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Sorry if I'm coming off argumentative. I'm not intending to argue as much as have those making claims defeat my position. I really want to have security that the Lord has not abandoned me but I've always got a thought in the back of my head that speaks against the advice given. So my response...

I appreciate it. I'm sorry if I'm coming off as though I'm not listening or being offensive. Not just to you but to everyone. You're posts over the last few months/year have been really encouraging. I do hear what you're saying. I'm just wrestling though this time ungracefully. Everything I'm...

You're now the second person to assume that. I'm experiencing something that no one seems to understand no matter how much I try to explain it. I don't know if people are just not wanting to hear it or if they don't have a theological category for my experience so they reframe what I'm saying in...

I want to be clear. I don't have heartfelt remorse over my sin. I fear condemnation. That's what I feel anyway. I have never wanted to leave Christ, but I don't feel any love for him anymore. Can I trust these promises if I see no work of the Spirit in my life? It seems foolish to do so with no...

Thank you for your reply. Though I have been doing my best to seek after the Lord through this for the past 2 years, nothing has changed regarding my heart or, seemingly, conscious. I still experience no conviction of sin or love for the Lord. You say that you have gone through something...

I agree about not relying on feelings. But can I rely on what I'm seeing such as no conviction of sin, lack of faith and belief and not not seeing a lack of fruit or the Lord's work in my life? I'm struggle to think that everything is okay if those things are true.

Because I'm not broken over my sin and I no longer see it as a problem. I know it's a problem but I don't "believe" that it is. My heart feels hard. Even when I try to repent it feels heartless and insincere. More importantly, I experience no restoration when repenting. There is no longer any...

I'm sorry if I'm making it come off that way. If that is what people are thinking, I will refrain from posting again. I'm just trying to understand what's happening to me. People keep giving me the same answers. I don't know if I'm not being clear or what. But as often as I have posted over the...

Agreed. But my situation is in regards to the Spirit's departure due to extended time in sin. I see Esau's situation being a mirror image of mine.

Again, in light of differentiating between worldly and godly sorrow, I don't think that statement is necessarily one I would agree with. What is your definition of Holy Spirit conviction? Perhaps if you explained it I could try and see if that's what I'm experiencing or answer how it isn't more...

How could losing Christ not bother you enough to talk about it? How could condemnation not bother you enough to talk about it?

I would unfortunately disagree. I know what it's like to have the Lord's hand heavy upon me. This is not like that. This is not soft hearted brokenness, it is based in fear of condemnation. And trust me when I tell you that I have tried to repent. Cried out for days on end. But my heart is...

So I know this is probably not a shocking title and that it's probably common to see a post like this. However, I've been struggling for some years over my possible loss of salvation. You may have seen my posts in the past. I'll link them below for those who would be interested. They may give a...

Thank you for your words. I pray that you are right that my heart has only become calloused and not hardened. If the Lord has caused this time to begin to show me the callousness of my heart that I could not see before, Praise God. I'm safe and grateful that he still loves me and desires to...

So when I refer to my heart I'm meaning those deep desires. Like when I was broken hearted over my sin, I experienced brokenness over my sin from the depths of my heart. I would think to liken it to the seat of my deepest passions and desires. The heart isn't passion or desire. Those come forth...

I'd like to be clear that it isn't as much a feeling as something I'm seeing to be true causing feelings. It's not a feeling like you may feel like you forgot something and become anxious. Rather a realization that my worldview and desires have altered away from Christ against my will causing...

My fear is that I have become like those warned in Hebrews. I was seeing this early on which drove me to suicidal ideations. I was seeing a christian psychologist who had me put into a mental hospital. Said all that to say that I was put on medication early on in this season. It hasn't had any...

I've made posts in the past regarding this issue but I'm still wrestling with it. Many years ago I became involved in habitual sexual sin. I hated it and saw the Lord warning me to leave it but felt powerless to stop it or escape the cycle. One night after work, as though a light switch was...

Hello everyone, I've got quite a long post here so please bear with me. Below I've written a detailed account of my salvation and current spiritual state as of the last few years. My question I wish to pose is regarding loss or forfeiture of salvation. 1. Have I lost/forfeited my salvation...