I want to be saved, but I feel like my sins are too great.

SnowTiger · Apr 5, 2018

Is there any advice people can give about letting go of the past? I had a really terrible year a long time ago, but I still feel really bad about it. I feel unforgivable. I feel like I'm a nice person, but I really screwed up. If it wasn't for this one year I think I would be okay.

After that year is when I started hearing voices in my head. That is when I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. One of the voices I hear in my head constantly reminds me of my sins and says I'm going to hell. He says "you're just bad enough." He implies that I'm not as bad as some people, but I'm bad enough for hell.

I can never shake this voice. I've tried several medications and I found one that helps but I still hear this voice all day long. It's just not as bad and I can sleep. If I don't take the medication I can't sleep at all. The voice is unrelenting and insists that I'm going to hell. So all day long I feel like I'm going to hell. I try to do good deeds. I give money to the poor every time I have the chance. I also volunteer at a Christian homeless shelter. The voice in my head just laughs at me. He says I'm "bribing God" whenever I give to the poor.

The voice in my head is constantly making deals and bets. It says "if you do this you'll get some kind of disease." I don't want to go into the details but he is constantly attacking me with illnesses and other things that I'm afraid of.

I wish I could toss this demon out, but he just laughs at my attempts. He says "God is paying me for doing what I do to you." He says "God is giving me my wings back for what I do to you."

So, I really don't know what to do. I want to be on God's good side. I want to be a good person. I want to follow Jesus and go to heaven. It just feels kind of impossible.

ChristIsSovereign · Apr 5, 2018

I've already sinned too much; I can't possibly be saved!

princesstatyanna · Apr 5, 2018

SnowTiger said:
Is there any advice people can give about letting go of the past? I had a really terrible year a long time ago, but I still feel really bad about it. I feel unforgivable. I feel like I'm a nice person, but I really screwed up. If it wasn't for this one year I think I would be okay.

After that year is when I started hearing voices in my head. That is when I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. One of the voices I hear in my head constantly reminds me of my sins and says I'm going to hell. He says "you're just bad enough." He implies that I'm not as bad as some people, but I'm bad enough for hell.

I can never shake this voice. I've tried several medications and I found one that helps but I still hear this voice all day long. It's just not as bad and I can sleep. If I don't take the medication I can't sleep at all. The voice is unrelenting and insists that I'm going to hell. So all day long I feel like I'm going to hell. I try to do good deeds. I give money to the poor every time I have the chance. I also volunteer at a Christian homeless shelter. The voice in my head just laughs at me. He says I'm "bribing God" whenever I give to the poor.

The voice in my head is constantly making deals and bets. It says "if you do this you'll get some kind of disease." I don't want to go into the details but he is constantly attacking me with illnesses and other things that I'm afraid of.

I wish I could toss this demon out, but he just laughs at my attempts. He says "God is paying me for doing what I do to you." He says "God is giving me my wings back for what I do to you."

So, I really don't know what to do. I want to be on God's good side. I want to be a good person. I want to follow Jesus and go to heaven. It just feels kind of impossible.

Your sins are never too great. God will forgive you of your sins if you repent. He will also help you live right. Those voices in your head is just Satan trying to discourage you from following God. You need to rebuke him in the name of Jesus

ChristIsSovereign · Apr 5, 2018

princesstatyanna said:
Your sins are never too great. God will forgive you of your sins if you repent. He will also help you live right. Those voices in your head is just Satan trying to discourage you from following God. You need to rebuke him in the name of Jesus

Satan is probably using the mental illness to discourage him, which is just as ugly to struggle with. God will fight his problems through Scripture if he trusts Him.

SnowTiger · Apr 5, 2018

ChristIsSovereign said:
I've already sinned too much; I can't possibly be saved!

Thank you. I really liked the article.

sunshineforJesus · Apr 5, 2018

Im so happy for you wanting to come to God,Just come as
you are and sincerely ask him to save you and to forgive you for all your sins and he will.

ChristIsSovereign · Apr 5, 2018

SnowTiger said:
Thank you. I really liked the article.

You're welcome. I'm going through my own dilemma over a certain verse at this moment and am happy to improve your state of being through Christ. (Going over in my mind if 1 John 5:7 should be in the Bible or not... 'King James only-ism VS Critical text' self-debate.)

SnowTiger · Apr 5, 2018

sunshineforJesus said:
Im so happy for you wanting to come to God,Just come as
you are and sincerely ask him to save you and to forgive you for all your sins and he will.

Okay. I think I need to be more faithful. I grew up as a Christian, but I've never been very good about it.

sunshineforJesus · Apr 5, 2018

Its more than being faithful,If you dont consider yourself saved
its about having a relationship with Jesus.

SnowTiger · Apr 5, 2018

sunshineforJesus said:
Its more than being faithful,If you dont consider yourself saved
its about having a relationship with Jesus.

Should I pray to Jesus or should I pray to God?

sunshineforJesus · Apr 5, 2018

Pray in the name of the father God,and end in Jesus name.

Halbhh · Apr 5, 2018

SnowTiger said:
Okay. I think I need to be more faithful. I grew up as a Christian, but I've never been very good about it.

Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

He actually came here for people like you and me!

redleghunter · Apr 5, 2018

SnowTiger said:
Is there any advice people can give about letting go of the past? I had a really terrible year a long time ago, but I still feel really bad about it. I feel unforgivable. I feel like I'm a nice person, but I really screwed up. If it wasn't for this one year I think I would be okay.

After that year is when I started hearing voices in my head. That is when I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. One of the voices I hear in my head constantly reminds me of my sins and says I'm going to hell. He says "you're just bad enough." He implies that I'm not as bad as some people, but I'm bad enough for hell.

I can never shake this voice. I've tried several medications and I found one that helps but I still hear this voice all day long. It's just not as bad and I can sleep. If I don't take the medication I can't sleep at all. The voice is unrelenting and insists that I'm going to hell. So all day long I feel like I'm going to hell. I try to do good deeds. I give money to the poor every time I have the chance. I also volunteer at a Christian homeless shelter. The voice in my head just laughs at me. He says I'm "bribing God" whenever I give to the poor.

The voice in my head is constantly making deals and bets. It says "if you do this you'll get some kind of disease." I don't want to go into the details but he is constantly attacking me with illnesses and other things that I'm afraid of.

I wish I could toss this demon out, but he just laughs at my attempts. He says "God is paying me for doing what I do to you." He says "God is giving me my wings back for what I do to you."

So, I really don't know what to do. I want to be on God's good side. I want to be a good person. I want to follow Jesus and go to heaven. It just feels kind of impossible.

Lesson 13: None Beyond Hope (2 Chronicles 33:1-20)

SnowTiger · Apr 5, 2018

redleghunter said:
Lesson 13: None Beyond Hope (2 Chronicles 33:1-20)

I like this article too! Thank you!

Tomm · Apr 5, 2018

SnowTiger said:
Is there any advice people can give about letting go of the past? I had a really terrible year a long time ago, but I still feel really bad about it. I feel unforgivable. I feel like I'm a nice person, but I really screwed up. If it wasn't for this one year I think I would be okay.

After that year is when I started hearing voices in my head. That is when I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. One of the voices I hear in my head constantly reminds me of my sins and says I'm going to hell. He says "you're just bad enough." He implies that I'm not as bad as some people, but I'm bad enough for hell.

I can never shake this voice. I've tried several medications and I found one that helps but I still hear this voice all day long. It's just not as bad and I can sleep. If I don't take the medication I can't sleep at all. The voice is unrelenting and insists that I'm going to hell. So all day long I feel like I'm going to hell. I try to do good deeds. I give money to the poor every time I have the chance. I also volunteer at a Christian homeless shelter. The voice in my head just laughs at me. He says I'm "bribing God" whenever I give to the poor.

The voice in my head is constantly making deals and bets. It says "if you do this you'll get some kind of disease." I don't want to go into the details but he is constantly attacking me with illnesses and other things that I'm afraid of.

I wish I could toss this demon out, but he just laughs at my attempts. He says "God is paying me for doing what I do to you." He says "God is giving me my wings back for what I do to you."

So, I really don't know what to do. I want to be on God's good side. I want to be a good person. I want to follow Jesus and go to heaven. It just feels kind of impossible.

Those are the devil's temptations, you can still be saved if you ask for God's forgiveness.
People worse than you had been saved because they repented.

redleghunter · Apr 5, 2018

SnowTiger said:
I like this article too! Thank you!

How's your daily prayer and Bible reading life?

It makes a big difference.

Maybe open a thread on Christian advice to discuss prayer and Bible study.

I think it was Moody who said the Bible keeps you from sin and sin keeps you from the Bible. I have found this to be a wise maxim.

SnowTiger · Apr 5, 2018

redleghunter said:
How's your daily prayer and Bible reading life?

It makes a big difference.

Maybe open a thread on Christian advice to discuss prayer and Bible study.

I think it was Moody who said the Bible keeps you from sin and sin keeps you from the Bible. I have found this to be a wise maxim.

Yes, I haven't been good about reading the bible. I'm trying to change though.

I pray a lot but mostly about selfish things.

redleghunter · Apr 5, 2018

SnowTiger said:
I like this article too! Thank you!

Here is a friend's site which is very comprehensive.

PeaceByJesus

Below in attachments is a public domain PDF copy of the classic Basic Christianity by John Stott.

Let's pray:

Heavenly Father Your Son Jesus Christ in Whom You are well pleased told us seek and we will find, ask and it will be granted and knock, and it shall be opened unto you. We pray Lord Almighty to give the Grace and Peace only Jesus can give Snow Tiger. Come to him, comfort him wash him clean in Your Son's precious Holy Blood, leading him to repentance and eternal life.

Father in Heaven in your Holy Spirit inspired Scriptures it is said:

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Our prayer Father is Snow Tiger finds this sure Hope and Salvation in Your Son as it is written:

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

We ask this Heavenly Father the Name above all other names Jesus Christ, Amen!

SnowTiger · Apr 5, 2018

redleghunter said:
Here is a friend's site which is very comprehensive.

PeaceByJesus

Below in attachments is a public domain PDF copy of the classic Basic Christianity by John Stott.

Let's pray:

Heavenly Father Your Son Jesus Christ in Whom You are well pleased told us seek and we will find, ask and it will be granted and knock, and it shall be opened unto you. We pray Lord Almighty to give the Grace and Peace only Jesus can give Snow Tiger. Come to him, comfort him wash him clean in Your Son's precious Holy Blood, leading him to repentance and eternal life.

Father in Heaven in your Holy Spirit inspired Scriptures it is said:

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Our prayer Father is Snow Tiger finds this sure Hope and Salvation in Your Son as it is written:

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

We ask this Heavenly Father the Name above all other names Jesus Christ, Amen!

Thank you!

redleghunter · Apr 5, 2018

SnowTiger said:
Thank you!

Hope I have not loaded you up too much.

Take a look at David's prayer to a psalm here:

Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 51 - New King James Version

Background. David was King of Israel. His armies were out on campaign (fighting Moab). He decided to stay behind in Jerusalem instead and committed adultery with one of his soldiers wife. Long story short the woman Bathsheba gets pregnant and it's David's kid. David has his head general send Bathsheba's husband Uriah go into battle and ensure his death.

So that psalm of David was when the prophet Nathan confronts him with the sins of adultery and conspiracy to murder Uriah.

What is the story of David and Bathsheba?

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