Puzzling...

I stumbled upon a blog of a man who says he’s a former Christian, but is now an unbeliever and a skeptic. After reading some of his entries, I wonder if he was ever a Christian, in the truest sense of the word. What I mean is, someone who took the step of faith to repent of their sins, accept Jesus as his/her Lord and Saviour, and has the Holy Spirit living him/her, and live by Jesus’ teachings in the His word, the Bible.

The word “Christian” has become so generic, that people most often use it to categorize someone or something that is one of the following: non-atheist, non-Buddhist, non-Confuscionist, and so on. A lot of people consider themselves “Christian” if they were either born into a Christian family and/or grew up in a Christian church, and have followed the Christian values and ways all their life, and that’s all they’ve known. But do they really understand what a Christian is, and what becoming one entails? It’s so easy to take on the role of a Christian, especially if that’s all you’ve ever known - being born into it, growing up with it, surrounded by it. You can talk-the-talk, use the “cliches”, be involved in ministry, etc, etc. But I wonder what his conversion experience was like, if he ever had one? Let me point out that this man (the former Christian blogger) said that he’d been a Christian for 10 years, but now he’s a skeptic and an unbeliever? I truly believe that once you’ve encountered Jesus, and when the Holy Spirit dwells in you, you will never, ever be the same. THAT IS, if your conversion was ever real and true. I pray for this man, that God will open His eyes to the truth and really have a true encounter with the Saviour.