not fair

[raven1]

I have at least five agnostics and atheist at my work none of which fear dying, going to hell, or fear of no heaven like I do. by the way is fear of no heaven a common o.c.d. thing. it is just not fair!!!!!

I didnt used to fear death at all or heaven not being there or hell or anything well religiously anyway.

These people arent even of God and they have peace it is sooo not fair. I dont get it! Not that I dont feel bad for them I do but it is still not fair.

Also I wonder why it is I am so certain I am damned to hell and there is one but so uncertain there is a heaven. My religion believes in both. I dont want to even get out of bed anymore. I just worry all day. I would rather sleep and not have to think.

 

[lindart]

Dear Raven, why are you carrying all these fears and conflicted thoughts? Hand them to God, He will bear them for you. Now that you have handed over your heavy load, phewww! Rest in the LORD and let Jesus be your Shepherd. John10:27-30

 

[RPicking]

When you feel an Obsessive Thought, hand it over to God and refocus on something else. (I don't practice what I preach but it's what I'm told and I'm trying it as much as I can)

If you have something that you can do when you feel those thoughts, do it and "refocus"

 

[canamer]

First of all, life isn't fair. Even spiritual giants in the Bible lamented over that while they went through life. But have no fear, there are some who are choosing to get their dessert first and some who are waiting for the best - which is yet to come. The wicked are getting their dessert now. Pay no attention to them. Their time will come - and it likely will come very suddenly. And then nobody will envy them. Jesus himself said that those who follow him will have a harder time at life than those who do not. Why? Well, let's start with the #1 reason. The day you gave your heart to Christ you gained one heck of an enemy - Satan. He really saw no reason to bother you before because why? He had you in his grasp. But now, he's going to try to bother you a whole lot. He's already lost you (and he knows it) and he's going to try to prevent you from reaching/influencing others for Christ. He's going to try to use your OCD against you. Expect it!!

Listen, not everything about OCD is out of our control though. The intrusive and unwanted thoughts. Sure, yes. They are out of our control. They come from where they come from (who knows where) and they go wherever they want to. You can't really do much about that. What you can do though is CHANGE how you respond to them. It doesn't mean that your life will all of the sudden be peachy. However, if you respond in the right way and you continually rely on God to help you through this struggle you'll do a whole lot better than the next guy beside you who has OCD who has decided to go it alone.

We all know how bad OCD is/can be. You don't have to tell us that it can freak you out and completely paralyze you. We know that. We're not trying to sugarcoat things here. OCD can be a big mean problem. But, you can survive it and indeed thrive even though you have it - because God will help you to do just that!

 

[raven1]

Everyone tells me to just relax put my faith in God. I am doubting and obessing there is no heaven. He is going to send me to hell. How am I supposed to relax.

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

Everyone tells me to just relax put my faith in God. I am doubting and obessing there is no heaven. He is going to send me to hell. How am I supposed to relax.

It's because you believe your doubts and reason over God's word and promises in Christ.

 

[canamer]

As I mentioned a couple of days ago on here in another post, remember the thief on the cross beside Jesus when you're tempted to doubt your salvation. What did the thief do? Well, we know he probably did a whole bunch of things wrong. Hence why he ended up on a cross - a place where the Romans put many people that had done bad things. It could very well be that he had never heard of Jesus before either. And yet in a spirit of faith he simply asked Jesus to remember him in paradise. And we know for sure that Jesus saved him because he said that today you will be with me in paradise. So again, what did the thief do to obtain his salvation? He did nothing but believe in Jesus!

The only reason you're saved is because of Jesus. It's not because of what you did or didn't do. It's not because you didn't doubt your salvation today even though you doubted it yesterday. It's because of what HE did for you. I would suggest that you memorize a few scriptures that you can repeat back to yourself when you start doubting. Like take this one for example: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

If you're not into memorization then write that on a little sticky and put it where you can see it all of the time. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that your doubting is wrong. If it indeed is because of your OCD (it sounds like it is too) then that's just the way it goes. It's just that you've got to know what to do when those doubts come. Push back on them and say I know the truth. I am saved because of my faith in God's grace extended to me.