Unpardonable? Rejected?

[Dominique]

This is a bit lengthy, please take your time and ask any questions you have!

It has been my spiritual life experience that, by this point, your faith should be strong enough not to sound so disconnected from God and so confused about your own assurances.
Here is a Biblical list of Christ being in you. Please read slowly and know he loves you and you are forgiven and saved:
Christ In Us
John 6:54-56 "Whoever eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has eternal Life, and I will raise him up at the last Day. For My Flesh is food indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood abides in Me, and I in him."
John 14:19-20
“A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you."
John 15:3-5
"You are already clean because of the Word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."
John 17:22-23
"And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are One: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in One, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."
Romans 8:9
"But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His."
2 Corinthians 4:8-11
"We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the Life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the Life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh."
2 Corinthians 13:5
"Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified."
Galatians 1:15-17
"But when it pleased God, Who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles..."
Galatians 2:20
"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the Life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith of the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Galatians 4:19
"My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you..."
Ephesians 3:14-17
"For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from Whom the whole Family in Heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith...".
Philippians 3:7-8
"But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for Whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ..."
Colossians 1:27
"To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
Colossians 3:9-11
"Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the Image of Him Who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all."
1 Timothy 1:16
"For this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all long-suffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting Life."
Hebrews 3:14
"For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end..."
1 John 3:24
"Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit Whom He has given us."
1 John 4:4
"You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He Who is in you is greater than he who is in the world."
1 John 4:12-16
"No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him."
1 John 5:11-12
"And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal Life, and this Life is in His Son. He who has the Son has Life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have Life."

Knows or has this awareness that Jesus is in him and he is assured of a perfect and eternal life ahead.

"Calling upon his name" means more than you think!
If you, (something similar as in Romans 10: 8-13

• Repent of any know sins
• Having a repentant heart for any future sins
• Asked Jesus to be you personal Lord and Savior
• Believe that God raised him from the dead
• By Gods grace (free gift) he will give you the necessary faith to maintain your belief
• He gives you his son / Holy Spirit to live in you (indwelling) (the results in the above list) and at this very instant, you are saved!
• The sign of a true Christian is Christ in him!

Thank you for these scriptures.

 

[RJ]

Thank you for these scriptures.

Sure, and the point is, if you are Born Again, these scriptures should sink in about who you are in Christ and should help strengthen your faith!

 

[Wired 4 Fishen]

I was just looking over this again and felt compelled to say something.

• There is a difference in knowing of God and knowing God.
• A true "Born Again" believer does not feel so undeserving as you do.
• Are you truly saved with Jesus Christ living in you?

Do not ever think this way. Many believers come under attack by satan and feel they are undeserving and are very much born again.
Learning to forgive your self some times is harder then forgiving every one else.

 

[JohnP]

Do not ever think this way. Many believers come under attack by satan and feel they are undeserving and are very much born again.
Learning to forgive your self some times is harder then forgiving every one else.

Thank you, wired, for pointing that out. It gets so discouraging when someone (me, for example) expresses doubt or anxiety and people start questioning their salvation. I know it is important to ask if a person is saved, but once they state yes, don't keep questioning their belief. Believe me, it makes it worse. I believe in Jesus Christ and his sacrifice and resurrection with all of my heart. I pray constantly, I don't have anyone else that I haven't forgiven, I read my Bible daily. My love for Jesus overflows from me. But, I sinned greatly against God (blasphemy, idolatry) in the past, and Satan is constantly throwing that in my face. Even though I know that God has forgiven me, I have trouble forgiving myself. Sometimes this causes doubt and anxiety in me. I take it to God through prayer. Believe me, I am working on it. But when someone claims, "well, if you were really saved then you wouldn't be feeling this way" it makes matters so much worse and it just plants more seeds of doubt.

Let me give you an example. I know that as a believer in Jesus that I have a wonderful eternal life ahead of me. Heaven will be amazing, and it should be someplace that I desire to be. But I am terribly afraid of dying. I suffered a massive heart attack in February - I had to be resuscitated through CPR and defibrillator - and the doctors said it is a miracle that I am alive. I give all credit to God for that miracle. I thank him practically constantly. I still have a long road of recovery ahead of me, and I freely admit that I am afraid to die. It's been insinuated that a true believer shouldn't be afraid to die because if he REALLY believed he would know that there was eternal life waiting for him. How do I reconcile that?

 

[RJ]

Do not ever think this way. Many believers come under attack by satan and feel they are undeserving and are very much born again.
Learning to forgive your self some times is harder then forgiving every one else.

YES, YES, YES...by all means think this way!!!!!!:thumbsup:
Satan is defeated, God is on the throne and Jesus is coming soon!
If God is truly in you, there is nothing greater outside of you.
Jesus said he is the truth and the truth will set you free
If you say or you live like this is not living in the truth

 

[KingJ]

Good morning all. I was raised Christian and I walked away because I always thought it was too hard to be a Christian, I believed in God and His Son, but thats all I knew. I would always be called to God but I rejected it, because I wanted to live my life. I went down a very dark path for 6 years. During my descend into darkness I was aware that what I was doing was against God, but I thought He just didn't want me to live. I felt restricted, limited, abused, and taken advantage of being a Christian and I just didn't want the rules anymore. I never stopped believing in God because I knew He was real, I just stared searching for answers in other places. I realize now as a child I never stopped to receive the Gospel of Christ. I knew the laws of Moses and I felt I wasn't good enough to live up to God's standards. I started coming under heavy attacks spiritually as a child and even now as an adult I have always been very aware of the spiritual realm. I still resisted the truth, i fought tooth and nail to come towards God. I felt i had no option, because the enemy was attacking me so hard. Eventually God led me towards the truth. I now see things more clearly and I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that He died for the Sins of the world but just not mine. I now realize how amazing God really is, but Spiritually I can't find any peace. I feel so rejected because I rejected Him for so long. I'm reading messages on Forgiveness because I know the truth will set me free. It's not easy being sensitive to the Spiritual realm and I can't sense Gods love, peace and Joy. & If I'm going through this God knows but He allows it. I'm confused and it's hard to continue on like this. I don't feel free. I don't feel saved. I don't feel accepted. I feel like I'm being pushed away, because I waited to long to repent. When I fast, or pray or anything related to the Lord I sense in my spirit.

Hey bud. You need to deal with wanting to live 'your' life. You cannot serve God and yourself at the same time Matt 10:39.

With you feeling like the underlined it sounds to me like you got the cart before the horse. Believing in God / going to church / wanting to be a good person who gets taken advantage of does not make you a Christian.

We hate what is evil Rom 12:9. Even though we may still sin Rom 7:15. When we hate what is evil we repent. God does not turn away someone who repents truthfully Psalm 51:17. Repenting / hating what is evil is drawing close to God. God draws close to us when we do this James 4:8. God judges our hearts and minds Jer 17:10. God then reveals to us that a man who walked the earth 2000 years ago is God 1 Cor 12:3. All doubt is gone. We no longer walk in trivial faith '''is there a God'' or ''is Jesus God''. We walk in faith like Abraham did. Faith IN God. Faith IN Jesus.

We can only live the Christian life if we have a real connection with God. No more cart before the horse! Rom 12:9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

I believe God is merciful, but I just feel so undeserving of His mercy. The Bible Also says that the same way we show mercy it will be giving to us. I've always been very unforgiving it's was hard to forgive people for hurting me, now I let things go but I didn't in the past. Can you guys give me some encouragement I'm feeling really hopeless, it's hard to continue in life feeling like Jesus won't accept me. If I don't have God I have Nothing.

If you are still alive, clearly God still has hope in you!

As someone else said... the fact that you are posting this speaks volumes of the right heart condition. You are on the right track. God is also reading your posts here. I think He is smiling .