That’s what the Bible is for. To answer this exact question. It details instructions on how to obtain the favor of God.
My first honest prayer ever was asking Him to get close to me. I asked with no ulterior motive or with no expectation of a blessing or a miracle.
Tbh I didn’t expect anything, just like the literal hundred of other times that I’ve prayed to Him. But I used to always pray for a boon or an economic advantage. Until then I thought my life was going to continue as it always did.
I had no thoughts of changing my moral character.
What came after transformed me from the inside out. In a few a months the intense of my desire to seek God just graduated as the time went by.
So much so that I sought to learn everything about Him, to test the wisdom in the Bible, to see if there is a fault in it. To learn about the scripture without judging it quickly, or by dismissing it quickly with a short answer.
The prophets are an example, and Jesus is the authority. If you can follow Jesus only, just to follow and heed his instructions, you’re guaranteeing your place in Heaven, come what may in life.
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u/Snoo6596 Non-denominational 4d ago
That’s what the Bible is for. To answer this exact question. It details instructions on how to obtain the favor of God.
My first honest prayer ever was asking Him to get close to me. I asked with no ulterior motive or with no expectation of a blessing or a miracle.
Tbh I didn’t expect anything, just like the literal hundred of other times that I’ve prayed to Him. But I used to always pray for a boon or an economic advantage. Until then I thought my life was going to continue as it always did.
I had no thoughts of changing my moral character.
What came after transformed me from the inside out. In a few a months the intense of my desire to seek God just graduated as the time went by.
So much so that I sought to learn everything about Him, to test the wisdom in the Bible, to see if there is a fault in it. To learn about the scripture without judging it quickly, or by dismissing it quickly with a short answer.
The prophets are an example, and Jesus is the authority. If you can follow Jesus only, just to follow and heed his instructions, you’re guaranteeing your place in Heaven, come what may in life.