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and what do you think the biblical "sin" is?!, the spiritual unrighteousness/wickedness is the original sin, the very sin, and even the only one, because it is the cause/source of all other iniquities/evils, so, neither spiritual causation/infliction of evil, nor physical...
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I think I get you now, you don't mean accidentally take something that's not yours you mean follow God. Throw off the old man. Right?
Thanks. There are a few sins that I struggle with too. Sometimes I end up thinking "It is impossible for me to stop committing this sin" and give in to it.I know it is not good to live in unrepentant sins, I struggle with some sins but I want to be free of sin; free from the sentence of sin and from sin itself. I do not want to be a slave to sin. It is hard to break these sins though.
everyone who does righteousness follows the true God...
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You should qualify that statement by defining righteousness.
Phikippians 3
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
I know it is not good to live in unrepentant sins, I struggle with some sins but I want to be free of sin; free from the sentence of sin and from sin itself. I do not want to be a slave to sin. It is hard to break these sins though.
I think I get you now, you don't mean accidentally take something that's not yours you mean follow God. Throw off the old man. Right?
Wow, man you are really beating yourself up. It is very obvious to me that what is really going on is that you are suffering from paralysis by analysis. Don't feel alone. Iv'e noticed that there are hundreds of people on this forum who suffering from the same thing. First and foremost, stop worrying weather your save or not. The fact that you are experiencing anxiety over it is proof positive that you are. People who are not saved don't worry about it. They don't even THINK about it, GET IT ???......What you are going through is a minor attach from the enemy, happens all the time. If you were a General w/a million man army, who would you attach??? your own troops or the other guys troops???....Get it???........Rejoice in the fact that your being attached. Satan doesn't attach his own troops.. He's already got them. At the times when the enemy reminds me of my past, I remind him of his future.I have a lot of anxiety and fear about not being saved but don't know how to be saved.
I have a lot of anxiety and fear about not being saved but don't know how to be saved. I have been afraid of the unpardonable sin (Matthew 12, Mark 3, Luke 12), the mark of the beast (Revelation I don't know what even the number six by itself sets off impulsive thoughts), apostasy and wilful sin/leaving the faith for itching ears (Hebrews 6, Hebrews 10, mentioned in 2 Timothy and 2 Peter I think I do not know where). Also Matthew 7:21 (?) makes me nervous that not all faith and not everyone who calls Lord will be saved. Proverbs 1 also causes anxiety, and the scriptures about, "These people honour me with their lips but their hearts are far from me." How can I overcome the fear, and "confirm my calling and election" and be saved and gain assurance?
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The point is that the work of the Cross - received in faith - is effective against the eternal consequences of sin.It IS fear-mongering no matter how much you deny it. "Believe or you'll be tortured for all eternity". That's fear mongering. That's the idea people have when they have anxiety over their salvation.
It's the Holy Spirit that gives assurance of salvation. John's First Epistle has a lot about assurance.Dear DeerGlow,
Your anxieties about salvation show that you fear God, that you love God, that you have the Spirit and you are saved.
Listen, it's about grace. It's what Jesus DID, not anything we could DO.
I hope this short video will help you.
I have a lot of anxiety and fear about not being saved but don't know how to be saved. I have been afraid of the unpardonable sin (Matthew 12, Mark 3, Luke 12), the mark of the beast (Revelation I don't know what even the number six by itself sets off impulsive thoughts), apostasy and wilful sin/leaving the faith for itching ears (Hebrews 6, Hebrews 10, mentioned in 2 Timothy and 2 Peter I think I do not know where). Also Matthew 7:21 (?) makes me nervous that not all faith and not everyone who calls Lord will be saved. Proverbs 1 also causes anxiety, and the scriptures about, "These people honour me with their lips but their hearts are far from me." How can I overcome the fear, and "confirm my calling and election" and be saved and gain assurance?
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It is Gods will for us to have assurance. Here are a few verses to prove it. (Note the KJV uses fullness of faith in a number of verses where other versions use the word assurance)And if you don't have salvation anxiety you may be in the group of people to whom Jesus will say "I never knew you." A person does not go to heaven merely because he believes that he will.
Read John 3:14I have a lot of anxiety and fear about not being saved but don't know how to be saved. I have been afraid of the unpardonable sin (Matthew 12, Mark 3, Luke 12), the mark of the beast (Revelation I don't know what even the number six by itself sets off impulsive thoughts), apostasy and wilful sin/leaving the faith for itching ears (Hebrews 6, Hebrews 10, mentioned in 2 Timothy and 2 Peter I think I do not know where). Also Matthew 7:21 (?) makes me nervous that not all faith and not everyone who calls Lord will be saved. Proverbs 1 also causes anxiety, and the scriptures about, "These people honour me with their lips but their hearts are far from me." How can I overcome the fear, and "confirm my calling and election" and be saved and gain assurance?
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None of those verses teaches 100% absolute assurance of one's salvation. We cannot have that, for then there would be no need of faith and hope.It is Gods will for us to have assurance. Here are a few verses to prove it. (Note the KJV uses fullness of faith in a number of verses where other versions use the word assurance)
Hebrews 6:11
2 Corinthians 13:5
Hebrews 10:21-22
Ephesians 1:18-19
I would not say someone is not saved because they dont have assurance, but would ask the question. I would say they are not in the place God wants them to be.