I Disobeyed God and I Feel Awful...

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y.yet we know a better way..
I no longer feel awful ........because i no longer Do the action of that Sin .
And you are a liar, which is a sin. Any man who claims they are without sin is a liar. Check yourself... Your pride doesn't look good on you. Thankfully we have God as a just judge. I just pray you repent and believe in the real gospel before it's too late. God will not take your works which are like filthy rags if you are not trusting in Jesus alone for your salvation, but rather trusting in Jesus + yourself and your works. I will pray for you.
 
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You follow a false gospel... I cannot by in fellowship with you, but rather pray for you that God makes you born again. You may be saved but simply in a season of deception. Your teachings are false. You cannot lose salvation. I will pray for you, because you believe and teach false heretical doctrine that lead people to destruction and even hell. You don't rest or trust in Jesus alone, and you think your works and your amount of sins is what justifies you or saves you. I am sorry to say but you are very deceived and mistaken and in error my friend. I hope you repent.
This is an advise thread
Not a debate thread.
I have repeated to you advice as is written in scripture.
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-Fast and pray for repentance. Pray Psalm 51 and mean it with all your heart during your fast and worship.


-This is such a struggle within our community, but it's not the end. It is all part of your testimony, do not give up and let the enemy make you think you can't possibly return. God knows what is in men. He's going to use it all to make you into someone that will help others. Proverbs 24:16 For a righteous man will fall seven times, and rise : but the ungodly shall be without strength in troubles. Rise again my friend and ask God to heal you as you cannot do this on your own.

-Get Godly counselling from church. Get an accountability partner, a Christian friend you trust that you can call when you feel tempted.

-Recognize your triggers: if it's being alone, try not to be alone. If it's certain shows or music, stop watching listening etc...

-Covenant eyes is a good website. You can also suscribe to get daily emails on how to combat this.
The Apostle Paul's Secret to Fighting Sexual Sin

Stay strong my friend, you are not beyond the point of no return. The enemy wants to get you by thinking you need this.

Not sure if we can post youtube videos but this is good.
Thank you. I will try my best to focus on God and take every thought captive. Not ruminate on sexual thoughts. I think it may be because I make too big a deal of them. I fear a lot and sometimes I feel like I hit the "point of no return" but really I can't let these thoughts control me as they are just thoughts and they don't need to lead to action. I guess I will just think of Jesus when I get a lustful thought and take it captive and focus on good things right away in order not to get it out of control. It may be easier said than done, but I will try. Thanks for your support.
 
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And you are a liar, which is a sin. Any man who claims they are without sin is a liar. Check yourself... Your pride doesn't look good on you. Thankfully we have God as a just judge. I just pray you repent and believe in the real gospel before it's too late. God will not take your works which are like filthy rags if you are not trusting in Jesus alone for your salvation, but rather trusting in Jesus + yourself and your works. I will pray for you.
I advise you to read again what i wrote because 3 times now youve made false accusations .

Why did you post asking advise ? Did you want truth (its like a sword) or did you want people to pat you on the back and console your sinning ?
I have stated nothing of condemnation but rather that God has already loved you. Now go and love him back.

If a man said he loved his wife but kept sleeping with another woman do you think she will believe his words?
Certainly not. If he loves his wife he will not do hatful actions against her no matter how much the flesh desires to.

Others also have given wonderful testimony of thier journey to victory. Your upset by our words of testimony now..but one day you will be the one sharing such testimony.
Because its the goodness of God that leads to godly sorrow and true repentance.

Its easy to know when we have finally come into true repentance... Its made evident by the fact that " We DON'T do THAT work of sin any more. :) and it is a truly joyous state in Christ and Christ in us.
 
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Satan will throw in the kitchen sink once he knows that you want to get right with God. Those Ads online you saw were probably from him. Imagine yourself in the armor of God and use this as an inspiration. Pray to God to remove his influence. The way I kicked inappropriate contentography was because my eyesight was getting worse and I believe it was a warning from the Lord to stop so I did. Its as powerful as any drug is and messes with your dopamine levels so that you cant enjoy anything. I recommend the noFap community of reddit for motivation. Remember that dealing with sin is a constant ongoing thing we Christians have to deal with. Get up stronger then you were before and use this as a valuable lesson. Get a good Adblocker. If all else fails consider disconnecting your internet and only going online in public areas as it will save you alot of trouble in dealing with the temptation. Have a blessed day brother!
.i advise all believers that there is nothing the enemy can throw at us that can cause us to Do an action of sin outside of Our OWN will .
As it is written ......"a person is tempted when he is drawn away by the lust of thier OWN heart and enticed.. .. "

What the devil throws are Enticements...
But we can only be enticed by what we really want the most..
So if we really want to do a sinful action we will be moved by the enticement.

But there is another Spirit ,A HOLY spirit, who is also enticing us towards Good and rightous actions that lead to life. And when we love God more we are moved by the enticement of his HOLY spirit unto righteous action instead of sinful action .

So we will yeild the members of our body to the one we love the most.

If we walk after the Spirit.. We will not fullfill the desire of the flesh..
Just so in reverse..if we walk after the flesh we will not fulfill the rightous desire of the Spirit...
My advise to ALL who desire to be free from sin ..
Die to yourself deny the flesh and obey the Holy Spirit.. Jesus has won the victory that makes it fully possible to OVERCOME .
He has made us new creatures in Christ , he has made us overcomers.

Often the struggles spoken of people are not about them struggling againt sin (they are not. They are surrendering to sin) it is Gods Spirit telling them dont do that it will bring you death that they are struggling against.and why they remain at enmity with him and have no rest.
 
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.i advise all believers that there is nothing the enemy can throw at us that can cause us to Do an action of sin outside of Our OWN will .
As it is written ......"a person is tempted when he is drawn away by the lust of thier OWN heart and enticed.. .. "

What the devil throws are Enticements...
But we can only be enticed by what we really want the most..
So if we really want to do a sinful action we will be moved by the enticement.

But there is another Spirit ,A HOLY spirit, who is also enticing us towards Good and rightous actions that lead to life. And when we love God more we are moved by the enticement of his HOLY spirit unto righteous action instead of sinful action .

So we will yeild the members of our body to the one we love the most.

If we walk after the Spirit.. We will not fullfill the desire of the flesh..
Just so in reverse..if we walk after the flesh we will not fulfill the rightous desire of the Spirit...
My advise to ALL who desire to be free from sin ..
Die to yourself deny the flesh and obey the Holy Spirit.. Jesus has won the victory that makes it fully possible to OVERCOME .
He has made us new creatures in Christ , he has made us overcomers.

Often the struggles spoken of people are not about them struggling againt sin (they are not. They are surrendering to sin) it is Gods Spirit telling them dont do that it will bring you death that they are struggling against.and why they remain at enmity with him and have no rest.
Also you may have struggled with lust but you were never addicted. Because no person who knows what addiction is like would ever speak to someone who is struggling with the addiction like you are. Getting over addiction has nothing to do with love of God. Trusting God? Yes it can, but we all struggle to trust God at times. I love God and he knows my struggle and he knows I don't mean to hurt him. Addiction is also physical in your brain, it's hard to break the cycle.

Rather than condemn me and accuse me like satan does, please pray for me and encourage me with love like Jesus does to get over the sin. Your methods of fear mongering help no one ever. But thank you for taking the time to reply regardless. Looks like both of us needs prayers.
 
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Also you may have struggled with lust but you were never addicted. Because no person who knows what addiction is like would ever speak to someone who is struggling with the addiction like you are. Getting over addiction has nothing to do with love of God. Trusting God? Yes it can, but we all struggle to trust God at times. I love God and he knows my struggle and he knows I don't mean to hurt him. Addiction is also physical in your brain, it's hard to break the cycle.

Rather than condemn me and accuse me like satan does, please pray for me and encourage me with love like Jesus does to get over the sin. Your methods of fear mongering help no one ever. But thank you for taking the time to reply regardless. Looks like both of us needs prayers.
My advise to you is do not ever try to use this reasoning with a spouse..
She wont buy it.

And i also advise you to read my posts more carefully.There is no condemnation in them.
Salvation awaits ALL who will obey the Gospel ..
 
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My advise to you is do not ever try to use this reasoning with a spouse..
She wont buy it.

And i also advise you to read my posts more carefully.There is no condemnation in them.
Salvation awaits ALL who will obey the Gospel ..
Nice try but I have been saved for over 2 years now. You don't understand what salvation even means. It means coming to Jesus, not being sinless or being perfectly obedient. You are wrong and decieved, and God will judge your for that so I beg of you to repent, please.
 
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Feeling awful is good. It is when you stop feeling awful that you should start to worry.

Interesting. Can you show us this through the bible? I've got a ton of verses that show that God created us in His image and that we are not to view ourselves this way.
 
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I have written about my experience learning the terror of The Lord and your fear may well have been a warning. Christ makes captivity captive. When you pray for forgiveness, your intention is to never commit the sin again I assume.

I have felt that Holy Terror and it straightened me up pretty fast. I'm a slave to Jesus. Sold my home. Getting rid of everything and making myself available to Him alone. I need no one else. I need nothing else. I believe in God! He is absolutely real! And anyone that chooses not to wake up....man, it's just incredible that people don't understand.

Great post buddy.
 
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Nice try but I have been saved for over 2 years now. You don't understand what salvation even means. It means coming to Jesus, not being sinless or being perfectly obedient. You are wrong and decieved, and God will judge your for that so I beg of you to repent, please.

Alithis never said 100% perfection, for only a lunatic would and Alithis is not a lunatic. We can't throw those words into this person's mouth....that's creating a pretty big judgment of your own not to mention provoking others to pile on. Please stop.
 
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You follow a false gospel... I cannot by in fellowship with you, but rather pray for you that God makes you born again. You may be saved but simply in a season of deception. Your teachings are false. You cannot lose salvation. I will pray for you, because you believe and teach false heretical doctrine that lead people to destruction and even hell. You don't rest or trust in Jesus alone, and you think your works and your amount of sins is what justifies you or saves you. I am sorry to say but you are very deceived and mistaken and in error my friend. I hope you repent.

I guess I follow a false gospel too. His posts look right to me.
 
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y.yet we know a better way..
I no longer feel awful ........because i no longer Do the action of that Sin .

That's what obedience will do for us! Paul teaches it so plainly and clearly.

[1Jo 3:19 NLT] 19 Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.

Clearly, confidence isn't from a Holy Rubberstamp from God. Folks that don't like to obey almost ALWAYS believe that "confidence is from the Lord", for then they can sit on the couch and wait, eternally, for this confidence to rise. And then we have the, "Just pray about it" routine, which also allows false believers to do absolutely nothing. Convenient.
 
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Maybe its not punishment, some say God does not punish christians, but its consequences the problem. But we need the help of God, so don't dismay because you failed keep trying until you succeed with prayer.

Yep, it could be discipline instead of punishment. :) Good call.
 
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Interesting. Can you show us this through the bible? I've got a ton of verses that show that God created us in His image and that we are not to view ourselves this way.

Feeling awful is good because if you have a seared conscience you have NOTHING. Feeling awful is something that can be overcome however a cauterized conscience will feel absolutely nothing so thus cannot be overcome. Guilt is bad to excessive amounts but a certain amount is good. It means you have tenderness.
 
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Feeling awful is good because if you have a seared conscience you have NOTHING. Feeling awful is something that can be overcome however a cauterized conscience will feel absolutely nothing so thus cannot be overcome. Guilt is bad to excessive amounts but a certain amount is good. It means you have tenderness.

Ahhhhhh....I see what you're saying. Soooo glad you made that clear for me. :)
 
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Hey everyone, I have to share something I am struggling with and I am looking on what to do next. I struggle with lust and inappropriate content addiction. About two weeks ago, I heard a voice in my dream while I was sleeping and I believe it was an angel of the Lord. He said I must stop committing that sin and never look at inappropriate contentography again or there will be disasterous consequences. He said there will terrible suffering and consequences involved if I do it again. I felt it must have been from God because it fits scripture, God warns us not to sin or there will be consequences and he wants to shape us to be more righteous and walk in his ways. So that confirmed to me it was from him because it lined up with scripture. The next day, I had fear of the Lord over that but it was healthy fear and knowing God did that to discipline me and it encouraged me to do what was right.

So I obeyed him and I felt a miracle happened. Before whenever I had sexual thoughts I always felt like I lost control and I couldn't keep it captive and one thing led to another and I always lost the war to temptation. I always felt like my thoughts were too much and led me to sinning. But after that warning I felt complete deliverance. Whenever I had a sexual thought, I was suddenly able to take it captive and it didn't bother me anymore and I was able to just focus on God. It felt like God truly delivered me and I was so happy. The struggle wasn't there anymore. I felt this addiction I was facing for so long was finally healed by God.

But today, something happened. I suppose it started last night with some weird sexual dream I had. I ignored it and moved on. Then one thing led to another, I saw a couple ads online... A couple more things on another website. This started making me nervous. I tried my best to go back to focusing on God like I usually did before, but for some reason it didn't work this time and all the sexual tension started building up. I tried my best to not do it but one thing led to another and I found myself on a bad website again... ): I felt like I was past the point of no return so I sinned again. I have no idea what happened, how it happened, what got a hold of me, and how after all that, I stumbled yet again...

I feel absolutely awful now. It's even worse than before. Before I was disobeying God's word in scripture. But now I felt like I disobeyed him even more because he literally spoke to me and warned me about it. I feel so terrible too because I thought I was finally delivered from it and it truly felt that way... I can't believe I went back to it again.

Another reason I feel awful is out of fear of God's punishment now. He warned me if I did it again there would be terrible consequences... So now I have to face my punishment deservingly so but I am so scared of what will happen. What consequences and suffering will come on my way? This is also what makes me feel awful. I also feel hopeless. Like after believing I was delivered, how in the world did I commit the sin again? I feel like I will never get delivered and I just lost so much hope. Is this some lesson or something? Why did God allow this to happen? I don't understand at all. I am just looking for advice on how to move on from here. ):
That you feel guilty is your salvation working on you. In the meantime the answer is very simple. Look at scripture and see how many times we are instructed to get up and go help somebody. Not to wait until they come to us, but for us to get up and go look for them. To bring them comfort and to bring them the Word of God in the name of Jesus? Get up and go..., and go..., and go...,. The whole idea is to be a new creature. Those feelings you fear come from endorphin release. We can have the same good feelings from helping someone for no reward. And we can replace the desire to find those carnal pleasures with the desire to experience those Christ centered actions of helping others. Trust me, from one who knows. It is that simple.
 
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Look at scripture and see how many times we are instructed to get up and go help somebody. Not to wait until they come to us, but for us to get up and go look for them. To bring them comfort and to bring them the Word of God in the name of Jesus? Get up and go..., and go..., and go...,. The whole idea is to be a new creature. Those feelings you fear come from endorphin release. We can have the same good feelings from helping someone for no reward. And we can replace the desire to find those carnal pleasures with the desire to experience those Christ centered actions of helping others. Trust me, from one who knows. It is that simple.
Thank you, I needed to hear that.
 
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[1Jo 3:19 NLT] 19 Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.
Please stop using versions besides the KJV. This is complete corruption and twisting of that verse.

John 3:19 King James Version (KJV)
"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."

This is talking about those who reject Jesus Christ. Not the actions of Christians after they get saved. Please read scripture in context, and don't use versions that completely twist the entire verse around and make it say something else. I'm quite shocked how your version of translation is so far off the original translation.
 
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