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PostSubject: Deep spiritual anxiety   Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:44 pm

I have a feeling that no matter what I do and how hard I try to please God I'm going to wind up in Hell. I believe Jesus was crucified for me and is my savior, I confessed that years ago. I have been baptized twice. Once when I was baby and when I was 12. I don't hate anyone. I don't listen to anyone that doesn't preach what the bible says. But it seems like when it comes to the things that "will not inherit the kingdom of God" I look up what those words mean (dissention, wrath, revellings, etc) and I'm not so sure I'm avoiding those things. I don't know if I am interpreting what the bible says the right way, I don't know who to listen to because every pastor I have spoke to has had something different to say. Some think the bible is literal word for word, others say all scriptures have deeper meaning, and I just don't know. I'm seeing myself now thinking I'll be fine and then when I am dead I'll be at Heaven's gate and Jesus will say "i never knew you" and to Hell I'll go. This is the same thing that made me abandon the faith years ago. I don't want to quit this time cause I know thats the worst thing i can do but Im starting to feel just as miserable as I did when I was out of the faith.

What bothers me more than anything is revelling. Which other words often used in different translations are also carousing, orgies, and what not. All of which revolve around behavior often associated with concerts and stuff like that. or even just heavy music itself. I can't see where this music is bad. It was a Becoming The Archetype song that made me come back to the faith!! I was always taught that Satan hates the word of God and anything to do with it. It seems to me like he'd hate any music regardless if it had a message about Jesus in a good way... I just don't know what I'm doing... pray for me... pray I'll break out of this weakness....
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PostSubject: Re: Deep spiritual anxiety   Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:50 pm

The word revelling as used in the Bible is meant as one who loses control in sin. As for the other stuff, it's not that you will never do them, I don't believe we ever totally stop sinning in this life, but that they will become less and less hallmarks of your life. And when you do sin, remember 1 John 1:9. I'm praying for you.

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PostSubject: Re: Deep spiritual anxiety   Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:33 pm

not trying to nit pick or anything but where exactly is the source for your definition of the word?
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PostSubject: Re: Deep spiritual anxiety   Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:45 am

I used context to come to that conclusion. In Neh. 9:25 it says the people reveled in God's great goodness.
In Ex 32:6 it talks about the people drinking and then getting up to indulge in revelry, with the Hebrew verb there one that connotes sexual activity.

It's not that you revel, it's what you revel in.

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PostSubject: Re: Deep spiritual anxiety   Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:12 am

You've got to remember that being a Christian is an ongoing process. We grow spiritually, but it is God that prunes us, fertilizes us, and does the harvest. I'll have to look up the verse, but Paul wrote out a list of things that would keep you out of God's kingdom. He followed that with "and that's what you WERE". He was pointing out that it was through Christ and Him alone that you were no longer those things.

Give yourself a break. Just remember Romans 10:9-10. If God has promised to save you through faith in the resurrection of Christ, then it's a done deal. Just remain flexible and allow Him to root out what needs to go when He says it needs to go. You can't go wrong if the Spirit of God is leading you.

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PostSubject: Re: Deep spiritual anxiety   Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:40 pm

I had the same problem for years, men like John MacArthur used to scare the snot out of me, then I came home to the RCC!

I don't see how your associating revellry w/rock concerts, in and of themselves. Unless your participating in the revellry that at times is associated w/them.

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