{"id":44609,"date":"2015-02-07T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=44609"},"modified":"2022-03-12T14:49:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T20:49:19","slug":"can-i-be-saved-after-selling-my-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-i-be-saved-after-selling-my-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I be saved after selling my soul?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

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I read the article about\u00a0selling your soul<\/a>. It makes me feel better but I am concerned still. As a child, I was saved. But I signed a contract in blood denouncing Christ forever almost a year ago. I was a dedicated Satanist. I was angry at God for my parents’ behavior (alcoholism and promiscuity). But since then I’ve gone to church with a friend and am part of a youth group. Am I really still saved? Is it too late for me? Am I going to hell?<\/p>\n\t

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Truth is defined by God, not by people, and definitely not by Satan. “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth<\/em>” (John 17:17). So where does God say that people cannot change? I know of no such statement. Instead, I find:<\/p>\n

“But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall live. “Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord GOD, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?” But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die<\/em>” (Ezekiel 18:21-24).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bad people can become good. Good people can become bad. When God judges a person, He looks at who that person is and not at who he was.<\/p>\n

Your “contract” was worthless. It held no meaning and had no value. It was an imaginary piece of nonsense meant to convince foolish people to not even try to change.<\/p>\n

I do find your reasoning for chasing after Satanism interestingly odd. You were mad that your parents violated God’s laws, so in retribution, you decided to become a worse sinner? And you blamed God for this? Wasn’t it God who defined what your parents were doing as wrong?<\/p>\n

Now, in regards to salvation, I can’t answer that because I don’t know if you have been following God’s teachings on the matter or not. I do know that most places don’t teach the full truth about salvation for a variety of reasons. However, these articles should explain the matter and give you passages to go read, so you can see for yourself what is needed:<\/p>\n