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Recent content by David2019

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    How to absolutely know for sure you're saved

    J already spend a good amount of my time helping others. This is more of a personal problem that I cannot run away from, it always catches me eventually.
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    How to absolutely know for sure you're saved

    I'm not saying I'm giving up. I'm saying that if salvation depends on my own effort I already failed, will continue to fail and eventually will perish
  3. David2019

    How to absolutely know for sure you're saved

    If it really depends only on myself I'm not gonna make it
  4. David2019

    How to absolutely know for sure you're saved

    Yes, habitual sin, not in the sense that I don't care about it but that I am too weak to resist it.
  5. David2019

    How to absolutely know for sure you're saved

    Ongoing personal failings and just the general idea that I cannot control my future with God.
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    How to absolutely know for sure you're saved

    I try to help others as much as I can. And I hope that my efforts will make unbelievers see the light of Christ. And to be honest I'm kind of looking for a sign at this point out of desperation.
  7. David2019

    How to absolutely know for sure you're saved

    Ok so i'm freaking out right now over here. I need to absolutely, 100% foolproof, 100% watertight, no doubt know for sure if I'm saved. I'm a believer and baptized but I cannot say 100% for sure if I'm saved. I've been fighting and searching everywhere for the past 5 years but I cannot know it...
  8. David2019

    I had a terrible day and went way too far..

    Today I've had a terrible day because I unleashed 5 years of bottled up anger I've had against God and essentially called Him a useless shepherd that doesn't care for His flock, that I hated Him and tested Him to kill me right on the spot or that I otherwise would buy a bottle of sleeping pills...
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    No escape

    Yes, i'm trying the best i can. The problem is that it's An internal problem. Not external. I'm already on medication, and the situation has certainly improved over the years.
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    No escape

    Suffering from OCD, it feels like I cannot get out of it. It feels like a prison. A foretaste of hell sometimes. Hopelessness, grief, no joy, trapped forever in a diseased cycle of thinking until you die. I try to suppress the anxiety by indulging in media, overeating and shopping because...
  11. David2019

    Tired

    Thank you caring. I had a really bad day when I wrote this post. It's going somewhat better now.
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    Tired

    I'm so tired of all the trials that come in this life. Both internal as external. I just want to be happy and content. What's even the point of maturing in Christ if we will never attain perfection in this life. And if perfection is only for the next life, then what's the point of suffering for...
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    I cannot get the assurance that I'm saved

    Thank you very much. Yes, you are absolutely right. The righteous shall live by faith, not by what he feels. But I'm just very anxious about the worst case scenario, being self-deceived. I do believe 100% that Jesus is who He says He is and that He's done what He says He's done despite what I feel.
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    I cannot get the assurance that I'm saved

    I cannot get the assurance that I'm saved. At least not longer for a few days at a time before feeling completely lost again. I think that I have spent hundreds (thousands maybe?) of hours researching the internet, the bible, theology books to look for the assurance that I'm indeed born again...
  15. David2019

    According to The Will of God

    Yes, but do you always keep all the commandments Jesus taught us (100% of the time). If not, you will also not spend eternity with God despite your profession in Christ, just like every other Christian still living on earth. I know you try to fight the lukewarmness in the church but you're...