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“I feel like God won’t forgive me until I totally confess every lie” This is what sticks out to me, and here’s the problem with it coming from a fellow Christian. The problem with this is your basing your forgiveness off of your own works and how well you can apolegize enough and confess “every lie” (which is impossible anyways) this flies directly in the face and is contrary to the the Gospel. When you gave your life to Christ and became a Christian (assuming you have) then your sins were forgiven by Christ’s death on the cross, he did all the work for you by living a perfect life none of us ever could and giving his life on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins, there’s nothing we can add or do to change that, so this idea of “god won’t forgive unless I do x, y or z” is not true. He already did everything for you and forgave your sins past, present and future if your a follower of Christ. Now if this is from your OCD (I’m no specialist or expert so don’t take what I say as med advice but as someone who struggled with similar things, it kinda does) using what you know to be true dosent always solve the problem, and seeking treatment helps, as well as going to God and asking for his help with it. He sees and understands and loves you more than you know.
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Thank you so much . God bless you .
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Is it possible to ask you a question. Sometimes I feel so much love and like god forgave me and understands but then right now I feel like I have to confess everything and I’m using gods grace and forgiveness too keep my old lies shut and not get in trouble. I makes me ashamed and scared I do not want lose the lord or make him upset .
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@Janajana It*. Maybe you could help and pray for me
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- OCD Conqueror
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It sounds to me like your obsessive thoughts are acting up. I can relate to the feeling like I’m forgiven and loved then doubting 5 min later, that’s the nature of the OCD beast, once you feel like you have a answer or peace, you start to doubt it. Of course I will pray for you! This is a tough battle but with God’s help you will overcome it!
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Thank you so so much !! God bless you
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How does this help me ?
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I still lied and I don’t know if I should confess
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@Horoz But is it necessary for forgiveness from god to confess these lies even tho they are unescesarry for the present?
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@Horoz Christian god but I do not know what he wants here
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