Andrew's Testimony

I grew up in a Christian family and I've been taught to believe in God for as long as I can remember. I have attended Church since as long as I can remember. Church is a place that our family goes to every Sunday morning and sometimes on Wednesday nights. We go to Church because that is where we learn more about God. At our Church we learn about God and Jesus. God and Jesus live in a place called Heaven, which is another world much better and purer than ours. We learn that Jesus is the son of God and that Jesus came down to Earth in the form of a baby about two thousand years ago. Jesus grew up like the rest of us humans which was very humbling for Him to do. In the Bible in John 3:16 it states that God loved the world so much that he sent his own son down to us so that we could learn to believe in him, giving us a chance at living in heaven with God for ever. Jesus was hung on a cross to do for all of mankind's sin about 33 years after he was born in our world. He came back from the dead three days later and was taken back into heaven by his father. Because Jesus did that for us, our sins were forgiven and we have to believe in Jesus and ask for his forgiveness from our sins. Sin is defined by God as doing anything immoral or disobeying his commands. Committing lust or looking at girls the wrong way is a sin, stealing or murdering is also sin and so is drugs or excessive drinking because it changes your state of mind. All sin is created by Satan, who is the all-time arch-enemy of God. God is going to be victorious in the end and Satan knows this, which is why he tries to tempt as many people into sinning as he can. God is perfect and cannot stand sin, which is why we must not sin. If you believe in God then he will help you in your daily battle against any sin that you might have. I live this way every day even though it is impossible to not sin because humans were born with a sinful nature. The best way to live is to read the Bible on a daily basis and talk to God through prayer. This is how I live my life as a Christian. When I was 12 years old I made the decision to believe in God and ever since then I have been doing devotions, which are reading and studying the Bible, and praying just about every day.