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Struggles by Non-Christians
I think I'm unregnerate, reprobate, vessel of wrath, despairing, tried all I can think of
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<blockquote data-quote="Presbyterian Continuist" data-source="post: 74248908" data-attributes="member: 105812"><p>Your post accurately reflects someone under conviction of sin, the need for righteousness, and the fearful looking ahead to judgment to come. This is a good place for you to be in, because you have tried everything and failed to reach an assurance that you are really saved and are a child of God. Believe it or not, this is the work of the Holy Spirit in you. Why?</p><p></p><p>Because the Holy Spirit works to bring you to rock bottom, to the absolute end of yourself, and to show you that you will never get to where you need to be by your own strength. So, what you have posted is the bad news about yourself and your own efforts to be a genuine Christian with full assurance of faith.</p><p></p><p>So what now?</p><p></p><p>You have got only one person to go to: Christ Himself. The Scripture says, "The person who comes to God must believe that He is there, and He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him". Also, "If you seek God with all your heart, you will find Him." This means that you stop trying to be the Christian you want to me, and to throw yourself totally on Christ. How do you do this?</p><p></p><p>By believing His promise: "Come let us reason together, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow". What this means is that you bypass the pastor, Christian friends, and any others you are seeking counsel from, and to come to God directly and tell him everything that you have posted in your OP. God is not shocked by anything you might say. Why not just read your post to God? Jesus said, "Come unto me all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest".</p><p></p><p>If you are looking for some type of feeling or sensory experience of God, you will not find Him that way. Strong faith is based on dependence on the promises in God's Word without anything else. Faith says, "If I confess my sins, and talk about all my conflicts and problems with God, then He will hear me, forgive all my sins and cleanse me from all unrighteousness."</p><p></p><p>I have received a lot of comfort in the Scripture: "By grace I am saved through faith, not of myself, it is the gift of God." It takes faith and patience to wait on God, stop trying to be a good Christian, and just rest in total dependence on Christ. There are many who will tell you to do this or that, and such advice has only a 50/50 chance of being right for you. The better way is to put your full trust in Christ and allow the Holy Spirit to bring you to that place of assurance where you know you are saved, that Jesus knows you personally, and that the Holy Spirit is doing the work in you that needs to be done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Presbyterian Continuist, post: 74248908, member: 105812"] Your post accurately reflects someone under conviction of sin, the need for righteousness, and the fearful looking ahead to judgment to come. This is a good place for you to be in, because you have tried everything and failed to reach an assurance that you are really saved and are a child of God. Believe it or not, this is the work of the Holy Spirit in you. Why? Because the Holy Spirit works to bring you to rock bottom, to the absolute end of yourself, and to show you that you will never get to where you need to be by your own strength. So, what you have posted is the bad news about yourself and your own efforts to be a genuine Christian with full assurance of faith. So what now? You have got only one person to go to: Christ Himself. The Scripture says, "The person who comes to God must believe that He is there, and He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him". Also, "If you seek God with all your heart, you will find Him." This means that you stop trying to be the Christian you want to me, and to throw yourself totally on Christ. How do you do this? By believing His promise: "Come let us reason together, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow". What this means is that you bypass the pastor, Christian friends, and any others you are seeking counsel from, and to come to God directly and tell him everything that you have posted in your OP. God is not shocked by anything you might say. Why not just read your post to God? Jesus said, "Come unto me all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest". If you are looking for some type of feeling or sensory experience of God, you will not find Him that way. Strong faith is based on dependence on the promises in God's Word without anything else. Faith says, "If I confess my sins, and talk about all my conflicts and problems with God, then He will hear me, forgive all my sins and cleanse me from all unrighteousness." I have received a lot of comfort in the Scripture: "By grace I am saved through faith, not of myself, it is the gift of God." It takes faith and patience to wait on God, stop trying to be a good Christian, and just rest in total dependence on Christ. There are many who will tell you to do this or that, and such advice has only a 50/50 chance of being right for you. The better way is to put your full trust in Christ and allow the Holy Spirit to bring you to that place of assurance where you know you are saved, that Jesus knows you personally, and that the Holy Spirit is doing the work in you that needs to be done. [/QUOTE]
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