Hello there Sailor!

[GadrielKenway]

I'm not sure why am i here.. People are telling me i need to change my life and find salvation, and the word around is only God can help me.

So here is the deal - i am 22 years old male. I smoke, drink but not so much. Havent had sex with the same woman more than 3 times i tend to violence and agression, have some tattoo's and people think i need help.

Oh and there is also the problem of me going out like everyday is Halloween.

This is me

[Mary Etheldreda]

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I'm not sure why am i here.. People are telling me i need to change my life and find salvation, and the word around is only God can help me.

Well dear, what do you think? Do you want to change your life and find Salvation, or do you want to continue mocking the LORD, belittling His feelings, and live like the grasshopper for the next 60 years, enjoying each day as it comes, gathering once-in-a-lifetime experiences with other people you learn to love, only to lie on your death bed with no regrets? Of course, that will all change the moment after your last breath the rest of eternity will be naught but torment.

[ExGay Alex]

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Wonderful! What is your favorite Bible verse and how do you like to praise Jesus?

Also: Which part of the Bible do you think you are obeying when you dress like that? I would like to read that Scripture! PRAISE!

[Didymus Much]

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Here is where you introduce yourself. Tell us what church you go to and what your favorite Bible verse is and how you came to find Jesus.


So 1 out of 4 points covered.

...the word around is only God can help me...

And I'm sure He will, if you obey all of the 2.5 Commandments.

Oh, wait...

[GadrielKenway]

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The problem is the bible i started to read is in my native language (one of the oldest around - the cyrillic) and im not sure if its going to sound right if i try to translate it in english.

Dressing like this is no because of anyone or to piss of some one. I do it because i want to do it. Because i belive in my own free will and don't do it to praise neither God or Satan. I belive im the master of my own life and fate but when so many people are telling you the same thing.. its only normal to start questioning yourself.

[Mary Etheldreda]

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I belive im the master of my own life and fate but when so many people are telling you the same thing.. its only normal to start questioning yourself.

Well, dear, you're not. You see, God alone is Sovereign. Because of sin, man is imprisoned within a cell of corruption and wickedness which permeates to the very core of our being. Every part of man is in bondage to sin – our bodies, our minds, and our wills. Jeremiah 17:9 tells us the state of man’s heart is deceitful and desperately wicked. In our natural, unregenerate state, we are carnally minded, not spiritually minded. Carnal refers to meat - that is, the flesh - and To operate in this way is Death. Ah, but to be spiritually minded is Life and Peace (Romans 8:6-7)!

I would suggest you start reading the Holy Bible, all of it. We know that "faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17). So to be safe, perhaps you should read the Holy Bible out loud so you can also hear it. Then you will have faith, and then you can be Saved!

A Saved soul has no desire to walk around like a child on Hell-oween. That's just stupid.

[VictoryOS]

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Brother Kenway, we are so happy that you came to the right place! There's nowhere else you can find the answers to your questions, just LBC and KJV!

Look inside your heart, Brother. You know that Heaven sounds like a pretty good deal. Jesus is handing you a free ticket for Eternal Salvation. Are you going to take it?

[GadrielKenway]

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To be honest at first i was very sceptical about this.
I thought people would flame me and hang me at first chance, so i accepted the idea i am doomed, but by the looks of it there is still hope, thank you for giving me that.

I will stay here for a while and i will learn from you, i clearly have no idea what to do but i hope in time with a lot of work on my behalf i can make things right !

[VictoryOS]

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Jesus will see you through, dear. Just believe in Him.

[Mary Etheldreda]

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To be honest at first i was very sceptical about this.
I thought people would flame me and hang me at first chance, so i accepted the idea i am doomed, but by the looks of it there is still hope, thank you for giving me that.

I will stay here for a while and i will learn from you, i clearly have no idea what to do but i hope in time with a lot of work on my behalf i can make things right !

Why would you think you would get flamed and hanged at first chance? We're a friendly group of people and we'd love to add you as a friend, that is if you love Jesus. You can read all kinds of helpful information on this thread for newcomers like yourself. If you’d like to share your opinion, kindly provide the Scriptural Support where we can see how wonderfully God said it first. Finally, your rights on our forum can be found HERE.

[GadrielKenway]

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Thank you so much!
I will start to read them right away!!
And if it's not too much of a problem, can anyone give me some directions to what i need to change in my everyday life, or things is need to start doing so i can go on the right path.

The question about the church i go to.. where i come from.. things are not so good.. People go to church only twice an year and that seems to be enough.. Our churches are not fit to go every day or week. They are small and not that many.

[James Hutchins]

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Welcome friend. Tell me, do you know who it was that hit you upside your head? Do you pray for their salvation?

[Alvin Moss]

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Young man, you may not understand what is going on, but you have actually already taken the first crucial steps toward salvation. You have realised that the Lord has given us free will and you have come to this Godly site in search of salvation.

Salvation does await, fellow, but it is through the love of Jesus Christ that it will come. We can only guide you.

Your exercise of free will is destined to have a defining control over your life and beyond. You are given the opportunity to choose, but you will have to live with the consequences of your choices, for good or bad. God doesn not want you to go to Hell, but He has no compunction about sending thousands of souls to perdition every day. They made poor choices. Others are rewarded with everlasting life in the warm glow of God and Jesus, up yonder in Heaven.

You clearly have a relatively decent mastery of the American language, for an unsaved foreigner. Use it to read the Bible and not some popular comic book version or one written in some foreign language. Get ahold of the King James Bible and read it. KJV alone contains the unaltered Word of Almighty God.

Continue to come to this site and consult with our Pastors. Do not forget to tithe. Also, please continue with your testimony, that we may know you better.

God Bless!

[see_the_light]

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The problem is the bible i started to read is in my native language (one of the oldest around - the cyrillic) and im not sure if its going to sound right if i try to translate it in english.

Dressing like this is no because of anyone or to piss of some one. I do it because i want to do it. Because i belive in my own free will and don't do it to praise neither God or Satan. I belive im the master of my own life and fate but when so many people are telling you the same thing.. its only normal to start questioning yourself.

Welcome Yuri

Hope your english improves so that you can start reading the KJV ASAP.

BTW, when you say you "don't drink much" you must be referring to Slav standards, where the choice is having enough alcohol for a night out with friends or enough to fire a power plant for a fortnight.

PRAISE THE LORD!

[Pim Pendergast]

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Welcome, Gadriel! It's always a pleasure to have an earnest seeker visit our forums.

And if it's not too much of a problem, can anyone give me some directions to what i need to change in my everyday life.

Pretty much everything. You'll have to give up mastery of your own fate and surrender your life to God.

Mat 16:24-25 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

I smoke, drink but not so much. Havent had sex with the same woman more than 3 times i tend to violence and agression, have some tattoo's and people think i need help.

You'll have to give up smoking, for the Christian's body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and you wouldn't want to destroy God's temple. Your body will no longer be yours to do with as you will.

1 Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Occasional drinking is okay (1 Tim 5:23), but drunkenness and partying has to go.

Rom 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

You will need to marry and have lots of children (Gen 1:28). You will only be allowed to have sex with your wife (Ex 20:14) for the rest of your life. You may not divorce her, however unhappy you may be together. Death is the only way out of marriage.

Mat 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Mat 19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Mat 19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
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Mat 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Mat 19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

Rom 7:2-3 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

You need to give up violence and aggression. If you become a Christian, you can channel your zeal and passion and energy into spreading God's word and serving your brothers and sisters in Christ.

You'll have to ask God to remove your tattoos. He doesn't like them.

Lev 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

You'll also need to stop worrying about what other people think. And by "other people" I mean them -- unbelievers.

Lk 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

How does that sound?

Anyway, Gadriel, where are you spiritually at the moment? Do you believe in God? Are you religious in any way?