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- 6y ago
- Date posted
- 6y ago
As a Roman Catholic, I believe that vanity in excess (as opposed to moderation) is harmful and sinful if we idolize it, because that takes away from our relationship with God. However, it is not sinful to practice self care by using beauty products/taking time to look pretty; style is one of God’s gifts because it helps us express ourselves and brings us joy in the short term. Of course, looking good will not bring us eternal/lasting joy, just like money or any other material, earthly thing won’t. Just because our relationship with God brings eternal joy doesn’t mean we aren’t allowed as his people to enjoy the beauty of his world in other ways, whether that be through nature, ourselves, or each other. Hope this helps.
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- 6y ago
A good thing to remember is that there is nothing we can do to earn or lose our salvation. We can’t earn salvation. Salvation is not by things we do, it is by Gods grace alone! Also, we can not lose it. Nothing can pluck us from Gods hand. We will still sin, but Jesus’ blood covers it all. Hope that helps!
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- 6y ago
Styling yourself and wanting to look good is not a sin. As long as you do good things and not intentionally hurt other people or living things, I don’t think you’ll go to hell cause of it. Is your boyfriend okay? Why does he send those to you?
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- 6y ago
True that.. As long as we enjoy the world in a healthy manner I agree @Elpanthis
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- 6y ago
My beliefs are that Our salvation covers ALL our sins. Past, present, and future. God asks us to confess our sins daily as a sign of humility and obedience, but it doesn’t resave us! Once saved always saved! In John 10:28-30 Jesus says that No one can pluck someone out of His hand! Once you are in His hand (saved) no scheme of hell (temptation and sin) can take you from him. We will never be perfect. Because we are human, but after salvation we should strive to follow God. If and when we mess up the Bible tells that where sin abounds, grace abounds even more! He will forgive us but Once your saved you can’t lose it!
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- 6y ago
I've heard we can lose it ? like, if you die while being in sin and didn't have time to repent. I personally repent everyday for my known and unknown sins. But sometimes I get really scared and I imagine the worst case scenario @OCDnewbieS
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- 6y ago
I agree...Lmao yeah he's ok. I just think he can sometimes be a wee bit religious ? lol I already told em I ain't tryna hear that. Stuff gets to me ?lol @rosecoloredgir...
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- 5y ago
Hey Ocdnewbies I like this. Like God forgive all ours sins, past, present and future ones. I have problems with porn and masturbation and I keep asking forgiviness and confessing it every time it happens, but some times I think I am being hypocrite and playing fool with God. I dont understand the once saved always saved, but I want to believe in it. I want to be free from this sin wich make me go into a cycle, that make me feel that I am losting my salvation and being far from God. Idk if you will read this, but if so give me an aswer please.
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- 13w ago
I always want to get close to God and my ocd is always related to me thinking I'm going crazy however my ocd also sticks to religion it kinda pulls me away because I'm scared that I'll go crazy if I focus too much on one thing or do too much of one thing..so I went to the dentist and I was waiting on my boyfriend when this man that was speaking about God came and he was speaking to me and he kept saying I should give my life to God and I told him I want to do it on my timing and he kept saying no and after a while he showed me something in the daily bread and he turned to another women that was a the desk of the dentist and say something along the lines of me being a dead little girl if I dnt follow the word of God or something similar 😔now this makes me scared and it puts a lot of pressure on me because now idk what to do anymore, and I'm lowkey trying to change and get closer to God in some way
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- 12w ago
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- 10w ago
Hello everyone. I was just wanting to post on here regarding a situation that I have been dealing with for a few months now. I have been taking my walk with Christ seriously for about a year now and ever since I started I’ve noticed a bunch of intrusive thoughts and it’s caused me much distress. It all started back in June of 2024. I missed a church service because my wife and I were taking care of our daughter and I went to a Best But store and upgraded my old Apple Watch to a new one. I felt like doing so I committed idolatry because I went and bought that instead of going to church. I felt immense guilt for doing so and the next day I cancelled my order. I thought that maybe I was over thinking the entire thing so I went ahead and placed a new order and got the watch. For two weeks after getting the watch, I ruminated about whether I should keep it or not. It didn’t feel right with me and was overwhelmed with guilt for having it and it was debilitated with anxiety and stress. Eventually I decided I would just give it back so I went to go return it on the last day I could do so only to find out I could not. I thought that was a sign from God that I could keep it. I felt the most relief after that that I had experienced in quite awhile but then the next day after I started have thoughts again thinking that I didn’t try hard enough to return it and that I’m some how putting it before God. Well eventually I came to terms that there was nothing I could do about it and I was able to stop worrying about it being an idol. Well my mind jumped from that to another thing in my life and this one has been harder to get over. I have been on hair loss medication for 7 years and I had a thought one day telling me that “if I’m a true follower of Christ, then I shouldn’t take the medicine because I’m placing too much importance on my looks” I again felt immense anxiety and dread and tried fighting these thoughts away but could not help but think” what if it is and this is conviction of the Holy spirit”? I would constantly look up online any answers I could find to help relieve my anxiety but I can’t. I pray to God all the time for his will to be done in this situation and sometimes I feel better but then it all comes back. It’s hard for me to read the Bible because there’s so much about idolatry I always feel like it’s God talking to me like it’s a sign or if I’m just taking it that way? I asked God to show give me an answer about this situation and a day later a YouTuber I follow posted a video about removing idols from our lives. I felt that was God speaking to me or wasn’t sure maybe it was a coincidence? I just feel so cornered and out under so much pressure on what to do. Of course I would like to keep taking my medicine because it has helped me but then I have thoughts that tell me it is an idol because I am not able to give it up. I cut back taking the medicine a lot more often over the last months but I don’t know if this is God telling me to do so or my own mind. Like if I want to keep my hair I believe God allows healing through medication and it’s a gift. But these thoughts are telling me that I rely on taking it and it’s an idol and that unless I give it up completely I’m not following God’s will and it’s an idol. It’s caused immense doubt because then I read Romans 14 and it says anything you do with doubt is sin because it’s not of faith. I feel like I’m being attacked and cornered because I’m forced to stop taking something that has helped me. Now I have thoughts telling me to stop wearing my retainers every night because I got Invisalign a few years back to fix my teeth and that unless I stop taking my medication and wearing my retainers I’m not authentically following God. I don’t know what to do at this point. I don’t want to go against God and I don’t want to commit idolatry. I know God is all loving so I doubt this is all coming from him. I have to take/wear these things daily for them to work and the ocd will twist that in saying they are idols because of that and I just feel so cornered and defeated. I try to find things constantly online to see if anyone else has similar issues but I can’t. I know this is a long post but just trying to get some clarity on the matter. What should I do to help my situation?
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