I was born a Catholic. So, since I was a kid, I had no problem accepting that Jesus was the Son of God. I prayed to Him and worshiped Him in church and at home too. That was my religion.
I came across some sermons from Believers that taught that the way to life was to accept Jesus as Personal Lord and Savior. But I thought that that did not apply to me since I already worshiped none other than Jesus. I thought that it was already implied.
However, once a pastor gave such a good sermon that I was so enthusiastic and in my prayer I said, "Jesus, I've accepted you as God my whole life. I haven't verbally said, 'Lord be the Master of my life. I accept you into my life now' because I felt that it was already implied whenever I worshiped you. But JUST IN CASE it isn't implied, I accept you now as Lord and Savior of my life."
Months later, I came across another sermon which was heart-touching. At the end, the pastor (who also prophesied) said that if anyone wanted to accept Jesus, then they had to come forward, and she'd pray a prayer and we were to repeat after her. I thought that I'd go because it seemed more 'official' (if that's the word).
So you see, I accepted Christ more than once in my life. And in none of those times have I done so after going though devastating experiences. I hear testimonies of people being saved after reaching the bottom point of their lives. But that wasn't the case for me. I was brought up in a Christian (Catholic) family. When I accepted Christ it was not one of those cases where I do not know that He is God, and then realize that He actually is. I knew it all along; I accepted that fact all along.
But because I was accustomed to religion and not a relationship with Christ, I continually sinned and lived life as per my own will. Then, OVER TIME, I encountered the truth that I ought to submit entirely to Christ and LIVE OUT my faith (as James 2:14-17 teaches). Then, OVER TIME, I began changing my lifestyle and entering into a RELATIONSHIP with the Lord. So you see, only then, did I, in actuality, accept Jesus.
As a result, I do not know when exactly I got saved.
So what's my bottom line? I wanted to know if my situation - accepting Jesus more than once, that too not because of being delivered from some tough time, but because I was accustomed to believing that He is the only God - is ok? Is this normal?
I came across some sermons from Believers that taught that the way to life was to accept Jesus as Personal Lord and Savior. But I thought that that did not apply to me since I already worshiped none other than Jesus. I thought that it was already implied.
However, once a pastor gave such a good sermon that I was so enthusiastic and in my prayer I said, "Jesus, I've accepted you as God my whole life. I haven't verbally said, 'Lord be the Master of my life. I accept you into my life now' because I felt that it was already implied whenever I worshiped you. But JUST IN CASE it isn't implied, I accept you now as Lord and Savior of my life."
Months later, I came across another sermon which was heart-touching. At the end, the pastor (who also prophesied) said that if anyone wanted to accept Jesus, then they had to come forward, and she'd pray a prayer and we were to repeat after her. I thought that I'd go because it seemed more 'official' (if that's the word).
So you see, I accepted Christ more than once in my life. And in none of those times have I done so after going though devastating experiences. I hear testimonies of people being saved after reaching the bottom point of their lives. But that wasn't the case for me. I was brought up in a Christian (Catholic) family. When I accepted Christ it was not one of those cases where I do not know that He is God, and then realize that He actually is. I knew it all along; I accepted that fact all along.
But because I was accustomed to religion and not a relationship with Christ, I continually sinned and lived life as per my own will. Then, OVER TIME, I encountered the truth that I ought to submit entirely to Christ and LIVE OUT my faith (as James 2:14-17 teaches). Then, OVER TIME, I began changing my lifestyle and entering into a RELATIONSHIP with the Lord. So you see, only then, did I, in actuality, accept Jesus.
As a result, I do not know when exactly I got saved.
So what's my bottom line? I wanted to know if my situation - accepting Jesus more than once, that too not because of being delivered from some tough time, but because I was accustomed to believing that He is the only God - is ok? Is this normal?
