Hi.
I am really ashamed of how confused I am (I have spent countless time laughing at my stupidity. It's just really funny now). I am starting to hate myself for the fact that I can't seem to understand what to do. I am just exhausted. One minute, I think I understand something, the next minute, I am bombarded with confusion. There has been no spiritual growth. I haven't changed (Note, I gave my life to God when I was 13-14 (about 2-3 years ago).
I have reached the point where I no longer want to ask God for forgiveness (specifically for one of my habitual sins). Because at the end of the day, I know that I am going to commit that sin again. (Constant loop of me asking him to forgive me for committing this sin, then sinning again like some ignorant moron who is talented at abusing his grace)
I have been waiting for God to rebuke me in some extreme way so I can finally walk the walk correctly. There must be something I am doing wrong. Now, I do want to say; I am a "victim" (God is the victim of this mess!). I take full responsibility for the place I am currently in. At where I am right now, I should have it figured out. I can't seem to understand Jesus on a personal level. I can spend hours praying or reading the gospel, trying to know him and love him (asking him to help me do this not with my strength but with his). But this doesn't seem to work. I am getting tired of knowing about Jesus. I want to know him personally.
To be honest, I have been praying to God to hurt me or kill me because I don't really know what else to do. I hate what I do. I hate what I desire. I hate what I feel. Some people say that God didn't create us to act like robots. But honestly, I wish this was true. I wish I were God's robot. I wish I could be a vessel that God could work through without having to deal with any hindrances or malfunctions if that makes sense.
Overall, I just want to know why I can't seem to figure this out. Why can't I do this correctly? Why can't I walk the walk correctly? What am I doing wrong?
Hello Jaedan,
if you want to know why you can’t seem to figure this out, listen to this:
For the MIND that is set on the flesh is HOSTILE to God, for it DOES NOT SUBMIT to God's law; INDEED, IT CANNOT. -Romans 8:7
So the question is what everyday or every time you set on your mind to ?
You must understand every time you set your mind on the things of the flesh that make you hostile to God or in other words, you made yourself the enemy of God. That is why it is important to repent ! So you come back under the grace of God. Otherwise, the wrath of God remains on you. Why ? because you are being disobedient. Why ? This is what we have heard :
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. -John 3:36
Do you see the dot and coma?
It is saying that whoever believe in the Son has eternal life, likewise whoever doesn’t obey the Son SHALL NOT SEE LIFE but the wrath of God remains on him.
When you set your mind on the flesh, your mind is NOT SUBJECT to God’s law of Spirit of life but you are subject to the law of sin and death. That is why it is said in Roman 8:5: INDEED, the mind that is set on the things of the flesh CANNOT be subjected to God’s law of Spirit of life.
Then what are we called to do ?
For those who IDENTIFY according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who IDENTIFY according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. -Romans 8:5 CJB
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit IS LIFE AND PEACE. -Romans 8:6
So if you don’t want to be confused, set the desire of your mind on the things of the Spirit and you will have life and PEACE.
Perhaps, you may ask me what are the things of the Spirit?
This is what we have heard our Lord have spoken:
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The WORDS that I have spoken to you are SPIRIT and life. -John 6:63
ALL SCRIPTURE is BREATHED OUT by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, -2 Timothy 3:16
The things of the Spirit is breathed out by God the Father and are in all scripture, that is, the words that our Lord Jesus Christ have spoken.
Perhaps, you are asking how you set your mind on the things of the Spirit.
Let us ask for wisdom, and our Heavenly Father give us without reproach.
This is the wisdom that we have heard in proverbs:
By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and BY THE FEAR OF THE LORD one TURNS AWAY FROM evil. -Proverbs 16:6
By God’s steadfast love and His faithfulness that raised Jesus Christ from the dead, your iniquity is atoned for. And ONLY FEAR OF THE LORD that you can turn away from your shame, confusion, the abuse of grace, hindrances and malfunctions that you spoke of.
What is the fear of the Lord? How you can understand and have this fear of the Lord?
Listen to our Heavenly Father:
MY SON, if you RECEIVE my WORDS and TREASURE UP MY COMMANDMENTS with you, -Proverbs 2:1
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; -Proverbs 2:2
yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, -Proverbs 2:3
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, -Proverbs 2:4
THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE LORD and find the knowledge of God. -Proverbs 2:5
So you CANNOT JUST UNDERSTAND this fear of the Lord because you are just scared of God. Listen to what our Heavenly Father have spoken that you are to receive His words and treasure up His commandments, and other things that He mentions.
You have said you have read the gospel but have you received His words in your heart and have you treasured up His commandments in your mind ?
Have you THEN UNDERSTAND the fear of the Lord and FIND the knowledge of God ?
What are the one of the things mentioned about the fear of the Lord ?
The fear of the LORD is HATRED OF EVIL. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. -Proverbs 8:13
So, when you hate what you did, desired, felt, that is, of the flesh — it is RIGHT to hate what the Lord is spoken of as evil.
When you felt ashamed, and guilty of abusing grace, that is Holy Spirit in you that convicts you of sin.
Therefore, it is right for you to respond to hate what doesn’t align with God’s words.
Perhaps, you are still thinking how to be strong and overcome this loop of sin.
Listen to what apostle John have spoken:
I write to you, YOUNG MEN, because YOU ARE STRONG, and THE WORD OF GOD ABIDES IN YOU, and you HAVE OVERCOME the evil one. -1 John 2:14
Apostle John perceived about this young men that they are strong because the word of God abides in them. These young men having the word of God abides in them, they have overcome the evil one. So likewise we can !
So if you want to overcome sin/the evil one/the enemies, listen to what our Heavenly Father have spoken, that is, receive His words and stored within you.
So if you want to rely on God’s strength to fulfill what He has commanded you in the all the scripture, let your mind, your heart, your soul and your strength set on His words of grace, that is, His words of love or the truth of His love.
Yes, the truth of His love can set you free.
By His grace, He gives us His strength!
For we have heard what our Lord Jesus Christ have spoken:
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. -John 6:63
Therefore, by the words of grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that are Spirit and life; By His words of grace that are Spirit who gives us the strength to live a godly life.
By the words of His grace that our Lord sanctify us, having cleansed us BY THE WASHING OF WATER WITH THE WORD, so that our Lord might present us to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that we might be holy and without blemish. [according to Ephesians 5:26-27]
So if you find yourself that you cannot do anything, remember what our Lord have spoken:
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, FOR APART FROM ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING. -John 15:5
so if you are want to be united with the Lord,
listen to what the Lord have spoken:
If you abide in me, and MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. -John 15:7