The One Thing Every Struggling Christian Gets Wrong | Sam Shamoun

Yeah. I I I completely understand. I mean coming coming from where I am now. Like like the state of my life is like I believe in it. It's just like I just sometimes I just feel like I'm not worthy of it cuz like cuz like the way the way I'm living right now is it's

it's completely it's >> brother don't be hard on yourself. None of us are worthy of salvation. That's why it says God saved out of his favor. If he were to repay you for what you've earned, you would earn destruction. That's why it says for it's by grace you've been saved through faith. Yeah. What moved God to

save you was his favor and love and pity and compassion. But now that he's chosen to save you faith means trusting in him. But that's a process. You just came out of atheism. You spent most of your life in sin. Now you have to unlearn that and relearn a whole new lifestyle and it

doesn't come overnight. And the analogy I'm going to give you to show you what I mean. The Bible describes the Christian life as exercise and discipline. It's in the Bible. Here, I'll show you. Now look at me. I was 320 lbs, a cow. I'm down to around 200, but I still have love handles, right? And I haven't

flattened it. Now what got me there was strict discipline, neutral system, intermittent fasting and cardio. You know how hard it is for me to maintain? There are days I just want to sit and eat, but I know the moment I do that I become a slob again. So I got to force myself. That's how the spiritual life

is. You've been accustomed to living lawlessly. It's second nature and it's easier. It's easier to sit on the couch than go run 5 miles. Yeah. But if you sit on the couch, you get diabetes, cancer, you die. But if you run 5 miles, you're healthy, you live longer. Same thing with Christianity. It's easy to