Shaky Faith

[AirborneDan]

Hello everyone, I'm new here. I was hooked while reading all of the Rapture information and became consumed yet terrified of what is to come. It's been years since I've been to church but I have always had a feeling of something pushing me to seek out more. I have even had dreams of the 2nd coming, and I don't mean dates or times, just seeing it happen before my eyes. For some reason the Rapture has been on my mind for a couple of years now, and I'm just now acting on these feelings and emotions. I have been "saved" more times than I can remember, and that is why I have never called myself a Christian, because I don't want to lie to myself or others. I want to be "saved" for the 1st time and last time, and real feel it within myself. My wife doesn't believe in the Bible...manly because her mother doesn't believe in God. My Faith is so poor and I'm worried I myself won't let my heart take over and know and feel what is right, and stick to my mind telling me what I know is wrong. How can I lead my wife and eventually family to the right place if I am lost myself. The Rapture is coming, and I am terrified of being left behind. If a lost man can feel it...it must be close.

[MikeD]

Welcome Shaky Faith. Great to have you with us!

By far, the GREATEST single thing you can do for your family is to DAILY stay in the Word. Allow God's Word to cover all you do. BY YOUR WITNESS your family will begin to see a difference. This, in itself, will be a DRAWING CARD to your family the will WANT and desire. Jesus Christ is the ONLY One who can really change us. Your family seeing a true change in you will be a big statement of your faith and the never ending care and love of the Heavenly Father.

[JC1949]

Hello everyone, I'm new here. I was hooked while reading all of the Rapture information and became consumed yet terrified of what is to come. It's been years since I've been to church but I have always had a feeling of something pushing me to seek out more. I have even had dreams of the 2nd coming, and I don't mean dates or times, just seeing it happen before my eyes. For some reason the Rapture has been on my mind for a couple of years now, and I'm just now acting on these feelings and emotions. I have been "saved" more times than I can remember, and that is why I have never called myself a Christian, because I don't want to lie to myself or others. I want to be "saved" for the 1st time and last time, and real feel it within myself. My wife doesn't believe in the Bible...manly because her mother doesn't believe in God. My Faith is so poor and I'm worried I myself won't let my heart take over and know and feel what is right, and stick to my mind telling me what I know is wrong. How can I lead my wife and eventually family to the right place if I am lost myself. The Rapture is coming, and I am terrified of being left behind. If a lost man can feel it...it must be close.

Welcome,
well I want to tell you that to get saved you simply ask God and He does it.and once it is done it is done for eternity.so no need to be saved over and over again.
In other words,nobody,starting with me,could ever get saved neither in this life nor in the one to come by his/her own efforts,works or behavior.WHY? because we are ALL SINNERS by nature and we sin because we are sinners ,that is what we are good at.
If you are an apple tree you will produce apples,not pears...if you are a sinner ( and being a human being you are a sinner) you will sin.It is inevitable.WE CANNOT CHANGE OUR HUMAN NATURE.
Man condition is hopeless....The Lord has left us the Bible so we can know the truth and the Bible declares that ALL HAVE SINNED and ARE DEPRIVED of THE GLORY of GOD.
You can try as hard as you can to live right,according to the ten commandments....TRY HARD..you WILL FAIL..we all FAIL....no hope...for example,the first 4 commandments are related to our relationship to GOD and the first declares that we must love HIM continually with all our heart,mind,soul, strength... DO WE?
No,we don't...and what about the other six ? our relationship with our fellow human beings..we are commanded to love and care for them as we love and care ourselves...DO WE? NO! nobody does,it is IMPOSSIBLE!...we are spiritually bankrupted...many say:"Camon,I don't need Jesus, I am a good person...I don't kill, I don't rob the bank....etc...I am a good person,so for sure God will let me in His heaven because my good deeds balance the bad ones....etc..." WRONG...The Bible says that if we brake ONE COMMANDMENT we are GUILTY of breaking them all! if we ever said a lie,a white lie,WE ARE LIERS,lawbreakers....example,if one never betrayed his/wife her/husband in deed even if has looked to another person with lustful thoughts it is declared
an adulterer at heart...we are all liers,adulterers and thieves and so on...we don't love GOD...we don't even care about HIM....it is a FACT...
ALL THE RELIGIONS in the world are poor cover-ups trying to fool GOD but in reality we are only fooling ourselves! God knows us in every detail,inside out,from BEFORE the foundation of the world...so who are we trying to fool? So,Shaky Faith,where do we go from here?
Breaking God's LAW it is a VERY SERIOUS CRIME...and requires A PENALTY to be PAID....
I mean if you drink and drive and get caught the human judge puts to jail and there is NO MERCY...
THERE IS NO MERCY IN THE LAW.....with GOD'S LAW,you break it YOU DIE! THE PENALTY IS DEATH!
ETERNAL DEATH....we all are on our way to a devastating ETERNAL BURNING HELL eternally separated by GOD,from the very moment we committed our first sin....so man,THERE IS NO HOPE in RELIGION/S...no not even in the " christian religion"no hope in man,NO HOPE in philosophy or whatever...no hope in yourself!
It looks pretty scary...after all God is not a jolly fat SANTA KLAUS or some idiotic old man sitting in the clouds!
GOD IS HOLY,PERFECT,and REQUIRES PERFECTION to be with HIM in HIS HEAVEN!
Oh my,is there a solution? is there a way out?
well GOSPEL means GOOD NEWS..what good news?
GOD LOVES US even though we are unlovable and lost...HE LOVES SO MUCH that HE TOOK on HIMSELF THE PENALTY of DEATH that You and I deserve!
That is exactly what God did! God was born of a virgin...God's Son came on this planet,lived a SINLESS PERFECT LIFE in TOTAL OBEDIENCE with THE FATHER..He lived and acted like nobody ever did before Him or after...He healed the sick,raised the dead,gave back sight to the blind,cast out demons from the oppressed and possessed,announced HIS KINGDOM and before dying said He would come back at the end of the age and then went to die on a cruel roman cross and on the third day HE ROSE from death and then ascended back to heaven and sent His Holy Spirit and left us The Bible and the job to TELL to the poor LOST world that SALVATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED and it RECEIVED BY GRACE THRU FAITH!
IT IS A GIFT,SALVATION is A GIFT from THE LORD to us poor hopeless and lost sinners!
You have to do NOTHING...Agree with GOD and RECEIVE HIS GIFT...God cannot lie You could say something like this:" Father God,it is true,I am a lost sinner and I cannot save myself,so You SAVE ME,I BELIEVE that JESUS is GOD and that HE ROSE from the dead,so now,receive me and make me a child of God .Thank You Father,take my life and lead me in Your ways.Father I believe that YOU heard my prayer and that now I AM SAVED because of what JESUS DID and I call on HIM as MY LORD GOD and SAVIOUR and I ask YOU to fill me with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, in JESUS NAME I PRAY.AMEN"
Ok,shaky faith,change your nick name,if you believe you will see THE GLORY OF GOD and to GROW in FAITH,read THE WORD of GOD,a bit everyday,( so GOD TALKS TO YOU)..PRAY ( TALK TO GOD) and when you will be more solid and founded in the truth TALK of GOD to others.
Every man or woman that believes that JESUS IS GOD and RELIES,TRUSTS,CONFIDES IN HIM and HIM ALONE,will be taken in THE RAPTURE!
By BELIEVING and RECEIVING JESUS YOU ARE "ETERNALLY" SAVED and will go in the rapture.
Don't be a doubter but a believer,and a strong one,GOD IS A VERY GOOD FATHER and takes good care of HIS CHILDREN.
Go to my site jesus4all and print the promises of The Bible or whatever you need and want,it is all FREE because is from GOD.
Come in this Forum often,ask for prayer,felowship,find with God's help a body of other believers where they rely on JESUS and HIS WORD...GROW and FEAR NOT because THE LORD JESUS SAVES SINNERS and MAKE THEM CHILDREN OF GOD and part of HIS FAMILY!
BLESSINGS!!!!!!

[Kathy_57]

Good Morning Shaky Faith and Welcome to RR.

I wonder how many of us have doubted or wondered about our salvation and asked the question – Am I truly saved.

Have you confessed Jesus as your Lord and Saviour?

Romans 10:9-10, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."

John 3:15-16, " That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 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."

God wants you to have that assurance of your salvation – Something you should remember is that salvation is not based on whether or not you feel ‘saved’.

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Roman 5:8. You see while I was a sinner God loved me and Christ died for my sin. That is so very clear. Further, after I believed and received Jesus Christ as my Savior, I still am not worthy of his Grace and Love!!! I never will be. Yet, He still loves me and still forgives the same way he did when I was first saved. I can no more win God's favor by my good works now as I could before I was saved.....! It is His love and Grace that keeps me saved. I will fail him, yet he will never every fail me.

I would encourage you to find a strong Bible believing church where your faith can be strengthened and you will grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Scripture tells us that when we seek Him with all of our heart, mind and soul – We will find Him! Get into reading/studying the Word of God and spending time with Him in prayer. As you grow, the change should be evident in your life and that in itself will be a witness to God’s changing power.

God Bless

[anath]

Hi Shaky Faith!

Shaky, do you understand God's plan of salvation? Do you know because of our sinfulness we are separated from God? In other words do you understand that you are a sinner and do you believe Jesus Christ came as the One and only Redeemer of our sins? That He died on the cross and rose and lives today, that you may live forever with Him? Have you asked for forgiveness?
If not, we pray you will receive God's gift of salvation, repent of your sins and commit your life to Him as Lord of your life by doing His will.

Again we welcome you to RF!

[mattfivefour]

Welcome to RF, Dan!

(And for the record, my brothers and sisters, Shaky Faith was the title of his thread. AirborneDan is his user name.)

[mikalikat]

Hey AirborneDan--God bless you and welcome. I hope you find this a good place to fellowship and grow!

[LivnForChrist]

God Bless you AirbornDan, Welcome to Rapture Forums

[Suzanne]

Dan,

You didn't come to Rapture Forums by chance. God has led you here, and I want to say welcome. You will get all of the support and help with your Christian walk that you need from the people on this forum. We are happy to have you fellowship with all of us while we wait for the coming rapture. God bless you and your family.

[Robert]

Welcome to RF, Airborne Dan.

Just to let you know: Salvation isn't based on a FEELING. It's based on trusting in Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross in order to pay for our sin.

Perhaps this article may answer a few of your questions:

Salvation


Don't get us wrong: none of us are questioning your sincerity. All we are asking is if you understand what has been presented. Sometimes, we feel we're not saved because there's no 'warm fuzzy feeling" in our hearts. But emotions are fickle and can be manipulated.

Salvation isn't "head knowledge"; that is, a mental assent to the fact that Christ died on the cross, nor is it an emotion: that we feel saved. It's KNOWING deep down inside that you are a sinner, you deserve death and that Christ paid that penalty for you. It's trusting him to save you.

I hope I've been able to answer some of your concerns, and you'll find RF a good resource for info and other stuff.

Glad to have you here!

[king'sbloomingrose]

Please feel free to sit a spell and stay awhile!

[MikeD]

AirBorne Dan ! Thanks for the correction Mattfivefour. Well, Airborne Dan, I"ll say it like my Commanding Officer used to say in the Marine Corps; he saw no earthly reason to jump out of a perfectly good air craft!! Yep, we were Special Forces in a rather unique unit in the Marine Corps. So, he believed in hi altitude jumps (HALO not HAHO). Says that gives you longer to PRAY! You got it, he was crazy!!

Anyway, sorry for the name mix up!!