I need help

Samual · May 25, 2015

I intend to pray for myself, but I ask you guys to do the same. Some of you may remember me asking questions about the unpardonable sin. About a week ago, I talked to a man I trust very very much, and was able to move past my fear I had committed the unpardonable sin. For the most part anyways. The other day, I was in an argument with an atheist, and I said if I was wrong I waste my life if he is wrong he wastes his eternity and I would rather throw my life away again and again in service to my lord and savior. To which he responded, if you're wrong and islam is right, you go to islamic hell. So now, rather than fearing I have committed some sort of sin that God can't forgive, I'm now stuck in some endless circle wondering if I've chosen the right religion. I'm not so sure of my faith anymore, I'm just as scared of another religion's hell as I am my own. I looked it up and I couldn't find some common ground explaining the Bible vs the Quaran, but instead found either muslims explaining the Bible vs Quaran or a christian explaining Bible vs Quaran. I'm not sure anymore, please help me.

Sirk · May 25, 2015

Take a deep breath and say to yourself that you are gonna be okay....because you are gonna be okay. Then take another one and say it again. You are loved and you WILL be okay.

kodiak · May 25, 2015

Samual said:

I intend to pray for myself, but I ask you guys to do the same. Some of you may remember me asking questions about the unpardonable sin. About a week ago, I talked to a man I trust very very much, and was able to move past my fear I had committed the unpardonable sin. For the most part anyways. The other day, I was in an argument with an atheist, and I said if I was wrong I waste my life if he is wrong he wastes his eternity and I would rather throw my life away again and again in service to my lord and savior. To which he responded, if you're wrong and islam is right, you go to islamic hell. So now, rather than fearing I have committed some sort of sin that God can't forgive, I'm now stuck in some endless circle wondering if I've chosen the right religion. I'm not so sure of my faith anymore, I'm just as scared of another religion's hell as I am my own. I looked it up and I couldn't find some common ground explaining the Bible vs the Quaran, but instead found either muslims explaining the Bible vs Quaran or a christian explaining Bible vs Quaran. I'm not sure anymore, please help me.

I will pray for you. If you want to talk, send me a private message. I just took a world religions class in college that discussed Islam and the difference between Islam and Christianity. I am a Christian and it just reaffirmed my beliefs....

flob · May 25, 2015

The Koran is garbage. You may as well leaf through the garbage, or toilet, and read what's there.
By the simple fact of its authorship, 600 years after the New Testament, and 2100 to 1000 years after
the Old Testament, the Koran is (poor) plagiarism at "best." It's laughable. Read it yourself and see.
It and its demonic author, Mohammed, purport to respect the Old and New Testaments, while at the same
time claiming the real Old Testament is gone, lol, and while contradicting the New Testament. It was a religion
of war. Conversion by war. All religion, including much "Christian" religion is a tool of Satan, just as Judaism became,
against the very Author of the law and of the Hebrew people----Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Islam, like all religion,
insists on man's law-keeping ability. At the same time, like Mormonism, Hinduism, paganism, it's a complete hoax.
A fiction. Like idols are "fictions." Islam, as the rest of the unbelieving world, are already "in hell." Already dead
in sins and trespasses. Already condemned. The only way out is Christ, a Savior. The living and real God. Who became
a human man and died (and resurrected) for our sins and our sin problem. To save us not (only) to a pleasant eternity,
but to save us according to what He wants. Namely, a home now. A Body now (the Body of Christ, the church).
Eternal life, which is Himself, now. A friend to the death (and the life) now. A relationship, unending, now. "Whoever
calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved"

Samual · May 26, 2015

Sirk said:

Thank you very much

Violet24 · May 26, 2015

Samual....If you try to hard to rationalize this conversation you had with a atheist, you will find yourself even more confused. I will simply pray that the Lord open the eyes of your spirit, so that you will know in your heart, soul & spirit the truth of who Jesus Christ is. The Love of Jesus is not complicated. His Love is real, and He will help you find the Truth. Proverb 3 13Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding,
14for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.
15She is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
16Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.
17Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.
18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;
those who hold her fast will be blessed.

atwhatcost · May 26, 2015

Samual said:

Here's a thought. Is your only plan to serve God to get the eternal vacation trip of a lifetime, aka heaven? If it is, you're wasting everything that happens to you from this moment until you die. At your age, we're talking a good likelihood of wasted decades of life.

Heaven isn't the bonus trip. God is the plan. And he's not waiting for you to die, he offers all he has to you right here and right now all the way through the rest of your life.

What you're doing is something like someone hands you over a billion dollars, but you tuck it away to save it until after your dead. The moment you were born again, God adopted you. God! You know, king of the universe, maker of the universe, he who keeps track of human hair and sparrows, he who commands angels, who makes sure the Earth keeps spinning on its axis around the sun, who brings rain, sun, moon and hurricanes. That God. And he adopted you to train you to become a prince. He's got your throne picked out, but he has to train you first.

Can you think of a better teacher to teach you how to live right, to live according to how he designed you to live all along, and plans to teach you how to become a more loving, caring person. But, yo! You're going to wait until heaven?

You've got the key already. He's with you. Enjoy him. You have a lifetime of learning from the real Master. Stop worrying about heaven.

Because, honestly? That whole "If I'm wrong" line is overused. That's why the Muslim countered. You're no more wrong about God then you're wrong that you're reading what I've written. Why worry about if you're wrong, when God's proving he's right?

Joidevivre · May 26, 2015

Samual, it's Jesus you need. Begin conversing with Him much of your day. Forget this religion versus that religion. It is the person, Jesus Christ, and a relationship with Him that opens up the way to eternal life, and blessings here and now. He is the only One who will live IN you through the Holy Spirit.

Begin worshiping Him - He will reveal Himself more and more to you. Tell Him how you feel and the longings of your soul.

He is your Saviour. He is your Father. He is your Friend. He is Wisdom and He is Truth. Learn about Him.

crossnote · May 26, 2015

Samual,
Also remember, man's religions are about a bunch of do's and dont's...our Faith says DONE.
We are not a religion in the sense that what is ultimately required by God has been fulfilled by His Son and He goes further than just fulfilling the required law for acceptance with Him...He actually dies for us to rescue us.
IOW our faith is centered around a Person, namely Jesus Christ, who promises Eternal Life when we look to Him for salvation.

It's in the PERSON not religion...

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
(Joh 14:6)

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
(Joh 11:25-26)

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
(Joh 10:11)

Angela53510 · May 26, 2015

It is NOT and never has been about chosing a religion.

It is about knowing Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the universe. If you do not know him. no religion can save you.

I suggest from your post, that you do not know Jesus. You need to start reading the 4 gospels then the rest of the New Testament. I pray it will lead you to Jesus, like it did for me 35 years ago.

Once you are walking with Jesus, you will have the help, encouragement and power of the Holy Spirit to guide you. Right now, you are at the mercy of any person you meet.

Praying you come to know Jesus, who is the only one who can save you.

Samual · May 26, 2015

Angela53510 said:

It is NOT and never has been about chosing a religion.

It is about knowing Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the universe. If you do not know him. no religion can save you.

I suggest from your post, that you do not know Jesus. You need to start reading the 4 gospels then the rest of the New Testament. I pray it will lead you to Jesus, like it did for me 35 years ago.

Once you are walking with Jesus, you will have the help, encouragement and power of the Holy Spirit to guide you. Right now, you are at the mercy of any person you meet.

Praying you come to know Jesus, who is the only one who can save you.

You're right. It isn't about this religion or that religion. It's about knowing that the eternal love of my God cannot and will not fail

just-me · May 26, 2015

Samual said:

Who you gonna call? Christ is your ghost buster! Start your new life without any denominational affiliation. Work first on developing a relationship with God's Word who is Christ Jesus. Be determined to develop relations between you and Christ alone. Make His path straight to you. Forget your spiritual peripheral vision. Focus! Read the Bible, and nothing else for a good long stretch.

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