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Help!!! Am I The Only One?
SandyFla:
--- Quote from: nightmare sasuke ---You have no reason to fear hell, real, or not real. Do you really think God would let anyone go to hell, especially one of his followers (you?)? You should ask God to help you rid yourself of that fear. I'll keep you in my prayers!
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In my times of clarity I don't believe in hell. It's only when I'm not feeling well or late at night that I start wondering. I think it's like love_magnified said: indoctrination. All those years of having it pounded into my brain. It will probably take some time to get it cleared out. All in God's good time ...
Thanks for your prayers.
Sandy
orion77:
Interesting thread, Sandy. For me, the idea of hell was not hard to put down, but instead it was in discovering who the beast was. This took a lot of chastening from my Father, but once I finally saw the light, 8) , a whole new world opened up. Amazing how full of love our Father really is!
Once the journey has begun there is no turning back, it's good to be in and under His love.
God bless you,
Gary
rvhill:
--- Quote from: SandyFla ---OK, please don't trash-n-bash me for this, but I'm wondering if anyone else experiences the same thing ...
I know that what churches teach about hell is wrong, but sometimes I still have the fear that maybe there IS an eternal hell with literal fire and brimstone. This usually happens when I'm not feeling well and thinking about dying, or late at night when everything is quiet.
When my grandmother was dying, she was terrified that she was going to hell because she left the Catholic faith and married a "Protestant devil," as they were called in those days. But just before she died, she reached out her hands and said, "Jesus ...," and she died peacefully.
Is it possible that, like her, the false teaching is so ingrained in my psyche that the fear automatically comes back, or do I subconsciously still believe in hell? Has anyone else struggled with this? If so, how long did it take for you to overcome it?
Sandy
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You may believe but you still lack faith. I am not saying that to put you down. Faith start as a mustard seed. In time your faith will grow. May your faith grow to be a large and strong tree.
This how I know this
James 2:14[ Faith and Deeds ] What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
James 2:18But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
Deeds or works is more then giving to the poor or being a good person. I would say to pray for faith in the grace of Jesus Christ. In prayer your faith will grow.
Sonia:
Hi Sandy,
It does take a bit of time. I think our thinking patterns are like ruts in a road--it's hard to break out of the old ones and forge new--then until the new is well established, we keep falling back into the old thought pattern.
Keep climbing out!
Sonia
love_magnified:
--- Quote from: rvhill ---
--- Quote from: SandyFla ---OK, please don't trash-n-bash me for this, but I'm wondering if anyone else experiences the same thing ...
I know that what churches teach about hell is wrong, but sometimes I still have the fear that maybe there IS an eternal hell with literal fire and brimstone. This usually happens when I'm not feeling well and thinking about dying, or late at night when everything is quiet.
When my grandmother was dying, she was terrified that she was going to hell because she left the Catholic faith and married a "Protestant devil," as they were called in those days. But just before she died, she reached out her hands and said, "Jesus ...," and she died peacefully.
Is it possible that, like her, the false teaching is so ingrained in my psyche that the fear automatically comes back, or do I subconsciously still believe in hell? Has anyone else struggled with this? If so, how long did it take for you to overcome it?
Sandy
--- End quote ---
You may believe but you still lack faith. I am not saying that to put you down. Faith start as a mustard seed. In time your faith will grow. May your faith grow to be a large and strong tree.
This how I know this
James 2:14[ Faith and Deeds ] What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
James 2:18But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
Deeds or works is more then giving to the poor or being a good person. I would say to pray for faith in the grace of Jesus Christ. In prayer your faith will grow.
--- End quote ---
Amen. Faith grows, and it is even mentioned in Corthinians 12 as a gift of the spirit which can be given. So pray for that gift and it will be given. If you pray for an egg, he will not give you a scorpion.
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