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Raven, I'll tell you what God has chosen. God has CHOSEN to give you the freedom to choose whom or what you put your faith in. He will not withhold Christ from someone who wants Him! That is not why you were created, and that is completely the opposite of why Jesus was even sent!

Faith is trusting despite doubt, not in lack of it. Just as there is no such thing as freedom without the ability to make a mistake, so there is no faith without room for doubt. The question is not, "do you or do you not doubt?" But it's "do you or do you not accept the doubts you have?" No one...

Raven, If you desire Christ, you may have Him. The ability to believe is always there. It's when you choose not to accept Him that you have no faith.

Raven, I'm glad to really see your thought process! :-) I have doubted for about three years now, possibly even longer, and I'm positive they have been tremendously affected by OCD, though I only finally sought help and was thus officially diagnosed with it six months ago. Tonight I have even...

You CAN refute them. That doesn't mean that they go away or feel less real. If someone runs up to you and screams, "KANGAROOS ARE TAKNG OVER THE WORLD!' and your mind makes you feel that they just might be right, do you just say, "Well, okay, then that's how it is!" Of course not! You can...

I was indeed referring to Colossians 1:22. Matthew 11: 4 - 6 4 Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: 5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[b] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the...

Raven, you are saved! Please continue to deny the doubts as you are. You are on the right path, but you must attempt to get out of this Pascal wager loop that keeps tripping you up; it's incorrect, and does not correspond with what the Bible says about what faith and belief are. The more you try...

And always be very careful when reading Bible verses! Your OCD can blow them way out of context and proportion. Remember this!

Friend, Do you mean this verse? But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant...

So you do not choose Christ? You're confident enough in the "evidence" against Him that you can make a decision not to believe? I really think that if you convert to atheism your OCD will start terrifying you with evidence FOR Christ. Because you have OCD, Jesus is not going to seem very real...

Hermit7, Totally have these kinds of thoughts pop into my head every day! I just try and combat them with a cognitive rebuttal. I know that I would never trade Christ in for anything. Just because a thought pops into my head or I feel like I made a quick decision against Christ for a few...

If you choose Jesus as your savior and have asked Him to save you, no matter your doubts or feelings, I believe you are saved.

You absolutely must believe in Christianity, and denying your doubts or feelings is neither healthy nor productive. It's just a question of what 'belief' is. You must try to accept that you CAN believe while doubting. I think it's impossible for anyone, OCD or not, not to doubt at at least some...

Q1108, I've been struggling with OCD of a similar sort for a few years now. OCD always tries to convince you that what you fear most (such as losing your salvation or relationship with God) is a reality. But you should be encouraged! The very fact that you are worried about these things shows...

Raven, Thanks for clearing that up for me! Trust obviously isn't something you physically do. It is merely a decision you make. All you have to do is say that you trust Jesus to be real and to be your one and only savior no matter what you feel and to keep this decision and not change your...

Raven, I guess John the Baptist went to Hell by your standards because he sent his followers to ask Jesus if He was really the Christ. John needed this reassurance; he DOUBTED that Jesus was real. God would not ever create someone who is incapable of being saved. That is impossible to believe...

They don't have to be OCD. But a non-OCD sufferer with these doubts, if they chose to, would be easily able to conquer and dismiss them. You have IRRATIONAL fears, and therapy definitely can help those! Please do see a good therapist.

Raven, I know what you're AFRAID of. You have to try and act DESPITE those fears. You are caught in an endless loop because you just can't accept that it's okay for you to be afraid! Never, ever, EVER analyze the 'what if'. 'What if' is the definition of OCD and has no value and is only going...

Nope! Just CHOOSE to trust Christ. That's all you have to do! You are not faulted for anything you feel. What matters is what you CHOOSE. That's why there's that Bible verse in which the man says to Jesus, "I want to believe, but would you help my unbelief?" Doubt is not the lack of faith - it...

Raven, If you truly wanted to believe in 2012, you would be doubting these people's "prophecies". There is nothing supernatural about the 2012 thing. The astronomical alignment of the stars is a mathematical calculation, and math is the same in every country because it is a natural law. It's...