Are You Obsessive Compulsive About SIN?

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Do you find in your desire to honor God's ways that you've become obsessive compulsive about sin, identifying sin and trying to get rid of sin in your life? I get many emails and questions regarding sin that have intense obsessive distortions. It drives people to compulsively check for sin and find out what things are sin. Many who battle religious OCD/scrupulosity often find themselves having a fear-based, obsessive pattern in how they relate to the subject of sin. Today I want to bring out this battle and our need to move into grace.
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@kaikainagraphics 9 ай бұрын

In other words, holiness doesn't lead to Christ, Christ leads to holiness.

@wonkyelsa 9 ай бұрын

Why is that so impossible for me to live by

@DavvyKat 9 ай бұрын

It’s so exhausting trying to figure out what is sinful and what is not. While I don’t condone lawless living, I just want to be able to enjoy life to the fullest and enjoy the blessings God has given me.

@savedbygrace2280 9 ай бұрын

Yes! So glad to see other Christians here who understand this.

@user-rj6cj6qn7h 9 ай бұрын

Me too! I read a text while driving. I immediately felt convicted about doing it. I said Lord I'm sorry, this isn't safe, plus it's against the law. It seemed everything was ok. But now I feel condemnation. I just want to be allowed to make mistakes(sin) and if I say I'm sorry, receive forgiveness and grace. I want to be able to be human.

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

after satan dragged me though a law based hell,,,,,accusing me day and night, while I tried to learn the bible, and been saved many decades by all JESUS did,but stumbled caring he would drive me out over certain sin Paul spoke of,and not understanding all Paul meant, (stupid) and satan came,but ALL IS SIN, WE ARE BORN IN IT, and ones who use religions to pick and choose, JESUS SHOWED ME, his standard he filled for us, its vast huge, HE FILLED, ALL forms of it, from sermon mt law to things he said in the new testament before he sacrificed himself to make the new covenant, from forgive to be, which is not of our new as we was forgiven first, to ALL KINDS of things, JESUS FILLED IT, it is done, he did it, he said rest, rest, rest in what he did and he will lead but he is gentle, and wont give you burden, so anyone who does not sell all they got and give to the poor is old covanant law sin,but JESUS FILLED IT, paid it all and now he says think HIM, and love and love for others,,,,and he will lead, with a gentle yoke,

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

being a human is sinful, born onwhen you accepted JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR, all your sin was removed, for all of it, forever, he washed you and made you his holy, it is real, he did it all and he made a blood oath with us to keep us, he loves you, he paid for all you would ever do and he does not want you upset,JESUS PAID for us to fill a standard ONLY HE COULD FILL, A PERFECTION no human could ever, so he died for us, to pay for anything, any debt, any sin debt, with his blood, IT IS FINSIHED, and he did it to give life and freedom and rest and NOT MAKE ONE WORK, which is a sin, to work for what he already did, its a satan trick, but JESUS FORGIVES and knows your heart, earth, ANYTHING less than the standard perfection of JESUS, IT IS VAST, BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS,

@FeleciaVan-pd2cz 6 ай бұрын

@@pagen5219 ((hugs))

@dwanal490 9 ай бұрын

Even though I still struggle, I’ve grown so much in this area. I remember being fearful to leave my house, my room, watch tv or even talk to people due to mindset of sin. It was a bondage. My heart didn’t desire sin but I was always scared I was in it because it became my focus. One day several years ago I heard Mark speak on sin/spiritual ocd. Finally someone could relate to what I was going through. God was already opening my eyes to His righteousness and to focus on that. This teaching has been and continues to be a huge blessing and walk to freedom for me. I thank God for this.

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

@sav3dgirl194 9 ай бұрын

Im constantly repenting every second it seems. Even for things that im not sure if it is sin or not just in case so i dont go to hell… it is extremely tiring so when i saw this video title i knew God is trying to tell me something!! This video perfectly described my life 😂

@senonimoustv2497 9 ай бұрын

Hey sis wassup, I know how you feel. I was able to find freedom from this. In Hebrews 10:1-14. In that chapter the writer was talking about the futility of the Old Covenant sacrificies for sin. Every time someone had to offer a bull or goat, it was just a reminder that they still had sin. However he said something interesting in verse 2, he said "that if the sacrifices were perfect, the worshippers once purified would have no more conciousness of sin" In other words they would no longer have to be worried about sin keeping them from God because they would have been made clean permanently. If only we had a perfect sacrifice to do this very thing😕............. Wait a minute we do! That's where Jesus comes in. Unlike the blood of bulls and goats which just cleared your sin debts before God for a time, Jesus' blood not only cleared our sin debt but His sacrifice gave us a new nature. Hebrews 10:14- For by one offering He has *perfected* those who are being sanctified. That means us😄. We no longer have to be sin concious because the sin was condemened in Jesus' body and when we got baptised we died with Him going into the water and rose with him when we came out as a new creature. God doesn't identify you with sin, He identifies you through the cross. He sees as a new creation. Sin is no longer imputed to you. So long as you believe on Jesus that you have been made clean, you are blameless, holy and upright in His sight. Please feel free to read the scriptures properly for yourself and pray on what I said. Let the Holy Spirit reveal this to you. Jesus' sacrifice was and is enough. We can live free from this perpetual guilt. God bless you.

@Jesussaves.7777 9 ай бұрын

We're are Saved by Grace through faith in Christ Alone.

@senonimoustv2497 9 ай бұрын

@@Jesussaves.7777 Exactly, and we can rest in that grace😊

@SyoDraws 9 ай бұрын

@@senonimoustv2497thank you so much for sharing this scripture. ❤

@ruthwabuge6881 9 ай бұрын

Me too. I am always very afraid that God may leave me because of my sin. When am unable to do sth.. I confess it to God... Ask Him to help but still fear that He may have refused

@leeleewaters1451 8 ай бұрын

Now I have to repent for repenting so much🤣 But seriously, thank you Mark. When I feel like a 'bad Christian' now I thank God for loving me perfectly and being full of grace and mercy. Your videos are a blessing!

@azureart5180 9 ай бұрын

mark, you have just described nearly every moment of the past ten years of my life. my obsessive-compulsive torment over sin began when i was 11 and continues to weigh heavily on my soul at almost 21. i have tried so many things, so many different ways of starting over with God and changing my mindset but the guilt and fear continue to oppress. i appreciate you drawing attention to these issues, as this is something i have felt so alone in for so long.

@SyoDraws 9 ай бұрын

Same. I'm really glad I found this channel. I was initially alarmed at how he didn't seem to focus on sin like I was used to with other Bible teachers/preachers. But it makes sense now; we must first begin to comprehend our relationship to God as one characterized by grace, not judgment, and by love, not indifference, and by joy and happiness in Christ, not obsession and fear over sin. And THAT will lead to holiness without the obsessiveness and fear and thinly-veiled self-loathing. God bless you, sir/ma'am. ❤

@silentservant_ 9 ай бұрын

Hi I hope this helps. ❤ I know how hard it is. I had shared this earlier today. “You have to become a baby again. I know it sounds funny. But it’s true. I’m 40 years old. No job. Not married. I’m living at home. A broken home with parents who are broken in their hearts too. Today as most days as I can remember, I woke up and again paralyzed with the same pressure in my stomach I usually have. With the videos I’ve been watching from my brother Mark, learning what truly our Father’s Love is, I got up and I was just sitting, almost shaking. I just looked up and said, “Father I need to get up, I gotta go to work” (I do Instacart when I can) and my utility bill for water is past due and ready for shut off. But that’s another story. (Hint: stealing). While sitting on the side of my bed I’m reminding myself of how much My Heavenly Father Loves me. After a little while, I get one foot on the ground and then the other. Then I tell Father God what I have to do next. And slowly it starts getting easier. And right now I’m watching this video, same stomach pressure, but with JOY. I say this not looking for pity but to make a point. LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN HEAL. And ITS OUR HEAVENLY FATHERS LOVE. I’ve stolen, been addicted to drugs, still under maintenance therapy, backslid for many many years. But My Heavenly Father still LOVES me! And His Love is saving my life. We can’t heal until we let it go. The guilt, the shame, and the fear, we have to give it all to Jesus! I was a huge perfectionist for most of what I can remember, but never knew until a few months back while watching one of brother Mark’s videos. And it was not easy accepting that lol. I’ve broken down into tears kneeling and praying for God to help me many times before in life. You won’t get anywhere, I guarantee it, until you look to yourself and admit you are broken in your heart. That’s when the Journey of Love Healing begins. And it’s only our Heavenly Father’s Love that heals. I’m still in the battle, but I pray that this message helps someone. You have to first learn how much you are loved by God Almighty. And He is Our Father. Thank you Jesus I love you. And you too my brother Mark. I can confidently tell someone now that I love them and not feel guilt or shame. We’re not perfect and never will be my brothers and sisters. But we’re learning. And we are sons and daughters of our Father in Heaven through Jesus our Lord. He loves YOU”

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

Honey, JESUS PAID all of it for you and loves you, he wants you to rest in that he did it all and he is gentle and will lead you gentle,

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

@simanahit1 8 ай бұрын

Have had the same feelings. This line from Roman's 8:6 has helped me alot "For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the spirit is life and peace". All the accusing thoughts in our brain that make us suffer are the minds of the flesh, the opposite is peace.

@mistyflores3176 9 ай бұрын

When you don't know who you are in Christ Jesus, you become sin focused.

@SyoDraws 9 ай бұрын

This man's ministry has shown me that even a Christian still can have wrong assumptions and, in extreme cases, a very debilitating mindset, regarding the Bible's doctrine. The pervasiveness of these obsessive behaviors, inside and outside of the non-denominational/Baptist circles (where I tend to be), also shows me something of the revolutionary nature of the Gospel. The grace and love of God is so amazing and so unbelievable to us that even we must fight the temptation to make it more "rigorous" and difficult. But God wants us to enter his rest instead. And that's amazing. 🥲 God bless you all, and God bless this ministry.

@senonimoustv2497 9 ай бұрын

The part of you that obsesses about sin is the flesh. God doesn't identify us through sin but through the finish work of Jesus Christ. Roman 8: 9- But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. God does not impute sin to believers because He condemned sin in the flesh of Jesus Christ. Romans 4:8- Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin. Your sins are all forgiven in Christ guys. ❤

@mistyflores3176 9 ай бұрын

What encouragement... ❤

@theresa42213 7 ай бұрын

''Did it make a little sense?'' YES! A lot of sense Mark! Told my pastor and his wife about what you are teaching, and they are very GLAD you are helping. Thank you so much, and GLORY to The KING of kings. :D

@ichoozjc 9 ай бұрын

I seen the title and instantly clicked... because im obsessed with sin 😭

@shamusmurphy5606 2 ай бұрын

You said exactly what I've been obsessing about. I love video games and my OCD is calling it idolatry. Or i don't evangelize enough. It's so debilitating.

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

IT IS THE damned devil and his, accusing all of God's people. He hates anyone to rest in JESUS and honor all of JESUS and all he did and not include us in it, as we are not the ones who earn it, satan WANTS us to insult JESUS by adding works and we do, not meaning to, so REST family in JESUS, in all he did, I send yall love.

@Nightwalker25-m3u 8 ай бұрын

Amen, and also when people put posts of the pope if I see them in my head I feel unsaved.

@asmrjeweler9237 9 ай бұрын

It does amaze me how someone can get saved and feel free and clean, even though they might have fornicated and used drugs the night before. But a Christian might still feel guilty and unworthy over a sin they committed 3 years ago.

@Darren-sn4ki 4 ай бұрын

Religious trauma is so real I was raised in a a narcissistic family cult family belief system set of rules

@StellaClements-ml3wb Ай бұрын

I relate to that too Brother God bless you & may we live in the light of His love & grace.

@KennethOnyema Ай бұрын

Praise God that this video was presented. I have been facing this the past couple of weeks and it was eating at me.

@Lionshare333 9 ай бұрын

What kills me is this “you must be courageous not to be a worldly Christian” argument. Then I feel not enough in Christ because of addictions. I’ve worked on the spiritual side and feel grace but there are a lot of radicalized Christians out there now. I’ve got passed my religiosity on this channel… progress! Thanks Mark! “Therefore there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus.” ❤ He isn’t the God of compulsions.. - that helped me :)

@ElizabethaSara 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for these! I have a question I’ve never been able to ask out loud but OCD and mental health struggles have quite literally ruined my life, my relationship with my kids and left me in utter darkness and despair as a Christian. They were not there before I came back to God. 😢 I just wonder why God allows and does not take away such horrific mental anguish. I’ve cried out to God probably over hundreds and thousand of times to no avail. I was a loving fun fear free person before and I was not even living for God then a few years in *boom* it is the worst thing that has ever happened to me. It made me into a parent that I regret and wish I could’ve fully been the parent I was meant to be.

@savedbygrace2280 9 ай бұрын

I am so sorry you go through this. Ok, I am so relieved at the same time to know I'm not the only one who has these feelings of feeling like joy has been robbed and I have all this fear as a Christian and we're not suppose to have fear, so then I feel awful for having all this fewr and obsession around things. Mine comes from seeing other Christians trying to add sins to the bible that I don't see there and then watching them constantly fight back and forth about all these grey areas in the bible and so everyone constantly bickers over their interpretations. And that is mainly where my obsessions come from is never knowing what is sin and what is not sometimes from listening to so many conflicting arguments between believers. Ugh. It's exhausting. Anyway, sorry for my long-winded comment. Just nice to know I am not alone seeing all these comments here.

@SyoDraws 9 ай бұрын

@@savedbygrace2280i struggle w/ the same thing. seeing hyper-legalism in others tends to trigger my own tendencies toward legalism, even if a little bit.

@savedbygrace2280 9 ай бұрын

@@SyoDraws Yes! It gets so exhausting and it's just mentally tormenting.

@historymatters8991 3 ай бұрын

@savedbygrace2280 I'm the same way right now. All these gray areas where Christians are fighting each other on. On what's sin or not is causing me to spin out so bad that I can't enjoy anything without a obsessive thought saying it's sin and that I shouldn't ne doing it bc some person online believes it's sin. Like drinking coffee, reading books etc. There are so many different opinions and convictions, that if someone else has a conviction I obsess if I should have it too or if God is giving me a sign. It's so frustrating.

@amadeoDT 9 ай бұрын

You've been such a blessing in my life

@David-md7nf 25 күн бұрын

You hit the nail on the head perfectly every time! This sounds like me.

@tatianaG 8 ай бұрын

sin-consciousness doesnt change anyone... only by knowing Christ and beholding Him do we go from glory to glory.

@estebanfranco2012 3 ай бұрын

I struggle in areas where theres i guess u can call it gray areas. It bothers me so much cuz i want to love right with God without feeling like im practicing sin and jeopardizing my salvation

@sarahherzog7422 8 ай бұрын

Does anyone have a power struggle of the conscious on something that doesn’t seem to be sin but the unrest lack of peace won’t let you go??

@amayabaker5809 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this! 🙏🏾❤️

@user-qz7hr2bi1o 9 ай бұрын

Thank you

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

I love Mark, he has helped me so much,.

@ChicanaCuriousMama 9 ай бұрын

I swear to you Mark, you have become my Unofficial therapist!!! And I have been to a few sessions professionally. But NONE come close to what I’ve gotten here! This video hit the nail about my struggle in prayer. I have struggled with this all my faith journey of 13+ years. My distortion came from the scriptures that were abused about “If I regard sin in my heart the Lord will not hear” or “If I have have ought with a brother, leave my gift at the altar and make it right with them before coming to God.” I never understood the context or correct interpretation of these verses. They were used with shame and condemnation.

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

@pollyandrade2125 9 ай бұрын

Another great one Mark. I declare today in Jesus MIGHTY name, that I am bound and tied to righteousness that is in Jesus Christ. And THAT being my focus in my life will produce fruit of the Holy Spirit in me and sanctification from sin in my life. Amen.❤

@StellaClements-ml3wb Ай бұрын

Amen! ❤

@naomipatten4830 2 күн бұрын

i’m a movie and tv lover, and often feel guilty because the tv shows are secular and i don’t know if i’m allowed to like these things…

@katiesanders96 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful, encouraging, and enlightening exhortation from Romans 6. I’ve never heard it explained quite this way before. I feel some hope and empowerment!

@ralphauer150 5 ай бұрын

Yes, the talk helped. Several times a day, I will say. Jesus enter my soul, give me your love and righteousness and walk with me today, to fight OCD/Scrupulosity. Amen 🙏

@MrRemo71 4 ай бұрын

I can't believe how long I've been looking up help in this area and I still am not free. I don't know if I'll ever get it

@user-rg2nv2ok5r 9 ай бұрын

BINGO!!

@ichoozjc 9 ай бұрын

I hear all these verses about our freedom from sin in Christ, and i want to believe it, and i do believe for the most part, but because i dont feeel forgiven i think that its because I cant truly be forgiven then. Maybe it applies and works for everyone else, but ive just went too far off the path of righteousness to ever get peace back. So im in this limbo of truly wanting forgiveness, but never able to realize it. Its punishment for not trusting God like I should have. Now that i want back in, its too late. The ship has sailed.

@wonkyelsa 9 ай бұрын

This is literally my thinking rn. My mind is a mess

@Alexlbz29 9 ай бұрын

Guys its a struggle but we have to keep ours eyes on Christ. You didn’t went too far, that sounds like a obsession to be honest. God loves you unconditionally and will forgive you.

@Alexlbz29 9 ай бұрын

I struggle with this also but You don’t have to feel forgiven to be forgiven, its by grace through faith. The problem is you are trying to sense the value of the blood of Jesus Christ by your feelings but it’s by faith. The blood of Jesus Christ by watchman nee talks about this, you can search it on youtube.

@armenian_with_liza 4 ай бұрын

There is this thing I heard.. "If God forgives you, who are you not to forgive yourself?" If you truly repent, God forgives, the rest of the feelings are not from God I believe. :)

@StellaClements-ml3wb Ай бұрын

@ichoozjc I understand what you're going through, as I have the feelings; but feelings are the polar opposite to faith & are not an indication of where we stand with God. The battle is real, but greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the World. The fact that you are on here & watching this shows that you do care & that you belong to Jesus. Take heart. ❤️

@marianmears8026 9 ай бұрын

I tried given up ☕...I left on step and as I turned looked at it suddenly it looked big on the steps than the Lord moved on my heart and said I created🌎......that coffee looked silly.

@Alexlbz29 9 ай бұрын

Can you explain a little bit more?

@renearosser1466 4 ай бұрын

I’ve been taught by many methods that you had to get all sin out of the way before you pray to God.

@JC.714 9 ай бұрын

😢

@simanahit1 8 ай бұрын

Everyone suffering from this there is a very descriptive cartoon on this the Pilgrim's progress, the new one. Just watch it please, you will see yourself, where are you exactly in your spiritual journey. I saw me at the Mountain of Legality.

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

Romans 8:31-39 New Living Translation Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love 31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one-for God himself has given us right standing with himself. 34 Who then will condemn us? No one-for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us. 35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”[a]) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[b] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow-not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Read full chapter

@sarahherzog7422 8 ай бұрын

Ok… I need help!!!! I have this reoccurring specific problem of the conscious that when I logically think if this certain thing is sin, it seems like it’s not a sin. But then I don’t have any peace about this one particular thing. It’s also very hard to talk about so I feel trapped in silence and feeling embarrassed. I don’t believe this one thing is a sin but why can’t I feel ok about it??? Can we somehow speak directly or by direct message. I want to be feel free with this but I need guidance.

@Belinda. 7 ай бұрын

Mark do you believe a Christian can loose there salvation?

@perfectionista492 9 ай бұрын

Do you mean obsessively doing sin or obsessively worried about doing sin?

@amayabaker5809 9 ай бұрын

Obsessively worried.

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

being a human is sinful, born HERE, BUT when you accepted JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR, all your sin was removed, for all of it, forever, he washed you and made you his holy, it is real, he did it all and he made a blood oath with us to keep us, he loves you, he paid for all you would ever do and he does not want you upset,JESUS PAID for us to fill a standard ONLY HE COULD FILL, A PERFECTION no human could ever, so he died for us, to pay for anything, any debt, any sin debt, with his blood, IT IS FINSIHED, and he did it to give life and freedom and rest and NOT MAKE ONE WORK, which is a sin, to work for what he already did, its a satan trick, but JESUS FORGIVES and knows your heart, earth, ANYTHING less than the standard perfection of JESUS, IT IS VAST, BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS, WE ARE BORN FROM ABOVE AND REMADE INTO HIS IMAGE BY HIS WORK ALONE, REST IN IT,REST IN HIS LOVE, NO GREATER LOVE.

@pagen5219 8 ай бұрын

when you accepted JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR, all your sin was removed, for all of it, forever, he washed you and made you his holy, it is real, he did it all and he made a blood oath with us to keep us, he loves you, he paid for all you would ever do and he does not want you upset,JESUS PAID for us to fill a standard ONLY HE COULD FILL, A PERFECTION no human could ever, so he died for us, to pay for anything, any debt, any sin debt, with his blood, IT IS FINSIHED, and he did it to give life and freedom and rest and NOT MAKE ONE WORK, which is a sin, to work for what he already did, its a satan trick, but JESUS FORGIVES and knows your heart,