WalkInLight
Active Member
This reminds me of discussions many years ago of people who felt though they believed in Jesus they had committed the unforgiveable sin against the Spirit so were actually lost.The issue is people do not understand what being born again _born spiritually or given life) and being filled with the spirit is.
They think it is some magic potion.
There is a difference between being born again (john 3: 16) and what being born again gives you, for the rest of your life.
And others who were very insecure over whether they were saved or not.
I am talking to a young believer at the moment who feels concerned with regard to which view of Jesus is correct, and can he chose the right one, across from Catholicism to Pentecostal churches. I am touched by the fact free will works in our hearts so we can choose our response, which is part of the test of both the sown seed and its outworking in our lives.
I realise anxiousness and its resolution is not a good way to found our lives in Christ.
My heart is driven by my love of Jesus and His way, and through this I find peace that passes understanding.
The fruit is resolution of anxiousness, but that is not the driving factor.
I begin to see until we mature in Christ and are honest about our true needs faith can become an answer to being insecure.
Ironically there is no peace in the worldly sense from following Jesus, because so many will oppose and miss-understand.
God bless you