I always get these attacks of guilt and despair as the thought often pops up into my brain, "You are not doing enough for God, just look at all the sin that is still in you, God can't accept you, his patience will run out, etc."
I heard that many people struggle with this, but I also have OCD which makes this far worse. Religious obsessions are just the tip of the iceberg for me though, as my OCD is severely debilitating.
I remember Paul Washer saying that we can't do anything to make God love us less, and we can't do anything to make God love us more.
And this other pastor I follow on Twitter said this: "Don't try, for several reasons, but it would be impossible for you to out-sin God's grace-provision for you in Jesus."
Tullian Tchividjian also said: "The law of God demands perfection; the gospel of God declares perfect all who trust in Jesus."
As long as I think that there is something I gotta do to be or keep myself saved, I fall into despair and just sin more rather than less. But when I think that there is nothing I can do to lose my salvation, and feel totally secure that God loves and accepts me, then I actually feel joy and peace and sin less and have desire to do good works out of gratitude to God.
I still keep falling into despair cause something always reminds me that there is still something I gotta do... there is a part of me that just can't believe that the Gospel is really that good and I still gotta contribute something to it.
Can someone clarify the Gospel for me? Is there something I still gotta do to be loved and accepted by God? How secure are we if we trust Christ? Is there an amount that we can fail which will result in God canceling our salvation?
I heard that many people struggle with this, but I also have OCD which makes this far worse. Religious obsessions are just the tip of the iceberg for me though, as my OCD is severely debilitating.
I remember Paul Washer saying that we can't do anything to make God love us less, and we can't do anything to make God love us more.
And this other pastor I follow on Twitter said this: "Don't try, for several reasons, but it would be impossible for you to out-sin God's grace-provision for you in Jesus."
Tullian Tchividjian also said: "The law of God demands perfection; the gospel of God declares perfect all who trust in Jesus."
As long as I think that there is something I gotta do to be or keep myself saved, I fall into despair and just sin more rather than less. But when I think that there is nothing I can do to lose my salvation, and feel totally secure that God loves and accepts me, then I actually feel joy and peace and sin less and have desire to do good works out of gratitude to God.
I still keep falling into despair cause something always reminds me that there is still something I gotta do... there is a part of me that just can't believe that the Gospel is really that good and I still gotta contribute something to it.
Can someone clarify the Gospel for me? Is there something I still gotta do to be loved and accepted by God? How secure are we if we trust Christ? Is there an amount that we can fail which will result in God canceling our salvation?
