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Will God save me from the trouble that I put myself in?

Yes, when your trust is utterly in Jesus Christ our Wisdom from God. Proverbs 28:26 tells us: "Self-confident know-it-alls will prove to be fools. But when you lean on the wisdom from above, you will have a way to escape the troubles of your own making." This is a promise of God to all who believe in Jesus Christ- all who put absolutely no (self) confidence in what we think we can do to save ourselves from our sins and even troubles of our own making but trust utterly in our Saviour Jesus Christ as our Righteousness and Strength. There is no “yes and no" or “maybe" in God's promises to His children in Christ, whatever your circumstances are. 2 Corinthians 1:17-20 tells us: “17 Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No? 18 But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was prea

"So you are saying once we are saved, because the righteousness of Christ covers us we should continue in sin?”

Believers, Titus 2:14 tells us why Christ came to die: "He gave His life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us His very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds.” He came to free us from even those sins in Revelation 21:8 for which some “men of God” threaten the flock with hell fire: "8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." Christ came to save us from perishing both here on earth and in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; that we might “ not perish but have eternal life.” Sometimes, when we hear Revelation 21:8 quoted in many places of worship, it is usually in the context of: “You’d better stop... (fill in the blank with any of the sins above) and come to Christ or else God will punish you and you will bur