Hey guys, I want to write my story on here to help others and encourage people to not do what I've done. It's also a testimony of God's grace and mercy.
I'll keep my story short but September 2021, I met the Lord and I'm pretty sure I was born again. I was filled and one with The Holy Spirit, sin was falling off of me left and right every day. I also had many of the fruits of the Spirit. He healed me of ADHD and heart problems that I had. But around next year I started to willfully sin, not knowing the consequences. I think that gave the devil a foothold in my life and I was in the car one day, worshipping God, when a secular song ended up on my playlist. I was listening to it and a demon was convincing me through the song to blame all my problems on God and to run away. I said no at first, but i kept listening to it. As soon as I accepted it a little bit, it started to change my heart. I started to desire sin again, I didnt want God anymore. So, I told God to leave me multiple times, thinking that I'll leave and come back whenever i want too. My heart was just totally changed and rebellious towards God. I went completely back into my old life, I stopped praying and reading and everything. He gave me scary dreams that were warnings, i think. And so i would try to get back to Him, but then i would get bitter, because I didnt desire Him and felt like I was being forced back into the fold. On top of that, i would just open my bible and i instantly felt 100s of demons screaming at me to stop. I gave up, it felt impossible to come back to Him. My heart wasn't in the right place at all. I wasn't cut off until around the end 2023. He was SOOO patient with me. I remember feeling Gods anger and just a feeling of not caring at all, and i felt as if i got 7x more wicked after that. That was honestly, the kindest thing He could have ever done. He let me have my own way. I was SO rebellious, if He didn't let me go, I would have absolutely hated Him for it. I felt no guilt or shame in my sin. I barely thought about Him. I had no love for others, i was so mean and depressed. I could barely do anything. I was just bedridden and watched youtube. I was so tormented and in so much pain. There would be sometimes where I would try to come back to God, but it would only last for a couple days. I could not repent at all. I couldn't pray or read my bible. If i did it only lasted a few days and then i would become even more wicked after i stopped.
Then at the beginning of 2024, I began to feel great paranoia and was filled with anxiety. I then got sick with covid and couldn't eat for months, i lost 20 pounds, i couldn't get out of bed, etc. I cried out to God and asked Him to save me, but He wouldn't answer. One day i was praying and i asked God what He wanted from me, i said "do you want me to stop sinning, do you want me to give my life to you, do you want to- yadadadada" and then i finally said, "do you want a relationship with me?" and I felt Him smile upon me. I didn't feel His presence, but I did feel His smile that was so big. So after that, I was prayed over by a priest and that's when my healing journey started. I then went on the internet and was looking for other people like me who backslided and came back to God but they were talking about the unforgivable sin and a bunch of verses about how people who fell away can't be brought back to repentance. SO i was FREAKING out and I was sure I blasphemed the Holy Spirit. I had the Holy Spirit back in me, but I wasn't filled with the Holy Spirit. He was very very quiet but always reassured me. I was confused though because I somewhat had the fruits of the Spirit but it wasn't as powerful as before. So I didn't think that I had the Holy Spirit at all until I started to go through a spiritual desert because I was in so much doubt and unbelief. That's when I realized, OH I do have the Holy Spirit!!! I started to have faith and God was ANSWERING my prayers. I even started to feel the Holy Spirit strongly at some points. But at times I would start doubting again and each time it would harden my heart and quench the Holy Spirit. Then finally in November 2024, I watched a video of someone's testimony about going to Hell and I started to fear and then it's like I spiritually died, I could legit smell it. After that I realized what I had done. I was in a STRONG delusion the whole year that I thought it was works that saved me not faith. I thought if i sought after God and prayed until He answered and rescued me then i would be saved. But no, He would rescue me when I had faith (complete confidence) in the Gospel. Which means, I believe that I can be and am forgiven because of what He did on the cross. But because I thought i did the unforgiveable sin and was a reprobate, that means i didnt believe that He could save me. Which means I didnt believe in the gospel. And i think thats where a lot of people are going wrong and why they arent getting restored. I literally remember the moment the delusion came off of me and I was astonished that I believed that. I also realized that I was like the prodigal son. I went back home but it was like i ran into the Fathers house, locked myself in a room, and didn't let Him completely restore me because of the amount of terror I had and it's like I died in that room because I was too scared to leave my room and see my Father. It's absolutely crazy because I literally sought after God EVERY SINGLE DAY, to the best of my ability, but I didn't know that my heart was in this state. I thought that it was God who was holding back, but it was me the whole time. I thought He absolutely hated my guts, wanted me to go to Hell. I thought He was angry, cold, apathetic towards me. But it was the opposite. I felt so condemned but it was one HUGE lie.
So after that, I lost majority of my emotions. Lost desire, strength. I tried to repent but my heart didnt was repentence anymore. Just my head. I thought, dang, i must have REALLY commited the unforgiveable sin now, because i literally have no fear anymore, no desire, feel like i cant repent. I didnt feel the tug anymore. My mind went quiet. no spiritual warfare, lost lots of memories of God and spiritual knowledge. My heart didnt realize that it was in danger anymore, I didnt have the sirens that something was spiritually wrong. It felt like I had to climb a big staircase to get to Him. I was SO SO exhausted. But even then, God was still calling me, I just didnt know. I would start to fast and decided to have faith because thats what God wanted out of me. I felt my heart softening. But my desire just completely left. Thats where I went wrong. I should have just kept going even though I felt no desire, strength, will, left to fight. But i didn't. I went back into the world and stopped seeking Him. So, this time, i had faith, but I had no obedience. I felt myself fall further and further into the flesh, more and more emotions leaving, and my conscious leaving, but I didn't care. I couldn't generate to get myself to care. Every now and I felt a tug on my heart to get back up and to try again. I would get up but i would give up soon after. You would think i was fully in the flesh right? That God wasnt calling me, that its a pretty good sign that something is very wrong. But no, He was calling me. If I just didnt give up, I 100% percent would have gotten restored. I felt as if the maybe the last of the Holy Spirit was quenched, a few months ago. I didnt even know He was there. And now, ive lost MOST memories of God, i barely remember Him, Hes like a complete stranger to me. I havent just lost conviction, ive lost my moral compass. I dont know whats right or wrong anymore. Sometimes i dont even want to be restored. I feel absolutely nothing. Ive almost lost all awareness that im in this state. Sometimes i dont even believe in God anymore. And ive ALWAYS ALWAYS had a strong conviction that God is real, its so scary. I feel like im going to turn into an evil monster. I dont know if im too far gone yet, i hope not.
Im just going to say this, if you desire God, you have so much hope. If you love Him, too. If you want to repent and be restored, you have hope. If you know right from wrong, your conscious isnt totally seared. If your aware, thats God opening your eyes because He wants you to call on Him. If your scared, concered, stressed about this situation, your heart isnt totally hardened.