiritual journey over my recent past, which has brought me exceedingly close to Christ.
First, several years ago, at ten years old I came to accept that Jesus Christ was only a very good man, who lived along time ago, and eventually died a gruesome death on a cross, then somehow miraculously rose from the dead. However, He means vastly more to me now, than when I was younger; He is far greater than simply a good man who lived a long time ago. I believe Jesus is our example of how humanity should live our lives and treat those around us. I truly believe Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior, who came to Earth to forgive me of my transgressions.
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One was the expectations of my parents; when I was eight years of age, I felt like I needed to follow in their footsteps, though it only felt superficial to me at the time. However, looking deeper; for the longest time I felt lost, confused, and secluded in my own little world, knowing about Jesus but never really knowing Him. I knew something had to change, and at age eleven, I finally came to know Christ and I truly accepted him into my life as my Lord and Savior. Deciding to follow Christ was immensely important because I no longer felt devoid of purpose, and I gained an, overwhelmingly dissimilar, sense of love and
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Jesus Christ is the Creator of the universe and everything in it. Not only did he live and minister in ways that affirm it, The holy scriptures prove that Jesus is the creator God.
Christ, is three people all at once. He is the father, the son and the holy spirit. He did three life changing things for us. He choose to save us so that we could all be together in harmony. He died for us so that we could mend the bond that was broken, and reconnect with God the Father. Finally he rose again do that we know he is always here, and that he will never leave no matter what he is there, and can’t go anywhere as long as we believe in and trust in him. For if none one believes in him or at least tell his story then the good thing that he did would be for nothing. It would all be in vain. In this paper I will share my utmost deepest thoughts of how Christ has changed my life for the better.
I believe in one Lord, one faith, and one baptism (Ephesians 4:5-6), and that I belong to Him in every aspect of my life. I believe that in Grace, He died on the cross and rose from the grave, and this constitutes the resurrection of Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 15:4). I believe Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice, the perfect (without blemish) sacrifice for our sins (Colossians 1:22; I Peter 1:19). I came to know of Jesus at a young age, but developed a close personal relationship with him in 2000. I accepted my call to the ministry in 2001, God has called me to be His servant and to walk according to His will. Through, my walk with God, I have developed a relationship with Him, He knows me, He has knowledge of who I am, and He has a personal plan for my life. My life is no longer my own, but it belongs to God, and it is my responsibility to know the plan God has for my life. My life is guided by the Holy Spirit which works in my life as I believe and trust in God. His spirit is justified by faith which provides me with grace and it helps me to love Him (God), to love myself, and my neighbor.
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Welcome to the life of Nicholas Holt! Here I will share a few things about my life that revolve around my religious life and how God has impacted my life. To start off, I would describe myself as a believer who is a Christian, all of the different denominations kind of confuse me and they honestly make me mad. People get so hung up on the different kinds of Christians you are, but in my eyes, Christians are Christians who read the same bible and love the same God. With this view, I feel as though I love Jesus and I go to the church that bests suits me where I can learn the most about Jesus and praise him in the best way that suits my likes. Now I cannot say that this is the best way of looking at my faith, but that is how I do and I would say that the person that has influenced my life the most with my beliefs is my father. He has been there for me ever since I was born and he really has poured his beliefs into me, which has been a lot of how I look at my faith. The main reason I have the belief system that I have with Christians all being Christians, no matter what denomination they categorize themselves as comes directly from my father. I grew up going to a baptist reformed church, but my father never was prideful about being a baptist, he simply said that he went to this church because he thought that he connected with the pastor in a way that allowed him to grow in his faith week in and week out. I love this view that he has because I feel as though people should go to a church where they are able to relate to the pastor in a way where they feel as though they are growing in their faith every single week.
I saw Jesus for the first time when I was 15 years old. I had been a wreck for weeks, extremely anxious about death, pain and the horrors of life, but everything changed as I went with my father to an ordinary, boring Lutheran church service on April 2, 2006. I had been in church countless times before, but I had never actually listened to what they were saying, I was merely sitting in the church pew, wishing I was home playing Super Mario. Now, I pricked up my ears as I heard that we believe in “the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting”, as the Apostles’ Creed says. I thought: “Wait, do we? That’s amazing!”
One of the most important things that has carried me through life is my faith. One of the most important events that has had a strong bearing on my life is the life and death of Jesus. I'll admit, I'm not the most knowledge or the most well versed. But I carry within me a strong faith. When I was five, my mom introduced to God. She first took me to a nearby church where I remember making some sort of macaroni display with a paper plate. After that we continued our studies with some Jehovah Witness that came by our home. I remember reading My book of Bible Stories and being entranced. Jesus was my hero and I wanted to be like him. There wasn't a lot I could do as a kid, realistically. And then we moved.