sheariah07
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You are feeling condemnation when you read his word. That's totally normal. The law condemns. It is called the ministration of death or ministry of condemnation. It is convicting you of your sins and telling you how sinful you are and how evil you are and undeserving of God's mercy.View attachment 31828
I hope this message is true. This website is good. Check it out. I get nothing but condemnation and anxiety doubts when reading the Bible. I honestly would trade anything to have a clean conscience if I really think about it. My will to seek God is getting less and less everyday.
But that must lead you to faith in Christ. It is teaching you that you are hopeless and you have to run to Jesus only. He is your only hope. Ask him to save you. You don't need to offer him anything. Just come to him empty handed and don't look for something good in you to recommend you to him to deserve his mercy. Come to him looking for a covering for your nakedness and for your shame.
He does not require you to help yourself to be good but he requires you to ask him to save you. In him is your only help.
Hosea 13:9 KJV
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
He only can make your conscience clean. You cannot. You have to run to him and ask him. He is your only hope.
Don't try to produce good fruit by relying on your will to seek God. This is only hindering you from fully surrendering to him. He knows you are wicked and he is your only hope. Only he can grant you true repentance, you cannot repent on your own. So you have to ask him to save you because you can't.