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The Question<\/b><\/p>\n

When one is facing imminent death due to illness and realizes its \u201ctime to get right with God,\u201d is it too little too late? Is your sincerity doubted due to what motivates you? I\u2019ve been a good person, on the fence, non-practicing Christian. Is there hope when there is no hope left?<\/p>\n

MT from Indiana<\/p>\n

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The Answer<\/b>
\n<\/span>Part 1: God knows the heart
\nPart 2: Hope still
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God knows the heart (Part 1)<\/h2>\n

You wonder if your sincerity is doubted, but by whom? Do you mean the people around you like family and friends or do you mean God? If you turn to God now when things are desperate it is true that those around you may doubt your sincerity. But God? No, he will have no trouble because he sees your heart and he knows the root of every motivation, whether pure or false.<\/p>\n

The main person you don\u2019t want to fool is yourself. And your question shows that you are dealing squarely with the ambiguity of your own motivation. It is YOU who isn\u2019t sure if you are sincere or not. You wonder if your illness went away if you would still be interested in \u201cgetting right with God.\u201d Am I right?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s actually a very good place to be by the way. It shows you have some integrity. You don\u2019t trust that a so-called \u201cfox-hole conversion\u201d is real and if it isn\u2019t real it isn\u2019t going to do you any good when you arrive in eternity. So let\u2019s start with what you\u2019ve got. Start with honesty.<\/p>\n

Maybe it would help you if I shared that I was in a very similar place when I finally decided in August of 1977 to get right with God. I had thumbed my nose at him for many years until my marriage fell apart and that was the most important thing to me. Being desperate, I asked Jesus to come into my heart but what I really wanted was for my marriage to be okay.<\/p>\n

Right away I began to struggle. If my husband came back tomorrow would I still serve the Lord and stick to my decision? No, honestly, I knew I would not. I\u2019d go right back to the way things had been before. But somehow now that was not acceptable anymore. (I didn\u2019t realize it at the time but the Holy Spirit was at work in me shining light on my own deceitful heart.)<\/p>\n

It took about two weeks of intense spiritual wrestling but I finally surrendered to God whether or not my marriage was ever saved. The underlying element of the struggle was complete honesty with God. That\u2019s what I suggest to you.<\/p>\n

Hope still (Part 2)<\/h2>\n

You have admitted it to me but now it\u2019s time to have a heart to heart talk with God and admit the same to him. Tell him you doubt your own sincerity. Tell him how you have been on the fence all these years and that if you hadn\u2019t gotten ill you probably still would be. Tell him you realize you have no ability on your own to really get right with him and if it\u2019s going to happen you\u2019ll need his help.<\/p>\n

God wants a deep intimate relationship with you. That\u2019s a certainty. He has wanted it from the moment he created you and he wants it still. Regardless of how much time you have left on this earth, God wants to \u201cdo your life with you \u2013 right by your side.\u201d When life is done, he wants to spend eternity with you. He aches for you, yearns for you. Ask him to help you feel the same way \u2013 no matter which way things go.<\/p>\n

You have hope still because you realized your spiritual condition while there\u2019s yet time to do something about it. Who do you think got you considering all that? Don\u2019t you think it was the Holy Spirit at work just like it was for me? That\u2019s what I believe. And I also believe you can have the same outcome as me. Are you ready for a wrestling match for your soul? On your mark! Get set! GO!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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