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I don't know what else to do. Before this whole quarantine thing started I thought I was seeking the Lord. I was reading the Bible often. Watching preachers on youtube. Going to church. But everyday I went to sleep with the thought of "What if I'm not saved? What if I'm just deceiving myself. Anyway a couple months go by of me being stuck in constant sexual sin, hate, rage and I found myself in a constant cycle of sinning, asking forgiveness, sinning again etc. And every night I would ask God to save me again. Over time my heart just grew colder and harder than it already was and a horrible truth hit me. I wasn't saved at all. Ever. I had no godly sorrow, no repentance. I was just trying to work for my salvation because it was the only thing I felt I could do. I thought I had faith, I thought I believed but I was just manufacturing my own "good works" to deceive myself. Now my heart has hardened and I honestly fear I may be beyond repentance because I no longer seek the Lord. I no longer even try to do "good" or stop sinning, even if it was superficial. I fear I have become reprobate and am well beyond salvation. And I fear this because I don't even care. I have no concern for righteousness, my soul, or for the Lord. I have no concern for Jesus. Just like the Bible said I only have a fear of my future judgement which is driving me to the brink of insanity just thinking about it. I have worldly sorrow. I am Judas. I have become all of the worst things in the bible wrapped up into one being. This causes me to fall deeper into darkness, trying to avoid the truth with my own evil. Trying to block out the pain of my own condemnation. And even if God hasn't given up on me, I don't know if I could do what is required to be saved. I have no godly sorrow, meaning no repentance, meaning only hell awaits me when I die. And I don't even care... Can anyone please help me...
 

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If you are asking for help and wanting to be saved, then God is at work. Only believe that God can still save you. Keep believing and seeking. Slowly you will become stronger and change will come.

Everything else is a lie. That is how the devil plays with young believers because as humans we cannot see the spiritual realm clearly, and we are weak and imperfect.
 
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I don't know what else to do. Before this whole quarantine thing started I thought I was seeking the Lord. I was reading the Bible often. Watching preachers on youtube. Going to church. But everyday I went to sleep with the thought of "What if I'm not saved? What if I'm just deceiving myself. Anyway a couple months go by of me being stuck in constant sexual sin, hate, rage and I found myself in a constant cycle of sinning, asking forgiveness, sinning again etc. And every night I would ask God to save me again. Over time my heart just grew colder and harder than it already was and a horrible truth hit me. I wasn't saved at all. Ever. I had no godly sorrow, no repentance. I was just trying to work for my salvation because it was the only thing I felt I could do. I thought I had faith, I thought I believed but I was just manufacturing my own "good works" to deceive myself. Now my heart has hardened and I honestly fear I may be beyond repentance because I no longer seek the Lord. I no longer even try to do "good" or stop sinning, even if it was superficial. I fear I have become reprobate and am well beyond salvation. And I fear this because I don't even care. I have no concern for righteousness, my soul, or for the Lord. I have no concern for Jesus. Just like the Bible said I only have a fear of my future judgement which is driving me to the brink of insanity just thinking about it. I have worldly sorrow. I am Judas. I have become all of the worst things in the bible wrapped up into one being. This causes me to fall deeper into darkness, trying to avoid the truth with my own evil. Trying to block out the pain of my own condemnation. And even if God hasn't given up on me, I don't know if I could do what is required to be saved. I have no godly sorrow, meaning no repentance, meaning only hell awaits me when I die. And I don't even care... Can anyone please help me...

Yes Jesus can help you. He can get you out of the mess you got yourself into. It is about learning to have faith in His love and accept grace when you fall short. The way you served God before was all wrong. It is about learning to love God because He is so good to us.

Even now He is warning you of the judgement that is to come. He wants you to grow faith in Jesus. A faith that accepts grace and grows in love for God and neighbour.

Faith in God's love is not hard to do when you know Jesus. Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords also in your heart.

So call out ot Jesus to be saved and put your faith in Him, even if you can only do it for seconds, it is about doing it. Many seconds make a minute, many minutes make a hour. That is how i battled for grace. Seconds at the time, fighting my unbelief, guilt and doubt.

That is all it takes a loving heart. Only Jesus can give you that. He did it for me, He can do it for you. Be of good courage and die to your bad life.

Just let it perish, who wants it? and grow new life having faith in Jesus and loving God and neighbour and before you know it you will celebrate life again restored. Just ask God for faithfulness and let unfaithfulness perish. Be strong and courageous the devil has been overcome.


Peace.

An invitation to The Chosen.

God's Love will not take or will
you to conform to rules or demand
which imprison, enslave, burn or kill you.

God's Love will not pervert what's Good
The Lord loves truthfully Wise and Good.
True Love was, is and always will be Good!

In God's Love you are free to be right!
In His love everything is good proper and kind.
He loves all who love good and true to rule!

His Love is caring, providing, and sharing.
His Love always enjoys and protects good life.
His love rules even when bad life has being in us!

Hear Jesus call - 'Come join up with us all!
Leave whatever ties you down and be free
loving good life with all God's own to be.'

To the rest in your heart God's asks
how long will you tarry in the darkness?
Please leave such bad existence within.

For life must not, no never should, or would, or could,
be forceful, rude, prideful, arrogant, selfish, lustful
or otherwise be untrue to God's loving truth.

Neither should life be hurting or ill,
hungry, oppressed, despised, hated
or otherwise have existence in wrong.

Please hand your Bad Life over to Jesus
Humbly ask for His Good Life back in return
and go love God, self and neighbour with Joy.

The Church knows that Jesus is coming soon
All bad life will be our shameful past then,
so please leave your bad life while you can!

Love
 
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Yes Jesus can help you. He can get you out of the mess you got yourself into. It is about learning to have faith in His love and accept grace when you fall short. The way you served God before was all wrong. It is about learning to love God because He is so good to us.

Even now He is warning you of the judgement that is to come. He wants you to grow faith in Jesus. A faith that accepts grace and grows in love for God and neighbour.

Faith in God's love is not hard to do when you know Jesus. Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords also in your heart.

So call out ot Jesus to be saved and put your faith in Him, even if you can only do it for seconds, it is about doing it. Many seconds make a minute, many minutes make a hour. That is how i battled for grace. Seconds at the time, fighting my unbelief, guilt and doubt.

That is all it takes a loving heart. Only Jesus can give you that. He did it for me, He can do it for you. Be of good courage and die to your bad life.

Just let it perish, who wants it? and grow new life having faith in Jesus and loving God and neighbour and before you know it you will celebrate life again restored. Just ask God for faithfulness and let unfaithfulness perish. Be strong and courageous the devil has been overcome.


Peace.

An invitation to The Chosen.

God's Love will not take or will
you to conform to rules or demand
which imprison, enslave, burn or kill you.

God's Love will not pervert what's Good
The Lord loves truthfully Wise and Good.
True Love was, is and always will be Good!

In God's Love you are free to be right!
In His love everything is good proper and kind.
He loves all who love good and true to rule!

His Love is caring, providing, and sharing.
His Love always enjoys and protects good life.
His love rules even when bad life has being in us!

Hear Jesus call - 'Come join up with us all!
Leave whatever ties you down and be free
loving good life with all God's own to be.'

To the rest in your heart God's asks
how long will you tarry in the darkness?
Please leave such bad existence within.

For life must not, no never should, or would, or could,
be forceful, rude, prideful, arrogant, selfish, lustful
or otherwise be untrue to God's loving truth.

Neither should life be hurting or ill,
hungry, oppressed, despised, hated
or otherwise have existence in wrong.

Please hand your Bad Life over to Jesus
Humbly ask for His Good Life back in return
and go love God, self and neighbour with Joy.

The Church knows that Jesus is coming soon
All bad life will be our shameful past then,
so please leave your bad life while you can!

Love

But how can I know if I am genuine. What if I can't really repent and I'm just calling out to him to avoid hell. What if I just want short term forgiveness but no real change of heart. Its happened before and I'm afraid it'll happen again..
 
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I don't know what else to do. Before this whole quarantine thing started I thought I was seeking the Lord. I was reading the Bible often. Watching preachers on youtube. Going to church. But everyday I went to sleep with the thought of "What if I'm not saved? What if I'm just deceiving myself. Anyway a couple months go by of me being stuck in constant sexual sin, hate, rage and I found myself in a constant cycle of sinning, asking forgiveness, sinning again etc. And every night I would ask God to save me again. Over time my heart just grew colder and harder than it already was and a horrible truth hit me. I wasn't saved at all. Ever. I had no godly sorrow, no repentance. I was just trying to work for my salvation because it was the only thing I felt I could do. I thought I had faith, I thought I believed but I was just manufacturing my own "good works" to deceive myself. Now my heart has hardened and I honestly fear I may be beyond repentance because I no longer seek the Lord. I no longer even try to do "good" or stop sinning, even if it was superficial. I fear I have become reprobate and am well beyond salvation. And I fear this because I don't even care. I have no concern for righteousness, my soul, or for the Lord. I have no concern for Jesus. Just like the Bible said I only have a fear of my future judgement which is driving me to the brink of insanity just thinking about it. I have worldly sorrow. I am Judas. I have become all of the worst things in the bible wrapped up into one being. This causes me to fall deeper into darkness, trying to avoid the truth with my own evil. Trying to block out the pain of my own condemnation. And even if God hasn't given up on me, I don't know if I could do what is required to be saved. I have no godly sorrow, meaning no repentance, meaning only hell awaits me when I die. And I don't even care... Can anyone please help me...
Before I was born again, I had no doubt that I was a Christian. I was born in a Christian nation, so that was it. After I was properly born again, I was plagued with doubts. Satan attacks new believers at their weakest points. That's why good fellowship with strong Christians is essential. It's not so easy to find these days. Satan's main ploy is to get us to look at ourselves apart from Christ. He tempts new believers and then accuses them for the sin that they fell into. Yes, we are responsible. However, if God demand that we forgive each other 490 times a day, how much more do you believe God is willing to forgive us? Salvation is done deal. All we've done is provide the sin that sent Lord Jesus to the cross. All we can do is accept God's gift of love, mercy and grace and be thankful.

Our salvation depends entirely on what God has done in Christ. When I went through my deepest valley, about 25 years ago, I confessed that I had sinned and claimed the cleansing of the precious blood of the lamb. The attack lifted immediately, although it took a while to get back on track completely. Strength in Christ comes from considering the great salvation that is ours, not the wretchedness of our life apart from Him. There is a place for "woe is me....." but staying in that place is a recipe for disaster. We need to get to "Thanks be to God....."

There is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus. Note that Ephesians 1,2 & 3 precedes 4 & 5. The first 3 chapters go into glorious detail of what God has done for us in Christ. 4 & 5 tell us how we should live in the light of that. Too many Christians try to be good Christians without knowing the power of the Life of Christ first. Many get it back to front. They think if they clean up their act, they will be good Christians. No. God deals with the sinner, not just the sin. God terminates us at the cross and raises us up with Christ. That's what the new birth is about. Then Christ is living in us in the Person of His Holy Spirit. Lord Jesus pleases God perfectly. Lord Jesus never sinned and He's not about to start. So He will empower us to overcome sin.

We also need to deal with Satan. Ephesians 6 gives us the answer. Tell the devil where to go. He has no choice but to obey. Be diligent in warfare. Satan does not get tired and he is way smarter than we are. So we keep on resisting. And this we do in the authority and power that Lord Jesus gives to His disciples.
 
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But how can I know if I am genuine. What if I can't really repent and I'm just calling out to him to avoid hell. What if I just want short term forgiveness but no real change of heart. Its happened before and I'm afraid it'll happen again..


Keep calling out again and again...and again.

And if He takes it all away... everything...

Say blessed be His Name.

And praise Him for overcoming this world, this flesh, and the devil.

Rejoice in the fact that love wins.

Yah bless you brother, shalom!
 
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But how can I know if I am genuine. What if I can't really repent and I'm just calling out to him to avoid hell. What if I just want short term forgiveness but no real change of heart. Its happened before and I'm afraid it'll happen again..
Who can change the heart? It's God's business, not yours. He's promised to give us a new heart:

Ezekiel 11

19And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
 
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But how can I know if I am genuine. What if I can't really repent and I'm just calling out to him to avoid hell. What if I just want short term forgiveness but no real change of heart. Its happened before and I'm afraid it'll happen again..

Yes it will happen again. You will fall away at times. You have in the past and you will in the future but it is not about you, it is about Jesus and what He has done.

Placing your faith in Christ's love will grow thankfulness and love for God and neighbour.

Jesus will change your heart. It is foolish to try and do it yourself. Only Jesus can beat satan, it is for you to keep your eyes peeled on Him.

When you call upon His name but you are looking at yourself then it doesn't work, you have to look at Jesus. Look how He died and suffered to pay for your sin. Accept that. Believe that. That is the battle.

The more you place faith in God's love the more love will grow in your heart. This is what you lack. Love, faith and hope yet these things always remain in the truth for us to utilise.

In the beginning we can only manage faith for seconds before we fall away again. The same will be with you but that doesn't mean that God has given up on you, the opposite is true God wants you to place faith in His love again and again, until you are full of graceful love.

See loving God has no hard time breaking with sin. Fear God, and sin just keeps on going, but love God and sin will stop dead in its track. So go and learn to love God for His loving grace over your life.

Peace
 
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But how can I know if I am genuine. What if I can't really repent and I'm just calling out to him to avoid hell. What if I just want short term forgiveness but no real change of heart. Its happened before and I'm afraid it'll happen again..

All that happens so that we may realize our weaknesses, need of a savior, learn from it and depend on God. It's all a part of the journey, of teaching and salvation.

Keep doing what you can and should do. God is faithful to do His part. Just be patient and do not lose hope or trust.
 
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I don't know what else to do. Before this whole quarantine thing started I thought I was seeking the Lord. I was reading the Bible often. Watching preachers on youtube. Going to church. But everyday I went to sleep with the thought of "What if I'm not saved? What if I'm just deceiving myself. Anyway a couple months go by of me being stuck in constant sexual sin, hate, rage and I found myself in a constant cycle of sinning, asking forgiveness, sinning again etc. And every night I would ask God to save me again. Over time my heart just grew colder and harder than it already was and a horrible truth hit me. I wasn't saved at all. Ever. I had no godly sorrow, no repentance. I was just trying to work for my salvation because it was the only thing I felt I could do. I thought I had faith, I thought I believed but I was just manufacturing my own "good works" to deceive myself. Now my heart has hardened and I honestly fear I may be beyond repentance because I no longer seek the Lord. I no longer even try to do "good" or stop sinning, even if it was superficial. I fear I have become reprobate and am well beyond salvation. And I fear this because I don't even care. I have no concern for righteousness, my soul, or for the Lord. I have no concern for Jesus. Just like the Bible said I only have a fear of my future judgement which is driving me to the brink of insanity just thinking about it. I have worldly sorrow. I am Judas. I have become all of the worst things in the bible wrapped up into one being. This causes me to fall deeper into darkness, trying to avoid the truth with my own evil. Trying to block out the pain of my own condemnation. And even if God hasn't given up on me, I don't know if I could do what is required to be saved. I have no godly sorrow, meaning no repentance, meaning only hell awaits me when I die. And I don't even care... Can anyone please help me...

Tommy,

Salvation is actually very simple.

1. Realize you are lost in sin with no way of saving yourself.
2. Believe that Jesus came into the world to save sinners, as He said he would.
3. Believe that Jesus paid the price for your sin on the cross.
4. Jesus was then resurrected so you can have eternal life with Him.

There is no work you must do to be saved nor any work you must do to keep saved. The enemy will always try to put the burden of your salvation on you instead of Jesus. It sure sounds to me that you have much sorrow over your sin. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you are saved"

The most important book you should focus your study on is the book of Romans. Watch the progression in the book as Paul explains the process. Keep your focus on what Jesus did for you instead of what you are doing in an attempt to be saved.
 
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I don't know what else to do. Before this whole quarantine thing started I thought I was seeking the Lord. I was reading the Bible often. Watching preachers on youtube. Going to church. But everyday I went to sleep with the thought of "What if I'm not saved? What if I'm just deceiving myself. Anyway a couple months go by of me being stuck in constant sexual sin, hate, rage and I found myself in a constant cycle of sinning, asking forgiveness, sinning again etc. And every night I would ask God to save me again. Over time my heart just grew colder and harder than it already was and a horrible truth hit me. I wasn't saved at all. Ever. I had no godly sorrow, no repentance. I was just trying to work for my salvation because it was the only thing I felt I could do. I thought I had faith, I thought I believed but I was just manufacturing my own "good works" to deceive myself. Now my heart has hardened and I honestly fear I may be beyond repentance because I no longer seek the Lord. I no longer even try to do "good" or stop sinning, even if it was superficial. I fear I have become reprobate and am well beyond salvation. And I fear this because I don't even care. I have no concern for righteousness, my soul, or for the Lord. I have no concern for Jesus. Just like the Bible said I only have a fear of my future judgement which is driving me to the brink of insanity just thinking about it. I have worldly sorrow. I am Judas. I have become all of the worst things in the bible wrapped up into one being. This causes me to fall deeper into darkness, trying to avoid the truth with my own evil. Trying to block out the pain of my own condemnation. And even if God hasn't given up on me, I don't know if I could do what is required to be saved. I have no godly sorrow, meaning no repentance, meaning only hell awaits me when I die. And I don't even care... Can anyone please help me...

Greeting
you just need understanding and love
A little History
What is the meaning of true faith, in our hearts? The heart at birth in which the soul, faith is born. It is the heart that is reborn in faith in my regeneration of the Holy Spirit.

Above all, taking up the shield of faith, beyond and above all measure.
The Roman soldier and warrior of ancient times had two types of shields. One smaller round shield, called aspis, was used mostly for display and was about the side of a round large table lamp, the aspis shield is hooked to the loin belt and was in parades held after the victory of the war.

Aspis Victory Shield
The aspis measured at least 0.9 meters (2 ft 11 in) in diameter and weighed about 7.3 kilograms (16 lb), and it was about 25–38 millimeters (0.98–1.50 in) thick.

The Scutum shield was a 10-kilogram large rectangle curved shield made from three sheets of wood glued together and covered with canvas and leather, usually with a spindle-shaped boss along the vertical length of the shield. The best surviving example, from Dura-Europos in Syria, was 105.5 centimeters high, 41 centimeters across, and 30 centimeters deep, with a thickness of 5-6mm. some source prove it weighed about 5.8 kg to 6.8 kg

A battle formation that made excellent use of the great scuta was the testudo or tortoise formation, in which soldiers would gather close and align their shields both in front and on top. This protected the group from frontal attacks and projectiles launched from above.

Ephesians 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
it is about faith within you
What are spiritual fiery darts? Meaning a burning mind or idle mind?
The Prince of the atmosphere
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

John 14:30 I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes and hath nothing in me.

Satan subject the mind sudden the thoughts of an individual, or stronghold, fortified the mind, you must fortify your mind from spiritual fiery darts? Meaning a burning mind or idle mind the adversary shoots into the mind a type of strongholds, those are your fiery darts.
Setting the imagination to spiritual fiery darts? Meaning a burning mind or idle mind with a mental image most common sexual activity burning the mind, or whispering words burn into the subconscious mind, mental activities, you are overwhelmed by the burning sensation in one of your members, which is the law of sin. Image into your thoughts pouring into your mind, You must cast down the image out of your mind, and then you can be successful, how into deep prayers in the Spirit, this deflected the fiery darts with your shield of faith, protect your heart.

Proverbs 4:23-27 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you.
Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.
Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.
Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.

Luke 11:13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"

John 16:23-24 And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

2 Corinthians 10:15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labors; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

Defense
Matthew 4:7-10 Jesus said to him, "It is written again, 'You shall not tempt the LORD your God.' "
Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.'

Mark 4:40 But He said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?"

Matthew 8:26 But He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

Romans 4:19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

Matthew 8:10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, "Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!

Mental attacks from Satan
2 Timothy 1:6-8 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God,

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world--the lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.

Matthew 5:22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hellfire.
Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
1 John 3:20-22 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
Beloved, if our heart does not condemnation us, we have confidence toward God.
And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

Proverbs 18:20-21 A man's stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth, From the produce of his lips, he shall be filled.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
 
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I don't know what else to do. Before this whole quarantine thing started I thought I was seeking the Lord. I was reading the Bible often. Watching preachers on youtube. Going to church. But everyday I went to sleep with the thought of "What if I'm not saved? What if I'm just deceiving myself. Anyway a couple months go by of me being stuck in constant sexual sin, hate, rage and I found myself in a constant cycle of sinning, asking forgiveness, sinning again etc. And every night I would ask God to save me again. Over time my heart just grew colder and harder than it already was and a horrible truth hit me. I wasn't saved at all. Ever. I had no godly sorrow, no repentance. I was just trying to work for my salvation because it was the only thing I felt I could do. I thought I had faith, I thought I believed but I was just manufacturing my own "good works" to deceive myself. Now my heart has hardened and I honestly fear I may be beyond repentance because I no longer seek the Lord. I no longer even try to do "good" or stop sinning, even if it was superficial. I fear I have become reprobate and am well beyond salvation. And I fear this because I don't even care. I have no concern for righteousness, my soul, or for the Lord. I have no concern for Jesus. Just like the Bible said I only have a fear of my future judgement which is driving me to the brink of insanity just thinking about it. I have worldly sorrow. I am Judas. I have become all of the worst things in the bible wrapped up into one being. This causes me to fall deeper into darkness, trying to avoid the truth with my own evil. Trying to block out the pain of my own condemnation. And even if God hasn't given up on me, I don't know if I could do what is required to be saved. I have no godly sorrow, meaning no repentance, meaning only hell awaits me when I die. And I don't even care... Can anyone please help me...

It seems to me, friend, from what you are saying, is that you expect a formula. Faith is a state of mind and soul. Try this process: A --If you know you will die someday (as we all will), then we need to turn to our Creator-God for eternal hope. Is that agreeable? B --Then if you agree there is a Creator-God, and you will come before Him in judgment, then something must be done on your part now ---right? C --God tells mankind in His Holy Word Of Truth how to be saved for Heaven, and IF you want to know you will need to read the four Gospels in the Holy Bible (the "Word of God") and believe it ---note first: John 3; John 14; Romans 8; Galatians 2:20; and at the Epistle: 1 Jn. 5:10-12 for specific counsel by God to the reader. D --then a faithful seeker can hear God speaking to him/her by His counsel given us. E --If one then follows that counsel and receives our ONLY Savior and hope in Jesus, "the Christ of God" into one's heart and makes Him Lord of their life (and best friend, I say), our God will "seal" that one by the Holy Spirit within one's heart. This all has been proven over thousands of years to work. You will then be settled and happy. I hope you will value this bit of counsel.
 
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It seems to me, friend, from what you are saying, is that you expect a formula. Faith is a state of mind and soul. Try this process: A --If you know you will die someday (as we all will), then we need to turn to our Creator-God for eternal hope. Is that agreeable? B --Then if you agree there is a Creator-God, and you will come before Him in judgment, then something must be done on your part now ---right? C --God tells mankind in His Holy Word Of Truth how to be saved for Heaven, and IF you want to know you will need to read the four Gospels in the Holy Bible (the "Word of God") and believe it ---note first: John 3; John 14; Romans 8; Galatians 2:20; and at the Epistle: 1 Jn. 5:10-12 for specific counsel by God to the reader. D --then a faithful seeker can hear God speaking to him/her by His counsel given us. E --If one then follows that counsel and receives our ONLY Savior and hope in Jesus, "the Christ of God" into one's heart and makes Him Lord of their life (and best friend, I say), our God will "seal" that one by the Holy Spirit within one's heart. This all has been proven over thousands of years to work. You will then be settled and happy. I hope you will value this bit of counsel.

This does help, thank you. But how do I know it will work? I've read the gospels and been in church my whole life but nothing has ever happened. How can I know I will repent and believe for real this time?
 
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This does help, thank you. But how do I know it will work? I've read the gospels and been in church my whole life but nothing has ever happened. How can I know I will repent and believe for real this time?

Keep going, friend. Our lives in Christ are a journey.

What has helped me is seeing my salvation as a walk, not a one-time event. Take it day be day. You will fall. You will have bad days. That is normal.

I have struggled and still struggle with many sins. But I can also see myself getting slowly better over the years. Trust in Christ’s Mercy, calm down, and keep going. Take it one day at a time. If all that you feel able to do is pray for a few minutes a day, start there.
 
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This does help, thank you. But how do I know it will work? I've read the gospels and been in church my whole life but nothing has ever happened. How can I know I will repent and believe for real this time?

Maybe you just thought about it all, but have not been talking to God and thanking Him for His promises and presence? I hope you WILL repent to God and keep thanking Him for His presence and promises. It is all about a RELATIONSHIP with God through our Lord Jesus, as the Bible verses I shared show you, friend. You know we need to thank one for a precious gift --right? Make the Lord Jesus your best Friend and stay in communion with Him and all will be well, I am sure. Keep looking up and walking with our Savior! It will then become settled in your soul.
 
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