NothingMakesSenseAnymore

 

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,

and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth,

and maketh it bring forth and bud,

that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

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so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:

it shall not return unto me void,

but it shall accomplish that which I please,

and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Isaiah 55:10-11

What is he talking about when he says "my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth". 

There have been some good thoughts here.  I can't really add much, but I was a little troubled by your view of the Bible, that reading it would create more problems.  I don't think this is the case at all.  When it is read with an agenda or preconceived notions, of course it will not be effective.  But if you approach it with an open heart and mind,  the sky's the limit. 

 

I don’t think anyone picks up the bible and starts reading it with a purpose or “agenda” other than to find truth. 

 

 

Jesus said:

ESV > Matthew 7:7-8:

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened."

Seek Jesus himself, and you will find him. That I promise you. Then things will begin to make sense to you again.

 

I have asked for alot of things and have not recieved them.  I have seeked and seeked for answers to questions that I can't understand and am still confused.   

 

  there are many obstacles which cause doubt and those who receive the Gospel and accept it  go forwards to produce spiritual fruit from their belief. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How do you accept it?  And what does accept it actually mean?

It sounds to me like you do believe, but it also sounds like your human side is trying to keep you from having faith in something it can't see, smell or touch. Jesus asked, "who do men say that I am?" Peter then listed all the people he had heard people call Jesus. then Jesus asked "but who do you say that I am? Peter said, "you are the son of the living God." Jesus told Peter that God the Father had revealed this to him. Look in your heart. The Bible says, seek and you shall find, Knock and it will be open to you. God must listen to a person repenting of their sins. Jesus loves you. I will be praying for you.

I have been seeking, i have been knocking.  I just want to know how to get the faith that is required to be saved.

I think this is actually a pretty tough question. It does seem to a large extent we can't actually help what we believe- we believe what seems true. How can we really help what seems true to us? I believe if you are open and praying for guidance God will give you the evidence you need that it will, truly, seem like the truth to you.

 

 

I have prayed many times for faith

The OP highlights the Church's failure in the area of discipleship.  People make a profession of faith, but then they are left flounder.  This is particularly a problem for someone who comes to know Jesus, but remains living in the same environment with no discipling influence.   They often end up confused and frustrated because they have no way of dealing with the challenges their preivious culture poses to their new found faith. 

What are you saying here exactly?

 Yes, belief was a choice I made.

 

The one and only reason I could choose was because God gave me that choice. If you've heard the Gospel, He's extending that choice to you as well. I'm praying that you take it.  

How do I take it?  You are saying that if you have heard the gospel that God has given you the choice to believe.  If this is so, since I have read the gospel, how do I make that choice to believe?

Romans 10:9 - If you declare with your mouth "Jesus is Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

This verse makes it pretty simple as to what we need to do to be saved.  It says there are only two things that we need to do.  One of them being to confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord, and the other one being to believe in our heart that God raised him from the dead. 

I have already confessed with my mouth that Jesus is Lord.  But I can't understand how we can just believe in our heart that God raised him from the dead.  How is it really a choice to believe something is true or not?  If we can choose to believe something is true, please tell me how, because I want to be saved.  I have a feeling that your response might be to just read the bible, because faith comes from hearing the word of God.  I really don't think that is true though, because I have read most of the bible and I still don't know for sure if it is the truth or not.  A lot of atheists are bible scholars that have read the whole bible through many times.  There are even people who claim that the more they read the bible, the less they believe.  So if reading the bible isn't going to give me faith, then how else am I suppose to get it?  And what does God consider "enough" faith or belief to enter his Kingdom anyways?  Someone can only believe to a certain extent without knowing for one hundred percent.  And to know for one hundred percent, you would have had to actually seen Jesus raised from the dead.

Just wondering what your thought are on this.....