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Hello I am not a born again Christian. I have been seeking Christ for several months. No Holy Spirit conviction at all. I don’t really have guilt either. I’m muddled in my depression so me not feeling guilt might be a factor related to that. When I pray to Jesus in my head, I have deliberate evil thoughts against the Holy Spirit. I think God may have hardened my heart and gave me over to a reprobate mind because when I try to humble myself I grind and gnash. To be Honest my sin doesn’t bother me deep down. Just indifferent.
 
Greetings seeker of the truth
Welcome to TJ. Glad u r here. Praise God.
God hasn't turned you over to a reprobate mind. Demons will fight to keep you, that's what's going on with you. Don't stop. Keep reading, keep praying. He will take that heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Keep crying out Abba Father...he will meet you there. Be persistent, talk to God like you would a friend. Seek God as a little child... Knowing nothing, looking up, crying out Abba Father. He will meet u there.
It's work but you can get there. He loves you very much.

All praise glory and honor be unto God
 
Hi @Seekerofthetruth it seems from your op that your main concern is not feeling guilty. Feeling guilty is not the hallmark of Christian faith.

The hallmark of faith is putting your trust in Jesus and following him. In Jesus is freedom, love and joy. Rather than worrying about how guitly or not guilty you feel, why not spend some time getting to know Jesus? Explore the gospels and meditate how he responded to people, answered questions and explained who he was.

If you don't know where to start, try Luke 7.

I'm not saying repentance of sins and seeking forgiveness is not important (it is important). But for you perhaps the first thing is to seek Jesus and know him a little better. Take it step-by-step from there – maybe learning to come close to Jesus will untangle some of the confusion that so often comes with depression.

Blessings

Kenwyn
 
Revolve your life, the very being of who you are, around Jesus;
Jesus will revolve around your life, and become your very being.
 
@Seekerofthetruth
Greetings,

may I suggest and old fashioned way?

We need to get into the Body. That is what becoming a Christian is about. No lone-rangers doing their individual thing.
We need each other whether we agree or not with that ,or whether we want to or not. Simple fact.

Please seek out a 'sound' Christian or 'church'.
I suggest that you need to have another pray with you and the laying on of hands to be part of your 'conversion' from where you are to the Liberty wherewith Christ has made you free.

When Jesus was about to 'leave', He instructed His Disciples to go and do, making disciples of every nation. Jesus DID NOT take the approach of, "now everyone can come to Me on their own, I am done with the disciples and they are obsolte. No, He commissioned them to continue His work in declaring the life changing and soul saving Gospel.

You are and have been battling this out on your own and not getting too far.
You, like everyone else, needs the Body to be part of.

Some of us have had conversions without others 'help' and that does occur plenty, but others need to come in contact with another.
Either way, we need interaction with other believers , the Members of His Body, to be part thereof with Him, Christ, as the Head. Simple fact.

You might be shy or scared or ashamed or bashful or embarrassed or something else, but one thing's for sure, do not let pride win over this, the most important event in and for your life. The adversary, the devil, will try to keep you, if possible, from going to a Christian, or to keep you worrying or focused on the wrong point, as has been told you earlier in this thread, but the adversary is only there to make your determination more pure and to 'prove' your faith, so don't get concerned about such. Press on and seek Christ. Not His head only but the beautiful Body of which He is the glorious Head.
You won't regret it!


Bless you ....><>

Jesus is the Lord

Seek and ye will find
Matthew 7:7
 
Hello I am not a born again Christian. I have been seeking Christ for several months. No Holy Spirit conviction at all. I don’t really have guilt either. I’m muddled in my depression so me not feeling guilt might be a factor related to that. When I pray to Jesus in my head, I have deliberate evil thoughts against the Holy Spirit. I think God may have hardened my heart and gave me over to a reprobate mind because when I try to humble myself I grind and gnash. To be Honest my sin doesn’t bother me deep down. Just indifferent.

Sounds like psycho-emotionally you border on being a sociopath or psychopath. No conscience.
 
may I suggest an old fashioned way?
Indeed.

And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.​
(Acts 8:30-31 KJV)​

Rhema
 
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