RE: For former Christians, what was it like to "know" Christ?
March 14, 2019 at 7:38 am
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2019 at 9:11 am by Athene.)
To me, "knowing" Jesus basically just meant that you accepted his gift of salvation. Being at least somewhat familiar with his Word (in the Bible) and making a semi-decent effort to avoid being evil, oh say....22-78% of the time, because that's probably not what Jesus would want.
When I was a Christian, I never got the sense of knowing as in actually having a two-way dialogue with actual within my own mind. I was well-aware that the moments in which Jesus or God was "speaking" to me was essentially my own inner dialogue, to which I applying Biblical principles.
Other believers, of course, would insist that this WAS God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit speaking directly to me, but I was unconvinced. I know what my own brain sounds like.
When I was a Christian, I never got the sense of knowing as in actually having a two-way dialogue with actual within my own mind. I was well-aware that the moments in which Jesus or God was "speaking" to me was essentially my own inner dialogue, to which I applying Biblical principles.
Other believers, of course, would insist that this WAS God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit speaking directly to me, but I was unconvinced. I know what my own brain sounds like.
