I am lost. I’m not sure if I'm following Jesus properly. If I'm going to be honest, I'm completely scared I won't make it into heaven and go to hell. I don’t want to go to hell. I don’t know if I'm doing it right. I keep falling into sin and asking for forgiveness afterward, but I know I will fall again. And I don't know how to stop. I’m becoming less guilty. Also, many people don't know I'm a Christian, and I was previously a Hindu, but I gave my life to Christ 1 year ago. But I told my parents and sister, and they accepted it, but I feel they don't truly like that I'm a Christian and that I'm falling out of the tradition. All my friends think I'm a hindu except a few. And I’m afraid to tell others because of shame, because I have friends who are Hindu and still think I'm a hindu, but I've been afraid of what they will say about me or think of me. Also, I haven’t been able to tell family friends because it would be shameful for my parents. My parents openly expressed that I shouldn’t call myself a Christian to others until I was 18. And I wouldn’t be able to baptize until I was 18, in which I could make my own choices. But do I need to baptize to make it into heaven? I hear many different answers and I'm confused. I know that it is not work that makes me get into heaven. But I’m not sure if the current path I am on right now is wrong. I don’t know if the path I'm on will bring me to heaven. I know I shouldn’t focus on heaven and hell and instead on my relationship with Jesus, but I can’t help but think this way. Because it is important. What gets me into heaven? When I kept it a secret that I was a Christian, is it a sin and would bring me to hell? Sometimes I wonder if Jesus is real, but deep down I do believe, but at times I have faith as the size of a mustard seed and I try to hold onto it but waver back and forth. I want to believe it, but sometimes parts of my brain tell me he's not real. And I'm making things up. Do I need to be baptized to get into heaven? What should I do to stop sinning? I keep falling into sin, and continue and don’t know how to stop. I’m not sure what the truth is and what is false. Some parts of my heart want to tell others I follow Christ, but parts of me hesitate and stop me. And care so much about what others think. And I feel parts of the way I feel is because I still feel hesitant about if Jesus is real or not and if what I’m telling others about is the truth or not. I don't know whether I’m lukewarm or not. I am confused where I stand in front of God. Please pray for me and share some advice. i am feeling lost.
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. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
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