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.
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.
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,
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,
@@wonkyelsa perhaps because you want to please the Lord and feel you must live a holy life to do so. It’s good for us to surrender ourselves daily and try to live us holy life as we can, but it’s NOT a requirement for salvation. Salvation is a gift, not a reward, and once we believe that Jesus died and rose again we can never lose it. Jesus loves us unconditionally. That doesn’t mean we should disobey him and do whatever we want, but it does mean we have the freedom to make mistakes and know that God isn’t sitting in heaven, with a ruler in hand, waiting to crack your knuckles.
@@psalm37v4 I had totally forgotten about my comment. Its been a year and I still struggle with it and am not very close to God because ive got a lot of stuff going on in my head, ig im scared I wont be good enough or that it will take away my freedom (even tho its really the opposite). I reflect my mother onto God. I dont really spiral anymore tho and I think I am letting go of control. Thank you for your kind words and for reminding me to think about this. Especially that last sentence, I needed to hear that. This comment spoke to me dearly. Just yesterday I did get scared again, because I felt like God was waiting for my downfall. Thank you friend❤️
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 😂
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.
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
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.
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 notwant you upset,
''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
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.
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.
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. ❤
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”
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,
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.
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!
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. ❤
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 🙏
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 :)
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.
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.
@@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 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.
I struggle with certain sins and I’ll repent. And then I’ll think that I didn’t really repent because I really wasn’t sorrowful enough over my sin. 🤷♂️these podcasts are a great help for me to help break the cycle
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.
Oh my gosh this was me as well! I think the thing that helped me in deciding what video games to play is if the video game is innocuous. There were some games that I would play like GTA and I would think how can I do this to the glory of God? The game is literally called break the eighth commandment lol but some people don’t see it that way and just see it as a video game I think it takes wisdom and I don’t think you should be afraid but just ask the Lord to help you see which games that you shouldn’t be playing. I personally stay away from horror games and games that have a heavy influence in magic. As far as evangelism goes I used to have that struggle as well but somebody told me that it’s not my job to save people it’s just my job to plant the seed God is the one who gets the increase and that is also what Paul talks about to I just started to pray and ask the Lord for wisdom in evangelism. Eventually it got to the point where I was more obsessed with the work rather than a person. Which is not necessarily loving. I was more interested in trying to share the gospel so that person wouldn’t go to hell rather than trying to get to know the person and understand them first. Now of course we are called to share the gospel but it shouldn’t be an obsession to the point where we are debilitated somebody told me that it’s great that some people like us have such a passion for the hearts of lost people. But take the weight off your shoulders that it’s your job to share the gospel with every single person or if you don’t share the gospel with that person then are you really saved. Those are the types of thoughts that would pass through my mind but eventually I just gave it to the Lord and he has given me many opportunities to evangelize. Sometimes it is just an act of faith to step out and talk to people but other times I think it takes wisdom. Don’t be afraid though and never be ashamed to share the gospel❤️✝️
@@CakesDontLie Thank you for this. I am starting to see it from a different point of view now. I check my intentions. "Do I want to tell this person about Jesus because I love him? or do I want to do it because I'm afraid I'll go to hell if I don't". If it's the latter, it's OCD and not genuine , which defeats the whole point. I do struggle a lot with my OCD still, but I'm not giving up my faith. I'm currently hard at work immersing myself in the word and am getting more and more active with my church. I'm not ashamed of the gospel, I'm ashamed that I feel little to no peace or joy from it. Peace and Joy are 2 fruits of the spirit, so I feel like I'm being robbed of 2 of the post precious gifts God bestows upon us. It's pretty sad but, unfortunately, that how intrusive thoughts work. The more I struggle, the worse they get.
@@shamusmurphy5606 yes remember that Jesus Christ is what saves us from hell. Our works our a result of our love for Him!! That is awesome that you are getting involved in the church!! I’ve been there as well. But the gospel is good news!! Praise the Lord He loved us by paying the penalty we deserve!! That’s amazing!! I’d encourage you to read through the book of Ephesians slowly. And remember it’s the Holy Spirit working through you, not yourself. Praise the Lord that He has given you a gift of evangelism!!
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.
I believe a key truth is that Jesus wants to be our Friend. How would we respond to Him if we talked to Him as a friend. Our compassionate, loving friend who has given His life for us so that we can be friends with God.
Beautiful, encouraging, and enlightening exhortation from Romans 6. I’ve never heard it explained quite this way before. I feel some hope and empowerment!
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.❤
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.
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,
Thanks Mark You have described my relationship to God ,Exactly. I have felt very little, to no Grace. Only that I am a sinner with a constant sin focus. You have described my perception of the Christian walk as Perfectionism. Which has been mostly what I have been taught about Christianity and constantly reminded of my own short comings. I am a follower on UTUBE and your podcast or video,s have been enlightening to me. Thank You for the teachings that you do. Many of us need it. Thanks Mark
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. :)
@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. ❤️
May or may not be related. I just watched a Chef Ramsey HK episode where he pranked to chefs by Interrogating them for a planted item. They were filled with dread and fear even though they were innocent. I believe I was led to that on purpose while watching this discussion. They were so much in pain someone said that that kind of interrogation could lead to false confessions. I thought that was very interesting.
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.
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
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.
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,
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.
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.
Yes! So glad to see other Christians here who understand this.
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.
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,
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,
@@pagen5219 ((hugs))
In other words, holiness doesn't lead to Christ, Christ leads to holiness.
Why is that so impossible for me to live by
Oooo -- well put! 👍🏻💜✨
@@wonkyelsa perhaps because you want to please the Lord and feel you must live a holy life to do so. It’s good for us to surrender ourselves daily and try to live us holy life as we can, but it’s NOT a requirement for salvation. Salvation is a gift, not a reward, and once we believe that Jesus died and rose again we can never lose it.
Jesus loves us unconditionally. That doesn’t mean we should disobey him and do whatever we want, but it does mean we have the freedom to make mistakes and know that God isn’t sitting in heaven, with a ruler in hand, waiting to crack your knuckles.
@@psalm37v4 I had totally forgotten about my comment. Its been a year and I still struggle with it and am not very close to God because ive got a lot of stuff going on in my head, ig im scared I wont be good enough or that it will take away my freedom (even tho its really the opposite). I reflect my mother onto God. I dont really spiral anymore tho and I think I am letting go of control.
Thank you for your kind words and for reminding me to think about this. Especially that last sentence, I needed to hear that. This comment spoke to me dearly. Just yesterday I did get scared again, because I felt like God was waiting for my downfall. Thank you friend❤️
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 😂
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.
We're are Saved by Grace through faith in Christ Alone.
@@Jesussaves.7777 Exactly, and we can rest in that grace😊
@@senonimoustv2497thank you so much for sharing this scripture. ❤
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
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.
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 notwant you upset,
''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
I seen the title and instantly clicked... because im obsessed with sin 😭
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.
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.
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. ❤
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”
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,
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,
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.
When you don't know who you are in Christ Jesus, you become sin focused.
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!
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. ❤
What encouragement... ❤
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??
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 🙏
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 :)
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.
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.
@@savedbygrace2280i struggle w/ the same thing. seeing hyper-legalism in others tends to trigger my own tendencies toward legalism, even if a little bit.
@@SyoDraws Yes! It gets so exhausting and it's just mentally tormenting.
@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.
I struggle with certain sins and I’ll repent. And then I’ll think that I didn’t really repent because I really wasn’t sorrowful enough over my sin. 🤷♂️these podcasts are a great help for me to help break the cycle
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.
Oh my gosh this was me as well! I think the thing that helped me in deciding what video games to play is if the video game is innocuous. There were some games that I would play like GTA and I would think how can I do this to the glory of God? The game is literally called break the eighth commandment lol but some people don’t see it that way and just see it as a video game I think it takes wisdom and I don’t think you should be afraid but just ask the Lord to help you see which games that you shouldn’t be playing. I personally stay away from horror games and games that have a heavy influence in magic. As far as evangelism goes I used to have that struggle as well but somebody told me that it’s not my job to save people it’s just my job to plant the seed God is the one who gets the increase and that is also what Paul talks about to I just started to pray and ask the Lord for wisdom in evangelism. Eventually it got to the point where I was more obsessed with the work rather than a person. Which is not necessarily loving. I was more interested in trying to share the gospel so that person wouldn’t go to hell rather than trying to get to know the person and understand them first. Now of course we are called to share the gospel but it shouldn’t be an obsession to the point where we are debilitated somebody told me that it’s great that some people like us have such a passion for the hearts of lost people. But take the weight off your shoulders that it’s your job to share the gospel with every single person or if you don’t share the gospel with that person then are you really saved. Those are the types of thoughts that would pass through my mind but eventually I just gave it to the Lord and he has given me many opportunities to evangelize. Sometimes it is just an act of faith to step out and talk to people but other times I think it takes wisdom. Don’t be afraid though and never be ashamed to share the gospel❤️✝️
@@CakesDontLie Thank you for this. I am starting to see it from a different point of view now. I check my intentions. "Do I want to tell this person about Jesus because I love him? or do I want to do it because I'm afraid I'll go to hell if I don't". If it's the latter, it's OCD and not genuine , which defeats the whole point. I do struggle a lot with my OCD still, but I'm not giving up my faith. I'm currently hard at work immersing myself in the word and am getting more and more active with my church. I'm not ashamed of the gospel, I'm ashamed that I feel little to no peace or joy from it. Peace and Joy are 2 fruits of the spirit, so I feel like I'm being robbed of 2 of the post precious gifts God bestows upon us. It's pretty sad but, unfortunately, that how intrusive thoughts work. The more I struggle, the worse they get.
@@shamusmurphy5606 yes remember that Jesus Christ is what saves us from hell. Our works our a result of our love for Him!! That is awesome that you are getting involved in the church!! I’ve been there as well. But the gospel is good news!! Praise the Lord He loved us by paying the penalty we deserve!! That’s amazing!! I’d encourage you to read through the book of Ephesians slowly. And remember it’s the Holy Spirit working through you, not yourself. Praise the Lord that He has given you a gift of evangelism!!
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.
Religious trauma is so real I was raised in a a narcissistic family cult family belief system set of rules
I relate to that too Brother God bless you & may we live in the light of His love & grace.
You've been such a blessing in my life
I believe a key truth is that Jesus wants to be our Friend. How would we respond to Him if we talked to Him as a friend. Our compassionate, loving friend who has given His life for us so that we can be friends with God.
Beautiful, encouraging, and enlightening exhortation from Romans 6. I’ve never heard it explained quite this way before. I feel some hope and empowerment!
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.❤
Amen! ❤
I love Mark, he has helped me so much,.
7:55 someone said “don’t trust in your own righteousness” now I understand this . Man do I choke my own vine .
Yes HE is my righteousness
Tysm Mark ❤
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.
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,
Praise God that this video was presented. I have been facing this the past couple of weeks and it was eating at me.
A lot of this ties into my death ocd.
"If im a perfect Christian, God will let me live until im 90."
There are no guarantees and it haunts me.
Thanks Mark
You have described my relationship to God ,Exactly. I have felt very little, to no Grace. Only that I am a sinner with a constant sin focus. You have described my perception of the Christian walk as Perfectionism. Which has been mostly what I have been taught about Christianity and constantly reminded of my own short comings.
I am a follower on UTUBE and your podcast or video,s have been enlightening to me. Thank You for the teachings that you do. Many of us need it.
Thanks Mark
sin-consciousness doesnt change anyone... only by knowing Christ and beholding Him do we go from glory to glory.
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
So liberating this talk ❤️🔥
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.
Can you explain a little bit more?
You hit the nail on the head perfectly every time! This sounds like me.
That's what I do
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
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…
Thank you
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.
Amen, and also when people put posts of the pope if I see them in my head I feel unsaved.
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.
This is literally my thinking rn. My mind is a mess
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.
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.
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. :)
@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. ❤️
Thank you so much for this! I
Thank you so much for this! 🙏🏾❤️
Im over thinking
May or may not be related.
I just watched a Chef Ramsey HK episode where he pranked to chefs by Interrogating them for a planted item. They were filled with dread and fear even though they were innocent.
I believe I was led to that on purpose while watching this discussion.
They were so much in pain someone said that that kind of interrogation could lead to false confessions.
I thought that was very interesting.
How do you stop
I’ve been taught by many methods that you had to get all sin out of the way before you pray to God.
People using the term "lukewarm Christian" are the worst kinds of people.
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.
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.
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Do you mean obsessively doing sin or obsessively worried about doing sin?
Obsessively worried.
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Mark do you believe a Christian can loose there salvation?
BINGO!!
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.
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,
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.