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Remember we’re all horrible people apart from Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins. We aren’t one bit righteous apart from Him.
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ERP for ya: “Well, maybe I’m going to hell, but I’m still going to live my life serving Jesus, because I love Him.”
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I used to deal with a lot of religious OCD as a kid, since I’m also Catholic, and of course, being lgbt doesn’t help with that kind of OCD either (even if I don’t believe homosexuality is wrong in any way, it still kinda gets to you after hearing it from others). I promise it’ll get better. God loves and forgives, and as long as you go through life doing your best to be a good person, I’m sure you’ll get to Heaven. ❤️❤️
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Salvation is not earned by being a good person. It comes only through a commitment by faith to trust in Jesus, and to have a relationship with Him. To try to earn our way to salvation is an exercise in futility, and it would render the His death on the Christ null and void. However the results of a relationship with the Lord are good works, but it isn’t to earn salvation.
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Thanks.
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I had a very intense fear of hell. I had to do a lot of searching. You are in your own hell right now. God doesn’t want his children in pain. You should feel love. Hell is a farce. That’s where I ended up. Maybe it’s not where you end up, but you should feel god’s love, not his anger at all times. That is not the point.
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For a Christian, the truth of the gospel rests on the overwhelmingly evidential resurrection. If there is no hell, there was no reason for the crucifixion and resurrection, because what would be the point of salvation, if there is nothing from which to save us from (the ramifications of our unrepentant sins and eternity in hell from our unbelief in Jesus)? The Bible is the Christian’s source of truth, as it is God’s very word. You can’t be a Christian if you choose to believe there is no hell, no reason for redemption, etc.
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I know this is an old thread but I have had terrible scrupulosity surrounding hell. I have been doing a lot of reassurance seeking (compulsive; bad, I know) and have learned a lot about the origins of the Christian doctrine of hell. This is not a forum for theological debate but I just wanted to note that actually @katiekat, many of the very early church fathers and mothers (ie, gregory of nyssa, Origen) did not believe in hell (or believed that even if souls were separated from God for a time, that God would reconcile them in the end) and they were very much Christians; in fact, they shaped the way we understand our faith now. So yes, one can be a Christian and believe there is no hell. @caitlin12, Father Richard Rohr’s work has been very very helpful to me. As long as you don’t seek it out for reassurance to assuage the obsessions, his “Hell, no!” lecture was life changing and life giving for me. You can find it on YouTube.
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I don't really know if it's OCD, but lately I've been thinking a lot and in a very obsessive way that every single one of my actions, words or even thoughts will affect on how God will make decisions about my life. For example, if I lie to someone or yell at them out of anger, God will make happen something bad to me as a "punishment". I know it might seem silly, but it really really freaks me out sometimes... Does anyone feel the same? And if so, do you do something in particular to feel better? Thanks for your understanding❤️
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Hey all. I need help. I am sitting on my bathroom floor freaking out and convinced that all my work towards getting better has gone out the window. I am so scared of the “bad guy” getting me all the time. I constantly feel like I have to prove to God that I don’t mean these awful feelings and thoughts that I have about the bad guy. I’ve had trouble sleeping tonight, going in and out of consciousness, all while dealing with bad thoughts going in and out of my head. Finally I woke up and am flooded with “you have so many thoughts and feeling that you let slide while you were trying to sleep. You had thoughts that you accepted the bad guy and you didn’t dispute them before you tried to move on. You have so much to answer for.” So now I’m sitting here in my bathroom floor hysterically crying and begging God to believe me when I say I don’t any of these thoughts or feelings… please someone help
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I feel so hopeless right now. I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m so tired of living with this constant fear and guilt. I keep thinking that God is angry with me and that I’m being punished. I’m terrified that I’ve committed blasphemy—especially against the Holy Spirit—and that I’m going to hell. Yesterday, because of my OCD-driven curiosity, learning more about my faith—especially about the Trinity—has left me mentally exhausted and deeply confused, like I’m losing my grip on reality. The thought that God might already be punishing me only makes everything feel heavier. I’ve been breaking down since yesterday and struggling with intense anxiety. Even trying to pray scares me, because I feel like God is so mad at me. Deep down, I’m afraid I might be beyond forgiveness. I feel completely lost and terrified.
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