Bible Discussion Thread

I’m 28 years old and always believed in Jesus my whole life, always tried to go to church, always failed! It would last a few months or a year but still failed, I always thought that all you had to do is ask for forgiveness before you died, if you died before you asked, you were going to hell. One day I felt lost and didn’t know what was going on. I talked to some friends, I said I feel like when I see God, he'll say I never knew you, and they said, no not if you believe. Well the feeling went away for a bit well 2 more times later I got drunk and the feeling got worse so went to church said the prayer and got baptized. I didn't understand what the crap was going on I was never ready to do that, I thought I had to change my life before I committed it to Christ. Boy, was I wrong? Thinking that made me realize that after 28 years I would never have been ready. Then all hell broke loose after. I never read the Gospels but everyone said start at John, I did and when I ran across John 6:44 I flat out and cried. Then I knew what was going on and what happened, I really didn't know I wasn't saved to be honest.