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I mean is it all like "unholy"? I know that black magic is like witchcraft but whats white magic? Will it get you sent to hell? I have been thinking about this since I read "Jays Journal". Also are spells considered witchcraft? (link)
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That\'s a tough question. I guess it depends on what you consider magic. God performs miracles, which can look like magic but the difference is always in the source. If God has given you a gift, some Christians have visions or prophesy or they can heal but they have not gone out and learned how to do these things. The power comes directly from God. These are good things.
The magic that you are talking about, witchcraft, black or white magic, and spells. All of these find their source from the Devil. The devil wanted to be like God which is why he was kicked out of heaven. When we search out ways to make ourselves spiritually powerful, look for ways to be in control of what happens to another human through magic, we are trying to control things that only God should have control over. We need to leave those things in God\'s hands and trust him to take care of things.
That being said, if you have practiced witchcraft and spells and such, it does not mean you will go to hell. If you repent (pray to God for forgiveness and decide to change your ways) He is gracious and will forgive you.
Hope this helps. Feel free to message me with any further questions :)
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Hi i need some advice i want to find god i'm 13 male and have had a few family problems and feel lonely sometimes and i do want to become a christian a couple of months ago i started going to church i go every week i pray to god twice everyday i feel good after praying god has really helped me i have started reading the bible i want to give my life to god what else do i need to do to be a christian? (link)
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Hi there, I\'m so glad that you\'ve decided to become a Christian.Praying is definitely a good thing to do when you\'re lonely or having rough times or even when you\'re happy. God is always there to listen.All you need to do to become a Christian is to love Jesus, to know that Jesus died for your sins so that you may live eternally and be baptized. Since you are going to church it would be a good idea to speak to the pastor or youth pastor and let them know that you want to be a Christian and they can explain the process better and help you with the baptism.
If for some reason you can\'t speak to your pastor, message me back and I\'ll see if I can assist you at all.
Hope this helps. God bless you :)
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I am a Christian and I'm working on being a better one, but I'll be the first person to admit that I'm far from perfect. I have debilitating guilt and shame about my past and even the way I came to Christ, even though that sounds strange now that I'm writing it.
I feel like everyone else has really great, inspiring stories and I have kind of a cowardice one. Long story short, I wanted to come to God for years, but thought that I was too bad to do so. Like God wouldn't want someone like me. I didn't have the courage to find out if that was true or not until I was sick and thought I might be dying soon. When I found out that you can be forgiven for anything, I asked Jesus into my heart. (I'm fine now BTW).
Getting to my problem, my dad will not stop judging me, or my family for that matter. He judges us for missing church and any sins we commit. He'll imply or flat out say that we won't go to Heaven because of certain things that he himself does.
I hope this doesn't sound like I'm being hypocritical and judging him, but he's got problems as well. He talks hatefully to my mom, he does rotten thing to people, he uses filthy language, he lies, he takes our things that don't belong to him and these are the kinds of things he judges us for. He'll come home from church and act this way. I've never habitually done all of these things and I've repented, but when I drop the ball, he's all over me. I'm not saying that my dad's a terrible man or that he's not going to Heaven, but I don't feel that he's in a position to look down his nose at me.
The worst is when he judges me for missing church. I admit that I've been bad about that, but church isn't the only place where I worship God with other Christians. I've heard that you don't have to go to church as long as you worship somewhere. It's not in the Bible. It's not that I don't like church, it's just a long story of why I don't go every single Sunday.
He's confident about his own salvation and that of certain people close to him. He just judges his household. It bothers me that he thinks I might not go to Heaven when he and some of the people close to him are no better than I am. It just plain bothers me that he judges me at all.
One reason I think it bothers me is because it makes me feel like such a loser. It brings back the guilt and shame I mentioned earlier. It also makes me wonder if I'll ever be the Christian I need to be. If my own dad doesn't have confidence in me, how strong of a Christian can I be?
What do you think of this situation? (link)
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I have been through some of the same issues as you except the way your dad is was the way my ex-husband is. This is a bit of a passionate subject for me so I apologize if I get a bit long in answering.
Firstly let me say that there is no bad way to come to Christ. When you come to Christ, he washes you clan of your sins and makes you a new person. Those past sins that you are feeling guilt and shame about, no longer exist as far as Christ is concerned. Let that go as if you had never done those things and carry on living in Christ from here on. Other people may try to hold your past against you but as long as you know that you've been forgiven then you can just tune them out.
I'd like you to really think on this one thing, just because someone says they are a Christian, does not make them one. I can say I'm a giraffe but if I don't look like one and don't act like one then I'm not, right :)
I don't want to speak badly of your father. I don't know him but he sounds a lot like my ex-husband. A man who claims to be a Christian (often claiming to be a better Christian than others) yet constantly judges others and does not act according to his own standards is actually trying to make others look bad so he can allow himself to believe that he is not bad. Sounds strange but he feels insecure because he knows that what he does is not right but he doesn't want to admit to that so instead of cleaning up his act to make himself a better person, he puts others down so that he can feel he is above them. It's a very difficult thing to live with someone like this.
If he says that you won't go to heaven because of something you did, please don't listen to him. Only Christ can make that call, your father has no idea.
You mentioned that it's not in the Bible that you don't have to go to church, that's true but the Bible also doesn't say that you do have to go to church. What it says is that you should not forsake gathering together in His name to encourage one another (Hebrews 10:24-25) Also in Matthew 10:25 it says that where two or more are gathered in His name, he is there with them. Church is just a place that was designated to gather but is by no means the only place this can be done. As long as you have other Christian people that you get together with to encourage one another then you are doing as the Bible says so don't listen to your father condemn you about that one.
Your relationship with Christ is between the two of you and nobody else can know what he thinks or feels about you. If your father continues to put you down, tell him that you've prayed about that issue and you are confident that Christ is happy with you. Thank him for his opinion but know inside yourself that his opinion is irrelevant because Jesus loves you just as you are and there is NOTHING you could do to make him love you any less.
I could go on forever but I believe that answers your questions. Hope this helps.
Please feel free to message me if you need encouragement or just want to talk.
Blessings to you :)
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A few days ago I went to sleep over my grandmothers house (Im going to sound like a crazy person right now, but whatever), Around 5 am I was laying on her couch and I started to hear somebody talk to me in my head. There was something I was feeling guilty about that time and that voice told me that he forgave me and that it was alright and I thought it was God at first. But after a while that voice became really annoying and when I started to doubt if it was God it became really scary. I would feel really heavy and started to hear more voices talking. I was in total panic because I had heard scary stories about people being possessed and killing others. And I was really afraid that my body was possessed too and would move out of itself. I suddenly started thinking of knives and all that and my family who was sleeping. I started clinging to the couch and keep holding on to it and tried to keep still. And when my leg suddenly began to spasm I freaked out. It felt like something jumped through my body and I got scared. And well at the end I started crying.
I then prayed to Jesus and asked if he could please help me get rid of the voices. When I stopped praying I heard one voice say 'Im still here' and I went on with praying. Then I called my mom to come get me because I was too scared and my grandma wouldn't wake up , when my mom came I got into the car and I heard angry growling & demon voices. I was so scared that I didn't tell my mom cause she wouldn't believe me. They've gotten worse.
I've been hearing voices on and off since I was 10 yrs old but now they're worse. I see shadows (not people's shadows) all of the time.
I probably sound like a lunatic but I swear this story is true. I have no reason to make this up since I don't gain anything from making myself look like Im crazy. I keep hearing scary demonic voices and I'm scared. I hear angry screaming and weird noises. I even saw a cloud of black smoke floating by me when I was in the living room. When I close my eyes sometimes I heard angry demonic voice too and I know I'm not mentally ill.
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I have to agree with the others and say that first and foremost I would speak to a doctor and rule out schizophrenia before going on to the spiritual end of things.
It is very rare for this type of spiritual warfare to take place. If however, it is then I have a couple of questions for you. You prayed to Jesus when you were scared. Are you a Christian? If so, then you need to know that you have the Holy Spirit living in you and demons cannot reside where the Holy Spirit resides. This means they are not in you but possibly are around you, taunting you. Have you or your family (this could be as far back as your great great grandparents) ever been involved in satanism or witchcraft or any other dark spiritual stuff?
Don't be afraid of them. They have no power over you. You can speak to them, tell them to leave you alone, that you're not listening to them anymore and you aren't afraid of them. I know this sounds kind of stupid but I know what you're going through if this is a spiritual issue.
I don't think you're crazy :)
If you need to talk you can msg me.
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