How to deal with self doubt about your faith?
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I used to play golf.I completely understand the golf reference. I am a golfer.
Regarding worthiness, as long as we always keep in mind that we are only worthy because God sees us in Christ. We have nothing to offer on our own.
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Love it.
Played in a few charity games hosted by pro's.
I wasn't great. On my day I was very good, not on my day very bad.
Played in one with a pro who had played with Tiger and Faldo.
It was so funny. Maybe one day will tell you.
Alas I had to stop.
ACL/PCL injuries in both knees and cartilage removals as a youngster caught up with me. Wrecked my chance of a professional career in football.
Anyway I totally agree and I hope that point came accross from my post.
We are only worthy because God sees us in Christ and it has nothing to do with what we can offer. We have nothing to offer and if think we can then it's gonna blight our walk with Jesus. As I said a couple of posts in this thread seems to indicate we know we have if our works show it.
The focus should always be on Jesus and what he has done for us.
maybe they just meant they stopped going to church...lots of people go to church and dont really believe. eg they just go cos their family goes or their spouse goes.
I mean you know YOU believe right? lol you cant fake faith...God knows when you being dishonest
well if you not faking faith then you have it
so why are you torturing yourself??? Be singleminded, not doubleminded.
Faith can grow, sometimes it seems we dont have enough faith, but Jesus said we can have faith the size of a mustard seed and it could still move mountains. Faith is a living thing, faith is a gift.
If its not being used, then ask Him how to use it.
If its not being used, then ask Him how to use it.
I'm not sure what you mean by asking how do you know your faith in genuine.
Are you meaning doubting that Jesus is even real?
Are you meaning you're not sure your commitment to him is strong enough?
Are you meaning you're not sure if Jesus has even received you?
What have you asked Jesus to save you from? It sounds to me like your doubt may be due to the fact that you haven't actually repented and been born again. Are you born again?
If you chief motivator is to be saved from hell, then I'm not surprised you are questioning if your faith is genuine.
This way of saying, that people who stop being Christian never were believers, comes from a certain type of theology of once saved always saved. They have to give answer as to why some backslide away from the Christian life so they say they weren't believers to begin with. Mark 4 however states the seed of the word of God fell on different types of ground and Jesus said himself,
Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Mk 4:16
So if they received the word with joy and remained for a season that to mean to me that they did believe. But it's standing steadfast and enduring which needs to be understood. Now if you were to ask how do I know I'll do that? I'd think every day we just have to make that decision ourselves. So it's not do you have genuine faith? Well you do right now the word is in you and you're remaining in it. But are you going to make the decision tomorrow and the next day and the next day after that....to endure? The leads one into asking then what does it take to endure? Worship, praise, prayer, feeding one's spirit with the word of God daily and seeking to do his will. You do that now. It's up to you if you do that tomorrow, so yes....I'd say right now YOU HAVE, genuine faith and I wouldn't allow any thought that comes to my mind tell me anything different.
no but baptism means shes watered in
eg you dont put a seed in bone dry ground and expect it to grow.