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If porn is a sin, and Jesus died for my sins\u2026But I keep falling\u2026At what point am I no longer saved?<\/em> If you\u2019ve ever asked this question, you\u2019re not alone. I\u2019ve asked it too. Every time I\u2019d repent and fall again, I\u2019d wonder if that was my last chance with God<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I knew what the Bible said about grace. I believed in assurance of salvation. I believed that if the trumpet of God sounded, I\u2019d be raptured. But there was still a part of me that wondered, \u201cam I really saved?\u201d, \u201dif Jesus returned while I was in the act<\/em> would I be left behind?\u201d, \u201dhow many chances do I get before my name got erased from the Book of Life?\u201d Those thoughts plagued me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I wasn\u2019t asking because I wanted to remain addicted. I was asking because I wanted to please God but I just couldn\u2019t see a way out. Freedom felt out of reach. So I needed to know how much of my sin God could take before He kicked me out of HIs family for good. What line did I need to cross before I was irredeemable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n These questions sent me on a quest to search through the Bible and what I discovered was radical and a key to unlocking my freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People don\u2019t get condemned to hell (eternal death, eternity without God) just because they sinned. People are condemned because of unbelief \u2014 a prideful rejection of Jesus Christ, the only one who came to save them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I need you to realize that sin automatically leads to death. \u201cThe wages of sin is death.\u201d (Romans 6:23). And because we were born into sin, every single one of us, before we knew right from wrong were automatically on the path of death. That\u2019s why Jesus came to die in our place. And now whosoever believes in his sacrifice will be saved from eternal death aka hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s why the Bible says,\u201c Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already<\/strong>\u2026\u201d (John 3:18). So ultimately, it\u2019s not sin that sends people to hell. It\u2019s the decision to not believe in the one who saves. Unbelief is saying, \u201cNah, I don\u2019t think Jesus can help me\u201d or, \u201cHis death wasn\u2019t good enough to pay for this mess I\u2019m in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unbelief isn\u2019t always some angry rebellion or clear-cut rejection of God. Sometimes it\u2019s subtle. It\u2019s when you stop believing God can help you. When you stop believing that His sacrifice covers your kind of sin. When you convince yourself that your struggle with porn is bigger than His grace. It\u2019s saying through your actions (or your silence), \u201cI\u2019m too far gone for God to help me.\u201d And that\u2019s the real danger, not the fall, but the hopelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So if after a fall you pick yourself up, you still feel convicted, still cry out to God, then you\u2019re on the right path. It means you still believe, it means you still have faith that He is able to save you even from this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Romans 8:1 says, \u201cThere is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n And that\u2019s evidence that you\u2019re not too far gone. Because the biggest proof that you’re still His is that you’re still responding to Him. And yes, your fruits of right living do matter. Jesus said we\u2019ll know a tree by its fruit. But before the fruit comes the root. So at your root, do you have a desire for righteousness? Do you feel godly sorrow when you sin? 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