I Need Assurance

[Aaron1]

I have been saved by Jesus Christ ever since I can remember. I was Babtized at a young age. A few years ago, I started to stray from the path God wanted me on. I was telling everyone I was an Athiest. In my heart, I used to truly questioned God's existence. After that, I started having feelings of homosexuality. I prayed for forgiveness, but I continued to embrace my feelings of homosexuality anyways. Recently, I had a huge conviction from God that helped to put me back on track. I thought I had commited blasphemy after I told a joke to one of my friends, and I was so very worried, and I constantly prayed for forgiveness. After researching it and realizing that worrying and coming to Jesus Christ asking for forgiveness are signs that you didn't commit it, along with the fact that believers cannot commit blasphemy, I felt reassured, and I had a brief moment of peace. Just recently, I began to wonder if I was really saved or not, because I never remember actually getting saved. I began to pray for Jesus Christ to enter my heart. I repeated these prayers. I said many, many sinners' prayers, I asked Jesus Christ to enter into my heart, I believe in my heart that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead, I confessed Jesus Christ with my mouth, everything. I am now asking you guys, why do I continue to pray these prayers? Do I lack assurance? Or is Satan trying to mess with me?

 

[heymikey80]

It isn't that you don't have assurance, because Christ Jesus is your assurance. It is that you aren't aware of the assurance that you have.

I wish I could refer you to a specific version of a particular book of the New Testament. Can I? It's the ESV of 1 John. It's been translated a particular way that takes account of one Greek nuance that is extremely important: Greek continuing tense.

I know that doesn't mean much, but it's really important.

1 John 2:3 points out that the way we gain awareness that we know Christ is through doing what Christ commands. Being involved and seeing the truth in how Jesus' grace works is how you gain awareness that you know the Savior.

 

[SharonL]

The Bible says whosoever believes - there isn't any if, ands or buts after that - if you have ask Jesus into your heart and repented of your sins, then you need to see yourself as God sees you - washed in the blood of Jesus and your sins are in the lake of forgetfulness and God sees them no more - when you ask forgiveness over and over for the same sins, God says 'what sins' - He sees them no more.

You just take God at His Word and move forward in your walk hand in hand with Jesus and letting the Holy Spirit guide you. The Bible tells us that Jesus is our friend, he is closer than your shadow. So talk to Jesus, pray to Him, walk with him. You will be fine and don't let the enemy put thoughts in your mind otherwise. Just say I am a child of God, get behind me satan. Just draw closer in your walk, read your Bible, and know that Jesus is only a heartbeat away.

 

[Aaron1]

Thank you for all of your support.

 

[salida]

Yes, you said that prayer. Now, have you done this?

Ask for the holy spirit? He will give you the power to live a christian life. Human effort alone can't do this. Pray and you will get it. This will give you the inner strength to live the christian life. Acts 2:38.
If you have, it sound like the devil is trying to plant doubt in your heart.


Sometimes I pray this way-

ACTS
Adoration (praise God)
Confession (confess our sins and the things we forget to do like help someone)
Thanksgiving (all the things you're thankful for)
Supplication (for ourselves and others, help me stay focused at work, bless a person who is despairing)

 

[thisnamztaken]

Spending a lot of time reading/studying God's Word, along with prayer and regular fellowship with other Christians will help you gain assurance of God's love for, and acceptance of you. It will also help your mind, thoughts, and attitudes to gradually become more and more renewed and in line with God's truth about spiritual as well as every day practical matters (John 17:17; Rom. 12:1-2).

 

[grecolburn]

I was the same as you, I was raised in church and was baptized at age 17. I strayed big time from God, resulting in a child out of wedlock, pain, and set myself up for total hardships that I'm going through now. I didn't listen to Christians I grew up with that warned me that I was heading for disaster. But it's never too late, and I've come back to God, even though there are old remnants from my old sinful life that are hard to shake off, I've never felt so reassured as I do now walking with Christ. Don't be discouraged, and continue to salvation, the world will try to fool you into thinking that you're all wrong about it, but remember that the world is full of deceit and that God is truth, and the truth will set you free.

 

[LilLamb219]

I have been saved by Jesus Christ ever since I can remember. I was Babtized at a young age. A few years ago, I started to stray from the path God wanted me on. I was telling everyone I was an Athiest. In my heart, I used to truly questioned God's existence. After that, I started having feelings of homosexuality. I prayed for forgiveness, but I continued to embrace my feelings of homosexuality anyways. Recently, I had a huge conviction from God that helped to put me back on track. I thought I had commited blasphemy after I told a joke to one of my friends, and I was so very worried, and I constantly prayed for forgiveness. After researching it and realizing that worrying and coming to Jesus Christ asking for forgiveness are signs that you didn't commit it, along with the fact that believers cannot commit blasphemy, I felt reassured, and I had a brief moment of peace. Just recently, I began to wonder if I was really saved or not, because I never remember actually getting saved. I began to pray for Jesus Christ to enter my heart. I repeated these prayers. I said many, many sinners' prayers, I asked Jesus Christ to enter into my heart, I believe in my heart that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead, I confessed Jesus Christ with my mouth, everything. I am now asking you guys, why do I continue to pray these prayers? Do I lack assurance? Or is Satan trying to mess with me?

Why are you going to some sinners prayer to look for salvation? Why not just look directly to Christ and the cross and know that His death and resurrection is for your salvation. That's where the assurance lies. Your sins were nailed to the cross. You are reconciled to God.

If this is something that you're truly having problems with though, there is a thing called Religious OCD and you might need to speak with a therapist concerning it.