I broke a promise to God

[OneLight]

I want to move on from this but can I? Will it be wiped away?

I'm going to ask at the local church if they'll baptise me but will I be accepted by the Lord after I've said what I said?

Have you accepted Jesus as your savior?

I said the salvation prayer a couple of weeks back maybe more can't remember the exact date and I do accept Jesus as my saviour/savior.

I've read in the Bible about baptism and I might have misunderstood but is baptism part of accepting Jesus?

I worry my own words will condemn me.

First is salvation. To give yourself to Him is the most important decision you will ever make. This can not be done light heatedly, but whole heatedly. Baptism is an act of obedience where the resemblance of the death (dunking under water) and the resurrection (being lifted out of the water) is an admittance to the whole world that you have died to yourself and are a new creature in Him. It has nothing to do with salvation. You are saved when your heart is given to Him.

Ephesians 2:8-9 (New King James Version)

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

[Guest LadyC]

alan, the salvation prayer doesn't make someone a christian (or non-christian). it's a man-made tool, a guide, in helping people know what to say, but a person can say it in their own words....

Romans 10:9-11 (New International Version)

9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."

all that is needed to KNOW, without a shadow of a doubt, that you are a child of God is summed up in those three verses... and that describes you! you have confessed with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and you believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead. because of that, you are justified and you are saved... that means that you will not go to hell!

you also have this promise (and many, many more!)

Psalm 103:11-13 (New International Version)

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his love for those who fear him;

12 as far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

13 As a father has compassion on his children,

so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;

you have a repentant heart for having broken your promise to God, and for telling Him to send you to hell. the above answers the question you asked... "will it be wiped away?" YES! when you ask forgiveness, God throws it as far as the east is from the west and remembers it no more! that means five minutes from now, you can say "Hey God, remember what i asked you to forgive?" and He'll say "nope, i don't remember it." you are forgiven!

but.... it's not a good idea to make promises to God, ever... because we're human and we are not capable of keeping all our promises. so learn from it, grow from it, and in the future, instead of making promises to do or not do something ever again, ask instead for God to help you to do (or not do) whatever it is.

[Guest orepeacha]

I promised God I wouldn't do something and said send me to Hell if I do.

Will He send me to Hell?

I deeply regret what I've done and would the Bible saying there is only one unforgivable sin mean that what I've done here can be forgiven?

I hadn't truly accepted Christ when I made that promise and I shouldn't have made that promise will God send me to Hell or can I be forgiven?

Stop making promises. You can't possibly keep them. I am sure God will forgive you, all you have to do is ask Him. I used to be a gangster and He forgave me. I don't think you can get any worse than that.

[MorningGlory]

He will forgive you; pray and ask for His forgiveness and don't do it again. Much as Jesus told the adultress, remember? "Go and sin no more." You don't give our awesome God enough credit if you believe He is too small to forgive you.

[MorningGlory]

I promised God I wouldn't do something and said send me to Hell if I do.

Will He send me to Hell?

I deeply regret what I've done and would the Bible saying there is only one unforgivable sin mean that what I've done here can be forgiven?

I hadn't truly accepted Christ when I made that promise and I shouldn't have made that promise will God send me to Hell or can I be forgiven?

Stop making promises. You can't possibly keep them. I am sure God will forgive you, all you have to do is ask Him. I used to be a gangster and He forgave me. I don't think you can get any worse than that.

That wonderful, orepeacha. God is truly capable of forgiving anything and He truly wants to do that for us. If He didn't, He would not have sent a Messiah to save us. And we ALL need Jesus.

[Guest]

I deeply regret what I've done and would the Bible saying there is only one unforgivable sin mean that what I've done here can be forgiven?

I hadn't truly accepted Christ when I made that promise and I shouldn't have made that promise will God send me to Hell or can I be forgiven?

No, we don't have the authority to send ourselves to hell. Ask for forgiveness, and move on. Ours is a loving God, not a taskmaster.

Is this definite?

I reasoned with myself that the fact that I now am accepting Jesus can wipe away that sin but I keep worrying that I might be held to that word.

God's Reasoning

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isaiah 1:18

Trumps Our Understanding

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6

With His Amazing Grace

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

For Because We Trust

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

1 John 5:11-13

We Are Forgiven

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Psalms 103:12

And Cleaned

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

John 15:3-4

Believe

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Psalms 119:11

Him

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

John 11:25

Love, Joe

[EricH]

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