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Q. How can God still love me when I still continue to do the same sin even though I don't want to? Also, does God still love me when it seems like I have lost my life to the devil? How can I get my life back from the devil? A. We have all lost our lives to Satan that is why Christ had to come and literally buy us back or redeem us (Galatians 3:13). Jesus specifically bought us back from the devil. Christ owns us now, not the devil. In Matthew 12:31, Jesus said any manner or type of sin is forgiven: "Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy [against] the [Holy] Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. " The only unpardonable sin is to reject Christ willfully and purposely ("blasphemy [against] the [Holy] Ghost") where we do not want to be forgiven for our sins. God intends to save everyone in spite of themselves (1 Timothy 2:4). The only question is how much pain do we want to go through before we say, 'God, I believe you and not the devil.' In Hebrews 12:5-11, Paul said God punishes every son He loves. "And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. "If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. |