I felt like I was saved many years ago, but I was just getting into high school and I put church and my faith on the back burner. This continued through college, and a few weeks ago at a revival the holy spirit reallly got a hold of me. I did not know whether I was really saved or just needed to rededicate. One day I was in the middle of an intense spiritual attack, and I prayed that night for help, swore off of alcohol and anything that was keeping me from God. That night I felt the holy spirit just give me an awesome sense of relief and I could really feel the power. Just to be safe I went ahead and made a public profession of faith and got baptized again just to make sure I got it right in case I was not saved. The attacks started again the next day however, and a few weeks later we had another revival. THe next to the last night the evangelist preached on Christians who thought they were saved but were not, and I really felt convicted, I prayed the prayer the preacher said to pray but I did not go down during the invitation because I was just baptized on Sunday, I have no idea why I would feel convicted like this after that night that God had answered my prayer and after I was sure I had it right after my baptism. Has anyone else had a similar problem? By the way I have had OCD for about ten or twelve years now, I probably should have posted that first.
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yup, i did until, i relized that prayer is not what gets u saved, I mean it is the way to do it yes, but in order to have salvation we must answer the question of what is SALVATION what is ETERNAL LIFE?
Joh 17:3 And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent-Jesus Christ.
do we know Jesus? the deep meaning of know, the word "know" in John 17:3 is the same word "know" when Mary told an angel that she never "knew" a man after he told her that she will have a baby Jesus.
the word GINOSKO=know, in a very intimate, very close way, i pray this even for myself that we would all know Jesus MORE AND MORE because that is life eternal, if we dont we must cry out to Him and be honest that we wanna GINOSKO Him so much, we want to know Him! Maybe we dont feel like it, but we must, we must pray and cry out that His presence would come and that He would reveal Himself to us. Also Are we living in the Kingdom of God? Are we stiiting in the boat with Jesus at peace while the storm is goin around us? plz go to the main thread board and read the post (something that some1 shared with me and i just cannot stop sharing this with other Christians) called The Kingdom of God is Here.....
plz PM God anytime u wanna now Him MORE, doesnt matter how fallen and broken u r, the more broken, the better, cuz He can mold you more, and lol pm me if u need to talk
Were u feeling convicted or condamned? there is a difference.
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Joh 17:3 And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent-Jesus Christ.
do we know Jesus? the deep meaning of know, the word "know" in John 17:3 is the same word "know" when Mary told an angel that she never "knew" a man after he told her that she will have a baby Jesus.
the word GINOSKO=know, in a very intimate, very close way, i pray this even for myself that we would all know Jesus MORE AND MORE because that is life eternal, if we dont we must cry out to Him and be honest that we wanna GINOSKO Him so much, we want to know Him! Maybe we dont feel like it, but we must, we must pray and cry out that His presence would come and that He would reveal Himself to us. Also Are we living in the Kingdom of God? Are we stiiting in the boat with Jesus at peace while the storm is goin around us? plz go to the main thread board and read the post (something that some1 shared with me and i just cannot stop sharing this with other Christians) called The Kingdom of God is Here.....
plz PM God anytime u wanna now Him MORE, doesnt matter how fallen and broken u r, the more broken, the better, cuz He can mold you more, and lol pm me if u need to talk
Were u feeling convicted or condamned? there is a difference.
in Christ
Mike
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HI Belushi,
I've been a Christian since I was a little girl. I've led Bible studies, Worked in childrens ministry, music ministry, sang solo's praising my Lord, etc. But guess what? Even with all of this my OCD has caused me to doubt my salvation and have scary thoughts that I might not really be saved. It's happend to me in exactly the same way as it has happened to you... some Pastor.. saying something like... "are you really sure you're saved, or are you really sure you have real faith?"... and all of the sudden I'm horrified that my faith is or was too weak or that I've not really totally believed in just the right way and variations of that theme over and over. So then the battle begins and the more I fight the thoughts the worse they get. This is, as you know, the nature of OCD. And remember it will attack anything that is extremely precious to you. If you weren't a Christian such a thought would not disturb you so much. But because you are and you love the Lord these thoughts have the ability to make you miserable.
Just wanted to reassure you that it's the OCD making you miserable. Not a lack of faith.
I've been a Christian since I was a little girl. I've led Bible studies, Worked in childrens ministry, music ministry, sang solo's praising my Lord, etc. But guess what? Even with all of this my OCD has caused me to doubt my salvation and have scary thoughts that I might not really be saved. It's happend to me in exactly the same way as it has happened to you... some Pastor.. saying something like... "are you really sure you're saved, or are you really sure you have real faith?"... and all of the sudden I'm horrified that my faith is or was too weak or that I've not really totally believed in just the right way and variations of that theme over and over. So then the battle begins and the more I fight the thoughts the worse they get. This is, as you know, the nature of OCD. And remember it will attack anything that is extremely precious to you. If you weren't a Christian such a thought would not disturb you so much. But because you are and you love the Lord these thoughts have the ability to make you miserable.
Just wanted to reassure you that it's the OCD making you miserable. Not a lack of faith.
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that sounds alot like me. i was a proffessing christian as a child and was baptised at age 9 , around 14 or 15 my sunday school teacher drew a line on the board and said you are eather saved or your not and at that moment i became full of terror and worry and I thought it was the Holy spirit and perhaps it was. a few months prior after a sermon on Hell I decided to make a public proffession of faith and "accept Christ" I went home and felt miserable bacuse I thought I was ashamed of Christ or that I wasnt saved because I didnt feel anything as alot of people described when they were saved and my only conclusion was that I must not have had enough faith. I repeatedly would visit my pastor and say I am lost I need to be saved and he would always read "If you confess with your mouth and know in your heart...." and wed pray and that would be it. because i was shy I would not really seek out more thourough counseling or ask questions. I did this with every pastor after that.
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that sounds alot like me. i was a proffessing christian as a child and was baptised at age 9 , around 14 or 15 my sunday school teacher drew a line on the board and said you are eather saved or your not and at that moment i became full of terror and worry and I thought it was the Holy spirit and perhaps it was. a few months prior after a sermon on Hell I decided to make a public proffession of faith and "accept Christ" I went home and felt miserable bacuse I thought I was ashamed of Christ or that I wasnt saved because I didnt feel anything as alot of people described when they were saved and my only conclusion was that I must not have had enough faith. I repeatedly would visit my pastor and say I am lost I need to be saved and he would always read "If you confess with your mouth and know in your heart...." and wed pray and that would be it. because i was shy I would not really seek out more thourough counseling or ask questions. I did this with every pastor after that.
i have not been diagnosed with OCD and if i have it it is almost purely religious. I once however was painfully shy and socially anxious
i have not been diagnosed with OCD and if i have it it is almost purely religious. I once however was painfully shy and socially anxious
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