I don’t think you actually know what has to happen for a Christian to lose their salvation. You are IN Christ when you are born again and Christ is seated at the right hand of God at the moment. So God literally has to cast His own Son out of heaven to cast you out.

E-amil me at andre@newcovenantgrace.com and I’ll share the wonderful news of the New Covenant with you, that will drive condemnation off you and give you victory over sin.

In Grace
Andre van der Merwe
http://www.NewCovenantGrace.com

I am separated from my wife now for about a year due to my occasional bouts of drunkenness into which i fell again. I have repented , and i do not plan to drink ever again.

However, I have a problem with lust, and I am fearful that I will loose my salvation. I keep thinking of women, especially the ones at work.

I am always lusting now. I suppose having been neglected by my wife this is happening to me.

I feel enslaved to these feelings of need for the opposite sex.

I am not too proud to ask for help.

Will I loose my salvation for lust?

What do I do?

And what about the awful urges that men get? Is there any man here who can truly say he has overcome this? If so, how?

Thank you, and may god bless you all.

Hi hope you are well.

Very good posts. Christians forget to help others, a clear act of Love.

I think you wanted to say “acting locally, thinking globably”.

Love,

John

Mt 4:4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” {4 Deut. 8:3}

The order here is a bit mixed up to achieve all of this The Word of God must be first……

: )

Why? because I decided to follow Christ.

I always had spiritual knowledge, but I had slipped and fallen into porn, drinking, and hate.

Then I had an angel come down from heaven, through my ceiling, and throw me on the kitchen floor.

I kid you not.

I was elated for about a week. Then I started backsliding again.

That night my wife started screaming, saw a ghost. Then my brother-in-law saw the same ghost, twice.

Last night, my wife encounters the invisible man.

So, I am commited to follow Christ, but right now, it is an uphill march. I don’t plan to give up.

Wish me luck, I am diggin in.

Worse thing about it, people are ostracizing me because of my testimony of God.

I just thought I would say I was touched with the patient way you have answered Matt and encourage you to carry on despite your hardships.

I used to be pretty hard core (Code word for lacking in love) in my younger christian days, when dealing with others, and still come up short often when dealing with my family now.

2Tim 2:24-26 The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God per adventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth, and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

To those who are on this blog, I’m not a good blogger yet but I’ve read a whole page of posts and praise God for an open discussion where we can – through debate – seek to understand more fully the knowledge of God – Not the knowledge that the world speaks of of course – but the knowledge that leads to victory (you got me going now) 2 Cor 2:14a Now thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph in Christ… (I’m crossing over..) Rev 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters…..and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

I hope to be back, but may need some help on blogging. God Bless

With regards to demons being able to influence and posess Christians, with all respect to everybody that has participated in the discussion so far, I believe that the wrong questions have been asked. It’s not about whether demons can influence or attack Christians, the correct question is: Where do demons get their power from?

Although I do not support the way some ministries engage the enemy nowadays, constantly trying to defeat Satan on all territories and fronts (and I speak from experience, having been part of such a “ghostbuster” ministry before), I believe this is merely one of the many ways which Satan uses to distract Christians from their true purpose: To have a relationship with the Father. I have seen believing, Holy Spirit filled Christians frothing at the mouth, screaming and convulsing when the demons leave them. How can this be? Were they not truly converted (born again)? Or is there more to it?

Satan and his demons were defeated at the cross, and God made a public spectacle of them by marching them before all their enemies in a victorious parade (Col 2:15). They were completely DISARMED. So where do they now get their weapons from? How can they attack believing Christians?

Christians “re-arm” them by submitting to the law. The power of the law is sin (1 Cor 15:56). When Christians go back under the yoke of slavery(the law – see Gal 5), they empower a defeated foe. They allow condemnation, depression, guilt and heaviness to come back on them, all the things Christ died to set us free from!

Amen.

Are you David Lane Williams originally from Kingsport, TN? If so, I’ve been looking for you. Please let me know.