Frequently Asked Questions About God!

Q: Why do I need God? I'm quite capable of caring for myself.
A: Perhaps that's all you care about. Explain to me where your superhuman strength comes from, because six billion other people would like to live without calamity like you do. I can tell you are one of those self-centered people who like to trod upon the helpless.
Get this through your thick skull right now... nobody is immune to tragedy, especially not you. Someday you'll realize that material things are worthless compared to your character, and your own powers aren't enough to redeem yourself from the pit you fell into.
Don't deny that you need God. Your own wily schemes and inner strength are foolishness. You need God's strength to prevail over the disasters the devil throws at you. Don't believe me? Here's a scripture. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)
Are you really that foolish that you think you can survive without God to protect you? Is your pride so overbearing that you think you can be your own god? Who has deceived you?

Q: Is God vicious? He must be because He condemns sinners to everlasting fire.
A: No, God is NOT vicious. He is perfectly holy and perfectly just. These divine character attributes mean that He is forced to punish all sin, regardless of the seriousness that human beings apply to them. All sin is a decision to choose one's own alternatives over God's wisdom.
God cannot stand even the tiniest sin in His Presence. There is only one punishment for sin - the eternal fire of Hell.
However, God is also perfectly merciful - so merciful, in fact, that He gave His son Jesus as a sacrifice to obliterate our sins and make us righteous and sinless in His sight. All you have to do is accept what Jesus did for you and serve Him, and God will overlook your shortcomings and spare you the punishment intended for the devil and his demons. God never intended for humans to go to Hell, but if they choose to reject His love, He has no recourse but to give them what they want - eternal separation from Him.
This gift of eternal life in the presence of God is free for the taking, but if you don't take advantage of it now, it will be too late after you die. You only have one chance to live for God. There is no reincarnation.
If you are convinced that you need God's mercy, please click on the Salvation link provided at left.

Q: Why does God allow evil in the world?
A: Good question. God Himself did not create the world to be evil. "Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good." (Genesis 1:31a)
However, God created satan, though not originally with the intent to release a destructive monstrosity into His creation. Satan was created to be the lord of the earth (Ezekiel 28:12-14), but his stratospheric pride caused him rebel against God (Ezekiel 28:14, Ezekiel 28:17-18, Isaiah 14:13-14). Satan wanted God's position as deity so he could receive the praises of the other created beings. This was the beginning of perversity. God couldn't allow satan to steal worship and debase His creation, so He cast him out of heaven.
God then created human beings to replace satan as lords of the earth (Genesis 2:7,15). Satan wanted his power back, so he stole it from man by tricking him into sinning against God (Genesis 3:1-7). By sinning, man came under satan's dominion, and man's power passed to satan. With this power, satan was able to mess up the world and make it the hostile place it is today.
But fear not. Jesus will return to the earth soon, and He will return everything to its divinely appointed state as it was at the dawn of creation. (Isaiah 11:6-10)
For now, though, God allows evil to exist so that we may know what results from rebellion against God, and how hurtful iniquity can be, so that we may respect God's wisdom.
Jesus understands your pain, and He doesn't wish hurtful things to happen to you. Be angry at the devil, because he hates you for being the image of God. (Genesis 1:26)

Q: I don't understand the concept of the Trinity.
A: You're not alone. I'm not sure anyone does. But it is a fact that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one (John 1:1-5, Matthew 28:18-19).
The purpose of God being three separate yet unified entities is to embody the nature of love into His own nature. Think of it this way... if marriage (or sexual intercourse) makes a man and woman one flesh (Mark 10:6-8), then the Trinity is sort of like a marriage of three spirits.
Also, man is a three-part being, just like God is... spirit, mind, and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23). So if a man can exist as a three-part being, then its not impossible for God to be composed of three spirits.
Its not easy to understand, but God doesn't require you to understand this concept - only to believe it.

Q: Why did God tell the Jews to slaughter all those tribes in the land of Canaan? Doesn't that make Yahweh a bloodthirsty deity?
A: No, that doesn't make God a bloodthirsty deity. The tribes you speak of - the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, joined with the Amelekites and Moabites - were evil societies. Not only did they refuse to worship God, they also practiced sorcery and human sacrifice. God, being perfectly holy and just, was required to erase those tribes both to punish their sins and to protect the nation of Israel from spiritual contamination. If the Israelites were to adopt the culture of those peoples, then Israel would be rendered ineligible to bring forth the Messiah, for the culture would then not be ready to receive Him.
It is wrong to kill, but that is because we don't have ownership of other human beings. Only God does. God reserves the legal right to execute rebellious humans to protect society. God could have simply smote these peoples with plagues, but He decided to use the nation of Israel, blessed with its many soldiers, to wipe out the memory of the Canaanites and their neighbors.
Now, you must understand that if there were any good Amorites, Canaanites, etc, God would not kill them. Concerning Sodom and Gomorrah, for example, the perfectly just Yahweh would not strike down those two cities until He made sure that there were no good people left in them. Abraham knew God was perfectly just and reminded Him to spare the cities if He found at least ten good people left there. But God's will to smite Sodom and Gomorrah would not be altered - God satisfied both His holiness and mercifulness by sending two angels into Sodom to lead out those who were righteous (Genesis 19:1-25). To be fair, God would allowed the good people of those doomed races to escape the slaughter.
Concerning the children that were killed, remember that God has the sole right to take life. Every human being is born in sin, and to prevent the children from being corrupted further by their evil culture as they matured and their elders' wickedness twisted their tormented minds, God ordered them killed. This was not an act of brutality, but mercy. Isaiah 7:16 says that children who die before the age of moral accountability don't go to hell. There's plenty of scripture that indicates that innocent young children are allowed to enter Heaven freely.
More evidence of God's fairness: the harlot, Rahab, who lived in Jericho, hid two Israelite spies and they promised to spare her and her family in return for her kindness (Joshua 2:1-21). The Israelites kept their oath and let Rahab and her family go free (Joshua 6:22-23). The Hivites of Gibeon tricked Joshua into swearing to spare their lives, and rather than kill them for their deceit, Joshua ordered that no Israelite be allowed to kill them, and he employed them as laborers (Joshua 9:1-27).
A satanist once challenged me by saying that Psalm 137:8-9 proves that God likes to kill children. The accusation is totally inane. She should have spent her time reading the first seven verses instead of writhing naked on her altar. These verses she quoted refer to Babylon's punishment. Babylon, a brutal nation, was in turn conquered by the Persians and Medes, another warlike people. It is these Iranians to whom the ninth verse refers. It is they who take delight in "dash(ing) (Babylonian) children against the rock". God merely used the Persians and Medes as an instrument of His judgment against Babylon for their mistreatment of the Jews; He did not condone enjoyment of that slaughter.

Q: A perfectly loving God would not punish sinners eternally in Hell, would He?
A: Sadly, yes, He would. If you insist on defying God throughout your life, He has no other option but to consign you to the lake of fire with the devil and his rebel angels. Hell has two kinds of torment: spiritual pain caused by separation from God and the realization of one's failure, and the pain of fire itself. Interestingly, Hell is referred to as a lake of fire, which brings to mind the image of molten lava, which really is a kind of fire that never stops burning.
God will respect a man's choice to detest Him, and He will give him what he wants - eternal separation from Him. The purpose of all the broiling magma is to bring to reality the consequence of rejecting God, for there are people in this world for whom spiritual torment is less painful than a mosquito bite. Mockers are more likely to regret their mistake when the feel their flesh melting from their bones.
Hell was not part of God's plan, but He was forced to create it because people refuse to live for the purpose for which they were made - which is to worship God and love their neighbors.
You don't have to go to Hell if you don't want to. Jesus is the way - and the only way - to escape it.

Q: Isn't it grossly arrogant for Christ to claim that He is the only way to know God and get into Heaven?
A: No it isn't. It's the truth (John 6:51, John 12:46-48, John 14:6).
However, for your benefit, I will argue this point with you. Atheists claim quite authoritatively that there is no God. In that case, they are arrogant for making a claim with a lack of evidence. That's just one example of exclusivity, which is common to all religions. If a religion didn't have dogmas, it would have no definition, no identity, and no purpose. It would advocate a lazy 'spirituality' that has nothing good to say and no motivation for its believers.
Truth by nature is exclusive. To quote Ravi Zacharias, "if truth does not exclude, then no assertion of truth is being made; it's just an opinion that's being stated".
Jesus' resurrection, attested to hundreds of Christians just a few years after His ascension, is well documented. This certainly proves that He was telling the truth. All other religions, except Orthodox Judaism, have beliefs that run contrary to one of Christ's teachings. Has Buddha ever raised himself from the dead? Or Carl Sagan, for that matter?
Only the teachings of Jesus are coherent and correspond to reality. Other religions fail those tests. Buddhism is atheistic, but without God, how do they explain where moral laws come from, when human opinions on right and wrong are so varied? Reincarnation and karma in Hinduism conflict - if every life pays the consequence for the previous life, what sins does a man pay for in his first life?
Christ says that we are not identical to God, which explains why we have a moral reference - God's Word. Christ says that human beings rejected this code of moral conduct in search of something less demanding, which is proved by the rebellious nature of unregenerate human spirits. Christ offers us meaning by telling us that we must love God with all our heart, soul, and mind. Christ proves His divinity by His resurrection. What other religion can claim these things?
The Bible is not a collection of mystic ramblings. It contains many historic truths. It contains many prophecies that were confirmed hundreds of years after the deaths of the Jews proclaiming them. What other sacred text offers truths that can be proven by archeological evidence?
The world's faith systems are NOT equally valid. The idea of a morally superior and perfectly holy but all-loving primal spirit being fathering the human race is alien to most non-Christian religions. How can atheism, which refutes the existence of God, be equated with Wicca, which has two gods?
The way a person lives is a product of what he believes. But morality isn't the reason for life. Life is about being coming alive to God.
Anyone who works for his own righteousness instead of relying on Jesus is ultimately saying that he is his own redeemer, which means he makes himself equivalent to God, which is the sin of pride. The worst sin you can commit is to decide that you don't need God.

Q: How can God condemn heathens who've never heard of Jesus?
A: God would never condemn a man who's never had a chance to hear about Jesus. But God has placed every human being on earth with care, for He has a plan for each of us. It doesn't matter where you are born or when you lived - God was and always is available for us in case of help, and He has placed enough clues to get us started on our quest for Him. All it would take is for one of these ancient heathens to fall to his knees and cry out "God help me", and God would come to his rescue. How do you think Abraham, a Mesopotamian from Ur, heard about God in the first place? Abraham most likely cried out for help, God rescued him, and later taught Abraham gradually about Himself.
What's true for Abraham is true for every non-Christian in the darkness of pre-Christian earth and even today. God will show Himself to anyone who genuinely seeks Him. If necessary, God can appear in a vision to someone who wants to find Him.
Also, the very natural world around us gives testimony to God's existence. Human conscience also is a witness to God's existence, for where else did we learn what is right or wrong?

Q: Why did the Jews sacrifice so many animals?
A: To blot out specific sins, of course, and to undefile certain places and objects (defiled by sin that is). You must understand that sin requires that somebody dies (Romans 6:23). God ordained that the death of animals could take the place of human lives, so every time a Hebrew committed a sin, he had to bring an animal to the priests so they could kill it ritually. It seems barbaric, but it was a temporary solution to the problem of sin. God then sent His son Jesus to die on the cross so His blood could eradicate all sin from all men who would accept that sacrifice. Thanks to Jesus, we no longer need to kill an animal to atone for sin.

Q: Prove to me that Jesus was a real person.
A: I'm no scholar, but I'll give this my best shot. The Gospels are not propaganda, but actual accounts of Jesus' life. Within two years of Christ's temporary death so many Christians already believed in the Resurrection and Christ's divinity that the events in the Gospels have to be real, because there wasn't enough time for a myth to develop. The martyrdom of many Christians under Nero and other Roman emperors is significant - not even fools give their lives away for a lie. These martyrs believed in the reality of Christ with such a burning dedication rarely seen in the West today.
My next point is that the Gospels have to be true because they were written when witnesses to Jesus' acts were alive to disprove any purported lies in the Gospels. They are trustworthy records because they agree on basic facts while diversifying their tales with little details. Since the Gospel authors were so careful about recording historical details, they would be especially careful to record facts about Jesus correctly. Also, the modern New Testament is 99.5% free of discrepancies between them and the myriad of ancient New Testament documents.
There are many extrabiblical sources which confirm Jesus' existence. There are some 39 documents which prove about 100 teachings and acts of Jesus. The idea that Jesus is a mythical God buckles under the mountain of evidence from Roman scholars.

Q: Prove to me that Jesus really is God.
A: Jesus certainly claims to be divine, but in His case it is the "Gospel Truth". He wasn't crazy because He had amazing perception about social behavior, formed deep friendships, and was exceedingly brilliant; most crazy people don't have the ability to make friends. He backs up His claim to be God with His miracles and His undefamable character. Also, only Jesus fulfills the dozens of Old Testament prophecies concerning a Messiah against ludicrous odds. Read the Bible and look for these prophecies, then check them against what you read in the New Testament.

Q: Prove to me that Jesus actually did die and rose again.
A: No man, not even Jesus, could survive the crucifixion. Even before He was nailed to the cross, the flogging He received had put Him in shock and brought Him close to dying. He could not have pretended to be dead because that Roman soldier shoved a spear into his chest. So no, Jesus didn't simply pass out. Besides, it wouldn't make sense for Jesus to fake His own death.
Christ's empty grave was recorded in the earliest New Testament Scriptures. Not only that, but the Gospels recorded that it was his women friends who discovered the empty tomb. That adds credibility to the story since women in Jewish society weren't considered reliable witnesses. Thus, the authors had to be telling the truth, because they trusted the events to be real enough that the nature of their witnesses would not detract from their authenticity.
Jesus' tomb was well known to early Christians, Jews, and Romans alike, so anyone from these three groups could check the tomb themselves if they doubted the Resurrection. In fact, the Jewish and Roman leaders never bothered to state that Jesus' body was still in the tomb but rather invented the lie that His disciples sneaked His body away and claimed that He had been raised to life.
The fact that Jesus rose again was beloved in from the very start of the Christian church, so it could not have been myth - the early Christians had plenty of opportunity to corroborate their beliefs with evidence. Paul mentions several witnesses by name in 1 Corinthians 15 and dares nonbelievers in that day to challenge their belief.
Thousands of Jews accepted Jesus as their Lord within weeks of the Crucifixion, abandoned many religious practices no longer needed under the New Covenant, and risked persecution. Even skeptics like Paul were converted, and many Christians went to their graves professing Christ's death and Resurrection. How could all that be possible unless Jesus really did rise from the dead?

Q: Why did Jesus die on the cross?
A: To pay the penalty for your sins so you don't have to suffer the punishment for them. Jesus' holy blood poured out on the cross has cleansed you from your innate need to sin so that you are free to live a life dedicated to God. Not only has He blasted all those sins away and made you capable of true goodness, He has also nailed all your sicknesses and fears to the cross as well. Sickness, fear, and poverty have no right to wreck your life once you become a Christian (although sometimes even the best Christians face these troubles).
Some people have such a hard time believing that Jesus died to abolish their sins because they want to do all the work themselves or they want to live life the way they feel is right. Don't be one of those people.

Q: I can't read the Bible! It's too hard to understand! Who can help me?
A: I suggest reading the New Testament first. It will explain to you the core teachings of the Christian faith.
Also, I recommend that you read some good Christian literature, like that available from Harrison House or RHEMA, and that you find an experienced Christian friend to answer any specific questions you have. There should be a store somewhere in your neighborhood that sells Christian books and paraphernalia.
Don't give up on reading the Bible. Every hour you spend studying it will be worth it.

Q: Why do some Christians pray in an unknown language? It sounds weird.
A: It's not weird. It is essential to all Christians to pray in an unknown language because by doing so, the Christian submits his speech - the hardest thing for a human to control - to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is then free to use the Christian's voice to say what He needs to say - and that includes praise, revelation, edification, solving problems, and healing.
Speaking in an unknown language teaches the Christian to obey the Holy Spirit and builds up his faith. Also, the Christian prays without making any mistakes that would ruin prayers spoken in his native language. The Christian learns to trust the Holy Spirit, and prepares him for hearing the Holy Spirit clearly and obeying Him unerringly during critical moments, such as an exorcism.

Q: I have an incurable illness. Where is God in my misery?
A: It is very difficult to sense the Divine Presence when we are ill and feel emotionally and spiritually drained, but I know for a fact that God sympathizes with our pains. You may feel abandoned, but feelings are not facts. God shares in your despair right now, and He is concerned about you. Just because He is waiting for the right time to heal you doesn't mean that He has abandoned you.
I can sympathize with you because I too have an incurable and very crippling illness (Schizotypal Personality Disorder). This illness is one of many sources of anger in my life because it is an invisible illness that robs me of social contacts and emotional maturity. Still, I manage to retain a grip on my faith in Jesus.
God never changes because He is perfect, so be aware that He can and will heal you as much as Jesus could and would heal all those sick people in the Bible. I have no answer as to why God is waiting to heal you. Maybe He needs you to experience the illness fully so you can better sympathize with other people who are sick and thus minister more effectively to them. Maybe He wants you to learn patience. I don't really know, but be informed that whatever the reason is, God can heal you, so don't be afraid to pester Him about it.

Q: Can a Christian listen to heavy metal music?
A: Some people say that the melodies and rhythms of popular music are rotten, but I believe that it is the lyrics that matter. Personally, I think that heavy metal and industrial music tunes are safe if the lyrics aren't blasphemous, glorify satan or his demons, or promote criminal or immoral activity.
Still, I advise you to limit the amount of secular music you listen to. Get a taste for Christian music and listen to that instead of popular music at regular intervals, so that your mind can train and heal itself while you are working, traveling, or relaxing. This will fortify your mind and emotions quicker than if you didn't listen to Christian music.

Q: My father is an a******. Why should I honor him?
A: If your father tells you to do something bad, don't do it. But you should still show him respect and pray for him. Most parents will try to tell their children what is right - or at least, THEY USED TO. There will be times when a parent must discipline his child to prevent him from engaging in dangerous behavior. God likewise disciplines us, but less harshly.
In this age of broken families, parents may care less about their children than they are supposed to. But that still doesn't free you from respecting your father and showing him love. Remember, as a Christian you are required to love everyone selflessly, no matter how hard it is.
I suggest that you pray to Jesus for the strength to forgive your father, then pray that your father discovers Jesus and follows Him.

Q: Why doesn't God work miracles anymore?
A: Actually you're wrong. Go to any Full-Gospel or Pentecostal church during the special services (Men's Prayer, Prayer and Praise, etc) and you will find the Holy Spirit leading the service towards miraculous healings. I have personally experienced the Holy Spirit's healing power.
Follow the adventures of evangelists in the Third World and you'll find that miracles happen all the time when they have a service. The reason that Reinhard Bonnke and other leading missionaries have these experiences is because their audiences are impoverished. They have few material possessions to comfort them and next to nothing for medical care, so they NEED miracles and greedily expect them. This hunger for the supernatural is exactly the kind of atmosphere that suits the Holy Spirit best.

Q: How does the Word of God work in a Christian's life? I don't get this concept at all.
A: The Word of God is the simple, truthful, and unwavering statutes and promises of God Himself delivered to the Bible authors via the Holy Spirit. It is also another name for Jesus.
Without being read and acted upon, the Word of God is inert, but once a believer puts these altruisms into his heart, they change his ways of thinking, increase his capacity for faith, and improve his life.
To make the Word of God potent in your life requires meditation on it. Start with a few verses and personalize them - they apply to every Christian. Read them aloud and consider how they apply to you, how to put them into action, and what barriers need to be removed before they can be completed in you.
This allows the thoughts of God to dominate those which are causing you trouble. You may need to repeat the verses hundreds or even thousands of times before they come alive in you, so don't give up.
Discover when your mind is most active and your willpower the strongest. Make that your meditation time and spend at least an hour repeating the Word of God to yourself. Some people eventually manage to meditate continually throughout the day - these people may not necessarily repeat the Word audibly, but they do THINK about Jesus all day.
Meditation is necessary and will result in many blessings for you if you do it day and night (Joshua 1:8). The blessings come not only from obeying God, but also from freeing your mind from sinful thoughts (and thus removing yourself from activities that may get you in trouble).

Q: Are angels real? I think they're silly!
A: Yes, angels are real, and no, they're not silly. Actually, they're quite powerful and awesomely frightening. The purpose of an angel is to protect a chosen Christian from harm, and a Christian can have many angels guarding him.
Forget the stereotype angels with wings, halos, and harps. The angels of the Bible actually resembled youthful humans in shining white robes, or they could disguise themselves as ordinary men.

Q: What is the Rapture?
A: The Rapture is the event when Jesus appears in the air to call His Church to him and follow Him to Heaven. This is not the Second Coming, when Jesus returns to defeat the antichrist. The Rapture happens prior to the rise of the antichrist and the battle of Armageddon.
Jesus will gather His church for two reasons. First, the presence of His Church, the preserving Salt of the earth, is preventing the devil from taking total control of the world. Satan must be allowed his apparent victory before God will stomp on him. Second, God doesn't want His Church to be present on earth when He punishes all the wicked. God always takes the righteous away from whichever place He is punishing so that they will escape harm.
The Rapture will have two phases. First, Jesus will instantly resurrect all the deceased Christians, give them new indestructible bodies, and call them to Him. They will zip up into the air to meet Jesus. Second, the Christians who are still alive will be likewise transformed, made immortal, and called to speed up into the sky to be with Jesus. Finally, Jesus will lead us all to Heaven, wherever that may be.

Q: What is Armageddon?
A: Armageddon is the final battle on earth before the Second Advent of Christ. It is named after the mountain of Megiddo (Har - Mountain, Megiddo - an ancient town in that region that saw a lot of wars because of its strategic position) in Israel where the battle is to take place. There the antichrist and his army will engage the rulers of Asia and their formidable force of two hundred million soldiers in a bloody battle before they both lay siege to Jerusalem.
However, Jesus will appear in the sky with tens of thousands of saints and angels to kill all the evildoers and cleanse the earth of wickedness. Then Jesus will rule the earth with His saints for ten thousand years.

Q: Who is the antichrist?
A: John in his letters to the early church mentions that there are many antichrists - deceitful clerics and rulers who teach people to reject Jesus and embrace a philosophy of sin - but that there will be a final antichrist who will rule the world for seven years before being annihilated by the returning Christ.
This antichrist will claim to be the Messiah, so he will have to be of Jewish descent to fulfill some of the prophecies about Jesus and deceive even the Jewish people. However, 144000 Jews will discern his lies and become witnesses to Jesus that will try to save as many people as they can from eternal damnation.
The man of sin is prophesied to be the leader of a reborn Roman empire - a position that only the new European Union fulfills. He will make a peace treaty with the Jews at the beginning of his reign, but halfway through it, he will break that treaty by invading the rebuilt Temple and defiling it by claiming that he is God and demanding that everyone worship him. To help him in that claim will be a false prophet (claiming to be Elijah) who will perform miracles whenever he is within sight of the antichrist. Both the antichrist and the false prophet are said to be very learned in the occult and perhaps satanists.
During the first three and a half years of the antichrist's reign, heathen religion and heavy drug use will be endorsed, but once the antichrist proclaims to be God, he will abolish all pagan religions because they compete with direct worship of himself.
The antichrist will command all inhabitants of the earth to receive a mark (this could be a microchip, an occult tattoo, or simply the observance of Sunday as the day of rest instead of Saturday) before they can retain a job or buy or sell anything.
The 'number of the beast' is a warning in the Book of Revelation to Christians in the last days. In the Greek and Aramaic languages, every letter has a numeric value. If the antichrist's name is converted to Greek, then the numbers of his name would total to 666.
It hardly surprises me that rebellious young people hooked on drugs and the occult would ignorantly use the number 666 as a sign of oppression against Christians without knowing the story behind the number. If they did, then maybe they would be more reverent towards Jesus. The number 666 is about as deep an insult to Christians as a swastika is to Jews. Don't ever use it in correspondence with me. Ever.

Q: What is the Millennium?
A: The Millennium is the thousand-year reign of Jesus of Nazareth upon the earth. The devil will be imprisoned during the entire period while Jesus is free to bless, comfort, and discipline the human race. Since God Incarnate will be present on earth, the earth will experience total peace.
After the thousand years are over, the devil will be released to tempt those born during the Millennium. Sadly, many of them will choose to rebel against Jesus and will perish.

Q: How do I learn to forgive people?
A: Forgiveness is so essential to Christian life that I've discussed that topic in another section. Click on the forgiveness link on the left.

Q: Its too hard to practice self-denial!  How do you manage?
A: The Holy Spirit gives me the strength to toss out things that compete with His voice. Also, the Holy Spirit takes me one step at a time. When you first get Born Again, you will not only feel peace and relief, you will also be motivated to rid yourself of unholy things. Your indignation will be focused on the most recognizably unholy things first, such as pornography, and lesser things will be initially ignored. This is your first test. Once you have passed it, the Holy Spirit will give you another test, showing you something else that needs to be eliminated from your life. As you listen to the Holy Spirit and toss out the junk, you increase in strength and faith because of your obedience.

Don't be afraid of being purified and maturing spiritually.  Embrace it, for developing a holy lifestyle will bring you into clearer communion with God and give you access to supernatural power along with it.  Holiness is exciting and necessary. Don't look at it as a sacrifice but as dropping weights so you can rise higher towards Heaven.

Love and Hisses. God Bless.
Dragon, Evangelist, Ranger.

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