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I tried to post in the QandA section but my post didn't come up?
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Im 19, i have had a bad childhood my dad was put in a mental institution and my mother has had cancer but luckily my mum is better and dad is dealing with his personal demons.
I was wondering if i'm doomed to hell or can i be saved.
I was very against religion for a few years ago mainly due to depression and drugs.
I have found the light, and realised that there is a god when i think about god i feel no depression and at peace the only anxiety i have left is i have a tattoo with an upside down cross on it.
and have commited countless sins and talked to people about why and how god doesn't exist...regretting that now but can i make it to heaven can i repent or am i destined to hell?
thanks for your help
 
You can still seek the Kingdom of Heaven, and you can still enter it if you approach the Lord with a faithful heart and accept His son as your Lord and Savior.

Alrighty... next, I was semi in your boat. I once felt that God was stupid and that only the weak minded needed to believe in Him, however I have made myself into a decent Christian (I hope, anyways!). The Lord has forgiven my sins, for all you need to do is ask, and He shall grant you what you ask. In fact, He has placed a calling in my heart and I feel that my path leads towards the pastoral route, an amazing turn around in such a short time.

You are fine, so long as you repent for your sins and seek the Lord and know that He forgives the sinners, for we are all sinners in His eye, but His love for us is so great He can over look our crimes against Him.

oh, and hello, I'm Ian, and I am 18.
 
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samrutter said:
the only anxiety i have left is i have a tattoo with an upside down cross on it.
and have commited countless sins and talked to people about why and how god doesn't exist...regretting that now but can i make it to heaven can i repent or am i destined to hell?

For starters, I would remove the upside down cross if I were you.
Doesn't bring glory to Christ at all ! ... :shame

Jesus came for sinners, not for the righteous. He came for the sick, poor, oppressed, hungry, needy, lonely and rejected sinners ... and you certainly qualify as a perfect sinner fully deserving of salvation if you sincerely repent. Regardless of your family background and past sins, God still loves you. He is also fully able to heal you and deliver you of depression and drugs, and your dad and mom of their struggles.


:amen
 
Actually, the upside down cross could work for you...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_St._Peter

The Cross of Peter is an upside down cross, it was Peter's last request, he did not want to die int he same way as the Lord, for he felt he was not worthy of a death like Jesus'
 
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I guess if he is not able to have the upside down cross removed, he could at least use it as a testimony to witness to people of what he used to be and what Christ has done for him and how He has transformed him.


:D :thumb
 
Welcome Sam.

I know it is hard to comprehend now, but I believe God will show you how He carried you through the horrible years, and He will make you new. He makes everything new.

Isaiah 43:19 "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland."

2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"

Sam, you're taking a step toward Him, and He is drawing near to you. He's working in your heart to mend it and make it new.

I've heard of people who were once full of hate. They had swastika tattoos on their bodies, but they kept them there to remind them of the old and how far Christ has brought them. You can remove your tattoo, or, as you embrace new faith, you can let it serve to witness to the world what the Lord has done. Whatever, no one is beyond that reach of God's love.
 
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