I notice I keep slipping and messing things up. I'm living a life of sin and I just want to live clean and become the man God wanted me to be. Today some girl talked with me and the conversation turn sexually and I walked away I know that I sin..how could I get right with God?
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How Can I get right with God again
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After you converted did you ask God for the Holy Spirit? It gives one the power to live a christian life as we can't do it on our own human effort alone. Then take one step and one day at a time. Read the bible and pray daily. Surround yourself with friends who are inspirational in your christian walk. Its a lifelong lifestyle as we die daily to Christ. Remember the old things have passed away and everything is new spiritually. Jesus wants us to be holy because He is holy.
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Hi LessJay,
Like you, I too once struggled with a particular sin that I knew was wrong yet wanted to be clean from. I even got to a point where I felt an emptiness where I thought God's spirit had left me. It was one of the most horrible feelings ever. After speaking with a pastor who assured me that God wants to deliver me just as much as I wanted deliverance, my hope was regained and the Lord led me to these verses which changed my life and my understanding of the sins that we struggle with:
Satan wants us to believe that we cannot have the victory. But God tell us to "consider ourselves dead to sin" (Romans 6:11). In other words, when we gave our hearts to Christ, then sin no longer has the dominion over us, but we over it through the power of Jesus Christ. This verse revealed to me that I could only over come my sin not by my own strength (as evident from my failings), but only through the power of Christ. From this point I started to call on the power of Christ, to fast in the name of Jesus and to draw close to God by spending even more time with him in the Word and prayer then I had before because the scriptures tell us to "draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." The only way to cleanse our hearts is to draw near to the one who can wash us from all sin. (James 4:8)
James 4:7 tells us to "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you". So often we only attempt to do the second part of this verse (resist situations which may tempt us to sin), but we fail to simultaneously activate the first and most important part which is to submit ourselves to God. Darkness cannot stand in the presence of God's light. Therefore if we spend time with the light (and life) giver while resisting satan, we will get the victory!
Long story short, God brought me victory and he will do the same for you my friend if you put on his whole armor. Do not give up and do not lose hope, for greater is he that is in you than he that is in he world!
Like you, I too once struggled with a particular sin that I knew was wrong yet wanted to be clean from. I even got to a point where I felt an emptiness where I thought God's spirit had left me. It was one of the most horrible feelings ever. After speaking with a pastor who assured me that God wants to deliver me just as much as I wanted deliverance, my hope was regained and the Lord led me to these verses which changed my life and my understanding of the sins that we struggle with:
Satan wants us to believe that we cannot have the victory. But God tell us to "consider ourselves dead to sin" (Romans 6:11). In other words, when we gave our hearts to Christ, then sin no longer has the dominion over us, but we over it through the power of Jesus Christ. This verse revealed to me that I could only over come my sin not by my own strength (as evident from my failings), but only through the power of Christ. From this point I started to call on the power of Christ, to fast in the name of Jesus and to draw close to God by spending even more time with him in the Word and prayer then I had before because the scriptures tell us to "draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." The only way to cleanse our hearts is to draw near to the one who can wash us from all sin. (James 4:8)
James 4:7 tells us to "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you". So often we only attempt to do the second part of this verse (resist situations which may tempt us to sin), but we fail to simultaneously activate the first and most important part which is to submit ourselves to God. Darkness cannot stand in the presence of God's light. Therefore if we spend time with the light (and life) giver while resisting satan, we will get the victory!
Long story short, God brought me victory and he will do the same for you my friend if you put on his whole armor. Do not give up and do not lose hope, for greater is he that is in you than he that is in he world!
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jesus was chosen by God in the pre existence and became part of the godhead
when he lived on earth and was crucified he fulfilled the will of HIs Father and proved obedient and was given all power and authority and sits on the throne.
see abodiah, see also psalms 82:6 and rev 3:21 and 21:7
when he lived on earth and was crucified he fulfilled the will of HIs Father and proved obedient and was given all power and authority and sits on the throne.
see abodiah, see also psalms 82:6 and rev 3:21 and 21:7
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We all slip up. You are aware of what you're doing so that's half the battle. Continue to pray that God will help you turn away from sin. Keep in mind that He will continue to set up your circumstances to help you be developed. Also the enemy knows you are trying to live a Godly life, so he's gonna try to come in and mess you up. Just be diligent in your prayers and trying to recognize "hey this isn't proper and turn into God with it". It may take time, but you will look back and see how much you've grown.
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Brother I'm really encouraged by your honesty. I know how it's like to struggle with sin, it's just really really realllly hard at times.
Honestly it comes down to a master question: who will be your master - will it be God or will it be sin? Whenever you feel tempted you need to direct your eyes to the cross and remember who God is and what He wants for your life.
We need to have a heart like Joseph when we are tempted: "How can I sin against my master, but more importantly how can I sin against my God?"
I know man, easy to say, hard to do. But even being obedient to God is a habit that we develop by taking it one step at a time. Hang in there!
Honestly it comes down to a master question: who will be your master - will it be God or will it be sin? Whenever you feel tempted you need to direct your eyes to the cross and remember who God is and what He wants for your life.
We need to have a heart like Joseph when we are tempted: "How can I sin against my master, but more importantly how can I sin against my God?"
I know man, easy to say, hard to do. But even being obedient to God is a habit that we develop by taking it one step at a time. Hang in there!
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"Repent" is the first word that proceeded out of Christ´s mouth when He began His ministry, and it is the first thing that He tells us to do; because without repentance is no remission of sins.
To repent is to change our mind, and change our heart, and change our will. When Christ told the adultress woman, "Go and sin no more", this is what repentance is; and we first must have a willing mind, because sin begins in our thoughts, which if we do not stop, ends in our actions.
If a mans sin is looking on a woman to lust after her, then let him make a covenant with his eyes, so that he will no longer think of it. If our eye is single, as of one; an eye focused on the things that belong to God, then we are full of light; but if our eye is insincere toward God, then we are full of darkness. We must rather do as Christ tells us, and go and sin no more; no longer willfully, deliberately sinning. God looks for sincerity, and knows those who are, and are not sincere; He know either by their sincere effort or their insincere effort.
The sincere person may fall several times, but will always rise back up into their sincerity toward God; but it is the wicked, or the insincere, who fall into mischief.
To repent is to change our mind, and change our heart, and change our will. When Christ told the adultress woman, "Go and sin no more", this is what repentance is; and we first must have a willing mind, because sin begins in our thoughts, which if we do not stop, ends in our actions.
If a mans sin is looking on a woman to lust after her, then let him make a covenant with his eyes, so that he will no longer think of it. If our eye is single, as of one; an eye focused on the things that belong to God, then we are full of light; but if our eye is insincere toward God, then we are full of darkness. We must rather do as Christ tells us, and go and sin no more; no longer willfully, deliberately sinning. God looks for sincerity, and knows those who are, and are not sincere; He know either by their sincere effort or their insincere effort.
The sincere person may fall several times, but will always rise back up into their sincerity toward God; but it is the wicked, or the insincere, who fall into mischief.
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Sexuality troubles most young men. There is not a lot of healthy teaching out there it seems, resulting in a lot of guilt and confusion. There is no simple answer to your situation, although some will tell you there is. What you do need to really accept is that your relationship with your Father through Jesus is not at all threatened by your struggles and apparent failures.
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Being a Christian ambassador is seen by God as a high position like a royal king, even if your job is a low-paid casual work. God's purpose for sex is for marriage between a trusted man and trusted woman but not for dishonesty or paid services such as massage parlours and phone calls. We learn from our sinful mistakes and avoid them knowing that Satan has been released so that we can use our powerful faith to know right actions from wrong ones. Studying sin with our eyes and ears is not enough as you would study a school subject, so to really understand sin we must experience it, that is feel it - just like Adam and Eve when they experienced sin from biting the forbidden fruit.
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Even as Christians, we fall and get back up. Read Romans 6-8. God looks at your heart. Just keep good motives and don't have sin in your heart. 
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