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Recent content by John637

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    Signs and nde

    Raven, You can believe God, just like the boy's father who came to Jesus & honestly said, "I believe, help miy unbelief!" (Mk.9:24). We're rooting for you, but far more importantly, GOD is! He would not have sent His Son to die that horrific death in your place & in my place, then have you...
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    Signs and nde

    Amen Grace101, & God most certainly does love you & has already done everything for your salvation Raven, just because you've been given wrong doctrine somewhere along the line that's caused you to doubt God is no reason to remain there. God has already given everything for you, & has written...
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    Signs and nde

    Raven, Just a thought, but do you remember when Thomas said he would absolutely not believe that Jesus had been raised until he saw Him, & put his hands in His scars, etc? Jesus gave Thomas that opportunity, but then He said something interesting. He told Thomas that becasue he had seen, he...
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    OCD and prayer go together like mint ice cream and ketchup.

    Great advice, all. I especially resonated with canamer's advice. All I would add is Psalm 62:8, which by the way, was likely written by David while on the run from his favorite son Absalom, & surely the psalmists understood what it was like to be stressed, & yet their prayers just flowed to God...
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    Doubting, specifically salvation.

    What a great attitude LTL4L! "Either way, I will still praise Him and give Him the Glory!" The great thing about knowing Christ is that He has done it all for us, & as John said, this is love, NOT that we loved Him, since ours is flawed, but that HE LOVED US & sent His Son to bethe atoning...
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    Signs and nde

    Absolutely not, Raven, I'm only trying to show that God doesn't want to destroy but to save & that's why He sent His Son. I surely understand your fears, I've had them too, they still pop up at times, but the answer is that God has already done it all for us in Christ. Faith isn't working up...
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    Signs and nde

    Raven1, Faith is simply accepting what God has already done for you on the cross. It's not a matter of having enough of it to keep God from sending you to hell, or me for that matter. We both, & all deserve it due to our sins, but He has already paid the price for us. Faith is just taking what...
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    Signs and nde

    Asking for signs will not send you to hell, but can be a lack of faith since God has given us all we need in His Word, & has warned us not to add or take away from it. Gideon asked a sign, but of course that was before the Word was completed, yet God did not rebuke him, He was merciful & gave...
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    Will Jesus say "depart from me"?

    Stacy, I just want to add a couple thoughts here, as one who's struggled with this veery text & thoughts before. Let's compare Scripture with Scripture here & see what God's Word, the final authority, & judge, has to say on this matter. (Jn.12:48) The context of this very passage shows us...
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    Scared

    HL, I am praying for you now. If you know Christ as your Savior, God will not ever send you to hell, Christ paid that full price for our sins. God cares for you deeply, the cross is the eternal proof of that. You can go to Him & pour out your heart to Him, He is our refuge, Psalm 62:8. God...
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    feeling condemnation from God

    Just wanted to encourage you to look at God's Word on this matter of sin & condemnation. We've all been there. You said that you need to be in hell for your sin. Honestly, all of us should by all rights be in hell for our sin, God is holy & righteous far more than our minds can grasp. But, the...
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    Salvation and OCD

    Amandita, How I can relate to your struggle! It is not God's will, nor is it "normal" to doubt, but it is oh so common among believers, Amandita. Part of the problem as I see it is that we are taught to think, or maybe we just naturally think that faith is something we "work up" or we must "do"...
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    Jesus took the ocd away from me

    What a blessing annrobert! I always appreciate your posts, just as someone said earlier, with all the Scripture! As I was working on a SONRise service for tomorrow morning at church, a wonderful truth came through my study of some great Bible teachers. Mary Magdalene was so sad & grief-stricken...
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    My Very Very Long Term Suffering with OCD

    Racough, Thank you for opening up & sharing yourself with us. AnnRobert, thank you for exalting our precious Savior!
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    what comes first? repentance or salvation?

    Oh, and also everyone else who has posted has had very helpful things to say as well! I trust they helped you Robert asmuch as they blessed my heart by reading them.