Depression, anxiety and hell.

[GabrielMarques]

You are not alone! Almost every (if not every) Christian battles with doubt about really being saved.

Romans 10:9 - “Because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."

Salvation cannot be earned. If that were the case, none of use would stand a chance. All have sinned, and regardless of what those sins are, without God’s grace we deserve death. But thankfully, anyone can accept Christ and Psalm 103:12 mentions that as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions…

That means all sin has been wiped clean past, present, and future.

However, the Bible makes it clear that repentance is the key. This means submitting your life to Him. It doesn’t mean we’re perfect, but it’s a change of heart and direction.

The good news is, God is understanding. We all mess up. If you read the Bible, some of the most godly men did terrible things, and yet God forgave them (like David who committed adultery and then had someone killed). The point is that you always come BACK to Christ. You truly repent and continue living for Him as best you can.

Again, we are NOT saved by works and you cannot lose your salvation. People can willingly walk away from Christ, but that is a person’s choice, not because they suddenly lost their salvation.


Rest assured that if you truly have accepted Jesus into your heart (claiming Him to be your savior) and then from this day forward you trust Him with your life and continue to live by faith, you are saved and nothing can pluck you from His hand.

As for the mental health, I highly advise both seeking professional help if not done already but also finding a church in your area. Reach out to a pastor and get involved in a small group and explain you’re new to the faith. This is how you grow as a follower of Christ

I don't disagree with you my friend, but I think you have overstated the doctrine and opened a dangerous precept. Salvation is not granted to all, Scripture is cristal clear it's for the elect. That means people who have been predestined for it. The proof of salvation is the full faith that Jesus is God. As far as joining a church that's merely a religious routine with its own culture. To follow Christ means to take up your cross and carry it and that is a secret revealed by the holy spirit not men.

 

[andy700700]

Matthew 12:46-50
New International Version
46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”
48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

 

[GabrielMarques]

Matthew 12:46-50
New International Version
46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”
48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

That is a beautiful passage.

 

[andy700700]

1 Corinthians 12:12-27
New International Version
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

 

[Cat545]

I don't disagree with you my friend, but I think you have overstated the doctrine and opened a dangerous precept. Salvation is not granted to all, Scripture is cristal clear it's for the elect. That means people who have been predestined for it. The proof of salvation is the full faith that Jesus is God. As far as joining a church that's merely a religious routine with its own culture. To follow Christ means to take up your cross and carry it and that is a secret revealed by the holy spirit not men.

The concept of "the elect" is biblical, but it is paired with God's love for the whole world. As John 3:16 and 1 John 2:2 show, Jesus died for everyone, and 1 Peter 1:2 notes God's perfect foreknowledge.

Because God uses human obedience to share this message, we must spread the Gospel. As Romans 10:14 asks, "How can they hear without someone preaching to them?"

As for church, the Bible explicitly commands us to fellowship (Hebrews 10:25). Church attendance doesn’t save you, but it is still a direct command

 

[Magenta]

Romans 10 v 13-15 ~ Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of Whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!