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I think its weird to track how many days its been since you've touched yourself. I haven't looked into the philosophical aspect of Christianity, I have very surface level knowledge on that front, I'm more just focused on finishing the Old Testament rn. But going to church is not required, but I see it as a good thing as long as your church teaches the truth of God's grace.

@@LeviEarnest is there any limit to how evil you can be and still get to heaven? I know you say faith alone saves you, but most people who say that still have some sort of limit even if it's general, like, "at some point if you don't act like Christianity is true you probably don't have faith." In that case faith and works are in a sense the same thing like one word. "faithworks" is what I have heard it called once. One of your videos is titled "3 steps to become your best self." I have sometimes wondered what the best version of myself would look like, and I am still not sure what it would look like. One verse in the bible says that where there is temptation God always provides a way out, that, along with verses like the ones about helping your neighbor, your neighbor being everyone around the world, and "Therefore, to him who knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin," this makes you think that being sinless is possible, and that God should be kept in mind when making all of your decisions. The problem is that depending on how seriously you take these verses, you could be anything between an ascetic (people who got rid of all pleasure in their lives for religious reasons) and who probably think they are perfect, or close to perfect and can easily imagine ranks of people closer or further away from god, or a modern liberal Christian who thinks you could be gay or trans and still be a Christian, who probably doesn't see any sort of way of telling the difference between saved and unsaved people by their works, and might even think that everyone goes to heaven regardless of faith. What is the point of your self improvement, Spiritual or materialistic, and what is your ultimate goal?

For the first thing, is there any limit to how evil you can be and still get to heaven. Quick answer, no. Jesus died for the world, I think its unfounded to say that Jesus can't save some people because they sinned more than others (see John 1:29). In James 2:10, we are told that if you have broken one law, you've effectively broken them all as they were all given by God. So though people like hitler have killed millions and have so negatively affected the world, much more than anyone reading this, we are as equally guilty, as we too have broken the same laws. He too would have been forgiven his sins if he had believed in the name of Jesus. I believe that people that believe in Christ, aren't guaranteed to have works with their faith. Nor that works prove salvation (Matthew 7:22). People can still have faith and be disobedient, but they will receive the chasteneth of God (Hebrews 12 5-11). The only way to be sinless is through Christ, with the verses you spoke of, I don't see how that means we can be perfect ourselves. But yes, God should be kept in mind when making decisions. There isn't a close to perfect. It is black or white, perfect or flawed. I haven't read up on the possibility of being perfect on Earth, but in my uneducated opinion, we all sin in either or thought, word or deed everyday. Even the many prophets sinned many times. As of now I don't think it is possible to be perfect in our Earthly bodies, but I may well be wrong. From the verse I previously cited (James 2:10), it makes me believe that one can be gay and Christian, as it is the same as sinning any sin after being sinned. Also we are sealed until the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30.) - What is the point of your self improvement, Spiritual or materialistic, and what is your ultimate goal? Well I want to be as close to God as I can (though I do falter now and then), and I want to maintain the other good habits I have. I find it fulfilling to speak to others about improving themselves. This channel is one, a way to make sure I keep improving, keeping myself accountable to others, getting fulfillment from that, and to spread the word of God.

​@@LeviEarnest I think you misunderstood what I said, I am sure you would believe that someone like hitler's repentance at the end of his life could still be accepted, but I was talking about something more on the lines of hitler accepting Jesus and then doing all of the horrible things he did. You have said you believed in eternal salvation, which sort of already answers my question now that I think about it, but the idea that you could do literally anything after accepting jesus as your savior, and there being no catch to it, like, crossing certain lines doesn't undo it in any way, that is a pretty radical belief. It is nice to know gay and trans people are alright under your view of Christianity. What I don't get about it, is that the only difference between people in hell and heaven are people who had a certain belief or prayed a certain prayer, and because of that, no matter how bad or good they are, the only determining factor of where they go is Jesus. It seems a bit arbitrary, a sort of Mr beast video type thing, except losing is very very very bad. Do you believe in the traditional hell with fire and lava? Also, if there aren't any consequences to sinning, then what is to keep everyone from living a materialistic lifestyle, accepting abortion, trans surgeries, adult content, violent tv and video games and so on?

Personally i mainly journal but another thing I do is outwardly express my gratitude, to others or just out loud (but it isnt a habit of mine.) Ex. Me and a bunch of my friends walked for like 2 hours straight around where we live and I was expressing how beautiful the trees and sky was. Not exactly the same thing but it feels like it gives the same result, more positivity more gratitude.

@@LeviEarnest oh I see, well ill put this into practice then! Thanks!

No, I haven't looked into it but it just sounds weird, talking to some guy about our sins. Like believing in Christ and his sacrifice means you realize that you are sinful and cannot save yourself, pretty much confessing your sins to God. All saved individuals have the Holy Spirit so I dont see why we cant talk to Him.

Its never too late to start improving, 19 is still very young in the grand scheme of things. You still have your entire adult life ahead of you, even if you have wasted your teenage years, if you start improving rn you'll make up for it in no time. Good luck and may God bless you

First, chill this is a TH-cam comment section, not an interrogation. Anyways, there is a lot of fun stuff, just because something is fun doesn't mean it is good for you (I'm sure drinking is fun.) Sure video games every now and then won't hurt, but when you do it in excess, only playing video games is terrible for you. I still play video games sometimes, but if that is the only thing you do then you ain't helping yourself, especially if you aren't working to improve in anything. You probably aren't like this but imagine a guy who plays video games everyday all day, and when he graduates, he doesn't know what to do with his life. He works a boring job with no purpose. He would say the same thing, why should I quit its fun. Because you wasted the time you had to make your life better. If he is happy like that then I don't care. But me personally I would hate that. Think how the people that raised you would feel to see you waste all the opportunities you got because you wanted to have fun. I personally value my future positioning in life more than having a lot of fun, but this video isn't for everyone. If you disagree then cool.

I want to wrap this year up good to set an example for the next.

@ Good goal bro 😄! And do you also want a gift from me? (As a fellow Christian I care about you not in a creepy way lol)

What's your age now

Thanks, but no I dont

Its 5am for me rn so Im gonna come back to this after school

@@LeviEarnest ok , i hope you have or had a good day of school

I don't know specifics and I haven't been through what you have so I don't have the best advice. But my general advice for dealing with pass mistakes is simple in saying it but can be hard in execution. I believe that we talked about this same concept the last time you commented. You need to forgive yourself, look at the situation and learn from it. What you did wrong and what you could've done instead. And then move on and make new friends and try not to make the same mistakes you previously made. Chances are once a bridge has been burned it won't be reconstructed. Quote from Kung Fu Panda: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift... that's why they call it present” Don't let your history ruin your gift, forgive, learn, move on.

To me this sounds like you believe that water baptism is required for salvation. If not then disregard what is below. I never talked to someone who believes this so I hope to hear what you think about what I say. So if baptism is required to be saved then how do you reconcile all the other verses that say how to be saved that leave out water baptism (Acts 16:31, John 3:16, Romans 10:9, Acts 10:43, John 6:47). And what about some of the people in Acts 10:47 who received the Holy Spirit, which we are sealed with until the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30), and yet have not yet been baptized. Also I've heard the argument of people saying that acts 2:38 means that the people have been saved in the previous verse and are asking what they should do next and they say to repent and be baptized. Not to be saved, but because they are already saved and I would like to ask you what you think of that.

Real, I see God when I see nature, when I see people, when I look up at the sun rises and the sunsets, when I look up at the moon and stars I see Him. It is truly an amazing feeling to have knowing that He is watching and that He loves you. Praise the Lord