If you have not done so already, what would it take for you to believe in God as Savior and Lord?

Question

To clarify, what would it take for you to make God the number one priority in your life, ie, believing that He exists and seeking to know Him better, trusting in Him alone for the best way to live?

Answer 1

i don't deny that there is a god but i have trouble sometimes accepting the god written about in the bible..



i would give anything just to have him speak to me or to do something i could see for myself.. it would only have to be a personal thing or just something quiet anything that would give me more faith in the bible because i desperately want to believe

Answer 2

Well, my beliefs and religion are a huge important part of my life, and my relationship with the Divine Creator of Everything is already a priority and very satisfactory... I already have faith & trust in the Higher Power.





I don't know that anything would make me Christian... I suppose if there were any evidence that Jesus was actually the Jewish messiah and that we needed a savior, I might consider it and weigh it against the evidence other religions/faiths provide, but even that would be no garauntee I would convert as I would have to work on that relationship first.







I have, however, always prayed to the Creator sincerely with an open heart to only make me understand what is right, that I only be shown the right path for me to be on to get closer and know the Divine Spirit better, and for the Creator to lead me in that direction, be it Buddah or Jesus or what have you, just to help me understand which was the way. I have never been led as such to Christianity. So if Christianity is really the only way to salvation, then frankly God is ignoring or holding out on me. More likely though, there is more than one way to relate to God and Christianity is not the way for me, so God doesn't call me to it.

Answer 3

Some evidence -- any at all will do -- that "he" exists in the first place.

However, I have to admit that even with evidence, no "god" would ever be "the number one priority" in my life. My family gets that spot, god or no god.



However, since there is no evidence of any kind that there's any such thing as a god...I really don't have to worry about it, so my family remains the number one priority.



Peace.

Answer 4

Actual PROOF that it can do all the things you claim it can do, would probably make me believe in it, but, that still wouldn't make me put it above everything else, I find worship of people or things demeaning and won't ever go there.

I can find my own "best way to live" thank you very much.

Answer 5

Undeniable evidence. If he performed any of the miracles he supposedly performed back in the day...like part that red sea...and we got that on unedited video...that's proof enough for me.



The only problem after that is finding the right religion... definitely wouldn't go with Christian...my odds are better as a Mormon i think, Christian you just have to believe in Jesus, Mormons have that and more.

Answer 6

I am muslim by choice , and thats for the following reasons that i found after study :



1- The view of Jesus and Mary in islam:



In islam jesus is looked at as a moderate view between two extreme views , jews humiliate jesus and his mother , whereas christians worship jesus and this thing jesus denied and refused .



in the bible there has been altering but still there are in the bible sayings of jesus that makes us know the truth.



let us take an example of jesus saying "My God" in the bible, one can find that in alot of places in the bible like :

< after one of the scribes asked him Which is the first commandment of all? Jesus answered him, (The first of all commandments {is}, Hear, O Israel The Lord our God is one Lord ) Mark 12: 28 to 33 (K.J.V.)>

and:

< Jesus in the gospel of John said “I ascend unto my God, and your God”. John 20:17 KJV >

and in alot of other places ... we find jesus saying "My God" and praying to "his God"



this word [my God] or [Our God] that jesus said means that we have a common God we and jesus, God means creator this means we r both created and raised by the same God,, we as well as jesus

we always see jesus saying (my God) and praying to him why don't we just worship the God of jesus , that is; the creator of jesus

its amazing how jesus used to call God : (My God) and (Our God ) many times in the bible , God is the one who creats and rises that means jesus always used to say : (my creator).

which agrees with islam view of jesus as human prophet and no more than that.



Mary

also mary is considered in islam , as a very great woman and the purest woman on earth , but not as mother of God !! whom he had made pregnant !, nor his gf!



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furthermore, In nicia council constantine forced people on only 4 gosepels , and burned alot of gosepels that said jesus was only a human prophet no more, and he killed those who oposed trinity , thus forcing trinity on christians ,



Constantine was a roman pagan all his life , he wanted to be called christian but he also wanted to maintain his roman believes , so what he did was that he inserted the pagan beliefs of trinity and idol or statues glorifying and worshiping into christianity , thus deviating christianity from the true word of God ..



thats why nowadays muslims r the real christians (followers of jesus) cause they follow the belief that jesus used to believe and the things he used to command , and they dont follow a diverted or a pagan originated believe.



Conclusion:



i found that islam is the only religion that claims absolute uniqness of God and really means it and thus islam is the only religion today that follow the first commandment of all commandments to moses and jesus and mohammed which is :



"For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, [is] a jealous God:" [Exodus 34:14]

and jesus said:

after one of the scribes asked him Which is the first commandment of all? Jesus answered him, "The first of all commandments is, Hear, O Israel The Lord our God is one Lord" [Mark 12:28to33]

and in Quran : " 1.Say, "He is God [who is] One, 2.God, the Eternal Refuge. 3.He neither begets nor is born, 4.Nor is there to Him any equivalent. " (112:1)



islam is simplicity , clearness , direct teachings , and absolute uniqness of God , no embeded paganism or multi Gods.

Answer 7

Subtract Churchianity from the equation.

Answer 8

1- the existance of god becomes proven scientific theory.



2- that god is benevolent and should be worshipped is proven.



3- there is a benefit to worshipping this god person or persons.

Answer 9

For starters, your god could show up at my door and offer to autograph my copy of this book he supposedly wrote...

Answer 10

Personally, I would start with evidence. Until you have that, very few people will believe you.

Answer 11

Probably for him to make an undeniable action or appearance.

Answer 12

Evidence that he exists, for a start.

Answer 13

If he gave me a million

Answer 14

Not to be a trinity for starters