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Originally Posted by Sylvanus
Jeremy: I totally 100% agree with mustardseed.
For me, it's not the unforgivable sin that worries me, but all the compond of the little ones.
You will never have peace if you will not accept the gift of God's forgiveness. Ever.
I know that this following subject is not very popular, but I'll have a go at it anyway, and this is only my personal thoughts. I will say that because this is the 4th thread you are opening of this very subject and no resolution seems to have emerged from them. Not that it is wrong to do so, but your trouble seem to be heavy enough for you to have done that, and so burdensom that it is destroying your relationship with our Creator and Saviour.
Have you ever considered re-baptism?
This is one way you can put your rebellion in the past once and for all, having had your conscience cleansed. It is not something I ever recommended before, but it is not either the first time it would have happened (even in Scripture).
Let me put it in context, even if with a little stretch:
The Christian body is considered in the Scriptures as the temple of God. OK. In the past, it has happened that the need was there to rededicate the Holy Jewish Temple back to God, because the satanic spirit of rebelion had entered it, or that of paganism. The whole had to be recleansed and restored to it's former glory.
I would assert that on rare occasion, and only once in a life-time, the rededication of a person back to God is needed, and I believe it might be your case, for the sake of your salvation, and that of others who have witnessed your life.
Speak to your pastor, and if it is agreable to him, set a date for your re-dedication through baptism. Start life afresh, give it a new beginning, letting the things of the past in the past, and in God's forgiveness. But do not forget: It is not you who have taken practical action for your salvation, it is God who would have allowed you it. Then go for it, live the life of a fully forgiven sheep, full of thanks and praise toward such a merciful Father.
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Thank you. I have rededicated my life to the Lord as soon as I saw the mistakes I had made in my years I spent astray. I might consider the re-baptism, because I was talking it over with my grandparents. I do need to accept God's forgivness. It's just, in my mind, I keep wondering if I am forgiven.
But I have tried talking to the people I've had an influence over in the past, when I was being blasphemous, and good has came from it. I have my brother going to church now, etc.
It's going to take time, I suppose. For me to grow and learn. But I think I can do it. I never doubted that I was saved, because I know in my heart that when I was 10 years old, I accepted Jesus Christ to be my personal savior. I was raised in a very Christian family, so I knew that I needed Jesus at a very young age. It was my teenage years of rebellion that I worried about - when I was astray and rejecting my faith, etc...
But I believe in eternal security. And you guys have been very helpful to me. I'm sorry I continue to ask questions about this, but the constant wonder and fear really gets to me.
06-10-2007, 07:37 PM
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