Bad habit or sin?

[Billiards Ball]

8 hours ago, F_Ivan said:

Yeah, it is. I got stuck in that today, today was really really bad. I was just relaxing after studying so I saw nothing really wrong with it and I got the thoughts and it felt like i let them in an unguarded moment, stupidly I felt like I lost everything and was so anxious and distressed I got frustrated and angry (not at anything/one in particular but at my situation) and my mind was like "wouldnt it suck if you brought up a blasphemous thought right now?" and I brought up a blasphemous thought (i have a bad habit of bringing up bad thoughts to my head) but I stopped myself before i completed the thought but im afraid now that ive done it. I dont think i intended it against god (i know i was angry, but not at God specifically) I think it was just me getting exasperated and falling into a bad habit. I hope anyway, please pray for me.

 

 

 

LISTEN! It's not "stop having a blasphemous thought" any more than we "stop being angry". The opposite of anger is patience from God. The opposite of a blasphemous thought is to praise Jesus or read the Bible. SATAN HATES THIS and will stop pushing blasphemous thoughts on you when you REPLACE thoughts with God's thoughts, praise and power!

[F_Ivan]

Hey all I am at the psychiatric hospital.  Im Sorry i got so discouraged i stopped reading my bible but im back on it now. I did something really stupid, i was having so mucj disgusting thoughts against god i started questioning if it was really my OCD, so i purposely brought up the thoughts to test myself (bad idea) and i ended up unintentionally very slightly mumbling the thoughts as it happens with most verbal thoughts. Should i be scared, is it blasphemy? I dont mean the thoughts and i hate them and i have no desire to speak them. Should i just leave it at that because god knows my heart?

[Paul James]

On 4/19/2020 at 5:26 PM, F_Ivan said:

Hi, I had a question, I've been having disgusting ungodly thoughts in my head against God. It's not my thought in the sense that's something I desire or like/enjoy thinking about or that I mean/believe in, but its like I get a temptation to think something disgusting (it feels like i want to think something disgusting right before i give in but I really dont think thats in my heart) and I yield to it even though I take no enjoyment out of it whatsoever and it leaves me feeling wicked and spiritually defiled after. im pretty sure its not a thought from my heart. I know what its like when I get angry at someone and im tempted to curse them in my head and i yield to those thoughts because i want to curse them in my head out of anger for a moment. as far as i know its not in my heart to curse god or mock him but i feel guilty for bringing up those thoughts, its like i think something terrible for the sake of thinking something terrible because i feel like im evil and guilty but i dont enjoy those thoughts and dont want them while im having them and it causes me a lot of stress.

if im being totally honest i know better in the sense to not let myself get frustrated and anxious and not let myself start thinking in that way and that i could just be calm and put off the thought, so i know better but its easier to give in to the urge to bring up the thought in my head. is this a sin? I really hope not.

Welcome to the world of the flesh warring against the Spirit!  Read Romans 7 and you will see that Paul had the same struggles.   1 John 1:9 is a lifesaver for people in our position where we lose the battle against the flesh more often than winning it.

A lying demon can put thoughts into your head and then make you think that they are your own thoughts.  I have all sorts of thoughts come to me, and my view is that we can't stop birds landing on our heads, but we can stop them making nests there.

I have "what if" daydreams at times and have thoughts of violence in my imaginary self-defence, and then I tell the the Lord, "This is just imagination and I reject it", and the day dream goes away.

So, be open with the Lord about your thoughts, and tell Him what you think of them and that you are rejecting them.  Then do something, read something that will put more positive thoughts in your mind.   Quote the "Think of these things" verse in Philippians to the Lord.  This way you are using God's Word to resist the thoughts.

[Willa]

Whenever I am temped by unwanted thoughts, as soon as I realize it is the enemy trying to keep me from being effective as a Christian I just say "I don't have to listen to you!".  Knowing that he is the father of lies, seeking to deceive, lie, steal, kill and destroy, I just resist him.  Then I start singing praises to my God because Jesus gave the enemy a swift kick in the head when he arose from the grave.  In Genesis it was predicted that the enemy would bruise Jesus's heel while Jesus would bruise his head.  A bruise on the brain amounts to a concussion!  Anyhow, Jesus took the power of death away from satan leaving him a toothless lion.  So get your eyes off yourself and off the enemy and back on the things of God as soon as possible and don't allow him to take your love, peace and joy.

 Jhn 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

[F_Ivan]

Thanks. I also saw pastor Tim Conway's explanation of the unpardonable sin which really helped

[Prycejosh1987]

On 4/19/2020 at 6:26 AM, F_Ivan said:

Hi, I had a question, I've been having disgusting ungodly thoughts in my head against God. It's not my thought in the sense that's something I desire or like/enjoy thinking about or that I mean/believe in, but its like I get a temptation to think something disgusting (it feels like i want to think something disgusting right before i give in but I really dont think thats in my heart) and I yield to it even though I take no enjoyment out of it whatsoever and it leaves me feeling wicked and spiritually defiled after. im pretty sure its not a thought from my heart. I know what its like when I get angry at someone and im tempted to curse them in my head and i yield to those thoughts because i want to curse them in my head out of anger for a moment. as far as i know its not in my heart to curse god or mock him but i feel guilty for bringing up those thoughts, its like i think something terrible for the sake of thinking something terrible because i feel like im evil and guilty but i dont enjoy those thoughts and dont want them while im having them and it causes me a lot of stress.

if im being totally honest i know better in the sense to not let myself get frustrated and anxious and not let myself start thinking in that way and that i could just be calm and put off the thought, so i know better but its easier to give in to the urge to bring up the thought in my head. is this a sin? I really hope not.

Whether it is a bad thought that is sinful or not depends on how you are entertaining and reacting to these thoughts. For example lust is easier to understand, when a naked women pops up in your mind it isnt a sin but then it becomes a sin when you imagine touching her as you think and then visualise having sex. The devil can bring thoughts into your mind. When you speak it that is when it becomes a problem, if you rebuke these thoughts as they come, and resist it is not a sin.