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Stuck With that "Anything's Possible" Attitude
Paul:
A few months ago, I started reading up on Christianity, and discovered it was much more legitamite than I thought (I saw it as a bunch of old tales :)), and I wanna believe in Jesus Christ, but I'm stuck with that "anything's possible" attitude, meaning I don't completely believe and can't repent. And I love to sin.
So, if anyone has anything to say about that...
Stevernator:
Hey Paul,
If you truly are interested in the possibilty of the truth of the gospel then my advice to you could be summed up in this passage:
9"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
11"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Luke 11:9-11
I grew up in a Christian home and I have been through many times of real weakness and I have researched many different religions. All of my searching has led me back to Jesus and so I believe He is the truth. To me his words are those that could not come from a mere man. Plus I think it can be seen that man cannot perfect himself, he needs God. As for sin, I feel much happier since I started to let go and try to rely on God more. I don't think God expects us to be able to do it on our own. A clean conscious is worth so much. Keep searching my friend.
Best wishes,
Steve
PS I think this might be moved to Off Topic Discussions
Samson:
Hello Paul,
With all the deceit, hypocrisy and double standards presented by the main denominations of Christianity(not necessarily individuals), but their Organizations, no one on their own would be able to believe any of it, God does the dragging and whats' impossible for men, is possible with God. Can you imagine belonging to a Denomination most your Adult and firmly believing they had the " Truth " and eventually finding out they were not Gods' exclusive channel directing his people on Earth. I was one of those people believing in such a thing, been very skeptical ever since, but I didn't abandon the Bible along with that Organization, from what I understand, many that have left that Organization became Agnostic or an Atheist.
After realizing that Man doesn't have Free Will or Free Moral Agency as previously taught, I started to second guess myself for awhile, should I take this road or that road, soon I stopped this ridiculous way of thinking.
Insofar as Sinning is concerned, it usually does feel good to Sin at first, thats' why Satan tempts us with it, but God has us learn from the consequences of our actions, its' part of our training. Just remember Paul, what it says at Romans. 3:23 & 1 John. 1:8 thru 1 John. 2:2.
Hope this will help you out alittle, if not, accept my Apologies, my intentions were good.
Your Brother in Christ, Samson.
Kat:
Hi Paul,
Here are a few emails on the subject.
http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,1710.0.html ----
I would love to write a paper on "faith," but at present I am engrossed in several other projects. Let me "bottom line" it for you in a few statements.
Faith is the assurance that God's Word is Truth and that God will do all that He has promised. This assurance (faith) is a GIFT of God and cannot be obtained by any human endeavor (Eph. 2:8-9). Reading and hearing the Scriptures can increase your faith, BUT ONLY BECAUSE GOD SUPERNATURALLY GIVES YOU THAT FAITH AND ASSURANCE, as you read and hear. Through faith you will both know God's will and live God's will. You must go to God for faith--there is no other source of true spiritual faith and assurance of God's trustworthiness.
God be with you,
Ray
http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,2196.0.html ----
Read the material on our site. Read ALL of it. Maybe some of it will "rub off" on you. I personally have my faith strengthened by reading Paul's epistles. You see, I know in my heart of hearts that Paul is not a phony, a liar, a charlatan. Paul was one intelligent dude, and he emphatically believed the Scriptures. He believed Jesus. He performed miracles. He raised the dead. Most will say, "But I don't believe it." I know they don't. That's why I said "The faith is not for everyone."
One way to really come to believe in the Scriptures is not to speculate, and read the higher criticism of others about them, but by LIVING THEM. When you live them, you believe them, and you start to understand them. Try it.
God be with you,
Ray
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,4181.0.html ------
Primarily, we must repent of our "carnal minds" which HATE God (I realize that most people do not believe that they ever hated God, but by their disobedience, they prove that they did), which are at the root cause of all our other sins. We repent of not only what we have done wrong, but the reason why we did wrong in the first place. The human heart which is the seat of our emotions and morality or lack thereof, "is deceitful above all things and exceedingly WEAK--who can know it" (Jer. 17:9, Jewish Publication Society), Although all will be saved, not one will be saved until he repents of his sins, accepts Jesus Christ as the Saviour of his soul, and learns to live a godly life.
Ask God to grant to you repentance (Rom. 2:4).
God be with you,
Ray
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,6018.0.html ------
"What do [you] need to do?" REPENT. How do you repent? Only God can bring you to repentance (Rom. 2:4); only God can drag you to Christ (John 6:44); only God can accomplish His achievement [workmanship] in you (Eph. 2:8-10). You must come to really hate your sins before you (through) God, will truly repent of your sins and stop doing them. You obviously are not there yet. Pray that God brings you to that place in your life.
God be with you,
Ray
Bradigans:
You're way ahead of the ball game, because repentance begins with truth. You told it like it is, how you love to sin.
- Psalms 32:2 - Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
The Bible states there are none righteous.
- Romans 3:10 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
You just point blank admitted it. God can do a lot for and with you bro. Repentance is all about coming to God as a little child (without inhibition) as a lost sinner. Oh, i'm excited about how God can use you. It takes some of us so long to come to that point of being able to admit that we love sinning. Oh, alleluia!!! God hates religion, and the self righteous. He wrote religion and it's self righteousness off in one of the prophet's.
- Isaiah 64:6 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
See, religion teaches self righteousness or humanism. That is that you can pull your self up by your own boot straps. That is one of the biggest lies in hell. Look at what Christ has to say.
- Matthew 9:12 - They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
The whole human race (outside of Christ) is sick (sin sick) because of the sin (trespass) of father Adam. Christ came to remedy that sickness.
- Matthew 18:11 - For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Mankind on this space vessel called the earth, lost contact (died spiritually) with it's creator when Adam did what he did back in the garden. You see, God is a Spirit.
- John 4:24 - God is a Spirit: and they that worship (fellowship, contact) him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Your sin problem has a spiritual etiology and cause. With no further delay, here's the remedy. Okay, everybody... I need your prayers now ( Luke 4:18,19)!!!
Dear brother, for God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting (eternal) life (St John 3:16).
Sincerely,
IN HIS LOVE
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