tractsforchrist
September 27th, 2003, 03:56 AM
My Testimony as a Re-?New?-ed Christian of Christ
This board has been great in strengthening my decision in Christ. I have not been posting because I have been waiting for my validation, but some of the things that you guys were posting about and displayed in your pictures had me concerned.
This is a testimony of a renewed Christian who is a stronger Christian now that she is saved again. She went so far that she was afraid that God would never allow her back because of her coming to taste the holy spirit in her life, and rejected it years later. I am a young Christian, just a freshman in college, so I hope to enlighten you about the so called ?harmless? things in life that children are subjected to that are ?ok? even amongst some ?fruitful? (not lipservice) Christians. I do not wish to condemn, since I have no right from the bible, but I plead with you to consider all the things in life that children have to grow up with.
I grew up in a complete average family of four. I was sent to Catholic private school for 7 years where I learned to love Christ. Although, I was misguided. I was praying the rosary and talking to God everyday (honestly praying to Christ in my heart, not Mary because I thought that was just how you prayed to God). I learned all about Christ and I thought it was great that Jesus was God. Then I went to Public School?..
I went to Public School thinking that I loved God and God loved me and that I was trying to be a good person. Then I met someone (a friend) and she was different. She wore on the first day to classes, a Jesus shirt. I thought it was kind of weird and cool. She witnessed to me and became my friend. Before then, God had really been my only friend?I am shy, but weird in the sense that I talk too much when I latch on to a friend. She became my friend and took me to church with her. It was one of the greatest decisions of my life. Nobody in the Catholic church told me that I had to accept Jesus into my heart, I thought that if you believed, then you were going to heaven. I accepted Christ into my life.
Things went well, or so I can revisionist historian now. My parents are staunch Catholics and would be dismayed if they ever heard of ?slain in the spirit? (Please do not condemn me for this if you do not believe in this, I can tell you for sure that the Holy Spirit was responsible for this action and not a demonic prescence; a counterfeit prescence it has been called) and they almost forbid me from doing any of this. I came to be blessed by a strong faith in the Lord Jesus. I was so bold in telling people that my promise ring was for my ?boyfriend? Jesus (this is not disrespect, I meant that the Jesus was my keeper until I got a husband. As marriage represents the Bride of the Church and Jesus, I had a promise ring that God would be my boyfriend until I got one, although he would still be my main focus)
Then High School????.The Unmerciful Time????????
I went to high school high on Jesus. I was ostracized and completely unable to be of any use as a witness. (Though, I would not change a thing in the way I lived my life (except my sins of course) just to make myself a better witness. It is just that in high school, teenagers are in what I am thinking to call the ?dangerous hell? period, because this is when it is most dangerous for a Christian, and the most dangerous for people to get on track to Satan forever. My school was completely liberal. I was introduced to someone who I wished to witnessed to, and this person became a stumbling block for me. It would eventually get so bad that I would turn from the Holy Spirit and become a witch. I don?t know how far I had fallen, I did not want to think about it. I thought I had doomed myself.
Also, I started to have a belief that if evolution was real, there can be no god. I don?t think people understand how hard it is for their children to understand God?s word if someone is teaching something that is OPPOSED to the word. I think actually, that was my main downfall. The Lord always loved me, and the day that I came back to the Lord is scary. One day I was thinking on the couch of death and then I just suddenly felt doom. I think the Lord took away something of his love or something, I don?t know?the explanation would have to be biblical. I just all the sudden felt the doom of someone who was going to die. I suddenly put it together?my atheist manifesto. I never really put it together. If I die?I reasoned?then I will just die and I won?t exist anymore. That was the scariest thing in my life, because I think my mind knows it can?t die in the sense of eternity. I started having panic attacks and was crying for three days. They were getting so bad. Then all the sudden, I felt the need to read the bible, because it had been my thread of faith. I was afraid of Hebrews 6:4-6 because it said that someone who had tasted all those things was unable to repent. But, I have rededicated my life to live for Jesus. I am going to give you a following list of things that you might find ok and able to resist temptation, but I am going to tell you your children cannot handle it even if you know your children well.
Evolution: This is the main thing that led me away from Christ. This is something that you have to be watchful for and maintain the creationist approach. Children are falling away because of this.
Sailor Moon/Japanese subtitled Anime: The reason I point this out is because I was heavily into this and that is the worst show in the world to be looking at. I actually got to the point that when I was thinking of the ?goddess? of wicca, I would think of this person. The whole show has people being astrologically chosen and given power by a pure goddess. A crystal is the main focus of the show. I cannot judge, but I must say, even now it is a stumbling block for me that I must recover from. This genre is also the worst in the world too.
Harry Potter- nuff? said I think on this board
Lord of the Rings- This will get me flamed, but this is also a stumbling block that I have to recover from. I just can?t watch it anymore because I have to be careful not to be sucked into the fantasy world that got me sucked into wicca. Things are lawful for me to watch, but it is not beneficial for me to watch. I am going to condemn it for myself not to watch it.
Sex Education?This was never a stumbling block for me, but I am mentioning this because I am going to give you a detailed account of what I was taught. (not graphic) I the culture makes you think you are gay and to act on it. I don?t think people realize that now people, when they go to a party, are fooling around with both sexes (I am a virgin?thank you G-d!(honest thank you, not a use in vain)?so this is not from my experience) In school culture, it is ok to be in love with both sexes.
Now I am glad that I can testify about things that I am recovering from, but I am sad because I will always have these things pressing on my mind. I doubt I will be able to recover from the tolerance issue and the fantasy issue for a while. I would just like to say that I am new and I welcome myself to the board.was taught about everything under the sun and to my horror when my teacher pulled out a *wiggling* life-like model to show us how to put a condom on. Even in my fallen state, I can tell you that was horrific.
Tolerance- I will speak now that it was a stumbling block, only because I wanted to have tolerance for other religions by being silent and I was a ?gay supporter?. This also has to do with my thinking that I was ?different?. This is a lie from the pit of Satan and if any questions on the board pop up about homosexuality, I plan to testify from my experience about it. I don't think people realize that the culture of school now says that it is ok to be in love with both sexes, and that was the situation at parties. (I am still a virgin, so this is not my experience)
I am happy to testify about these things but I will always be embarrassed of them. I will also have to struggle so I do not fall into these things again.:angel
This board has been great in strengthening my decision in Christ. I have not been posting because I have been waiting for my validation, but some of the things that you guys were posting about and displayed in your pictures had me concerned.
This is a testimony of a renewed Christian who is a stronger Christian now that she is saved again. She went so far that she was afraid that God would never allow her back because of her coming to taste the holy spirit in her life, and rejected it years later. I am a young Christian, just a freshman in college, so I hope to enlighten you about the so called ?harmless? things in life that children are subjected to that are ?ok? even amongst some ?fruitful? (not lipservice) Christians. I do not wish to condemn, since I have no right from the bible, but I plead with you to consider all the things in life that children have to grow up with.
I grew up in a complete average family of four. I was sent to Catholic private school for 7 years where I learned to love Christ. Although, I was misguided. I was praying the rosary and talking to God everyday (honestly praying to Christ in my heart, not Mary because I thought that was just how you prayed to God). I learned all about Christ and I thought it was great that Jesus was God. Then I went to Public School?..
I went to Public School thinking that I loved God and God loved me and that I was trying to be a good person. Then I met someone (a friend) and she was different. She wore on the first day to classes, a Jesus shirt. I thought it was kind of weird and cool. She witnessed to me and became my friend. Before then, God had really been my only friend?I am shy, but weird in the sense that I talk too much when I latch on to a friend. She became my friend and took me to church with her. It was one of the greatest decisions of my life. Nobody in the Catholic church told me that I had to accept Jesus into my heart, I thought that if you believed, then you were going to heaven. I accepted Christ into my life.
Things went well, or so I can revisionist historian now. My parents are staunch Catholics and would be dismayed if they ever heard of ?slain in the spirit? (Please do not condemn me for this if you do not believe in this, I can tell you for sure that the Holy Spirit was responsible for this action and not a demonic prescence; a counterfeit prescence it has been called) and they almost forbid me from doing any of this. I came to be blessed by a strong faith in the Lord Jesus. I was so bold in telling people that my promise ring was for my ?boyfriend? Jesus (this is not disrespect, I meant that the Jesus was my keeper until I got a husband. As marriage represents the Bride of the Church and Jesus, I had a promise ring that God would be my boyfriend until I got one, although he would still be my main focus)
Then High School????.The Unmerciful Time????????
I went to high school high on Jesus. I was ostracized and completely unable to be of any use as a witness. (Though, I would not change a thing in the way I lived my life (except my sins of course) just to make myself a better witness. It is just that in high school, teenagers are in what I am thinking to call the ?dangerous hell? period, because this is when it is most dangerous for a Christian, and the most dangerous for people to get on track to Satan forever. My school was completely liberal. I was introduced to someone who I wished to witnessed to, and this person became a stumbling block for me. It would eventually get so bad that I would turn from the Holy Spirit and become a witch. I don?t know how far I had fallen, I did not want to think about it. I thought I had doomed myself.
Also, I started to have a belief that if evolution was real, there can be no god. I don?t think people understand how hard it is for their children to understand God?s word if someone is teaching something that is OPPOSED to the word. I think actually, that was my main downfall. The Lord always loved me, and the day that I came back to the Lord is scary. One day I was thinking on the couch of death and then I just suddenly felt doom. I think the Lord took away something of his love or something, I don?t know?the explanation would have to be biblical. I just all the sudden felt the doom of someone who was going to die. I suddenly put it together?my atheist manifesto. I never really put it together. If I die?I reasoned?then I will just die and I won?t exist anymore. That was the scariest thing in my life, because I think my mind knows it can?t die in the sense of eternity. I started having panic attacks and was crying for three days. They were getting so bad. Then all the sudden, I felt the need to read the bible, because it had been my thread of faith. I was afraid of Hebrews 6:4-6 because it said that someone who had tasted all those things was unable to repent. But, I have rededicated my life to live for Jesus. I am going to give you a following list of things that you might find ok and able to resist temptation, but I am going to tell you your children cannot handle it even if you know your children well.
Evolution: This is the main thing that led me away from Christ. This is something that you have to be watchful for and maintain the creationist approach. Children are falling away because of this.
Sailor Moon/Japanese subtitled Anime: The reason I point this out is because I was heavily into this and that is the worst show in the world to be looking at. I actually got to the point that when I was thinking of the ?goddess? of wicca, I would think of this person. The whole show has people being astrologically chosen and given power by a pure goddess. A crystal is the main focus of the show. I cannot judge, but I must say, even now it is a stumbling block for me that I must recover from. This genre is also the worst in the world too.
Harry Potter- nuff? said I think on this board
Lord of the Rings- This will get me flamed, but this is also a stumbling block that I have to recover from. I just can?t watch it anymore because I have to be careful not to be sucked into the fantasy world that got me sucked into wicca. Things are lawful for me to watch, but it is not beneficial for me to watch. I am going to condemn it for myself not to watch it.
Sex Education?This was never a stumbling block for me, but I am mentioning this because I am going to give you a detailed account of what I was taught. (not graphic) I the culture makes you think you are gay and to act on it. I don?t think people realize that now people, when they go to a party, are fooling around with both sexes (I am a virgin?thank you G-d!(honest thank you, not a use in vain)?so this is not from my experience) In school culture, it is ok to be in love with both sexes.
Now I am glad that I can testify about things that I am recovering from, but I am sad because I will always have these things pressing on my mind. I doubt I will be able to recover from the tolerance issue and the fantasy issue for a while. I would just like to say that I am new and I welcome myself to the board.was taught about everything under the sun and to my horror when my teacher pulled out a *wiggling* life-like model to show us how to put a condom on. Even in my fallen state, I can tell you that was horrific.
Tolerance- I will speak now that it was a stumbling block, only because I wanted to have tolerance for other religions by being silent and I was a ?gay supporter?. This also has to do with my thinking that I was ?different?. This is a lie from the pit of Satan and if any questions on the board pop up about homosexuality, I plan to testify from my experience about it. I don't think people realize that the culture of school now says that it is ok to be in love with both sexes, and that was the situation at parties. (I am still a virgin, so this is not my experience)
I am happy to testify about these things but I will always be embarrassed of them. I will also have to struggle so I do not fall into these things again.:angel