I'm a sinner, and I can't resist temptation

[Endy]

I don't know if this is the right place for this, if it's not please move it. I've recently come to Christ, I've accepted that He is the Son of God and the Son of Man and that He died for my sins and the sins of mankind, that he bore the full wrath of God for us to reconcile us with God, that He rose from the dead after three days and destroyed death and sin by doing so.

So why do I feel like I am still in sin? Why do I feel like I am trapped by temptation? If anything I feel worse than I did before. I also have doubts about my new faith. I've dabbled in Eastern religion, the Occult, New Age stuff, universalism and just about everything else looking for answers. I feel peace when I consider following Jesus, taking up my cross, literally, and going into dangerous places to spread the Gospel but then I have doubts. I've sold everything I own, given the money away (except for a few survival necessities and a bus ticket) to go and spread the Word.

But I don't understand why? I read my Bible almost daily, I try praying. God has done good things in my life but I still doubt, still give into temptation. I still lie and manipulate and tend to put things that I find fun and enjoyable before my duty to Christ. I want to change that but I don't know how.

I guess I'm just confused. I don't have a church. I'm a homeless man. I've been homeless for five years. Everything I've saved in that time (not much) has been given away to help people who helped me or other homeless people. Now I'm going to Alabama to try and help people in the inner city find God and come to Jesus.

Am I doing the right thing? I pray but I don't know how to interpret the answers.

 

[GISMYS]

SATAN AND DEMONS ATTACK ANY THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO ATTACK,GOD'S WORD SAYS THAT IF BELIEVERS RESIST EVIL,EVIL WILL FLEE. BELIEVE GOD'S WORD! JAMES 4:7-10== Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

 

[wordsponge]

I don't know if this is the right place for this, if it's not please move it. I've recently come to Christ, I've accepted that He is the Son of God and the Son of Man and that He died for my sins and the sins of mankind, that he bore the full wrath of God for us to reconcile us with God, that He rose from the dead after three days and destroyed death and sin by doing so.

So why do I feel like I am still in sin? Why do I feel like I am trapped by temptation? If anything I feel worse than I did before. I also have doubts about my new faith. I've dabbled in Eastern religion, the Occult, New Age stuff, universalism and just about everything else looking for answers. I feel peace when I consider following Jesus, taking up my cross, literally, and going into dangerous places to spread the Gospel but then I have doubts. I've sold everything I own, given the money away (except for a few survival necessities and a bus ticket) to go and spread the Word.

But I don't understand why? I read my Bible almost daily, I try praying. God has done good things in my life but I still doubt, still give into temptation. I still lie and manipulate and tend to put things that I find fun and enjoyable before my duty to Christ. I want to change that but I don't know how.

I guess I'm just confused. I don't have a church. I'm a homeless man. I've been homeless for five years. Everything I've saved in that time (not much) has been given away to help people who helped me or other homeless people. Now I'm going to Alabama to try and help people in the inner city find God and come to Jesus.

Am I doing the right thing? I pray but I don't know how to interpret the answers.

Hello,
You are not unique.
That is our nature before Christ changes our nature.

It is fun and happiness as he works in us.

The honesty you have is a winner.

Talk to Jesus that same way..Go to Jesus calling on him, from forgivenes, from under the water

You will really enjoy the work

We cannot understand until we are involved.

You can baptize yourself as the Jews do all of the time.

May Our Father lead you by his Spirit. Amen

 

[reject-tech]

So you're dying to self on behalf of others, become homeless and still give to the downtrodden?
Bro! Receive some grace. There's thunder in heaven because of you.

Now, as you go along, are you preaching a mechanism like religion does? Or are you telling people the things that Jesus told people to actually ease their fear and hopelessness?

Your sins are forgiven, which is good reason to honor God and cease them.
Tell the people you help the same good news.

Remember, He required no jumping through hoops from people before He told them that.
A key observation.

Just ask God to make your efforts honoring to Him, and to reveal whatever it is that you are still lacking.

 

[Josh321]

I don't know if this is the right place for this, if it's not please move it. I've recently come to Christ, I've accepted that He is the Son of God and the Son of Man and that He died for my sins and the sins of mankind, that he bore the full wrath of God for us to reconcile us with God, that He rose from the dead after three days and destroyed death and sin by doing so.

So why do I feel like I am still in sin? Why do I feel like I am trapped by temptation? If anything I feel worse than I did before. I also have doubts about my new faith. I've dabbled in Eastern religion, the Occult, New Age stuff, universalism and just about everything else looking for answers. I feel peace when I consider following Jesus, taking up my cross, literally, and going into dangerous places to spread the Gospel but then I have doubts. I've sold everything I own, given the money away (except for a few survival necessities and a bus ticket) to go and spread the Word.

But I don't understand why? I read my Bible almost daily, I try praying. God has done good things in my life but I still doubt, still give into temptation. I still lie and manipulate and tend to put things that I find fun and enjoyable before my duty to Christ. I want to change that but I don't know how.

I guess I'm just confused. I don't have a church. I'm a homeless man. I've been homeless for five years. Everything I've saved in that time (not much) has been given away to help people who helped me or other homeless people. Now I'm going to Alabama to try and help people in the inner city find God and come to Jesus.

Am I doing the right thing? I pray but I don't know how to interpret the answers.

Brother the devil attacks us 7 times worst than he did before because he realize that we saw his trap and what he was trying to do, but this is the part where we need to put on the full armor of God and just stand FIRM in the word of God.

 

[Kerry]

Endy, this may seem harsh but please, I have the best intentions. We all at times fall prey to temptation. It is the sin nature that is at work within us. Paul battled this same thing in Romans Chap 7. and believe me nothing has changed. The only way to live a victorious life is by your faith in the cross. Trust me and if not me then Paul. Try living by keeping law, you will fail. Try by forty days of purpose, you will fail, try by fasting for 21 days, you will fail. Try by placing your faith exclusively in the work of the cross and the holy Spirit will work in you to produce good fruit. It is the only way.

 

[Josh321]

Endy, this may seem harsh but please, I have the best intentions. We all at times fall prey to temptation. It is the sin nature that is at work within us. Paul battled this same thing in Romans Chap 7. and believe me nothing has changed. The only way to live a victorious life is by your faith in the cross. Trust me and if not me then Paul. Try living by keeping law, you will fail. Try by forty days of purpose, you will fail, try by fasting for 21 days, you will fail. Try by placing your faith exclusively in the work of the cross and the holy Spirit will work in you to produce good fruit. It is the only way.

Amen. always gotta come back to the cross only thing that can give you peace

 

[psychomom]

Endy, dear one...day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment. ♥

Give yourself time to read the Bible and become more and more familiar with what God says.
Time to find a good church and be taught, and become part of that family.
I would suggest you speak to the elders about your concerns.

Sanctification is a lifelong process.
It won't happen overnight, but God has promised to see you through this. (Phil 2:12-13)
The hard work of putting away sin is just that...hard.
But God, Who commands it, is so faithful!
Just as any loving earthly parent establishes rules for the welfare of their children, so has our Good Father.

Lean on Him...trust in Him. He wants this for us far more than we ourselves do.
Keep your eyes on Jesus. (Heb 12:2)

Peace to you, and love in Christ Jesus,
ellie

 

[Kerry]

Reading the bible will give more knowledge of God, But if your are tempted by something that you cannot refuse, that is bondange and reading will not do anything for you, fasting will not do anything. You must place your faith solely in the work of the cross. In other words you say this "I can't do it, but Lord you can and I believe and thank you for doing it because I cannot and only by the blood of Jesus". It might not happen right away but if you don't quite He won't Quite and it will come.

 

[Cobus]

Endy it is with the greatest of pleasure to share with you. I went through the exact same thing you are going through now. It is so hard because we started on our OWN! I made the big mistake to believe other sinners about God. I see you did too!

How can a sinner teach another sinner what to do? They are BOTH not part of God and His will. Sinners CANNOT preach Gospel to other sinners. And that is why there are so many sinning preachers out there. But they are ALL false teachers.
The Truth is the Truth, and for me to be soft on your ears and say it is OK would be a lie, and NOT of God. But the fact that you pick up your cross and follow Jesus, makes you a FOLLOWER of Jesus not a SENT evangelist. If God sends you as an evangelist, he will send you to perfect the saints. Not to SAVE sinners. Only God saves sinners. Only He calls people to be saints.

This is what you believed.... When some sinner told you, that God commands all of us to go and make disciples, you believed him. But that is NOT TRUE. God appoints His evangelists, pastors and teachers. HE HIMSELF will send you AFTER He equiped you.

God says he equips all his people to be a PERFECT MAN well equiped to do ALL GOOD WORKS... God does not send a sinner to save other sinners to remain sinners.... That is what you believed. Now that god sees your Zest to preach Gospel now God shows you what should change and you are hopeless. Come on man.

If you do have hope on God you will do this.... 1 John 3: 3... And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

My suggestion is... Go to God as you did before and stick with God and KNOW THE TRUTH. God will complete the job he started on you. And HE will occupy your flesh when that body will do His will and His Gospel teaching. It is the Holy Spirit HIMSELF that will confess the Gospel in you.

My friend, here is Scripture from God to you.... As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

If you want you may PM me and confess the sin that is hard for you and we can BOTH go to God and ask Him to REMOVE it from you. God loves to take away sin from us... But before you do read 1 John 3 and John 17 in your next quiet time. Both chapters.

 

[Gjolll]

I'm a homeless man.

I'm not quite sure how you're existing, but what comes across from your post is that you're not being honest about how you're earning your living. If you're earning your living from the gospel, there will be a huge temptation to lie to get people to give you money. I've come across people who have made themselves intentionally unemployed and then resort to deceit to get others to give them money. May be you need to think about getting a real job.

 

[Agricola]

Endy, Did God tell you to sell everything and go around spreading the gospel or did you just do it because that is what you read somewhere that a genuine believer should do, sell everything?

What you are experiencing is Satans double whammy, you are tempted to sin, then demons give you negative thoughts about yourself about how disgusting, depraved and wretched you are, that God now hates you for doing that thing and dosnt love you any more.

Becoming a genuine born against Christian puts you in the front line, you are now in the cross hairs of the enemy and seen as a real threat which must be stopped by any means how.

 

[p_rehbein]

I don't know if this is the right place for this, if it's not please move it. I've recently come to Christ, I've accepted that He is the Son of God and the Son of Man and that He died for my sins and the sins of mankind, that he bore the full wrath of God for us to reconcile us with God, that He rose from the dead after three days and destroyed death and sin by doing so.

So why do I feel like I am still in sin? Why do I feel like I am trapped by temptation? If anything I feel worse than I did before. I also have doubts about my new faith. I've dabbled in Eastern religion, the Occult, New Age stuff, universalism and just about everything else looking for answers. I feel peace when I consider following Jesus, taking up my cross, literally, and going into dangerous places to spread the Gospel but then I have doubts. I've sold everything I own, given the money away (except for a few survival necessities and a bus ticket) to go and spread the Word.

But I don't understand why? I read my Bible almost daily, I try praying. God has done good things in my life but I still doubt, still give into temptation. I still lie and manipulate and tend to put things that I find fun and enjoyable before my duty to Christ. I want to change that but I don't know how.

I guess I'm just confused. I don't have a church. I'm a homeless man. I've been homeless for five years. Everything I've saved in that time (not much) has been given away to help people who helped me or other homeless people. Now I'm going to Alabama to try and help people in the inner city find God and come to Jesus.

Am I doing the right thing? I pray but I don't know how to interpret the answers.

Where to start? Just reading your comment, there surely seems to be many things you did not "leave at the cross" when you asked Jesus to become your Lord and Saviour.......if you did ask Him to.......

You said: But I don't understand why? I read my Bible almost daily, I try praying. God has done good things in my life but I still doubt, still give into temptation. I still lie and manipulate and tend to put things that I find fun and enjoyable before my duty to Christ. I want to change that but I don't know how.


None of this assures me that you have ACTUALLY bowed down, and with a sincere and contrite heart, repented of your sinful life, asked God to forgive you of your sinful life, and asked Jesus Christ to come into you life as your Lord and Saviour. It isn't enough just to "accept that He is the Son of God," even the enemy knows and accepts who Jesus is.

With all the Christian love I can muster...........I would suggest you find a place to bow down before God, and with a sincere and contrite heart, repent of your sinful life, and ask His forgiveness, and ask Jesus to enter into your life as Lord and Saviour.

Selling all you have, and giving it away to achieve salvation is "works" based salvation aspiration, and that won't get the job done. We are saved by Grace, and that a Gift from God by faith, and not by works, lest any man should boast. You can not EARN His forgiveness, nor can you EARN salvation.........

Start over............John 3:16) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. Ephesians 2:8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Get these right..............and then see if things don't change around for you............your WORKS are worthless to God unless He has cleansed you and made you worthy to be His workman.