I know that many reading this are young. I challenge you to read more than three lines. I challenge you to read it all and comprehend it through prayer and pondering.
Wanting2believe, I know that I have already written to you about this, but, I am posting it for you to read again, and especially for others who read this.
I also haven't read through all of the posts written in response to your thread, so I might be saying some of what has already been said. Please forgive me.
Here we go:
Believers are not to agree with hate (or lust) in their thoughts. To agree with hate in our thoughts is murder, and suicide is murder (to agree with lust in our thoughts is adultery). Your body does not belong to you, it belongs to the Lord. It is not yours to kill (nor is it yours to use sexually).
To be rid of this, you need to confess it to a brother and sister in Christ and have them pray for you. Because you have already brought it into the light, I will pray for you.
However, when agreement with the thoughts arises again, I suggest for you to confess it again.
Make the habit of confession stronger than the habit of sin. Let the time between the sin and the confession grow shorter and shorter.
Heavenly Father,
I pray that You will forgive Wanting2believe for any agreement with murder. I pray that You will heal him and deliver him. Hold him in your presence, send the Comforter to him I pray, In Jesus Name, Amen.
It is written:
Joh 20:23
Whose soever sins you remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins you retain, they are retained.
1Jn 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Jas 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Now, when the thoughts come back and [if] you agree with the temptation again, do the best that you are able to confess it.
Call CBN (you can look up the number) - or, go to:
Church Online
I am not promoting either of these ministries for monetary means, nor do I agree with all of their doctrine; but, they are resources that you can use.
The more you confess after agreeing with evil thoughts, and/or acting upon them, the more you will acquire God's increasing and multiplying grace.
He gives grace to the humble and confession to another brother or sister in Christ takes humility. The more grace that is manifested in your heart, the more the evil won't feel like a part of who you are.
This is part of purifying your self, even as Christ is pure.
1Jn_3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Jas 4:8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded.
Jas_5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Confession is a major way to make manifest our faith in Christ through humility. Confession is to agree with God that He is right, and that you can not be
right without His help, through Christ.
Repent of trying to justify yourself and let Christ justify you before God.
Any hindrance or sin can be cast off in this way (by confession), through the Blood of Christ.
He will give you His life in exchange.
Many confessions are not to be done on this prayer board or through emails though.
They are not to be saved and filed away.
Once you confess, they are gone and the forgiveness that you already have through Christ is made manifest to your conscience. In this your mind and heart will not fight with each other and you will not be doubled minded, trying to justify yourself.
This will free you from fear, so if there are any steps that need to be taken legally or civilly concerning wrongs against other people, the Lord will give you the courage to do so, to make things right with the laws of the land and in love to others.
Psa 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Read through this long list of verses and identify evil fruit in your life that is showing it's self and bring it to confession (
look up the words if you don't know what they mean):
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1Jn 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1Jn 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1Jn 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1Jn 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]2Co 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves...
1Cor 15:33 Stop being deceived: "Wicked friends lead to evil ends."[/FONT]
NLT: Don't be fooled by those who say such things, for "bad company corrupts good character."
KJV: Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
GWT: Don't let anyone deceive you. Associating with bad people will ruin decent people.
"The righteous should choose his friends carefully,
For the way of the wicked leads them astray." Proverbs 12:26
"My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent." Proverbs 1:10
"Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil. Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn away from it and pass on." Proverbs 4:14-15
"Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
'I will dwell in them and walk among them.
I will be their God, and they shall be My people.'
Therefore 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord."2 Corinthians 6:14-17
2Pe 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
2Pe 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2Pe 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
2Pe 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
2Pe 2:8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds) ;
2Pe 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
2Pe 2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]2 Tim 3:1 ...know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
2 Tim 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
2 Tim 3:3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,
2 Tim 3:4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
2 Tim 3:5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away![/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1 Cor 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
1 Cor 6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.
Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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Rom 1:29 ...filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Rom 1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Rom 1:31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Rom 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.[/FONT]
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Jas 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Jas 2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Mat 5:22 But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.
Mat 5:28 ...I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.[/FONT]
Cling to Jesus as your salvation through all of this. Claim His life and His righteousness instead of trying to justify yourself. Agree that God is right and confess the evil fruit that you do see in your walk with Christ and allow the Lord to help you walk like He walks.
1Jn_2:6 He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Jas 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Joh 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent...
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]...in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Joh 3:15 That whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Joh 3:18 He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Joh 3:21 But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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Joh 6:28 ...What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
Joh 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them,
This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Joh_14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Do truth, cling to Christ as your righteousness and justification to God, and come into the light, bring your evil deeds into the light and let them be reproved. Confess them and be healed.[/FONT] Your faith in Christ, in this manner, will grow and manifest good fruit. Fruit worthy of repentance. Confession is an act of humility and this is good fruit. Other fruit that is good:
Gal 5:22 ...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering [patience], gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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And let the LORD say to you:
Isa 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
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