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.
I am curious about your position on no-fap, and if you every really got into the philosophical aspect of Christianity and the arguments for and against it. In some of your oldest videos you talk about arguments for a specific Christian sect, but you haven't ever made any videos about some of the more popular arguments. Do you think people should have to go to church?
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?
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What can I do instead of journaling, I'm not a big fan of writing on physical paper. Is there any alternative I can do? Also, great video I subbed!
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!
I am curious about your position on no-fap, and if you every really got into the philosophical aspect of Christianity and the arguments for and against it. In some of your oldest videos you talk about arguments for a specific Christian sect, but you haven't ever made any videos about some of the more popular arguments. Do you think people should have to go to church?
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?