"I'm terrified that I'll end up in hell." (Discussing Christian Reddit Posts Ep. 2)

Описание: Hey Christian Besties!
Join us as we discuss this week's Christian reddit post and the fear, confusion and doubt, that so many of us struggle with, surrounding whether or not we are truly saved.

"I'm terrified that I'll end up in hell."

"I’m 15 years old and I’ve been following Jesus for a year and a half now, I’m pretty sure. But I’m having an intense fear that on judgment day God will tell me I’m lukewarm and say depart from Me.

My fear comes mainly from a few reasons and factors in my life. The first reason is I get so anxious that I’m disobeying God by not speaking up about Him with others. Whenever God asks me to talk to someone, I don’t because I’m so afraid and ashamed of Jesus (I’m scared because of what Jesus said in Luke 9) I also just feel that the things Jesus asks me to do, around spreading the gospel, is too heavy for me so I never do it and this has led me to picture myself being separated from God.

Another reason is I generally fear that I’m doing something wrong in my faith. I struggle to feel like I actually love God or I’m in a genuine relationship, I just fear that my faith is lukewarm without me ever realizing it. I’ve gone to the Bible for peace and it only gives me temporary peace before I fail to share the Gospel again or I feel lukewarm and then I start having anxiety about it.

These fears have made me less hopeful of salvation, it’s made me continually picture myself in hell and I’m genuinely scared. Nothing is helping me, because I’m so scared. I keep trying to spread the word online because I'm so terrified God is angry with me, and, you guessed it, I’m now frightened that I think my works save me which has added to my fear.

I’m reaching out to a community because I believe that there is someone wiser and smarter than me that has gone through this."

Verses we referenced=
Luke 9:1-5
Revelation 12:10
Zephaniah 3:17
Proverbs 24:16
Romans 5:1-6
Romans 5

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See ya'll next time!
-Those Christian Besties

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