Saved in a moment for a moment, or "Christian for a second?"

[Bob8102]

I repeatedly try to give my life to Christ. But typically, my concentration on Him, and trying to submit to Him, lasts only for a moment. Sometimes, my attempt to keep sincerely looking up at Him lasts for a few seconds.

One can be saved in a moment. But if one's commitment to Christ lasts only FOR a moment, then one has strong reason to question their salvation. That's why I keep going back to Him, and trying to "do it again."

I spend all day trying to give my life to Christ. But each time I think I've really become His, this impression is very short-lived. Usually, at the outside, salvation lasts two days for me. It usually lasts only a moment or moments. Because the impression that I am saved is usually momentary, I have good reason to question my sincerity. Yet, someone has posted that I am not trusting Christ for my salvation, but myself, by making MY sincerity the key to my salvation. Well, doesn't one have to be sincere in giving their life to Christ? But if their sincerity is only momentary, repeatedly, then one has to step back and ask, what's really going on here?

I am wondering if there is still something about salvation that I don't "get." I know the gospel. But if I can't make myself concentrate on submitting to Christ but for a moment at a time...I have to wonder if I am being an impostor.

 

[A_Thinker]

I repeatedly try to give my life to Christ. But typically, my concentration on Him, and trying to submit to Him, lasts only for a moment. Sometimes, my attempt to keep sincerely looking up at Him lasts for a few seconds.

One can be saved in a moment. But if one's commitment to Christ lasts only FOR a moment, then one has strong reason to question their salvation. That's why I keep going back to Him, and trying to "do it again."

I spend all day trying to give my life to Christ. But each time I think I've really become His, this impression is very short-lived. Usually, at the outside, salvation lasts two days for me. It usually lasts only a moment or moments. Because the impression that I am saved is usually momentary, I have good reason to question my sincerity. Yet, someone has posted that I am not trusting Christ for my salvation, but myself, by making MY sincerity the key to my salvation. Well, doesn't one have to be sincere in giving their life to Christ? But if their sincerity is only momentary, repeatedly, then one has to step back and ask, what's really going on here?

I am wondering if there is still something about salvation that I don't "get." I know the gospel. But if I can't make myself concentrate on submitting to Christ but for a moment at a time...I have to wonder if I am being an impostor.

We all live like this ... except, perhaps, for those who are super-spiritual.

One moment we are enamored of Christ, ... then, later, our attentions turn to other things. But we remember that we are His through His power.

Try to see your being with Christ as the relationship which it is. Being in a relationship doesn't mean that we are, moment to moment, obsessed with the Beloved ... nor they, with us. But it means that every morning I remember that I am His ... and plan my day accordingly. And each night, I lay my head down with the knowledge that He is with me, and will be with me, upon my next arising.

When I was in my early adulthood, my christianity was challenged by some other "christians". (Note that I put "christians" in quotes, not because I doubt their salvation, but because they really were not being good brothers and sisters at the time, ... though they, undoubtedly, thought that they were).

As I left their company one night, the last thing that was said to me ... was that I was fooling myself ... that I really wasn't a christian (per their strict definitions anyway).

And I thought to myself ... "That can't possibly be true ... because He has been with me". I knew that to the bottom of my soul.

God is always there ... even when we don't recognize Him. Scripture says that He eternally stands at the door to our hearts, knocking ... and waiting for us to let Him in. A line from a sermon I once heard ... said that that God is always there for us ... just waiting ... for us to turn and see ... that He is still there.

God never leaves us ... though we may lose sight of Him ... in our daily living. He is always there, ... always standing by ... patiently waiting for us to turn to look His way.

P.S. Sometimes God does not wait so patiently. Sometimes He does something ... or allows circumstances in our lives ... to motivate us to remember Him. God can be a zealous suitor. It's best to make it a habit to pay Him some attention on a fairly regular basis ... so He is not motivated to vie for our attention.

With God, we only need only be sincere for a moment. God is very serious about preserving His relationships. I tell other christian brothers and sisters ... when you place your hand in God's hand ... know that He really does not let you go. As believers, we are wed to Christ. And He is quite determined ... that that union WILL be preserved.

 

[LiquidCat]

I repeatedly try to give my life to Christ. But typically, my concentration on Him, and trying to submit to Him, lasts only for a moment. Sometimes, my attempt to keep sincerely looking up at Him lasts for a few seconds.

One can be saved in a moment. But if one's commitment to Christ lasts only FOR a moment, then one has strong reason to question their salvation. That's why I keep going back to Him, and trying to "do it again."

I spend all day trying to give my life to Christ. But each time I think I've really become His, this impression is very short-lived. Usually, at the outside, salvation lasts two days for me. It usually lasts only a moment or moments. Because the impression that I am saved is usually momentary, I have good reason to question my sincerity. Yet, someone has posted that I am not trusting Christ for my salvation, but myself, by making MY sincerity the key to my salvation. Well, doesn't one have to be sincere in giving their life to Christ? But if their sincerity is only momentary, repeatedly, then one has to step back and ask, what's really going on here?

I am wondering if there is still something about salvation that I don't "get." I know the gospel. But if I can't make myself concentrate on submitting to Christ but for a moment at a time...I have to wonder if I am being an impostor.

U dont have to give you life to Christ to be saved you don't even need to love him or God you can hate both and be saved.
If you don't know that you are saved chances are you actually are not.

Salvation is given to you when you get Holy Spirit and its sealed inside of you when you do so and at the same time you become born again in heaven can't undo it.

People who have dubts as you have them because most of the time they try to compare your lifestyle and judge themselves if you deserve it or not which is wrong.

If you believe that Christ rose from the death after dying for all sin of humanity you are saved simple , you don't have to do anything.
Ephesians 2:8-9, Ephesians 1:13-14 , 1 Peter 1:18-19 , 1 Corinthians 15:1-4



After you get saved and if you want to become disciple of Christ then you show him your love by following his commandments ( not 10 commandments, all commandments what Jesus said ).

 

[Albion]

One can be saved in a moment. But if one's commitment to Christ lasts only FOR a moment, then one has strong reason to question their salvation. That's why I keep going back to Him, and trying to "do it again."

This sounds like something we should describe as "then one has strong reason to question their commitment," not their salvation.

Is that the real issue?

 

[Norbert L]

I am wondering if there is still something about salvation that I don't "get." I know the gospel. But if I can't make myself concentrate on submitting to Christ but for a moment at a time...I have to wonder if I am being an impostor.

It's like being that one thief on the cross beside Christ only there is no immediate foreseeable end of life.

It does make for a rational explanation why Paul was offering this instruction. Romans 7:19-25

 

[paul1149]

doesn't one have to be sincere in giving their life to Christ? But if their sincerity is only momentary,

One does have to be sincere, but one does not have to be perfect. Indeed, none of us are or ever will be perfect this side of the re-creation.

The answer to questions like this are found in the parable of the sower, because it's all about the heart. In the first case, the seed couldn't take because it was too trodden down, so the birds came and stole the seed. The next case has the seed taking root and doing well, until it hits hidden rock. The third has good soil, but the husbandman has not done his job of getting rid of weeds. And then the last case is the perfect scenario.

Where do you fall in that grid? In the Sermon on the Plain, Jesus says those who hear and heed His words "is like a man who built a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on a rock."

I would stop worrying about having the feelings of being saved, and start focusing on the issues of the heart. Get to them and resolve them, and the feelings will follow. That's the proper order. Don't let feelings guide you. Trust God, ignore the doubts and distractions, and get to work.

 

[crossnote]

I repeatedly try to give my life to Christ. But typically, my concentration on Him, and trying to submit to Him, lasts only for a moment. Sometimes, my attempt to keep sincerely looking up at Him lasts for a few seconds.

One can be saved in a moment. But if one's commitment to Christ lasts only FOR a moment, then one has strong reason to question their salvation. That's why I keep going back to Him, and trying to "do it again."

I spend all day trying to give my life to Christ. But each time I think I've really become His, this impression is very short-lived. Usually, at the outside, salvation lasts two days for me. It usually lasts only a moment or moments. Because the impression that I am saved is usually momentary, I have good reason to question my sincerity. Yet, someone has posted that I am not trusting Christ for my salvation, but myself, by making MY sincerity the key to my salvation. Well, doesn't one have to be sincere in giving their life to Christ? But if their sincerity is only momentary, repeatedly, then one has to step back and ask, what's really going on here?

I am wondering if there is still something about salvation that I don't "get." I know the gospel. But if I can't make myself concentrate on submitting to Christ but for a moment at a time...I have to wonder if I am being an impostor.

It's not a matter of you holding onto Him but rather Him holding you.