@timur,
I simply want to give my two cents on this subject. I have been a practicing Christian for over 4 years now. I am 34 yrs old, with a wife and two children. I was there to experience the birth of my 2nd son, and that was a miracle to behold. But the miracle I want to talk about is the one God, yes I said God, preformed in my life.
I was 29 and I had not attended a church service in over 7 years. I had thought there was a God before but did not know for sure. At this time in my life I found myself relying on pornography, alcohol, and my love of computer games to get my through my marriage, that was in total ruin. I was invited to church one day and after much debate with myself I decided what could it hurt.
So in November of 2010 I attended a First Assembly of God Church. I remember the worship service the most. I was watching the people dance around, clap there hands, and raise their hands in the air while they sang to God. I thought the music was neat. It was really up beat and the sermon was not all that bad either. So I decided I would give this church thing another try. I gave the church a try more than just one Sunday. I started going every Sunday. I really started enjoying the worship service and the preacher was great too. He always seemed to know what I had done through out the week and was telling the whole congregation in his sermons. Then I realized something. This was not the preacher talking it was something bigger. The preacher asked if anyone there wanted to know Jesus in a special way and I hesitated just like always. I held back until I was almost pushed out of my seat. I thought it was my wife but she was already at the front of the church praying. So I made my way down, and right there and then I dedicated my life to Jesus.
Guys it didn't stop there. That Sunday morning was just the beginning for me. I had been really feeling a new presence in my life. I was trying to be a better husband and not look at all the pornography, and do all the drinking. I even started to stop swearing. Then one Sunday there was another invitation to come to the front of the Church to pray. I answered this call the same way I answered the last but this time I ran to the front and I had beat my wife. Before I knew what was going on, I was filled with the Holy Spirit. I knew at that time without a shadow of a doubt that there is a God. He rested his hands upon my shoulders and told me I was forgiven for all my past sins.
I am not by no means a perfect Christian, but I do know that there is a perfect God. And he loves each and everyone of us. He loved us so much that he sent Jesus down to earth to be the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. And you want to know how much more he loves us? He loves us so much that He gave us free will. The choice to choose Him or to choose the world. He loves us so much that He does not force Himself on us, because He wants us to freely choose Him.
For you guys that think the day we die and we are standing at Heaven's doors, God is going to ask us all where we want to be, Heaven or Hell. I have one thing to tell you. The Bible is a road map to Heaven. Only by this road map can you get there. Jesus says "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
If you can't come to the Father except through Jesus then the Father will never know you. Therefore, if He never knew you how can you enter in His home.
With Love
Zgetman
