I hold onto the promises
If you have “ Been Broken” or “ made Contrite” as God would put it ....all that means is that you have come to the “ end of yourself.” That was the purpose of the Law.To Show Lost Sinners that they could NOT KEEP IT ! It was given to “ shut the mouth” of all that “ tried” to keep it. It was given to show that one MUST have a Savior .
“ Nobody comes to God lest the Spirit draw him” .....The Holy Spirit draws men to Christ by the Conviction Of Sin....Once a person sees that they are a hopeless, lost Sinner who NEEDS a Savior, hopefully they will “ Turn to God ( The Type Of Repentance involved in Salvation ) with Faith in Jesus Christ- THEN you are Saved....
You say that you “ hold onto the Promises Of God”.... That is GREAT! God makes a Promise—— BELIEVING that Promise is what FAITH is! You are SAVED by Faith—- Saved by Trusting God to carry out His Word!
Too many people see the Bible as a Book Of Rules— do do this, Don’t do that—- and of course, the Bible has an abundance of rules......but is MUCH more than that ! Rule -Keeping is great .....God will Bless you for Obedience—- He just won’t SAVE you because of it
God is not saving anybody that is TRYING to be saved ( mainly by the Delusion that their Performance Of Keeping The Law is adequate enough to get them “ worthy” of Eternal Life).......The People That God WILL save are those TRUSTING to be saved.Trusting in the Promises Of God.That is Faith. Faith is what saves.Faith Plus NOTHING
If one has Faith in THIS Promise ( regardless of the extent of your “ brokenness”) it is God’s PROMISE to SAVE you. 1 Cor 15:1-4...... “ Jesus died for your sins and rose from the grave”
I think you can handle that.....you sound like a man of Faith already......maybe you did not know the EXACT Promise that will put you in the Body Of Christ where you are SAVED FOREVER—UNTOUCHABLE !!!......you know it now....REST in this Promise and see all the good things that follow! May God bless you immensely, like He has blessed me!
I think what bothers me about that is that I feel like I don't feel broken over my sin enough and it makes me feel like I'm just so insincere about everything. I would say that have faith in God. I just keep on struggling with feeling that I have committed the unpardonable sin and that since I have done such a thing that he's just given up on me. Many times I feel like giving up but I know he is merciful. I just hope I haven't pushed him too much.
Yes it makes sense.....the most effective way to please God and take care of your concerns is to REST in the Fact that Jesus died for your sins and rose from the Grave. Believe that and God will put His Holy Spirit in you and that Spirit will change you from the inside out—- an act of TRANSFORMATION that ONLY HE can perform .....Trust Him to change “ the inside of the cup” and He will.....
I will continue to pray for my faith to grow. I will continue living for Jesus regardless if he accepts me or not because living a life like I have before is unfulfilling. I will keep putting praying in hopes that he will hear it.
Upvote
0